Southeastern sails to sweet win over Fort Wayne Northrop

The REPORTER

Hamilton Southeastern sailed to victory at Fort Wayne Northrop on Friday, winning 56-7 in Class 6A Sectional 3 semifinal play.

The Royals jumped out to a 28-0 lead after the first quarter. Jalen Alexander scored the first touchdown with a one-yard run, then AZ Wallace went 21 yards to score. Chandler Weston sent a TD pass to Jewel Jagoe, then Alexander ran in from five yards. Southeastern scored those four touchdowns during a 6 minute, 15 second span.

Wallace added a second-quarter touchdown, taking off on a 31-yard run to the end zone midway through the period. Weston then scored on a four-yard run to give the Royals a 42-0 halftime lead. Hugo Belmonte made all six extra-point kicks in the half, and he would make a seventh after Brennan Baker punched the ball in from the one in the third quarter.

Braeden Totten added a touchdown less than a minute into the fourth quarter to complete the HSE scoring. Trent Smith made the extra-point kick.

Wallace finished the game with 139 yards rushing, while Weston went 8-for-11, totaling 63 yards.

The Royals are 8-2 and host Fishers next Friday for the Sectional 3 championship.

 

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 56, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 7

Score by Quarters

Southeastern     28           14           7             7 – 56

Northrop             0             0             0             7 – 7

Team stats                          HSE                        FWN

First Downs                        16                           9

Rushes-Yards                      28-279                 26-49

Passing Yards                      73                           61

Comp-Att-Int-TD               9-12-0-1              6-19-1-0

Fumbles-Lost                     1-1                         0-0

Penalties-Yards                  6-70                      7-48

Punts-Average                   1-48.0                  8-36.5

Southeastern Scoring

First Quarter

10:00 – Jalen Alexander 1-yard run (Hugo Belmonte kick)

7:44 – AZ Wallace 21-yard run (Belmonte kick)

4:58 – Jewel Jagoe 2-yard pass from Chandler Weston (Belmonte kick)

3:45 – Alexander 5-yard run (Belmonte kick)

Second Quarter

6:15 – Wallace 31-yard run (Belmonte kick)

1:15 – Weston 4-yard run (Belmonte kick)

Third Quarter

4:02 – Brennan Baker 1-yard run (Belmonte kick)

Fourth Quarter

11:17 – Braeden Totten 6-yard run (Trent Smith kick)

Southeastern individual stats

Rushing: Wallace 8-139, Baker 8-59, Alexander 6-52, Weston 5-23, Totten 1-6.

Passing: Weston 8-11-63, Totten 1-1-10.

Receiving: Silas Newton 4-30, Donovan Hamilton 2-38, Jagoe 2-minus 5, Charles Daber 1-10.