Skipton Leads Shelbyville Rout Of New Palestine

Reprinted Courtesy of:
Shelbyville News

The weather turned chilly this week. The Golden Bears stayed hot.

Class
4A No. 7-ranked Shelbyville ran its regular-season winning streak to 16
games with a 42-14 win over New Palestine Friday at McKeand Stadium in
Shelbyville.

The Golden Bears (7-0, 5-0 HHC) got off to another quick start, scoring on their first four possessions.

“That
was the name of the game again tonight,” Shelbyville coach Pat Parks
said. “I thought we did a nice job, not really knowing what to expect
from New Palestine.”

David Brown finished off three drives with
scoring runs of one, one and 18 yards, and Kris Skipton raced 95 yards
for the fourth score after the defense denied New Palestine (2-5, 1-4
HHC) four straight times inside the 10-yard line.

“That was a
big turnaround,” Parks said. “They could have got one in and didn’t.
Then we get one, so you’re looking at a 14-point swing.”

Shelbyville led 14-0 before the Dragons started driving from their own 35. Seven plays later, they had first-and-goal at the 5.

The
Golden Bears defense stuffed two runs and broke up a pass to set up
fourth down. New Palestine quarterback Cary Albrecht tried to spread
the field then run it in himself but was dragged down on the 5.

Skipton,
who had a long touchdown run against Mount Vernon called back because
of an inadvertent whistle, took the next snap, faked to Brown then
curled around the left side of the line and outran the New Palestine
defense to the end zone to make it 21-0.

Wheels a turnin’
“That
was just a straight run for me with a fake to David (Brown),” Skipton
said. “David does a great job with the fake. (Kevin) Prosch made a
great block on the linebacker or the corner, I don’t remember which
one, and I just outran everyone else.”

Skipton’s “wheels” will never be confused for Brown’s, but he led the Golden Bears Friday with 151 yards on just nine carries.

New Palestine scored two touchdowns inside the final seven minutes of the second half.

After Tommy Armstrong’s 3-yard touchdown, Brown took the kickoff 92 yards for his fourth touchdown of the game.

Brown finished the game with 81 yards rushing on 17 attempts. Patrick Ellis had 98 yards on eight carries.

Just three teams are left in the HHC with a chance to claim the 2008 title.

Class
4A No. 5-ranked Delta (7-0, 5-0 HHC) stayed undefeated with a 44-26 win
over Rushville Friday. And Class 3A No. 7-ranked Yorktown (6-1, 4-1
HHC) defeated Anderson Highland 21-14 in a nonconference game.

The
Golden Bears have won their five conference games by an average of 36.2
points. The road should get tougher next week at Yorktown.

“We
have to get back to reality this week and get back to the preparation,”
Parks said. “We know we’re going to be challenged. It’s time to see
where we’re at.”