Fishers had another tough night on Friday, as the Tigers lost to Avon 49-14 in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at the Orioles’ field.
Avon scored first, with Henry Hesson making a five-yard touchdown pass to Remington Gall three minutes into the game. It would be the first of five TD throws for Hesson.
Fishers answered quickly, with Landon Morris grabbing a 43-yard reception from Lucas Prewitt for a touchdown. Christian Wayne’s extra-point kick tied the game at 7-7.
But the Orioles took over after that, scoring four straight touchdowns, two in each of the first two quarters. That gave Avon a 35-7 lead. The Tigers cut it to 35-14 on a 13-yard touchdown pass play from Prewitt to Silas Martin, with Wayne making the extra-point kick.
Hesson struck again, throwing to Joe Hall, who hauled the ball in 86 yards for a touchdown and gave the Orioles a 42-14 halftime lead. Hesson teamed with Gall in the third quarter for a 20-yard pass play score for his fifth TD of the night.
“We made some mental mistakes and unfortunately, against a good team like Avon, you can’t do that because they’ll capitalize on the mistakes,” said Fishers coach Curt Funk. “Some of our mistakes turned into points for them.
“But it wasn’t from a lack of effort. Our kids still played hard. And we had some new players in the lineup tonight that were getting their first varsity experience and I think we can keep building as a team.”
Prewitt had a fine game, going 20-of-28 through the air for 220 yards. Jeffrey Simmons had 10 of those catches for 115 yards, with Morris making four receptions. Avon’s defense held the Tigers to 20 yards net rushing.
Josh Jones had seven tackles for Fishers, including three for a loss. Aiden Davis made five stops.
Fishers is 1-3 in HCC play and 1-5 overall. The Tigers will go back on the road next Friday to play at Franklin Central.
AVON 49, FISHERS 14
Score by Quarters
Fishers 7 7 0 0 – 14
Avon 21 21 7 0 – 49
Team Stats FISH AVON
First Downs 16 19
By Rush 5 7
By Pass 10 12
By Penalty 1 0
Rushes-Yards 29-20 23-200
Yards Passing 220 295
Comp-Att-Int-TD 20-31-1-2 15-20-0-5
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-44 6-73
Punts-Average 3-27.7 1-45.0
Fishers Scoring
First Quarter
7:06 – Landon Morris 43-yard pass from Lucas Prewitt (Christian Wayne kick)
Second Quarter
1:41 – Silas Martin 13-yard pass from Prewitt (Wayne kick)
Fishers individual stats
Rushing: Dominic Oliverio 7-23, Carson Dunn 12-14, Josh Thompson 3-10, Prewitt 6-5, Wayne 1-minus 32.
Passing: Prewitt 20-28-220, Dunn 0-1-0, Lucas Minns 0-1-0.
Receiving: Jeffrey Simmons 10-115, Morris 4-72, Martin 3-19, Dunn 3-14.