Football Game Preview: Fishers Tigers vs. Noblesville Millers

By Team Reports Oct 28, 2025, 1:05am

Football Preview: Fishers Tigers vs. Noblesville Millers

Fishers is 9-1 against Noblesville since September of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. After each having a week off, the two teams will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. Noblesville took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Fishers, who comes in off a win.

Fishers is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Zionsville, who was ranked 21st at the time (Fishers was ranked sixth). The Tigers walked away with a 28-18 victory over the Eagles last Friday. The win continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now won five in a row.

Gage Sturgill

Rushing Yards (Career)

10/17/25 vs Zionsville108
09/12/25 vs Hamilton Southeastern86
10/03/25 vs Franklin Central62
10/10/25 @ Westfield40
09/20/24 vs Brownsburg40

A big part of Fishers' victory came down to the chemistry between Gage Sturgill and his top target Vincent Rozzi. Sturgill threw for 265 yards and three TDs while completing 81.2% of his passes while Rozzi picked up 185 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Sturgill a new career-high in rushing yards (108).

Fishers was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Zionsville only rushed for 41.

Fishers didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carsen Eloms and Jayden Bogan. Tyler Maynard was another major factor on D, picking up three sacks and making ten total tackles (5.0 for loss).

Meanwhile, Noblesville was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They came up short against Avon, falling 31-10. The Millers were down 24-3 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Fishers will have to contain Noah Shinkle as he made an impact in Noblesville's last game. He rushed for 86 yards and one score.

Noblesville's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Fishers, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.

Friday's game might be decided in the trenches. Fishers has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 149.8 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Noblesville, though, as they've been averaging only 89.1 rushing yards. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?

Everything went Fishers' way against Noblesville when the teams last played back in September, as Fishers made off with a 42-17 victory. In that contest, the Tigers amassed a halftime lead of 35-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.

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