Hamilton Southeastern scored a huge victory on Friday, as a fourth-quarter touchdown propelled the Royals past Class 6A No. 4 Brownsburg 28-25 in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at the Bulldogs’ field.
While it was an upset on paper, Southeastern actually held the lead for the majority of the game. The Royals were ahead at the end of the first quarter after a nifty touchdown. Andrew Hobson passed the ball to DeAndre Rhodes, who then sent the ball to a wide-open Nate Wolf in the end zone. That got Southeastern on the board, and Jozef Osiecki made the extra-point kick.
Brownsburg took the lead back early in the second quarter, but the Royals powered back in front quickly. Hobson threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Ben Boysen, then sent another touchdown to Wolf, that one a 21-yarder. John McCall then made a two-point conversion run, and that gave Southeastern a 21-10 halftime lead.
The Bulldogs held HSE scoreless in the third quarter, then took a 25-21 lead in the fourth. But the Royals surged ahead for good with six minutes left, when Hobson lobbed a pass to Tony Myers, and he took it 78 yards into the end zone. Osiecki’s kick got Southeastern up by three, and the Royals held on from there.
Hobson finished the game 8-for-17 with 183 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to Rhodes’ touchdown throw. Rhodes and Wolf both made three catches. Blaine Wertz helped out on the ground with 98 yards rushing.
Southeastern finished HCC play 4-3 (placing fourth in the league) and 5-4 overall. The Royals are off next week, then host Carmel on Nov. 1 in the first round of Sectional 4.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 28, BROWNSBURG 25
Score by Quarters
Southeastern 7 14 0 7 – 28
Brownsburg 3 7 8 7 – 25
Team Stats HSE BHS
First Downs 16 21
Rushes-Yards 30-160 49-164
Yards Passing 202 235
Comp-Att-Int-TD 9-18-1-4 17-27-2-0
Penalties-Yards 6-81 9-105
Punts-Average 4-34.0 2-41.0
Southeastern scoring
First Quarter
Nate Wolf 19-yard pass from DeAndre
Rhodes (Jozef Osiecki kick)
Second Quarter
Ben Boysen 14-yard pass from Andrew Hobson (kick failed)
Wolf 21-yard pass from Hobson (John McCall run)
Fourth Quarter
Tony Myers Jr. 78-yard pass from Hobson (Osiecki kick)
Southeastern individual stats
Rushing: Blaine Wertz 25-98, Boysen 5-62.
Passing: Hobson 8-17-183, Rhodes 1-1-19.
Receiving: Wolf 3-50, Rhodes 3-46, Myers Jr. 2-94, Boysen 1-14.