Westfield cruised to a semi-final victory in Class 6A Sectional 4 on Friday, beating Noblesville 35-0 at the Millers’ Beaver Materials Field.
The Shamrocks led 7-0 after the first quarter; Maximus Webster got his team on the board with an 11-yard touchdown run. The junior quarterback then threw two touchdown passes in the second period, a six-yarder to Jackson Wasserstrom midway through, then a 33-yard scoring throw to Mason Piening with just over a minute to go.
Micah Hauser also scored on a three-yard touchdown run. Westfield opened the second half with Benji Welch taking the kickoff return and streaking 95 yards into the end zone. Sean Sullivan made the extra-point kick after all five touchdowns.
We were able to get a couple through the air and a couple on the ground,” said ‘Rocks coach Jake Gilbert. He credited his team with being “real sharp to start,” this after having last week off due to the 6A bye week and Fall Break.
Webster went 5-for-9 and totaled 90 passing yards, in addition to 52 yards on the ground. Hauser was the leading rusher with 59 yards, and Piening led the receptions with three. Carson Voorhis and Zander Nguyen both made seven tackles; Gilbert said his defense did a good job of “hanging in there” and stopping the Millers’ rushing attack.
“That’s hard to do,” said Gilbert.
Holden Montarsi led Noblesville’s rushing with 55 yards, followed by Owen Jones with 46. Seth Stone made 4.5 tackles for the Millers defense and also had one sack.
Noblesville finished the season 2-8.
“I’m very proud of the way we fought all season and proud of the senior class for representing Noblesville High School well,” said Millers coach Dave Sharpe. “We feel like we got a lot of momentum for next year. A lot of our freshmen and sophomore and juniors are fired up for the off-season.”
Westfield is 9-1 and hosts Fishers next Friday for the Sectional 4 championship.
WESTFIELD 35, NOBLESVILLE 0
Score by Quarters
Westfield 7 21 7 0 – 35
Noblesville 0 0 0 0 – 0
Team Stats WF NOB
First Downs 11 9
By Rush 7 8
By Pass 4 1
By Penalty 0 0
Rushes-Yards 21-82 48-141
Yards Passing 90 9
Comp-Att-Int-TD 5-9-0-2 1-4-0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 5-45 2-30
Punts-Average 1-54.0 4-27.8
Scoring
First Quarter
W, 4:56 – Maximus Webster 11-yard run (Sean Sullivan kick)
Second Quarter
W, 5:19 – Jackson Wasserstrom 6-yard pass from Webster (Sullivan kick)
W, 1:38 – Micah Hauser 3-yard run (Sullivan kick)
W, 1:07 – Mason Piening 33-yard pass from Webster (Sullivan kick)
Third Quarter
W, 11:45 – Benji Welch 95-yard kickoff return (Sullivan kick)
Westfield individual stats
Rushing: Hauser 9-59, Webster 7-52, Jack Pfeiffer 2-2, Ryan Creager 1-2, Cole Ballard 1-minus 5, Nick Talley 1-minus 28.
Passing: Webster 5-9-90.
Receiving: Piening 3-72, Hauser 1-12, Wasserstrom 1-6.
Noblesville individual stats
Rushing: Holden Montarsi 14-55, Owen Jones 17-46, Connor Meinerding 7-23, Jordan Sharp 2-9, Zach Blevins 6-7, Trey Speek 2-1.
Passing: Meindering 1-4-9.
Receiving: Jones 1-9.