An opening game kickoff return for a touchdown by Eli Aston and his 37-yard TD reception from quarterback Cole Burton quickly put East Central up 14-0 at Batesville. The Trojans went on to defeat the Bulldogs 44-13 in a game heard on WRBI.
Down 28-0, BHS did cut the deficit in half by early in the third quarter thanks to a 17-yard pass and 7-yard run by Travis Lecher. But EC responded with a 38-yard pass from Burton to Ryan Brotherton, a 41-yard Sophie Browndyke field goal and a 12-yard TD toss to Nate Buesing which put the game out of reach.
Burton threw for 218 yards. Brotherton rushed for 55 and also had 54 yards in receptions. The Trojan defense held the Dogs to -10 yards rushing according to the stats provided by the Trojans.
A game summary follows. We thank East Central coach Jake Meiners for the information.
East Central 44, Batesville 13 (home)
EC 14 14 16 0
BA 00 07 06 0
Scoring summary and stats from East Central coach Jake Meiners:
- 1Q- EC Eli Aston kickoff return, Sophie Browndyke kick, EC 7-0
- 1Q- EC Aston 37 yd pass from Cole Burton, Browndyke kick, EC 14-0
- 2Q- EC Ryan Brotherton 4 yd run, Browndyke kick, EC 21-0
- 2Q- EC Nate Buesing 6 yd pass from Burton, Browndyke kick, EC 28-0
- 2Q- BA 17 yd pass, kick good, EC 28-7
- 3Q- BA 7 yd run, kick failed, EC 28-13
- 3Q- EC Brotherton 38 yd pass from Burton, kick failed, EC 34-13
- 3Q- EC Browndyke 41 yd field goal, EC 37-13
- 3Q- EC Buesing 12 yd pass from Burton, Browndyke kick, EC 44-13
Team stats for EC, BA:
- Pass yds 218, 161
- Rush yds 91, (-10)
- Total yds 309, 151
- 1st downs 14, 11
- 3rd down eff 3/9, 4/12
- 4th down eff 1/2, 1/1
- Turnovers 0, 2 (2 int)
- Penalties/yds 10/95, 3/20
Stat leaders:
- Pass comp/att/yds/TD- (EC) Burton 14/22/218/4; (BA) N/A
- Rushes/yds/TD- (EC) Brotherton 7/55/1, Ohmer 7/24, Sohns 3/11, Ernst 3/11; (BA) N/A
- Receptions/yds/TD- (EC) Aston 5/62/1, Brotherton 2/54/1, Buesing 4/46/2, Gindling 2/32, Ohmer 1/14; (BA) N/A
- Total tackles- (EC) Kuhn 5, Euson 5, Hoog 4, Mergenthal 4; (BA) N/A
- TFLs- (EC) Smith 2, Nash 2, Euson, Cook, Rosemeyer, Sohns, Gray; (BA) N/A
- Def. Interceptions- (EC) Hoog, Rinear; (BA) none