Merrillville Pirates - 58
Portage Indians - 19

Merrillville 7 35 16 0 - 58
Portage 0 13 0 6 - 19

SCORING PLAYS:
M - Lavarion Logan 2-yard run (Austin Pupek kick good), 1Q 4:49
M - Marcus Hardy 31-yard pass from Angel Nelson (Austin Pupek kick good), 2Q 11:32
M - Lavarion Logan 42-yard run (Austin Pupek kick good), 2Q 8:13
M - Armani Glass 86-yard pass from Angel Nelson (Austin Pupek kick good), 2Q 6:27
P - Mey-Sin Hollowell 78-yard kick-off return (kick no good), 2Q 6:12
M - Marcus Hardy 74-yard pass from Angel Nelson (Austin Pupek kick good), 2Q 5:14
P - Devan Howard 18-yard pass from Tyler Swopes (Bryce Hufford kick good), 2Q 1:35
M - Lavarion Logan 1-yard run (Austin Pupek kick good), 2Q :49
M - Phillip Roche' 33-yard run (Austin Pupek kick good), 3Q 10:57
M - Safety via block punt, 3Q 7:59
M - Paris Hewlett 66-yard run (Austin Pupek kick good), 3Q 5:46
P - Josh Bloom 14-yard run (2-pt failed), 4Q 5:37


RUSHING: MERRILLVILLE - Lavarion Logan  16 car.- 158 yards, 3TDs; Phillip Roche' 2 car.- 35 yards, TD;  Paris Hewlett  1 car.- 66 yards, TD.  PORTAGE - Jakar Gordon 6 car.-35 yard, Mey-Sin Hollowell 3 car.-23 yards, Devan Howard 3 car.-22 yards.

PASSING: MERRILLVILLE - Angel Nelson  8 comp.- 12 att., 303 yards, 1 INT, 3TDs.  PORTAGE - Tylee Swopes 5 comp.-9 yards, 73 yards, TD.

RECEIVING: MERRILLVILLE - Marcus Hardy  3 rec.- 138 yards, 2 TDs; Joel Johnson 2 rec.- 43 yards; Armani Glass  2 rec.- 106 yards, 1 TD.  PORTAGE - Colton Wilkie 2 car.-44 yards, Devan Howard 2 car.-23 yards, TD.

RECORDS: Merrillville 4-0 (2-0), Portage 2-2 (1-1)

DAC STANDINGS
1. Chesterton 2-0
1. Merrillville 2-0
1. Valparaiso 1-0
4. Crown Point 1-1
4. Portage 1-1
6. Michigan City 0-1
6. Lake Central 0-2
6. LaPorte 0-2

NEXT GAME: Friday, September 25th at LaPorte H.S. to face the Slicers, start time 7:00 PM.