Lawrenceburg offense too much for Batesville in EIAC 3A pairing

Garrett Yoon threw two touchdown passes to Dahya Patel and ran for two other scores as the Lawrenceburg Tigers downed the Batesville Bulldogs 34-13 in an EIAC 3A Division battle at The Pit Friday night.

According to this report from Tom Snape, Yoon put the Tigers on the board first at the 6:11 mark in the first quarter with a 1-yard quarterback sneak. After a Ryan Hinthorne extra point, LHS was on top 7-0.

Yoon hooked up with Patel for a 55-yard TD strike with 10:41 to go in the second stanza. The kick was good as the Orange and Black went up 14-0.

Batesville answered when QB Travis Lecher connect with Bryson Bonelli for a 79-yard touchdown pass with 10:17 to go before the half. Braiden Foster added the extra point, and it was now 14-7 game still in favor of LHS.

With 6:27 to go in the third, Yoon ran nine yards for his second scoring jaunt of the night. The extra point was blocked, but Lawrenceburg expanded its lead to 20-7.

Twenty seconds later, Lecher hit Bonell for another TD pass, this one going for 69 yards. The two-point conversion try was no good as the Blue and White trailed by only one score again, 20-13.

From there, the Tigers imposed their will and stretched their lead. Yoon hit Patel with a 5-yard scoring pass and Hinthorne added the extra point with 55 seconds to go in the third.  It was Lawrenceburg 27, Batesville 13.

The Tigers capped off the scoring with 7:38 remaining in the fourth when Jake Pierce toted the mail two yards. The kick was good.  LHS notched its fifth straight win to improve to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the EIAC 3A Division.

Batesville dropped its second game in a row and falls to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the EIAC 3A grouping.

On Friday, October 1, the Bulldogs head west to Greensburg for their annual State Road 46 rivalry game.  You can hear this game on 103.9 WRBI beginning at 6:40 pm.  Lawrenceburg also hits the road for another divisional game at Rushville.

Stat summary follows.

Lawrenceburg 34 (home), Batesville 13

BA  0  7  06  0
LB  7  7  13  7

Team stats for LB, BA from Lawrenceburg coach Ryan Knigga and Batesville coach Evan Ulery:

  • Pass yds 251, 195
  • Rush yds 161, 20
  • Total yds 412, 215
  • 1st downs 22, 8
  • 3rd down eff 2/6, 2/10
  • 4th down eff 1/1, 0/1
  • Turnovers 3 (1 fum/2 int), 1 (int)
  • Penalties 6, 7
  • Punts/avg yds 3/40, 7/38

Stat leaders from both coaches:

  • Pass comp/att/yds/TD- (LB) Yoon 17/27/251/2; (BA) Lecher 13/23/195/2
  • Rushes/yds/TD- (LB) Bennett 17/87, Goon 9/64/2, J. Pierce 2/3/1; (BA) Lecher 17/30
  • Receptions/yds/TD- (LB) Patel 8/140/2, Gilmour 6/87; (BA) Bonelli 6/171/2
  • Total tackles- (LB) J. Pierce 11, Ferreira 8, Roth 7, Knigga 6; (BA) Roell 10, Wilson 9, Kaiser 7
  • TFLs- (LB) J. Pierce, Ferreira, Knigga, Roth, Foster; (BA) Kaiser
  • Sacks- (LB) Roth, Foster; (BA) none
  • Def. interceptions- (LB) Witte; (BA) Wilson, Roell
  • Fumble recoveries- (LB) none; (BA) Hornberger

We thank Tom Snape and coaches Ryan Knigga and Evan Ulery for the information.