Indiana High School Athletic Association

Media Release of September 6, 2000

Seniors set early pace

in football state statistics

In the first weekly statistical compilation of the 2000 Indiana high school football season, five seniors and a junior are setting the pace. Those leaders are:

SCORING -- Senior Josh Smith of Attica has scored 12 touchdowns, kicked seven extra points and successfully run for five two-point PATs to total 89 points in three games for the 3-0 Red Ramblers. Smith finished third in state scoring in 1999, averaging 20.5 points in 11 games.

RUSHING -- Senior Brandon Jones of Peru has rushed for 876 yards, an average of 292 yards a game, in helping the Tigers to a 2-1 start. Jones, who has made a verbal commitment to attend Purdue on a football scholarship, has twice run for 300 yards this season. He carried 20 times for a season-best 321 yards last week against Eastern (Greentown). Jones averaged 144.4 yards in nine games in 1999 to finish 26^th on the state rushing list.

PASSING – Senior Brett Rhatigan has hit 55 of 109 passes for 948 yards and five touchdowns for the 1-2 Bronchos. A first-year starter, Rhatigan opened the season with a 314-yard effort against McCutcheon and followed with 331 passing yards against Harrison (West Lafayette).

RECEIVING -- Senior Dustin Deno of Lafayette Jefferson has been the big target for Rhatigan, grabbing 25 balls for 455 yards. Deno has caught four touchdowns while averaging 151.6 yards per game. Deno broke a 19-year-old school record with 13 catches against McCutcheon in the season opener.

PUNTING – Senior Steve Weatherford of Terre Haute North has punted 13 times for an average of 41.1 yards a boot, topped by a 60-yard boomer. His efforts have helped the Patriots to a 3-0 start.

INTERCEPTIONS – Junior Blake Schoen of Benton Central has pilfered six passes in three games for the 3-0 Bison. He picked off three passes against Lafayette Central Catholic on Aug. 25.

Thanks!

We thank all the media members and coaches who provided the information to compile the first statistics list of the 2000 Indiana high school football season. The compilation will continue weekly through the completion of the 2000 IHSAA football tournament.

Please send weekly updates to the IHSAA office by 9 p.m. each Monday.

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2000 Individual Leaders

As reported to the Indiana High School Athletic Association

Through games of Sept. 2, 2000

SCORING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	TD	PAT/1 pt.	PAT/2 pt.	Total Points	Points Per Game
Josh Smith, Attica	A	Senior	3	12	7	5	89	29.6
Clint Bobb, Seymour	4A	Senior	3	13	0	0	78	26.0
DeMarreo Campbell, Calumet	3A	Junior	3	11	0	2	70	23.3
Chris Spillmann, Owen Valley	4A	Senior	3	10	0	4	68	22.6
Sal Shabazz, South Bend Clay	4A	Senior	3	10	0	1	62	20.6
Otis Shannon, Indianapolis Cathedral	4A	Senior	3	10	0	0	60	20.0
Luke Seward, Frankfort	3A	Senior	3	9	0	1	56	18.6
David Gater, East Noble	4A	Senior	3	8	0	3	54	18.0
Seth Rainey, Mount Vernon	3A	Soph.	3	9	0	0	54	18.0
Derek Rehage, East Central	4A	Senior	3	9	0	0	54	18.0
Derenzo Bushrod, Evansville North	4A	Senior	3	8	0	0	48	16.0
Brandon Jones, Peru	3A	Senior	3	8	0	0	48	16.0
Drew Leer, Lakeland	3A	Junior	3	7	0	2	46	15.3
Blair DeCrane, Mishawaka	5A	Senior	3	7	0	1	44	14.6
Justen Deck, Southmont	2A	Senior	3	7	0	1	44	14.6
Brian Bradshaw, Knightstown	A	Junior	3	7	0	0	42	14.0
Josh Santos, North Central (Farmersburg)	A	Senior	3	6	0	3	42	14.0
Cole Seifrig, Heritage Hills	3A	Soph.	3	7	0	0	42	14.0
Jeff Papczynski, Culver Military	3A	Senior	3	6	0	2	40	13.3
Nick Johnson, Western Boone	2A	Senior	3	6	0	1	38	12.6
David Tubbs, Harding	2A	Junior	3	5	0	4	38	12.6
David Foster, Attica	A	Senior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
Ryan Kaufman, Northeastern	A	Junior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
Tristan McKing, Jennings County	4A	Senior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
Jeff McAllister, Heritage Hills	3A	Junior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
John McCall, Twin Lakes	3A	Senior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
Josh Mills, Delphi	3A	Senior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
Tony Payne, Lafayette Jefferson	5A	Junior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0
Brandon Schrock, Goshen	4A	Senior	3	6	0	0	36	12.0

