Fishers made it a Metropolitan sweep on Friday, as the Tigers won 26-13 at Pike.
The Class 6A No. 10 Tigers jumped out to a 13-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. Marcus Roux completed two short touchdown passes, the first one a seven-yard throw to Reggie Cook-Graham midway through the period. Later on, Roux lobbed a two-yard TD pass to Jeffrey Simmons.
Roux struck again in the second quarter, with a third touchdown pass. This one was from 17 yards out to Caleb Gates. Meanwhile, the Fishers defense limited the Red Devils to two field goals in the quarter, and the Tigers went into the locker room at halftime with a 20-6 lead.
Fishers’ Jack Phillips got the only points of the third quarter on a 32-yard field goal. Pike began the fourth period with a 6-yard rushing touchdown to cut the Tigers’ lead to 23-13, but the Tigers would get no closer. Phillips nailed another 32-yard field goal with 3:45 left for the final points of the game, he also made two extra-point kicks.
Roux had an outstanding game, completing 18 of 26 passes for 215 yards and the three touchdowns. Reece Boland led the receptions count with five. Fishers’ defense pushed the Pike ground game into negative territory, as the Red Devils finished the game with minus 9 yards rushing.
The Tigers are 2-0 and open Hoosier Crossroads Conference play next Friday at Noblesville.
FISHERS 26, PIKE 13
Score by Quarters
Fishers 13 7 3 3 – 26
Pike 0 6 0 7 – 13
Team Stats FHS PHS
First Downs 19 13
By Rush 7 3
By Pass 10 10
By Penalty 2 0
Rushes-Yards 33-137 24-minus 9
Yards Passing 215 184
Comp-Att-Int-TD 18-26-0-3 18-34-1-2
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 6-44 6-66
Punts-Average 2-39.5 4-38.0
Fishers Scoring
First Quarter
7:28 – Reggie Cook-Graham 7-yard pass
from Marcus Roux (kick failed)
2:12 – Jeffrey Simmons 2-yard pass from Roux (Jack Phillips kick)
Second Quarter
4:41 – Caleb Gates 17-yard pass from Roux (Phillips kick)
Third Quarter
4:26 – Phillips 32-yard field goal
Fourth Quarter
3:45 – Phillips 32-yard field goal
Fishers individual stats
Rushing: Dylan Scally 16-58, Shaun Kim 11-48, Roux 3-27, Josh Thompson 3-4.
Passing: Roux 18-26-215.
Receiving: Reece Boland 5-49, Simmons 4-52, Cook-Graham 3-68, Nick Leath 3-29, Gates 1-17, Kristian Jones 1-0, Scally 1-0