| Date |
Opponent |
Score |
| Aug. 22 |
Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (T) |
(W) 43-7
The Kats started out the season with a much better effort than a year ago. Kokomo set
a school record with 72 rushing plays for the game while posting a 43-7 victory over Mount Vernon. The defense also played well forcing five turnovers. Braxton Shelton led the Kats in rushing going over 100 yards, while Curt Hutchins led the defense in tackles. |
| Aug. 29 |
Coldwater (OH) (T) |
(L) 41-7
Bruce Johnson scored the only touchdown for the Wildkats on Friday at Coldwater as the
Kats fell 41-7. Curt Hutchins led the Wildkats in tackles with eight, and Tyrone Brown had an interception to lead the defense. We made it tough on ourselves Friday by giving short field scoring opportunities.
Coldwater had to drive the ball one time over 40 yards for a touchdown. With four turnovers and three punt snaps that were unsuccessful, Kokomo helped a good team be even better. We will look to rebound this week in our home opener against Anderson. –
Coach Colby |
| Sept. 5 |
Anderson (H) |
(W) 54-28
After a tough first half on Friday the Kats came out with a great second half effort on defense that allowed Kokomo to pull away with a 54-28 victory. Braxton Shelton and Bruce Johnson both rushed for over 100 yards as the Kats rushed for a season high 495 yards and 31 first downs. Curt Hutchins again led the Wildkat defense with 10 tackles.
- Coach Colby |
| Sept. 12 |
Muncie Central (H) |
(W) 46-0
The Kats won their 9th straight NCC game on Friday by shutting out Muncie Central 46-0. We jumped out to an early 24-0 margin with dominating defense and our first touchdown through the air in the first quarter from TJ Weir to Tyrone Brown. Braxton Shelton had another big game rushing for over 200 yards in just three quarters of action while Jairus Johnson rushed for over 100 as well.
Curt Hutchins led the defense in tackling again. The entire unit played very well and held Muncie Central to a total of -6 yards for the game. Kokomo ’s defense has held their opponents scoreless for the last 6 quarters of play. -
Coach Colby
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| Sept. 19 |
Huntington North (T) |
(W) 22-14
Kokomo won a very hard fought defensive battle on Friday against Huntington North 22-14. The defense led the way for Kokomo with Jake Schick setting a new school record for QB sacks in the game with 4.5. Curt Hutchins led the Kats again in tackling with eight for the evening, and Austin Colby had seven tackles. Nick Franklin had an interception and held the #6 ranked receiver in the state on Friday to no catches for the evening!!
The offense grounded it out in the second half and scored on an 89-yard drive to put the game away. Braxton Shelton had over a hundred yards rushing again and Casey Shipley added 85 yards rushing. Bruce Johnson also scored on a 98-yard kickoff return which helped swing momentum back to Kokomo in the 1st half.
We are looking forward to homecoming this week and playing a New Castle team that has won its last two ball games. See you there at 7:00 pm on Friday at Walter Cross Field. -
Coach Colby
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| Sept. 26 |
New Castle (Homecoming) |
(W) 50-14
The Kats dominated in all three aspects of the homecoming game on Friday against New Castle. Offense, defense, and special teams all played very good. New Castle had zero offensive yards going into the 4th quarter of the game. The defense also scored two times with Curt Hutchins intercepting a pass for a touchdown and Cliff Burns getting credit for a safety. On offense Braxton Shelton and Jairus Johnson each had two touchdowns. Drew Marshall had his best night of kicking and punting. Drew was 4-4 on extra point attempts and averaged over 40 yards a punt on Friday! The Kats go on the road Friday against Richmond (7:30 start time), who is 3-1 in NCC play.
― Coach Colby |
| Oct. 3 |
Richmond (T) |
(W) 39-14
Kokomo won its fifth straight game last Friday by beating Richmond 39-14. At one point the Kats ran off 32 straight points taking a 32-7 lead in the 3rd quarter. Jacob Schick led the defense in tackles with nine and Nick Franklin intercepted his third pass on the season. On offense Casey Shipley and Braxton Shelton both ran for over 100 yards and the Kats rushed for a team total of over 400 for the night. Kokomo takes on Logansport this Friday on the road at 7:30. A win this week clinches at least a tie for a conference championship. -
Coach Colby |
| Oct. 10 |
Logansport (T) |
(W) 37-13
Kokomo wrapped up at least a share of the 2008 NCC football title by defeating Logansport on Friday by a score of 37-13.
The offense was back on track rushing for over 400 yards for the evening, and Braxton Shelton had over 200 of those yards while also scoring 4 TD’s. The defense was strong again against a rushing attack that was second in the conference behind Kokomo. Logan was held to only 69 rushing yards for the evening. The top two tacklers for the Kats were Curt Hutchins and Casey Shipley. It was Casey’s first defensive play of the season and he did a very nice job!!
Kokomo looks to wrap up back-to-back undefeated conference championships this Friday as we host Marion at 7:00 pm. It also happens to be Senior Night. Please come and recognize these young men for what they have meant to our football program and Kokomo High School. –
Coach Colby
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| Oct. 17 |
Marion (Senior Night) (H) |
(W) 49-13
The Kats beat Marion 49-13 to clinch back-to-back undefeated North
Central Conference championships. Braxton Shelton rushed for over 100 yards and scored three first half touchdowns, while Curt Hutchins led the defense with 11 tackles. Casey Shipley returned a kick for a
touchdown in the first half for our special team highlight of the night.
Kokomo plays Anderson Highland this Friday on the road at 7:00 pm in a first round sectional game. -
Coach Colby
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| Oct. 24 |
IHSAA Sectional 4, Class 5A - First Round |
Kokomo 40 -Anderson Highland 14
Harrison 42 - McCutcheon 14
Laf. Jeff 42 - Anderson 14
Carmel 41 - Noblesville 0
Kokomo beat Anderson Highland last Friday 40-14. Kokomo rushed for over 400 yards for the evening with Casey Shipley and Braxton Shelton over the 100-yard mark for the evening. Shipley had three TDs while Braxton, T.J. Weir, and Dylan Green also added one touchdown apiece.
On defense Curt Hutchins led the Kats with 14 tackles on the evening. This allowed him to become the all time leading tackler in Kokomo football history.
Kokomo will host Lafayette Harrison this Friday at Walter Cross Field at 7:00pm. –
Coach Colby
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| Oct. 31 |
Sectional - Second Round |
Harrison 23 - Kokomo 20
Kokomo ended its season Friday with a gut wrenching loss 23-20. Braxton Shelton scored two rushing touchdowns and also a receiving touchdown from Casey Shipley. Jake Schick and Curt Hutchins led the defense with six tackles each. Jake Schick and Austin Colby also recovered fumbles
Thanks to everyone all year for the support we received, now comes the long wait until next season. We finished the year with a 9-2 record and back-to-back NCC championships. We still have goals to strive for we haven’t achieved as of yet, but we are on track. Thanks to all the players and parents for their sacrifices made though out the season. –
Coach Colby
Carmel 44 -
Laf. Jeff 21 |
| Nov. 7 |
Sectional Finals |
Carmel vs Harrison |
| Nov. 14 |
Regional |
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| Nov. 21 |
Semi-state |
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| Nov. 29 |
State |
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