RUSHING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Rushes	Yards	Rushing TD	Yards Per Game
Brandon Jones, Peru	3A	Senior	3	92	876	8	292.0
Otis Shannon, Indianapolis Cathedral	4A	Senior	3	68	717	10	239.0
Chris Spillmann, Owen Valley	4A	Senior	3	73	681	10	227.0
DeMarreo Campbell, Calumet	3A	Junior	3	43	655	11	218.3
Brian Bradshaw, Knightstown	A	Junior	3	75	623	7	207.6
Josh Santus, North Central (Farmersburg)	A	Senior	3	74	605	6	201.6
Derenzo Bushrod, Evansville North	4A	Senior	3	54	595	8	198.3
Robbi Petre, Clinton Central	A	Senior	3	81	573	6	191.0
Tommy Restivo, Plainfield	4A	Senior	3	74	560	5	186.6
Luke Seward, Frankfort	3A	Senior	3	52	557	9	185.6
Sal Shabazz, South Bend Clay	4A	Senior	3	47	555	10	185.0
Josh Mills, Delphi	2A	Senior	3	75	553	6	184.3
Seth Rainey, Mount Vernon	3A	Soph.	3	92	496	9	165.3
Tristan McKing, Jennings County	4A	Senior	3	78	488	6	162.6
Justin Grinstead, Greenfield-Central	4A	Senior	3	73	473	3	157.6
Nathan Wildeman, Evansville Mater Dei	2A	Senior	3	46	468	5	156.0
Drew Leer, Lakeland	3A	Junior	3	61	463	6	154.3
Josh Smith, Attica	A	Senior	3	63	459	8	153.0
Jon Roman, Pendleton Heights	4A	Junior	3	50	449	3	149.6
Tyler Roth, Winamac	2A	Senior	3	52	426	8	142.0
Adam Goodman, Benton Central	3A	Senior	3	77	419	4	139.6

PASSING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Comp.	Attempts	Yards	Passing TD	Per Game
Brett Rhatigan, Lafayette Jefferson	5A	Senior	3	55	109	948	5	316.0
Clayton Richard, McCutcheon	4A	Soph.	3	46	83	914	7	304.6
Will Sullivan, Lebanon	3A	Senior	3	45	84	799	6	266.3
David Eads, Franklin	4A	Senior	3	65	100	733	--	244.3
Chris Hill, Lawrence North	5A	Senior	3	50	90	729	6	243.0
Jake Schiff, Evansville Mater Dei	2A	Senior	3	39	71	705	10	235.0
Kirk Page, Mitchell	2A	Senior	3	46	84	693	5	231.0
Elliot Vice, Southmont	2A	Junior	3	46	104	678	10	226.0
Jeremy Newton, Linton-Stockton	A	Senior	3	34	63	663	7	221.0
Brent Doty, Wawasee	4A	Junior	3	53	74	656	6	218.7
Brandon Dumford, Northeastern	A	Senior	3	26	58	645	12	215.0
Jay Cutler, Heritage Hills	3A	Senior	3	30	48	577	10	192.3
Alex Kixmiller, North Knox	2A	Junior	3	42	76	568	4	189.3
Kevin Prall, Bloomington South	5A	Senior	3	40	58	526	7	175.3
Dusty Hess, Winchester	2A	Senior	3	45	95	519	3	173.0
Tim Schafer, Wheeler	2A	Senior	3	27	44	508	8	169.3
Kelvin Norfleet, Harding	2A	Senior	3	33	63	503	8	167.6
Aaron White, Edgewood	3A	Senior	3	31	53	467	3	155.7
Joey Lynch, Delta	4A	Junior	3	22	28	469	3	156.3
Brandon Roop, Castle	5A	Junior	3	14	19	438	5	146.0
Adam Webb, Perry Meridian	5A	Senior	3	30	61	420	4	140.0

RECEIVING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Catches	Yards	Receiving TD	Yards Per Game
Dustin Deno, Lafayette Jefferson	5A	Senior	3	25	455	4	151.6
Travis Reynolds, Mitchell	2A	Senior	3	25	426	3	142.0
Tyler Clevenger, Winchester	2A	Junior	3	29	412	3	137.3
Brandon Clifton, McCutcheon	4A	Senior	3	17	379	4	126.3
Nick Elliott, Lebanon	3A	Senior	3	16	376	6	125.3
Torey Rauch, Southmont	2A	Senior	3	18	330	3	110.0
Bobby Likens, Wawasee	4A	Junior	3	18	302	3	100.6
Landon Hinman, DeKalb	4A	Senior	3	12	296	4	98.6
Ryan Kaufman, Northeastern	A	Junior	3	10	289	6	96.3
Brett Behrens, Wheeler	2A	Junior	3	17	287	4	95.6
Mitch Roberts, Bloomington South	5A	Senior	3	18	283	3	94.3
Kelly Martin, McCutcheon	4A	Soph.	3	11	266	1	88.6
Chris Hambrick, Lawrence North	5A	Junior	3	14	256	1	85.3
Jared Schiff, Evansville Mater Dei	2A	Senior	3	14	256	4	85.3
Andy Bright, Linton-Stockton	A	Senior	3	10	255	3	85.0
Andre Dickson, Terre Haute North	5A	Junior	3	12	253	3	84.3
Reggie Swanson, South Bend Riley	5A	Senior	3	16	243	5	81.0
Ryan Hahaj, Fort Wayne Northrop	5A	Senior	3	16	242	0	80.6
Chris May, Franklin	3A		3	18	240	--	80.0
Justen Deck, Southmont	2A	Senior	3	13	236	4	78.6
J.D. Saucerman, North Knox	2A	Junior	3	18	235	1	78.3
Jeff McAllister, Heritage Hills	3A	Junior	3	12	230	6	76.6
Jason Oociask, Plainfield	4A	Senior	3	8	219	2	73.0
B.J. Crumes, Delta	4A	Senior	3	6	210	2	70.0
Brian Kaufman, Northeastern	A	Junior	3	6	205	5	68.3
Kevin Smeltzer, Owen Valley	4A	Junior	3	9	205	2	68.3
Josh Deckard, Franklin	4A	Senior	3	12	192	--	64.0
Trai Essex, Harding	2A	Senior	3	10	183	4	61.0
Prentiss Bennett, Peru	3A	Senior	3	3	180	3	60.0
Tywan Cole, Harding	2A	Junior	2	8	120	2	60.0

PUNTING
3 punts per game minimum

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Punts	Total Yards	Best	Avg. Punt
Steve Weatherford, Terre Haute North	5A	Senior	3	13	535	60	41.1
Ryan Linn, Southmont	2A	Senior	3	10	400	54	40.0
Ryan Stafford, Carmel	5A	Junior	3	11	410	58	37.2
Nick Morris, Cass	2A	Senior	3	9	333	--	37.0
Zach Hawley, Winchester	2A	Junior	3	14	515	50	36.8
Dave Helvey, Hamilton Southeastern	5A	Junior	3	14	507	50	36.2
Justin Raney, Perry Meridian	5A	Senior	3	10	362	41	36.2
Josh Hitzeman, East Noble	4A	Senior	3	9	325	54	36.1
Aaron Hanlin, Westfield	3A	Senior	3	11	392	56	35.6
David Smith, Mitchell	2A	Soph.	3	11	391	45	35.5
Evan Zimmerman, McCutcheon	4A	Junior	2	6	213	44	35.5
John Sheridan, Columbus North	5A	Senior	2	9	315	46	35.0

