North Newton 48, South Newton 42

KENTLAND – Sam Thomas' 3-yard touchdown run capped a back-and-forth fourth quarter for the visiting Spartans.

South Newton jumped out to a 21-0 lead on two 4-yard touchdown runs by Trevor Lowe and Skylar Sanders' 45-yard dash. Jonno Bigger fueled a 21-0 run by North Newton with a 30-yard touchdown run and two TD passes. Sanders gave the Rebels a 28-21 halftime lead with his 17-yard reception from John Dafcik.

Dafcik threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and Bigger finished with four TD passes.

Other area scores Friday: Triton 25, Caston 13.....Clinton Prairie 20, Frontier 7....Lewis Cass 29, Pioneer 0.....N. Montgomery 35, Benton Central 0..... Carroll (Flora) 37, Tri-County 0.....West Central 18, Culver 6....Winamac 56, Knox 14......N. White 52, Taylor 20.

The First Trust and Savings Bank in Watseka & Clifton Player of the Week is sophomore QB Jono Bigger of the North Newton Spartans. With his club down 21-0 after 1 quarter, Bigger led a furious comeback, finishing 27 of 38 passing for 368 yards, including 3 TD passes, and 2 TD runs, as N. Newton won a wild season opener in Kentland over rival S. Newton, 48-42.