Western Boone 22, North Montgomery 14

North Montgomery        7              0              7              0--14

Western Boone                                7              7              2              6--22

Score Summary

First Quarter

WB – Solomon 32-run (Huckstep good), 1:21

NM – Surface 73 from Knecht (Osborne good), 0:00

Second Quarter

WB – Kernodle 15 from Gilliam (Huckstep good), 5:15

Third Quarter

NM – Knecht 1-run (Osborne good), 8:28

WB – Safety, 3:33

Fourth Quarter

WB – 31 yard field goal Huckstep, 10:34

WB – 27 yard field goal Huckstep, 2:29

NM        Category              WB

5              First Down          14

2              Rush      9

3              Pass       5

0              Penalty 0

16-58     Yards Rushing    43-199

120         Yards Passing     110

10-21-0 Comp-Att-Int     7-14-0

4-42       Penalties-Yards 4-30

136         Total Yards          279

Last time out, North Montgomery rushed the ball to a 21-7 victory over County rival Crawfordsville.

The Chargers only passed the ball three times the entire game last week as they differed to the run play 45 times for 213 yards

A quick first half and a long second brought the Mounties to a winding halt against the Stars. The Stars shot away with a 39-14 win.

Both teams started off with good first drives. Western Boone’s Nathaniel Bye connected with Kaleb McCloskey for a 19 yard pass at 7:11 in the first half.

The duo has connected 31 times this season with McCloskey grabbing 112 yards this game.

South came right back with a powerful 17-play drive. Zach Worm scuttled for 15 while Jarrett Todd totaled 53 yards rushing for the drive.

The Stars targeted Farabee and South went with other options for much of the game.

“They were taking him away and making the quarterback keep the ball,” Coach Desson Hannum said.

The Sagamore Athletic Conference survived opening night of the football season with a decent 5-3 record -- however, the conference's lone state-ranked team fell from the top spot in Indiana.

Tri-West came into Friday's showdown ranked No. 1 in Class 3A. West Lafayette was ranked seventh, so something had to give. That turned out to be the Bruins' defense as the Red Devils scored 43 points en route to a 43-23 lopsided victory.