Fishers put a scare into Indiana’s top-ranked high school football team Friday night.
The Tigers, playing in front of their Homecoming crowd, went up 14-0 on Avon after one quarter of play. But the Class 6A No. 1 Orioles asserted themselves in the next three quarters, holding Fishers scoreless and scoring five touchdowns to hand the 6A No. 9 Tigers a 35-14 Hoosier Crossroads Conference defeat.
Fishers scores both of its touchdowns in the middle portion of the first period. Dylan Scally took an 18-yard run into the end zone, then Marcus Roux connected on a 15-yard TD pass to Reece Boland. Jack Phillips converted both extra-point kicks.
The Orioles got on the board in the second quarter, cutting Fishers’ lead to 14-7 at halftime. Avon then added two touchdowns in each of the next two periods. Orioles quarterback Henry Hesson took over the game, throwing four passing touchdowns and running 35 yards for Avon’s final score of the game.
Roux finished the game 10-of-17, totaling 61 yards, with Boland catching three of those passes. Scally rushed 21 times for 80 yards.
The Tigers are 2-2 in conference play and 4-2 overall. Fishers will remain at home next week, taking on Franklin Central.
AVON 35, FISHERS 14
Score by Quarters
Avon 0 7 14 14 – 35
Fishers 14 0 0 0 – 14
Team Stats AHS FHS
First Downs 26 12
By Rush 13 9
By Pass 12 2
By Penalty 1 1
Rushes-Yards 34-206 37-115
Yards Passing 213 61
Comp-Att-Int-TD 17-24-0-1 10-18-0-4
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 2-25 2-16
Punts-Average 2-53.5 5-42.6
Fishers Scoring
First Quarter
6:25 – Dylan Scally 18-yard run (Jack Phillips kick)
5:08 – Reece Boland 15-yard pass from Marcus Roux (Phillips kick)
Fishers individual stats
Rushing: Scally 21-80, Roux 11-21, Shaun Kim 4-13, Phillips 1-1.
Passing: Roux 10-27-61, Lucas Prewitt 0-1-0.
Receiving: Boland 3-23, Jeffrey Simmons 2-27, Reggie Cook-Graham 2-7, Kim 2-minus 1, Silas Martin 1-5.
Fishers’ Shaun Kim made a couple of big return runs for the Tigers during their Homecoming game with Avon Friday night. (Kirk Green)