Junior quarterback Grant Gibbons ran for three touchdowns and passed for another Friday to lead Class 3A No. 5 Evansville Memorial over No. 1 and defending state champion Bishop Chatard 27-14 in a high school football semistate game in Evansville.
The Tigers' four-wide receiver set spread out the visiting Trojans defense as Gibbons passed for 253 yards and ran for 41.
Evansville Memorial (12-2) built a 14-7 halftime lead as Gibbons found Jackson Jarboe for a 14-yard touchdown score in the first quarter and ran one in himself in the second.
Gibbons ran in two more scores in the second half, from 3 and 10 yards out.
Ari Pappas led Bishop Chatard (11-2) with 115 yards on 19 carries with one touchdown.
The Trojans tied the score 7-all in the second quarter as Steve Commiskey found Bobby Akin with a 44-yard TD pass, but that is as close as they would come.
Commiskey finished with 121 yards passing, completing 13-of-21 attempts. He also committed the game's only turnover with an interception.
| Bishop Chatard | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | --14 |
| Evansville Memorial | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | --27 |
E -- Jackson Jarboe 14 pass from Grant Gibbons (Harrison Hatfield kick)
BC -- Bobby Akin 44 pass from Steve Commiskey (Cody Dickson kick)
E -- Gibbons 1 run (Hatfield kick)
E -- Gibbons 3 run (Hatfield kick blocked)
BC -- Ari Pappas 6 run (Dickson kick)
E -- Gibbons 10 run (Hatfield kick)
| BC | EM | ||
| First Downs | 12 | 15 | |
| Rushes-Yards | 29-158 | 31-89 | |
| Passing Yards | 121 | 253 | |
| Comp-Att-Int | 13-21-1 | 13-22-0 | |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
| Penalties-Yards | 7-60 | 3-27 | |
| Punts-Avg. | 4-32.8 | 4-34.0 | |
| FG Cmp-Att | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Rushing -- Bishop Chatard: Pappas 19-115, Drew McDonald 6-31, Commiskey 3-11, Michael Adkins 1-1. Evansville Memorial: Ryan Black 22-48, Gibbons 9-41.
Passing -- Bishop Chatard: Commiskey 13-21-1-121. Evansville Memorial: Gibbons 13-22-0-253.
Receiving -- Bishop Chatard: Akin 3-45, T.J. Agnew 4-29, Garrett Arnold 1-23, Kevin O'Brien 2-19, Jack Treesh 2-7, Pappas 1-(-2). Evansville Memorial: Jonathon Wandling 7-115, Bryce Lueken 1-68, Steven Schew 3-47, Jarboe 1-14, Black 1-9.