INTERCEPTIONS

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Int.	TD
Blake Schoen, Benton Central	3A	Junior	3	6	1
Theron Schmid, Attica	A	Senior	3	5	0
Hunter Buchanan, Castle	5A	Senior	3	4	0
Mark Schellinger, LaPorte	5A	Junior	3	4	0
Lee Schulz, Cass	2A	Senior	3	4	0
Kris Sexton, Westfield	3A	Junior	3	4	0
Brett Behrens, Wheeler	2A	Junior	3	3	0
Nick Johnson, Western Boone	2A	Senior	3	3	0
Ross McDonald, Fountain Central	2A	Senior	3	3	0
Jeremy Newton, Linton-Stockton	A	Senior	3	3	1
Josh Parker, Edgewood	3A	Junior	3	3	0
Kyle Podell, Winamac	2A	Junior	3	3	0
Brandon Pullen, Clinton Central	A	Junior	3	3	0
Josh Smith, Attica	A	Senior	3	3	2

MILESTONES

Benton Central named its football field after Herschell "Hook" Mallory during ceremonies Aug. 25. He served as the school’s first athletic director from 1968-1984.

Clint Bobb, a senior at Seymour, broke the school’s 30-year-old career touchdown record Aug. 25 against Jeffersonville. He scored six times against the Red Devils to run his career total to 48. The former record was 47, set in 1970 by current U.S. Congressman Baron Hill. Bobb also eclipsed the school’s career rushing touchdown record set by Michael Batts in 1991. Bobb left the game with 43 rushing touchdowns. Bobb also owns the school career rushing yardage record.

Bob Copeland, football coach at Danville, celebrated his 100^th victory at the school Aug. 25 as the Warriors defeated Crawfordsville 48-7. Copeland, who directed Eastern Hancock to the IHSAA Class A title in 1985, is in his 12^th season at Danville.

Hammond Morton named its football field in honor of former coach Maurey Zlotnik during season-opening ceremonies Aug. 18. Zlotnik coached the Governors from 1952-1977, compiling a record of 114-82-8 and highlighted by a mythical state championship in 1965.

Landon Hinman, a senior at DeKalb, broke the school record for receiving yardage in a game when he grabbed eight passes for 209 yards in a 28-0 victory over New Haven on Sept. 1. The previous mark was 163 by Josh Barnett against Norwell in 1993.

Hobart honored late football coach Don Howell by renaming its stadium the Don Howell Field at Brickie Bowl during season-opening ceremonies Aug. 18. Howell died Nov. 28, 1999, just months after retiring from teaching and coaching following a legendary career that included a 314-73 record in 33 seasons with four IHSAA state titles.

Robbi Petre, a running back at Clinton Central, broke the school’s career rushing record Aug. 18 with 272 yards in a 46-6 victory over Taylor. He left the game with 3,982 career yards. He has since moved that total to 4,283 yards to rank 34^th on the state’s career rushing list.

Travis Reynolds, a senior at Mitchell, has become the school’s career leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns. Mark Watterson set all three records in 1978. Reynolds ranks second on the state season receiving list this season with 25 catches for 426 yards and three touchdowns. With 128 career receptions, he’s within striking distance of the state record of 177 set by P.K. Williams of Tri-West Hendricks in 1985.

Robbie Robinson, a junior at North Central (Indianapolis), broke the school’s single-game rushing record Aug. 25 when he carried 32 times for 285 yards as the Panthers defeated Richmond 48-35.

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