Batesville One Win Away from State Title Game

The Bulldogs travel to #2 Heritage Hill tonight.

(Batesville, Ind.) – The Batesville Bulldogs hope to punch their ticket to the Class 3A state championship with a win tonight.

Batesville will have to get through #2 Heritage Hills to get to Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis next week.

The Bulldogs advanced to the semi-state in dramatic fashion last Friday, defeating Tri-West 41-37 on a last-minute touchdown pass from Will Jaisle to Damien Dance.

The win sets up a rematch with Heritage Hills, who knocked Batesville out of the state tournament last season in the regional round by a score of 24-21. 

Batesville enters this year's matchup with a record of 9-3. Heritage Hills is 12-1. The winner will play Garrett or Fort Wayne Luers for the Class 3A state title next Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

Tonight's semi-state matchup will be streamed on the IHSAA Champions Network starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. 

Join us Friday at 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT for the 2024 @IHSAA1 3A Football Semi-State match-up of Batesville @ Heritage Hills! Join us on https://t.co/nrgSchfJWH for all the action! @BulldogsBville @hhpatriots pic.twitter.com/m25DQDfpoC

— Champions Network (@IHSAAtv) November 20, 2024

Tale of the Tape

Players to Watch

Batesville

QB Will Jaisle: 127-215 (59%), 1,799 yards, 19 TD, 9 INT
RB Gage Pohlman: 184 carries, 1,230 yards, 10 TD
WR Damien Dance: 59 receptions, 880 yards, 10 TD
LB Judd Renck: 92 tackles, 3.5 TFL
FS Alex Krekeler: 77 tackles, 7 INT

Heritage Hills

QB Jett Goldsberry: 88-149 (59%), 1,507 yards, 23 TD, 4 INT, 129 carries, 1,418 yards, 23 TD
RB Hunter Meredith: 120 carries, 917 yards, 13 TD
WR Tyler Ruxer: 40 receptions, 798 yards, 11 TD
LB Parker Hart: 87 tackles, 3 TFL
LB Alex Smith: 74 tackles, 4 INT