Hampshire routs No. 5 Northern 37-15

Oct. 5—ROMNEY, W.Va. — No. 5 Northern took an early 7-0 lead on Hampshire, then the Trojans scored 37 unanswered points to stun the Huskies in a 37-15 victory on Friday at Rannells Field.

“I thought our guys were fired up, we wanted this game tonight,” Hampshire head coach Donny Evans said. “We had a great week of practice, and our guys showed some hunger tonight.”

The Trojans (3-3) put themselves in an early hole three plays into the game.

A fumble was recovered by Luke Ross, setting the Huskies (2-3) up at its own 46.

Ross punched it in four plays later from the 14.

“We started out exactly how we wanted to,” Northern head coach Phil Carr said. “We got a turnover, few plays later we’re in the end zone. Awesome start to the game, but then we couldn’t keep drives going.”

Three plays into Hampshire’s ensuing drive, Landon Eversole lobbed a deep pass to Vinny Greear.

He was untouched the final 60 yards on the way to a 75-yard touchdown.

“Whenever you get a big play, it always brings motivation,” Evans said. “The guys get fired up after that. I felt like it jump-started us a little bit.”

Eversole finished 11 of 16 for 204 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions.

Late in the first quarter, the Trojans took over on their own 26.

Two plays later, Roscoe Dean found a seam down the right sideline and was gone for a 59-yard touchdown.

Trailing 13-7 after a blocked extra point following Dean’s score, Northern had possession to open the second quarter.

On third down, Colson Kinser jarred the ball out on a strip sack, and Wyatt Swanger took it to the house on a 35-yard scoop-and-score.

“That’s just that extra touchdown that we needed,” Evans said. “Kind of gave us that little cushion, help the guys be a little more aggressive on defense.”

The Huskies took over and tried a trick play with a running back pass. An underthrown ball was…

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Publish date : 2024-10-05 13:17:00

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