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Week 3 Football Preview: Indians want to wash away Hurricane in home opener

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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
      On Friday, the clock will turn back at Richards Memorial Field with the Wilmington Hurricane visiting the Hillsboro Indians in what used to be an annual South Central Ohio League matchup, but now is a non-league game.
      Over the summer, Wilmington wanted to make it official again by trying to re-enter the SCOL, but the SCOL Board of Directors decided to vote in East Clinton at 7-0 and veto Wilmington's request by a vote of 6-1.
      Since 1923, Wilmington won 14 SCOL football titles, the third most in league history, with their last one coming in 1980. WHS won the first two SCOL football championships back in 1923-24.
      But the politics of high school athletics will be forgotten once 7:30 p.m. Friday night gets here, with the Hurricane looking for their second straight win over an SCOL opponent, and the Indians wanting to forget last week's 44-14 loss to Gallia Academy.
      So far this season, the Hurricane (1-1) have scored just 21 points, 14 of them coming in a 14-0 win over the Miami Trace Panthers. In week one, the Hurricane lost 14-7 to Portsmouth, so for the season the Hurricane defense has allowed just those 14 points.
      In their first game of the season, WHS had 37 rushes for 137 yards and last week they pounded out 170 yards on 38 carries for a two-game total of 307 yards.
      The stingy defense of the Hurricane held a run-first Miami Trace team to under 100 rushing yards last week.
      But in their week one loss it was quarterback Tyler Hodge who led the Hurricane with 11 rushes for 49 yards and last week running back David Henry scored both WHS touchdowns in the second quarter on runs of nine and six yards.
      Against MT, running back Damian Tomlinson led the Hurricane with 19 carries for 77 yards.
      As for the Hillsboro Indians, last week their six-game road winning streak was snapped in the aforementioned loss to the Blue Devils. Secondly, this will be the Tribe's first home game of the season as five of their first six games are on the road to start the season. HHS has just four home games this year.
      So far this season, the Indians have rallied with a late fourth quarter touchdown to win 35-34 over the Western Brown Broncos, a game where HHS needed to have a big defensive stop with seconds remaining. In that first game, HHS QB Aric Carroll was 11 of 22 for 127 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception. Carroll also had 16 rushes for 75 yards against the Broncos. Bodhi Hawkins had five rushes for 71 yards, and Matt Gallimore rushed for 41 yards on 10 carries.
      Chase Gilliland was the leading receiver for HHS with six catches for 47 yards. Dow Kiefer had a 33-yard TD reception, and Kordell Ford caught a 13-yard pass for a score against the Broncos.
      In week two, Carroll was 10 of 23 for 115 yards passing, along with 13 rushes for 63 yards. Kordell Ford had five carries for 52 yards and Gallimore had six carries as he powered his way for 16 yards.
      Kiefer had two receptions in last week's loss to Gallia for 29 yards, and Gilliland caught five passes for 62 yards. For the season Gilliland leads HHS with 109 yards receiving on 11 catches.
      For the game against GA, Hillsboro finished with 28 rushes for 131 yards with 11 total first downs.
      The Indians' defense allowed 295 yards on the ground and a total of 446 yards. GA passed for 151 yards. In the Gallia game, HHS allowed double-digit scoring in three of four quarters, with Gallia closing out the game with 27 second-half points.
      Wilmington is coached by Robin Vida and play in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference (Cardinal Division). 
      Last year, WHS finished 7-4 overall with a league record of 4-1. They averaged 26.3 points game and gave up an average of 22.4 per game.
      Last season, the Indians and Hurricane did not face each other. 
      On Friday, the clock will turn back at Richards Memorial Field with the Wilmington Hurricane visiting the Hillsboro Indians in what used to be an annual South Central Ohio League matchup, but now is a non-league game.
      Over the summer, Wilmington wanted to make it official again by trying to re-enter the SCOL, but the SCOL Board of Directors decided to vote in East Clinton at 7-0 and veto Wilmington's request by a vote of 6-1.
      Since 1923, Wilmington won 14 SCOL football titles, the third most in league history, with their last one coming in 1980. WHS won the first two SCOL football championships back in 1923-24.
      But the politics of high school athletics will be forgotten once 7:30 p.m. Friday night gets here, with the Hurricane looking for their second straight win over an SCOL opponent, and the Indians wanting to forget last week's 44-14 loss to Gallia Academy.
      So far this season, the Hurricane (1-1) have scored just 21 points, 14 of them coming in a 14-0 win over the Miami Trace Panthers. In week one, the Hurricane lost 14-7 to Portsmouth, so for the season the Hurricane defense has allowed just those 14 points.
      In their first game of the season, WHS had 37 rushes for 137 yards and last week they pounded out 170 yards on 38 carries for a two-game total of 307 yards.
      The stingy defense of the Hurricane held a run-first Miami Trace team to under 100 rushing yards last week.
      But in their week one loss it was quarterback Tyler Hodge who led the Hurricane with 11 rushes for 49 yards and last week running back David Henry scored both WHS touchdowns in the second quarter on runs of nine and six yards.
      Against MT, running back Damian Tomlinson led the Hurricane with 19 carries for 77 yards.
      As for the Hillsboro Indians, last week their six-game road winning streak was snapped in the aforementioned loss to the Blue Devils. Secondly, this will be the Tribe's first home game of the season as five of their first six games are on the road to start the season. HHS has just four home games this year.
      So far this season, the Indians have rallied with a late fourth quarter touchdown to win 35-34 over the Western Brown Broncos, a game where HHS needed to have a big defensive stop with seconds remaining. In that first game, HHS QB Aric Carroll was 11 of 22 for 127 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception. Carroll also had 16 rushes for 75 yards against the Broncos. Bodhi Hawkins had five rushes for 71 yards, and Matt Gallimore rushed for 41 yards on 10 carries.
      Chase Gilliland was the leading receiver for HHS with six catches for 47 yards. Dow Kiefer had a 33-yard TD reception, and Kordell Ford caught a 13-yard pass for a score against the Broncos.
      In week two, Carroll was 10 of 23 for 115 yards passing, along with 13 rushes for 63 yards. Kordell Ford had five carries for 52 yards and Gallimore had six carries as he powered his way for 16 yards.
      Kiefer had two receptions in last week's loss to Gallia for 29 yards, and Gilliland caught five passes for 62 yards. For the season Gilliland leads HHS with 109 yards receiving on 11 catches.
      For the game against GA, Hillsboro finished with 28 rushes for 131 yards with 11 total first downs.
      The Indians' defense allowed 295 yards on the ground and a total of 446 yards. GA passed for 151 yards. In the Gallia game, HHS allowed double-digit scoring in three of four quarters, with Gallia closing out the game with 27 second-half points.
      Wilmington is coached by Robin Vida and play in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference (Cardinal Division). 
      Last year, WHS finished 7-4 overall with a league record of 4-1. They averaged 26.3 points game and gave up an average of 22.4 per game.
      Last season, the Indians and Hurricane did not face each other. 
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