IHSAA football state finals roundup: Highlights, recaps, photos from all 6 title games
We made it! It's the end of the road for the 2022 IHSAA football season with six state championship games.
Here's a recap of what happened this weekend from from our team inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
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IHSAA FOOTBALL STATE FINALS
FRIDAY
Class 2A: Evansville Mater Dei 20, Andrean 10 (Game story; video highlights; photo gallery)
Class 4A: East Central 37, New Prairie 7 (Game story; video highlights; photo gallery)
Class 6A: Center Grove 35, Carroll 9 (Game story; video highlights; photo gallery)
SATURDAY
Class A: Lutheran 30, Adams Central 13 (Game story; video highlights; photo gallery)
Class 3A: Bishop Chatard 34, Lawrenceburg 14 (Game story; video highlights; Photo gallery)
Class 5A: Valparaiso 35, Whiteland 31 (Game story; video highlights; photo gallery)
Class 5A: Valparaiso 35, Whiteland 31, final
Scoring summary
Whiteland 10 14 0 7 — 31
Valparaiso 0 21 7 7 — 35
W — Maalik Perkins 98 kickoff return (David Mathis kick)
W — Mathis 36 FG
Val — Justin Clark 12 run (Drayden Wilcox kick)
Val — Clark 11 run (Wilcox kick)
W — Slate Valentine 6 run (Mathis kick)
Val — Julian Stokes 60 pass from Clark (Wilcox kick)
W — Gunnar Hicks 34 pass from Kevin Denham (Mathis kick)
Val — Clark 1 run (Wilcox kick)
W — Jakarrey Oliver 13 pass from Denham (Mathis kick)
Val — Rocco Micciche 11 pass from Clark (Wilcox kick)
Individual stats
Rushing – Whiteland: Valentine 10-95, Peyton Emberton 10-71, Jonathan Crowley 7-27, Hicks 1-16, Perkins 2-16, Nyrius Moore-Smith 2-4, Denham 2-(minus-7); Valparaiso: Davis 36-193, Clark 14-57, Thomas Burda 2-29.
Passing – Whiteland: Denham 4-10-1 108; Valparaiso: Clark 10-14-1 163, Travis Davis 0-1-0 0.
Receiving – Whiteland: Hicks 3-95, Oliver 1-13; Valparaiso: Scotty Bradney 3-22, Stokes 2-78, Ian Wilson 2-36, Burda 1-13, Micciche 1-11, Keegan Begley 1-3.
IHSAA football 5A final: Valparaiso beats Whiteland in 'a championship game for the ages.'
A fiery speech from Whiteland coach Darrin Fisher. "You played a championship game for the ages. Walk out of here with your heads up.' pic.twitter.com/VOhgS8GXD3
— Kyle Neddenriep (@KyleNeddenriep) November 27, 2022
Class 3A: Bishop Chatard 34, Lawrenceburg 14, final
Scoring summary
Bishop Chatard 7 3 7 17 — 34
Lawrenceburg 7 7 0 0 — 14
L — Alex Witte 31 run (Ryan Hinthorne kick)
BC — Luke Purichia 7 run (Jasper Chapman kick)
BC — Chapman 37 FG
L — Brennan Bushman 7 pass from Logan Ahaus (Hinthorne kick)
BC — Noah Dudik 10 pass from Drew VanVleet (Chapman kick)
BC — Riley Kinnett 15 run (Chapman kick)
BC — Chapman 37 FG
BC — Kinnett 31 run (Chapman kick)
Individual stats
Rushing – Bishop Chatard: Kinnett 10-81, Purichia 10-37, VanVleet 10-36, Jef Waugh 1-(minus-1); Lawrenceburg: Teagan Bennett 22-124, Witte 25-108.
Passing – Bishop Chatard: VanVleet 16-20-1 133; Lawrenceburg: Ahaus 4-8-3 30.
Receiving – Bishop Chatard: Dudik 5-50, Colin Guy 4-51, Waugh 3-14, Aiden Duncan 3-12, Nolan Stiffler 1-6; Lawrenceburg: Bushman 2-20, Noah Knigga 2-10.
More:Bishop Chatard shows championship pedigree in securing IHSAA record 16th state title
FINAL: @BCHSTrojansFB 34, @LBurgFootball 14. Bishop Chatard claims its state-record 16th state championship. pic.twitter.com/eqQ8mXkIlq
— Akeem Glaspie (@THEAkeemGlaspie) November 26, 2022
Class A: Lutheran 30, Adams Central 13, final
Scoring summary
Adams Central 0 7 0 6 — 13
Lutheran 3 13 7 7 — 30
L — Dax Lockliear 30 FG
AC — Ryan Black 1 run (Trevor Currie kick)
L — Micah Mackay 14 pass from Jackson Willis (pass failed)
L — DeVuan Jones 67 pass from Willis (Nick Miller kick)
L — Jones 7 pass from Willis (Miller kick)
AC — Black 20 run (run failed)
L — Jones 23 pass from Willis (Miller kick)
Individual stats
Rushing — Adams Central: Keegan Bluhm 27-157, Black 18-29, Gavin Cook 2-19, Jack Hamilton 1-8, Ryan Tester 3-4; Lutheran: Joe Davis 18-72, Willis 4-24, Jones 1-6.
