Outside The County-Oak Hill
Results from Oak Hill for Friday, October 7th and Saturday, October 8th
Another terrific night by both the offense and defense propels the Eagles to an 8-0 record. This also pushes them to 6-0 in the CIC which wraps up an outright conference championship.
The offense topped 400 yards again totaling 409 on the night. The ground game was lead by Kyle Turanchick with 11 carries, 174 yards, and 3 touchdowns. Avery Mills went over the century mark with 129 yards on 5 carries with 2 touchdowns. Will Warnock added 17 yards on 3 carries, Lance Wyrick had 2 carries for 9 yards, Sylis Brown had 1 carry for 3 yards, and Harrison York had 1 carry for 2 yards.
Levi Trexler completed 7 or 9 passes on the night for 75 yards and a touchdown. Lucas Hasty caught 2 of those passes for 36 yards and a touchdown. Thomas Nally and Colin Middlesworth both added 2 receptions for 19 yards. Turanchick had 1 catch for 1 yard.
Grant Elzinga went perfect on extra points again going 7 for 7.
The defense caused 4 turnovers tonight including 3 fumbles and 1 interception (Nally).
The Eagles travel to Elwood next Friday in search of their first undefeated regular season since 2008.
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The OHXC Lady Eagles won their 4th IHSAA Marion Sectional Championship in the last 7 years Saturday on IWU’s course via the 6th Runner Tiebreaker. The Lady Eagles tied perennial power Huntington North at 57 just 2 points ahead of Grant 4 and CIC Champion Eastbook. The tiebreaker went to the 6th scoring runner in which Senior Emma Bledsoe was 24th for the Lady Eagles 12 spots ahead of the Lady Vikings 6th runner. By finishing in the Top 5 as a team the Lady Eagles also advance to their 15th straight IHSAA Regional. It was the 10th IHSAA Sectional Title for the Lady Eagles in Program history and marked the 7th straight season combined with the Men that at least one of the OHXC teams has won a IHSAA Tourney Trophy.
Freshman Lady Eagle Biruk Travis was the Individual Sectional Champion in 19:48. Travis is the 4th Lady Eagle Individual Sectional Champ the last 7 seasons and 1st since Mollie Gamble in 2018. Junior Leah Highley ran a season best 20:53 to get 7th while the Lady Eagles also got Top 15 Regional Qualfiier season best performances from Sophomore Audrey Woodard in 11th 21:21 and Senior Ashlyn Webb in 15th at 21:36. Freshman Sophia Rowland was the 5th and final scoring Lady Eagle in 23rd just in front of Bledsoe’s 24th. Sophomore Abby Sneed was 28th in a new personal best as well.
The Lady Eagles now compete next Saturday October 15th in the IHSAA Marion Regional. The ladies will be competing for a spot in their 9th straight IHSAA New Haven Semi State.
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The OHXC Golden Eagles were going for their 4th straight IHSAA Marion Sectional Saturday at IWU but were out ran by a very talented Wabash squad. Both teams posted multiple personal season bests and OHXC went 1-2 up front with Juniors Owen Jackson and Trenton Sweet but in the end Wabash’s run was too much as they outpaced the Golden Eagles by a close 14 points. By finishing in the Top 5 the Golden Eagles advance to the IHSAA Regional round for the 21st straight season.
Jackson led wire to wire with Sweet and became the 1st Golden Eagle to win a Sectional Individual title since Cameron Balser in 2007. Jackson posted a time of 16:19 while Sweet came closely beind as the Runner Up in 16:25. Junior classmate Toby Sneed set a lifetime personal best to finish 7th while Freshman Corban Tippey who also set a new personal best in 17:31 was 15th. Jackson, Sweet, Sneed, and Tippey all earned Top 15 All Sectional Honors.
Junior AJ Austin broke 18 minutes to place 23rd and round out the Top 5 scoring. Freshman Brayden Sommers and Sophomore Owen Roth rounded out the varsity in 30th and 38th. Sommers matched his personal best while Roth set a new one.
The Golden Eagles compete again next Saturday October 15th back at IWU in the IHSAA Marion Regional. The men will be competing for not only a Regional Team title but also their 19th IHSAA Semi State appearance in the last 21 seasons.
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Varsity girls fall to Madison Grant in 3 sets to place 2nd in the Grant 4 tonight. Their overall record is now 16-11. Last regular season game is Monday at home against Northfield.
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The Eagles were defeated late last night in the Sectional Finals in a shoot out by Northwestern. The game was scoreless through regular time and the first 7 minutes of overtime. Northwestern scored in the 2nd overtime period and with 30 seconds left Matthew Strange answered scoring the Eagles goal. Overtime ended with the teams tied 1-1 which forced the two teams into a shoot out. Northwestern defeated the Eagles scoring 3 penalty kicks. Grant Elzinga and Bryce Gibson both scored their penalty kicks in the shoot out. Collin Kreitzer played an absolutely phenomenal game in goal, along with our defensive line. It was a team effort to play the game hard, tie it up and force penalty kicks. Every Eagle played a part and it showed our determination.
