First half success lifts South Dearborn Football past Franklin County

South Dearborn’s Adam Kunkel threw for 173 yards and CJ Rogers rushed for 154.  The two combined for three scores as the Knights defeated Franklin County 24-14 in Friday’s football tilt in Aurora.

South Dearborn 24 (home), Franklin County 14

FC  00  14  00  00
SD  14  07  00  03

Scoring summary from South Dearborn coach Rand Ballart:

  • 1Q- SD Adam Kunkle 1 yd run, Taytum Barker kick, SD 7-0
  • 1Q- SD Kunkle 1 yd run, Barker kick, SD 14-0
  • 2Q- FC 12 yd run, 2 pt conversion run failed, SD 14-6
  • 2Q- SD CJ Rogers 11 yd run, Barker kick, SD 21-6
  • 2Q- FC 7 yd run, 2 pt conversion good, SD 21-14
  • 4Q- SD Barker 23 yd field goal, SD 24-14

Team stats for SD, FC from coach Ballart:

  • Pass yds 173, 57
  • Rush yds 174, 169
  • Total yds 347, 226
  • 1st downs 18, 11
  • 3rd down eff 3-14, 5/13
  • 4th down eff 3/4, 2/6
  • Turnovers 0, 2 (2 int)
  • Penalties 11/62, 6/41

Individual stat leaders from coach Ballart and Franklin County’s Gary Bradburn:

  • Pass comp/att/yds/TD- (SD) Kunkel 12/26/173; (FC) Gillman 3/8/57
  • Rush att/yds/TD- (SD) Rogers 29/154/1, Kittle 4/14, Kunkel 5/5/2; (FC) Bolos 14/62/1, Schatzle 6/46, Gillman 11/32/1, Morehead 5/29
  • Receptions/yds/TD- (SD) Ballart 4/73, Willoughby 3/53, McGraw 4/20, Rogers 1/17; (FC) Schatzle 2/42, Prows 1/15
  • Total tackles- (SD) Sohmer 9, Herzner 8, Probst 6, Willoughby 5; (FC) Hill 5, Carr 4, Westerfeld 4
  • TFLs- (SD) Sohmer 3, Herzner 3, Willoughby 2; (FC) Morehead, Westerfeld
  • Sacks- (SD) Herzner 2
  • Def. Interceptions- (SD) Probst, Cassidy

We thank South Dearborn coach Rand Ballart and Franklin County’s Gary Bradburn for the information.