![]() That will be tested against one of Tipp’s toughest schedules. Tipp enters this season with a streak of 11 straight playoff appearances. “Bunkers” is proud to sponsor coverage of 2016 GWOC football on Press Pros. It’s the same thing for the quarterback,” Hughes said. “When you pitch you have to be the leader of the baseball team. In 2015, Hughes completed five of his six passing attempts for 80 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. The defense will benefit from their leadership, something Hughes also wants to bring to the offense. Hughes was fifth in tackles for the Red Devils last season with 74 – Rogers led the team with 100 and Subler had a second-best 78 – and had three interceptions. Both Hughes and Rogers had interceptions against Eaton. He’s one of three returning starters with senior safety Cade Rogers and Subler, a senior linebacker. In addition to his quarterback duties, Hughes is also a leader on the Red Devils’ defense. He said Division I and Division II colleges have shown interest in him for both baseball and football. While Ben has also informed the EIU baseball coaches about his little brother’s abilities, Aaron is still considering all his options. “He’s come to a couple of our scrimmages and tells me what I’ve done right,” Aaron said. Ben is a red-shirt sophomore pitcher at Eastern Illinois University. His brother Ben, a 2014 Tipp graduate, was a three-year starter at quarterback. If Hughes needs some throwing advice he knows where to turn. We don’t have to spend as much time on those things with him.” Other times when we’re working on individual drills like step patterns and targets, that transfers over from baseball for him. Multi-tasking…Aaron Hughes wil be a front line starting pitcher for the Red Devils come spring. “You get out here live and get some guys in your face and you just miss sometimes. “He did a good job during our 7-on-7s and really threw the ball with about 70 percent accuracy,” Derge said. But overall Derge was happy with his first-year quarterback’s progress. Hughes missed on a screen pass here and a short pass there. ![]() Unofficially, Hughes completed 4-of-9 passes for 87 yards. Three plays later he connected with Anderson again, this time for a 39-yard gain to Eaton’s 1-yard line. In the third quarter, Hughes lofted a pass over a defender’s head – converting another third-and-long – for a 21-yard gain to senior Nyles Anderson. The 15-play, 85-yard drive ended with the first of six touchdowns for the Red Devils. Hughes hit senior Austin Subler on a screen pass that went for 17 yards. On the same drive a holding penalty pushed the Red Devils into first-and-20 from the Eaton 27. Hughes found senior Quenten Williams for a 27-yard gain. On the Red Devils’ first drive, Tipp faced a third-and-9 from their own 16-yard line. Hughes demonstrated some of that poise during Friday’s win against Eaton. Tipp coach Joel Derge said Hughes won the starting quarterback job with his senior leadership and passing accuracy during summer 7-on-7 competitions. Shawnee (D-IV) and Milton-Union (D-V) complete the non-GWOC schedule that ramps up the Red Devils competition from a season ago.Īnd the Red Devils are doing it with only three starters returning. Tipp – coming off a 10-2 season that ended in the Division III regional semifinals – opens this season at Division IV Graham on Friday. The staff ace now brings his 83-mph fastball to the football field. Hughes shoulders have already helped carry the Red Devils’ baseball team to the Division II regional semifinals this past spring. “You go out with a little chip on your shoulder.” But I think that’s good,” the 6-foot-1, 172-pound senior said after helping Tipp upend Eaton 42-12 in a scrimmage Friday at Tipp City Park. Hughes, the first-year starter at quarterback, is ready to lead them there. It’s a new era for Tippecanoe’s perennial power football program. Games against Miami County (and now GWOC) rivals Troy and Piqua highlight a conference schedule loaded with Division II and Division III programs. After all, with a move to the Greater Western Ohio Conference the Red Devils are going big-game hunting themselves. Consider the antlers an inspiration to the Tippecanoe Red Devils football team this season. Hanging on the wall in Aaron Hughes’ bedroom is a prized possession – the head of an eight-point buck Hughes’ took down last year in southeastern Ohio. Bigger teams, bigger games, and bigger stakes are what await senior quarterback Aaron Hughes and his Red Devil teammates – a little “big game” hunting for the Tippecanoe in 2016.
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