Triton Central has had its battles with Beech Grove over Tim Able’s tenure. Friday proved no different against the pesky Hornets, who held a 6-3 halftime lead on the Class 2A, No. 2 Tigers.
Triton Central scored 28 unanswered points in the second half and rolled to a 31-6 victory to secure no worse than a runner-up finish to Class A, No. 1 Indianapolis Lutheran (8-0, 7-0 ICC) in the Indiana Crossroads Conference standings.
Levi Dewey (photo) had a 38-yard, second-quarter field goal into a strong wind to open the scoring Friday but Beech Grove (3-5, 2-5 ICC) found the end zone in the second quarter when Jeremiah Lee completed a 33-yard scoring run. Lee’s 2-point conversion run was not successful.
Triton Central quarterback Jace Stuckey ran for two scores and threw two touchdowns in the second half. The Eastern Michigan commit had scoring runs of 2 and 11 yards and completed a shovel pass that Brayden Wilkins (photo) took to the end zone from eight yards out that made it 17-6.
Mason Compton (photo) hauled in a long pass from Stuckey and raced 46 yards to the end zone for an early fourth-quarter touchdown that extended the lead to 24-6.
The Tigers are 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the ICC standings ahead of both Monrovia (6-2, 4-2 ICC) and Scecina (5-3, 3-2 ICC).
Triton Central closes out its regular-season schedule on Oct. 13 at Speedway (2-6, 0-5 ICC).
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