The REPORTER
Fishers rolled to victory in its season-opening game Friday, taking care of North Central 44-0 at Reynolds Tigers Stadium.
Class 6A No. 10 Fishers had no trouble cruising to its third consecutive Week 1 win over the Panthers, leading 23-0 after one quarter. The Tigers scored their first two points with a safety, then Khobie Martin got the game’s first offensive touchdown on an 8-yard run.
Bennett Gorak punched a second touchdown in from the one-yard line, then Martin ran in another TD from the three. In the second quarter, Gorak connected with Joe Syrus on a 17-yard touchdown pass, then Martin made the longest touchdown run of the night, 19 yards to give Fishers a 37-0 halftime lead. Jonathan Tangara was 5-for-5 on extra-point kicks.
Sekai Bogle finished up the scoring with a five-yard run late in the third quarter, and Isaac Poer’s kick kept the Tigers perfect in extra points.
Fishers’ defense pushed North Central into minus 27 rushing yards for the night, while the Tigers totaled 164 yards on the ground. Martin led the way with 93 yards. Gorak was 12-of-21 as quarterback, totaling 152 yards. JonAnthony Hall led the receptions list with five. Jack Prewitt made six tackles, while Brady Wolf had two sacks, three tackles for a loss and a forced fumble.
Fishers plays at Pike next Friday.
FISHERS 44, NORTH CENTRAL 0
Score by Quarters
North Central 0 0 0 0 – 0
Fishers 23 14 7 0 – 44
Team Stats NC FI
First Downs 5 19
By Rush 0 5
By Pass 2 13
By Penalty 3 1
Rushes-Yards 18-minus 27 33-164
Yards Passing 49 179
Comp-Att-Int-TD 6-10-0-0 15-24-0-1
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-40 8-80
Punts-Average 3-34.3 0-0.0
Fishers Scoring
First Quarter
10:10 – Safety
9:31 – Khobie Martin 8-yard run (Jonathan Tangara kick)
4:27 – Bennett Gorak 1-yard run (Tangara kick)
2:10 – Martin 3-yard run (Tangara kick)
Second Quarter
8:57 – Joe Syrus 17-yard reception from Gorak (Tangara kick)
0:57 – Martin 19-yard run (Tangara kick)
Third Quarter
3:43 – Sekai Bogle 5-yard run (Isaac Poer kick)
Fishers individual stats
Rushing: Martin 13-93, Brady Griffits 8-34, Bogle 5-29, Paxton Badua 3-12, Hudson Bell 1-2, Gorak 3-minus 6.
Passing: Gorak 12-21-152, Caden Hill 2-2-16, Noah McPeek 1-1-11.
Receiving: JonAnthony Hall 5-54, Joel Gates 3-48, Syrus 3-35, Bogle 1-15, Brenden Endres 1-11, Leo Morrow 1-11, Bell 1-5.