PeyBack Classic II
Saturday, September 22, 2001
RCA Dome | Indianapolis, Indiana

Northwest 28, Manual 7
Junior tailback Teddy Dunbar rushed for 121 yards on 17 carries as Northwest (2-4) topped Manual (1-5) 28-7 Saturday in the first game of PeyBack Classic II in the RCA Dome. On Northwest's first offensive play, Dunbar went 51 yards to put the Pioneers in front 7-0. Northwest junior Michael Durrett scored the next two touchdowns of the game. The first was a 66-yard interception return with a 1:52 remaining in the first quarter. The second was an 11-yard touchdown to give Northwest a 21-0 lead with 2:09 remaining in the first half. Northwest forced eight Manual turnovers.

Scecina 35, Tech 14
Scecina (5-1) defeated Tech (0-6) 35-14 Saturday in the second game of PeyBack Classic II in the RCA Dome. The Crusaders opened scoring with a Tyran Thompson three-yard TD run in the first quarter to take a 7-0. Tech battled back in the second quarter, scoring on quarterback Adrian Taylor's 24-yard pass to James Washington, bringing the Titans within one at halftime. The two-point conversion failed. Scecina then pulled away in the third quarter scoring four touchdowns, including junior running back Joey Grant's 86-yard kick off return. Crusader senior running back Tyran Thompson rushed for 111 yards on 21 carries.

Broad Ripple 50, Arlington 38
Broad Ripple (5-1) upended Arlington (4-2) 50-38 in a high scoring match-up in the final game of PeyBack Classic II Saturday in the RCA Dome. The Arlington Knights struck first on a 14-yard run by senior running back Jason Bell and led 8-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Broad Ripple Rockets came back in the second quarter scoring four touchdowns, including an 80-yard interception return by senior Chris Willis with 0:09 left in the half. The Knights ran in three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but a 21-yard touchdown pass from Robert Thomas to Austin Highball sealed the game for the Rockets with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter.