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Oct. 15—HILLDALE — The Hilldale Hornets were known as a team that likes to run the ball heading into their showdown with the Ada Cougars in a Week 6 matchup.
However, junior quarterback Dawson Fields — in his second game back from a season-long injury — threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns to lead Hilldale to a wild 47-35 upset of the Cougars Friday night at Hornet Field.
The Hornets improved to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in District 4A-4 play, while Ada left with identical records of 3-3, and 2-1. Broken Bow took sole possession of the 4A-4 lead at 5-1 and 3-0, while Poteau and Sallisaw are also 2-1 in the district.
“We just couldn’t overcome Hilldale’s big plays,” Ada head coach Wade Boyles told The Ada News. “This was the second game back for their quarterback and we didn’t have much film on him throwing the ball. He played extremely well for them and had some (receivers) make big plays.”
The Cougars made plenty of big plays, piling up 417 yards of total offense. Hilldale was just slightly better, accumulating a whopping 494 total yards. Along with Fields’ big day through the air, the Hornets also gobbled up 226 yards on the ground in the balanced offensive attack.
Hilldale also won the turnover battle 4-1.
“I thought our kids played well offensively, amassing over 400 yards and at times defensively, we played good,” Boyles said. “They just made some key big plays.”
Boyles said he believes the district race could go down to the wire.
“The message for the team was basically, continue to focus on us and keep taking it a week at a time. Our district still has several big games that have to be played and we need to control our fate,” he said.
The Cougars led 14-6 after running back Caron Richardson capped a nine-play, 69-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run at the 1:05 mark of the second quarter. That march was…
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Author : The Ada News, Okla.
Publish date : 2024-10-15 19:51:00
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