It was another tough night on the gridiron Friday, October 9th for the Lawrenceville football Indians.
The Newton Eagles used a strong ground and passing attack to hand the Tribe their eighth straight loss 58-6 on Senior Night at Chevisky Field in Newton.
Junior Quincy Fulton scored five times to pace the Eagle offense. The hosts led 14-0 after one quarter, 48-0 at the half and 51-0 after three quarters to improve to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the Little Illini Conference (LIC).
The winless Indians scored their only points of the night on a 19-yard touchdown run by quarterback Blayton Gossett at the 9:22 mark of the third quarter. They are also winless in LIC play at 0-6.
The Indians will end the season Friday, October 16th when they host the unbeaten Mt. Carmel Golden Aces on Senior Night at Ed Loeb Field in Lawrenceville. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Elsewhere in the LIC:
Olney (Richland Co) 42 Casey-Westfield 20
Mt. Carmel 40 Marshall 0
Paris 42 Robinson 0
Greencastle girls soccer sectional champs for third time in four seasons
IHSAA Football State Tournament Pairings Show to air on GIANT fm network
Star player and coach Al Harden passed away
Tiger Cubs look to close out the regular season strong
