After three consecutive losses in the Indiana Class 1A state championship game, Adams Central is finally a state champ. Friday, at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, the Flying Jets, who moved up to 2A this year, beat Linton-Stockton 46-6 for the school’s first state championship since 2000.
“I’m just relieved and excited for these kids,” said Adams Central head coach Michael Mosser on IHSAA.org. “It’s a huge accomplishment, for us to be here four years in a row and have three heartache games beforehand and getting it done. That was a big thing we wanted to do… we wanted to accomplish this goal and get it done.”
Adams Central rushed for seven touchdowns, tying the 2A record for rushing TDs in a game. The Flying Jets now share the record with the 1997 Jimtown team.
AC is the ninth different school to play in four consecutive state championship games. Center Grove was the last to did it in 6A from 2019 through 2022 following Center Grove’s four straight berths in 6A from 2019-22.
Linton-Stockton’s Hayden Feltner earns Ress Mental Attitude Award
During the awards ceremony, Hayden Feltner of Linton-Stockton High School was announced by the IHSAA Executive Committee as the recipient of the Blake Ress Mental Attitude Award in Class 2A Football.
The award is annually presented to a senior who is nominated by his principal and coach, and has demonstrated excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability during his four years of high school.
Hayden currently ranks fifth in his senior class at Linton-Stockton. He is involved in the National Honors Society as well as an integral role in the Future Farmers of America program in the position of President and officer.
Hayden is a four-year Wabash Valley All Athletic team. He was part of Linton-Stockton’s 2A state runner-up basketball team in 2023. Hayden’s also participated in track and field team during his career at Linton-Stockton.
He is the son of Brett and Danielle Feltner of Worthington, IN and will attend Vincennes University to study Agriculture beginning next fall.
The award is named in honor of Commissioner Emeritus Blake Ress, who served as the IHSAA’s seventh commissioner from 2000-11.
The Indianapolis Colts, the presenting sponsor of the state tournament, presented a $1,000 scholarship to Linton-Stockton High School’s general scholarship fund in the name of Hayden Feltner.
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