FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Arrows, T-Birds, Miners, Tigers, Warriors earn 2nd-round playoff games

Second-round playoff games await five Wabash Valley high school football teams that won their postseason openers last week.Sullivan, Linton and North Central in Indiana, and Paris and Casey in Illinois, advanced to this week's round of action. Meanwhile, the two Indiana Class 5A teams had a bye last week, so Terre Haute South will play at Terre Haute North at 7 p.m. Friday.In last Friday's action:• Sullivan 52, Owen Valley 27 — The Golden Arrows opened their 2026 Class 3A high school postseason on a successful note, avenging a regular-season loss in the process.The Arrows downed Owen Valley on Friday after losing four weeks earlier by a 38-30 score to the Patriots in a Western Indiana Conference game.Sullivan takes a 5-5 record into next Friday's 7 p.m. game at Scottsburg (5-5), while Owen Valley finished 4-6.• Greencastle 35, South Vermillion 28 — At Clinton, Cole Stephens passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more Friday as the visiting Tiger Cubs built a 21-6 halftime lead and held on to win the Class 2A first-round game.Colton Robertson rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats while Ben Shryock ran for 108 yards — including the game's last touchdown with 3.9 seconds left in the game — and passed for 88 more.Greencastle, 5-5, plays 7 p.m. Friday at 10-0 South Putnam, a 56-33 winner Friday over Cascade in the battle between two defending state champions. South Vermillion finished 5-5.• Linton 62, Pike Central 0 — At Petersburg, the visiting Miners took out a season's worth of frustration out on the host Chargers in a 2A sectional contest.Espn Graves completed 7 of 10 passes for 191 yards and five touchdowns for Linton, with all three of Ivan Montgomery's catches going for scores (and 115 yards).Tanner Scharbrough scored on a 69-yard punt return and a 30-yard run, and the Miners outgained their hosts 415-25.Now 2-8, Linton hosts Tell City (7-3) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Pike Central finished 0-10.• North Central 42, Parke Heritage 8 — At Rockville, the shorthanded Wolves were no match Friday for the visiting Thunderbirds in a Class A first-round game.Blake Ledcke led Parke Heritage's rushing attack with 90 yards on 10 carries, while Mason Wilcox completed 10 of 24 passes for 111 yards. Leyton McMullen caught four passes for 69 yards.North Central intercepted three Wolves passes.North Central, 6-4, will host top-ranked Riverton Parke (10-0) at 7 p.m. Friday. Parke Heritage finished with a three-game losing streak and a 5-5 record.In Illinois playoff games:• Mowweaqua Central A&M 48, Marshall 7 — At Moweaqua, Ill., freshman Cooper Dahnke rushed for 51 yards but the Lions, without some key personnel, lost a first-round Class 2A game on Friday.Max Welsh added 45 rushing yards on 10 carries for Marshall. Defensively, Rocco Giannavola had a team-high 10 tackles, while teammate Josef Stafford topped Marshall with six solo tackles.Central A&M advances with a 6-4 record, while Marshall finished 3-7.• Paris 16, Eureka 13 — At Paris, Ill., the host Tigers survived a scare and advance in a Class 3A playoff game Saturday.Now 8-2, Paris plays 3 p.m. Saturday at Macomb (8-1).• Casey 12, Astoria South Fulton 6 — At Astoria, Ill., the visiting Warriors took advantage of past playoff experiences and upset the host Rebels on Saturday.Now 4-6, Casey plays 1 p.m. Saturday at sixth-seeded Tuscola (7-2). South Fulton finished 6-4.• Tolono (Unity) 70, Robinson 16 — At Tolono, Ill., the visiting Maroons led 9-7 early in the second quarter, but the host Rockets exploded for 28 points in both the second and third periods to end Robinson's season in a Class 3A playoff game Saturday.Gunnar Hoalt scored the Maroons' initial touchdown on a 34-yard pass from Jetson Hoalt to narrow Tolono's lead to 7-6, and Hayden Bonnell's 32-yard field then put Robinson ahead. But 56 unanswered points by Tolono sealed the win. The Maroons' final points came on a 33-yard TD pass from Hoalt to Maverick Deckard, with Bonnell kicking the PAT.Tolono outgained Robinson in total yardage 557-320. Hoalt completed 14 of 22 passes for 150 yards and rushed for another 58 on 10 carries.Robinson finished 4-6 for the year.In a regular-season finale:• Martinsville 42, Danville Schlarmann 8 — At Martinsville, Ill., the host Bluestreaks completed a winning season in eight-man competition.