Hawley Bearcats Fight to the Finish for an 18-20 Victory over Winters
by Robert Adkins
Hawley traveled to Winters to take on the Blizzards Friday night and the Bearcats received a surprisingly warm welcome from the Blizzards for their homecoming match up.
What can one say about Hawley’s performance in this game? The Bearcats simply never stopped fighting. With 11 penalties for 95 yards, 2 touchdowns called back, 2 dropped passes in the end zone, and 2 overtime periods, Hawley emerged victorious.
The Bearcats started the game by kicking off to the Blizzards and holding them with no 1st downs on this opening drive and forcing them to punt. Hawley started their drive from their own 35-yard line and the Blizzards reciprocated the defensive battle by holding the Bearcats and forcing them to punt without a 1st down. Then to add icing on the cake, the Blizzards blocked the punt after a bad snap and recovered the ball on the Bearcat 9 yard line. The Blizzards scored on their 1st play of the series with a 9-yard run to the right for a touchdown. The PAT was blocked and Hawley covered it. The Bearcats started from their own 31 after receiving the kick from Winters but were unable to turn it into a scoring drive.
With a solid offensive performance the Bearcats were able to move the ball against the Blizzard’s defense but weren’t as successful at putting points or should I say keeping points on the scoreboard. With good runs from Josh Stevens (23 Car. For 116 yds.), Kyle Sloan (15 Car. For 62 yds.), Seth Lockwood (8 Car. For 16 yds 1 TD), and Seth Keith (23 Car. For 188 yds.) the Bearcats put together several good drives. Billy Penny, Dustin Polk, and Kody Sims also had carries contributing to the Bearcat offense. The Hawley receivers aided the offense with 63 yards; Steven Houck had 1 rec for 8 yds. 1 TD, Wes Lambert had 1 rec for 9 yds. 1 TD, and Tracy Whitehead had 3 rec for 46 yds. The Bearcats had a sum of 460 total yards offense.
The Bearcat defense did their job by holding Winters to only 300 yards total offense. Justin New, Stetson Gartman, and Chad Taillon led the defense in tackles with assists from Austin Adkins, Corbin Coonrod, Cody Garrett, L.J. Greenway, Seth Lockwood, and Billy Penny. Austin Adkins and Kyle Mooney both had fumble recoveries that turned the ball over to the Bearcats. It was a total team effort to put this game in the win column.
The Bearcat fans would like to congratulate Coach Hardin and his entire staff along with the Bearcat players for a job well done. Hawley will host the Ballinger Bearcats at Forrest Field on Friday night at 7:30. Please make plans to attend and lets show these young men our support. Go Bearcats!
Hawley traveled to Winters to take on the Blizzards Friday night and the Bearcats received a surprisingly warm welcome from the Blizzards for their homecoming match up.
What can one say about Hawley’s performance in this game? The Bearcats simply never stopped fighting. With 11 penalties for 95 yards, 2 touchdowns called back, 2 dropped passes in the end zone, and 2 overtime periods, Hawley emerged victorious.
The Bearcats started the game by kicking off to the Blizzards and holding them with no 1st downs on this opening drive and forcing them to punt. Hawley started their drive from their own 35-yard line and the Blizzards reciprocated the defensive battle by holding the Bearcats and forcing them to punt without a 1st down. Then to add icing on the cake, the Blizzards blocked the punt after a bad snap and recovered the ball on the Bearcat 9 yard line. The Blizzards scored on their 1st play of the series with a 9-yard run to the right for a touchdown. The PAT was blocked and Hawley covered it. The Bearcats started from their own 31 after receiving the kick from Winters but were unable to turn it into a scoring drive.
With a solid offensive performance the Bearcats were able to move the ball against the Blizzard’s defense but weren’t as successful at putting points or should I say keeping points on the scoreboard. With good runs from Josh Stevens (23 Car. For 116 yds.), Kyle Sloan (15 Car. For 62 yds.), Seth Lockwood (8 Car. For 16 yds 1 TD), and Seth Keith (23 Car. For 188 yds.) the Bearcats put together several good drives. Billy Penny, Dustin Polk, and Kody Sims also had carries contributing to the Bearcat offense. The Hawley receivers aided the offense with 63 yards; Steven Houck had 1 rec for 8 yds. 1 TD, Wes Lambert had 1 rec for 9 yds. 1 TD, and Tracy Whitehead had 3 rec for 46 yds. The Bearcats had a sum of 460 total yards offense.
The Bearcat defense did their job by holding Winters to only 300 yards total offense. Justin New, Stetson Gartman, and Chad Taillon led the defense in tackles with assists from Austin Adkins, Corbin Coonrod, Cody Garrett, L.J. Greenway, Seth Lockwood, and Billy Penny. Austin Adkins and Kyle Mooney both had fumble recoveries that turned the ball over to the Bearcats. It was a total team effort to put this game in the win column.
The Bearcat fans would like to congratulate Coach Hardin and his entire staff along with the Bearcat players for a job well done. Hawley will host the Ballinger Bearcats at Forrest Field on Friday night at 7:30. Please make plans to attend and lets show these young men our support. Go Bearcats!
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