<p>Indian Creek would have liked to have used its final regular-season home game against winless Indianapolis Manual as a tuneup, but that would be too kind.</p>
<p>More like a mash-up, which was expected with two teams heading in totally opposite directions.</p>
<p>Indian Creek whipped winless Indianapolis Manual 57-8 in an emotionally-charged game on Senior Night.</p>
<p>In winning their fifth straight game, the Braves (5-2) hit the 50-point mark for the second straight game (and third overall) and had yet another game with a running clock. It was just what the doctor ordered after Neil Sego, the father of Indian Creek senior running back Owen Sego, died in a plane crash Thursday in Michigan.</p>
<p>Owen Sego rushed for two touchdowns Friday.</p>
<p>“We’ve had a very traumatic 24 hours and I was just happy to see the kids rally around each other,” Indian Creek coach Brett Cooper said.</p>
<p>The onslaught started immediately as senior Roman Purcell took kept the ball on a quarterback bootleg and ran 73 yards untouched for the score.</p>
<p>That set the tone of the night as Indian Creek scored three more times in the first quarter with Connor Fruits and Sego scoring on runs of 13 and 6 yards, and Jordan Gorham hitting paydirt with a 55-yard punt return.</p>
<p>It was quite the night for Fruits, as he gained a total of 161 yards, with a startling 101 in the first quarter alone.</p>
<p>Purcell also threw for a 51-yard pass to Gorham and ran for another 47-yard touchdown. Purcell gained 133 yards rushing in all and threw for 100 yards.</p>
<p>Closing out the scoring in the first half was sophomore James Kelly, who recovered a Redskin fumble in the end zone.</p>
<p>Sego also scored on a 59-yard run in the third quarter before the Redskins finally got on the board with a 27-yard touchdown pass from D’Fayebeon Pittman to Robert Orkman.</p>
<p>Not that Indian Creek needed the help, but the Redskins didn’t do themselves any favors, getting 16 penalties for 120 yards, more than they gained offensively, which was 97.</p>
<p>All told, the Braves racked up more than 500 yards to Manual’s 62.</p>
<p>Indian Creek travels to Cloverdale next Friday for its final Western Indiana Conference East game before the conference playoffs in Week 9.</p>
<p>“We’ll look at Cloverdale tomorrow and try to finish the conference undefeated,” Cooper said.</p>
