Hawks Take Down Guilford

Greensboro, NC.-Huntingdon Football defeated Guilford, 47-7.

Guilford came out fast with a 75-yard touchdown pass just 16 seconds into the game. Quarterback Landon Cotney connected with Tyler England for a 22-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 7 at 4:04. With one minute left in the first quarter, the Hawks took the lead with a 29-yard run from Cotney and never looked back. 

At 10:37 of the second quarter, Cotney found Conner Bradford for a 10-yard touchdown pass to make it 20-7. Cotney rushed for 6-yards at 5:45, capping off an 8 play, 70 yard drive to give the Hawks a 27-7 lead going into halftime. 

Kahari McReynolds rushed 3 yards for a touchdown at 3:50 of the third quarter to make it 34-7. Quarterback Carson Daniel connected with Dylan Killingsworth on a 33-yard touchdown pass at 11:00 of the fourth quarter to make it 41-7. With 1:47 left in the game, Khalil Nettles rushed 5 yards for a touchdown to make it 47-7.

Cotney was 11-21 with 120 yards and 2 touchdowns. Carson Daniel was 5-5 with 70 yards and 1 touchdown. Kahari McReynolds led the offense with 20 rushing attempts for 176 yards. Dylan Killingsworth had 3 catches for 77 yards. Tyler England had 3 catches for 32 yards. 

Casey Peppers led the defense with 9 tackles and had 4 sacks for a loss of a combined 26 yards. Ty Martinez had 5 tackles with .5 sacks for a loss of 4 yards while Tucker Spence had 4 tackles with .5 sacks for a loss of 4 yards also. 

"We are happy to get a win, for sure, but I hope we learned from this today," Head Coach Mike Turk said. "We were very sloppy on offense, turnovers and penalties, not playing well.  We were able to overcome most of it, but can't afford to dig ourselves a hole like that. I am proud of the way our defense controlled the game, though, they bailed us out several times.  We have a lot to work on, for sure."

The Hawks return home to face Belhaven to open USA South Conference play on Saturday, September 24th. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 PM CST.