Passing — Adams Central: Black 4-14-0 65; Lutheran: Willis 17-19-0 278.
Receiving — Adams Central: Currie 2-50, Cook 1-9, Tester 1-6; Lutheran: Jones 7-121, Mackay 4-93, Cu’brian Shelby 4-46, Josiah King 2-18.
InsiderLutheran runs winning streak to 30 games, secures a second consecutive Class A state title
Final: Lutheran 30, Adams Central 13.
Saints go back to back pic.twitter.com/IK262b5kpq— Kyle Neddenriep (@KyleNeddenriep) November 26, 2022
Class 6A: Center Grove 35, Carroll 9, final
Scoring summary
Carroll 3 0 0 6 — 9
Center Grove 7 14 14 0 — 35
Car — Sebastian Lopez 30 FG
CG — Jalen Thomeson 64 pass from Tyler Cherry (Nolan Foley kick)
CG — Micah Coyle 1 run (Foley kick)
CG — Owen Bright 1 run (Foley kick)
CG — Cherry 1 run (Foley kick)
CG — Eli Hohlt 6 run (Foley kick)
Car — Camden Herschberger 26 pass from Ethan Stringer (pass failed)
Individual stats
Rushing – Carroll: Jimmy Sullivan 20-60, Nate Starks 9-12, Braden Steely 2-5; Center Grove: Coyle 26-132, Thomeson 20-128, Hohlt 2-15, Matthew Yoder 1-11, Grant Baldwin 1-9, Cherry 1-1, Bright 1-1, Rylan Cook 3-7, Gabe McWilliams 1-(minus-2).
Passing – Carroll: Sullivan 14-26-0 136, Springer 2-3-0 42; Center Grove: Cherry 6-9-0 137.
Receiving – Carroll: Herschberger 6-66, Jayden Hill 5-61, N. Starks 2-25, Hansen Haffner 1-0, Gabe Starks 1-9, Cooper Rudolph 1-8; Center Grove: Noah Coy 4-66, Thomeson 1-64, Owen Wright 1-7.
There were 3-peat doubts. But never count out Eric Moore, Center Grove football.
Eric Moore sharing hugs one by one with his team pic.twitter.com/cAo3599cN1
— Kyle Neddenriep (@KyleNeddenriep) November 26, 2022
Class 4A: East Central 37, New Prairie 7, final
Scoring summary
New Prairie 0 0 0 7 — 7
East Central 20 7 3 7 — 37
EC — Eli Aston 59 run (Nathan McFee kick)
EC — Josh Ringer 32 run (McFee kick)
EC — Ringer 24 run (kick no good)
EC — Ringer 3 run (McFee kick)
EC — McFee 35 FG
EC — Ringer 6 run (McFee kick)
NP — Marshall Kmiecik 21 run (Chalik kick)
'I'm so happy for our program:' East Central overwhelms New Prairie to win 4A state title
Too much to handle:East Central runs through New Prairie for 4A IHSAA state football title
Individual stats
Rushing – New Prairie: M. Kmiecik 14-52, Noah Mungia 12-50, Brock Sinka 1-9, Jacob Mrozinski 1-4, Tayvion Ortman 1-1; East Central: Ringer 23-167, Aston 5-114, Ryan Brotherton 18-100, Trae Ohmer 4-16, Cole Burton 1-1.
Passing – New Prairie: M. Kmiecik, 9-17-0 159; East Central: C. Burton 7-12-0 64, Aston 0-1-0 0.
Receiving – New Prairie: Dallas Ryans 5-88, Beau Kmiecik 3-72, Kole Staley 1-(minus-1); East Central: Aston 3-45, Brotherton 3-18, Ringer 1-1.
Class 2A: Evansville Mater Dei 20, Andrean 10, final
Scoring summary
Andrean 0 3 0 7 -- 10
Mater Dei 7 7 6 0 -- 20
EMD – Ethan Stolz 24 pass from Mason Wunderlich (Tyler Sitzman kick)
A – PJ Cusick 23 FG
EMD – Stolz 9 pass from Wunderlich (Sitzman kick)
EMD – Camden Marx 47 FG
EMD – Sitzman 21 FG
A – Jacob Jones 7 pass from Scott Ballantine (Cusick kick)
Individual stats
Rushing – Andrean: Drayk Bowen 26-95, Ballantine 4-3, Micah Jones 1-2, J.J. Bolz 3-2, Billy Henry 2-(minus-5); Evansville Mater Dei: Joey Pierre 21-86, M. Wunderlich 8-19, Wyatt Stratman 1-3.
Passing – Andrean Henry 5-12-1 36, Ballantine 7-11-0 92; Evansville Mater Dei: M. Wunderlich 12-21-0 124, Stolz 0-1-0 0.
Receiving – Andrean: J. Jones 5-51, Patrick Clacks III 4-63, M. Jones 2-2, Bowen 1-12; Evansville Mater Dei: Blake Herdes 2-34, Stolz 2-33, Drew Martin 2-14, Isaac Goebel 2-19, Pierre 2-2, McDurmon 1-7, Owen Wunderlich 1-5.
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