Harpeth at East Hickman

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Harpeth takes a 35-0 lead on the first possession of the second half and coasted in with a 35-19 win over East Hickman. Harpeth opened the game with a backfield that hadn't started a game all season and scored right off the bat on a 34 yard Justin Cox to Perry Horkins touchdown strike. After a 3 and out, Harpeth struck on the first play with a 78 yard run by freshman Travis Tice. Tice scored again from 4 yards out early in the second quarter and then Jeremy Roark came in and directed a 10 play drive culminating with an 8 yard strike to David Stapleton and then held the Eagles out of the end zone at the end of the half on 4 downs inside their 10. Freshman Dalton Patterson scored the final touchdown for Harpeth on the first drive of the second half while freshman kicker Owen Canady was 5-5 on his extra point attempts. For the night Tice had 11 carries for 107 yards and Patterson had 12 carries for 91 yards. Justin Cox was 2 of 3 for 62 yards with one touchdown and Roark was 3 of 4 for 47 yards and a touchdown as the Indians looked very crisp tonight.

 

East Hickman got on the scoreboard on their first possession of the second half with a 5 yard run by Brandon Tidwell and added fourth quarter touchdowns from 78 yards out by Jacob Voyles and from 15 yards out by Trey Arrowood on their last drive. The Eagles were 1 of 2 on point after kicks and had a 2 point conversion stopped. The Eagles were led by Voyles 107 yards on 18 carries and Trey Arrowood's 92 yards on 11 carries. Arrowood also had 68 yards net passing on the night.

 

I want to commend East Hickman on their enthusiasm and team spirit. Their guys sprinted out on every play and played hard the whole game. The band played until the end and their fans supported them every step of the way. It was refreshing to see a team that is building a program go about their business in the way that they do. That will pay dividends down the road guys. Keep plugging away.

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I hope the Eagles get their first win this Friday, but win or lose, one thing for certain is that Coach Jones and his program will show more class than their middle school. I try to pull for the Eagles as long as they're not playing HC, but after watching EHMS run the score up on HCMS with less than two minutes to go and a 43-14 lead, it's becoming harder to do. Running a trick play and throwing a long touchdown pass late in the game when all you have to do is take a knee makes your whole program look back, not just your school. Kudos to Coach Jones, regardless of record, for showing his players how to play the game with class. And shame on you Coach Harris for ruining a stellar performance by your team by resorting to a bush league play like that to end the game.

 

REPORT.......LUDAWG must say. Shame on you Coach Harris for making it to the Semi-finals by demolishing Lewis County 30-0 and going today back to Lewis County to face Fairview who stands Undefeated and unscored on until today...... East Hickman Eagles win 14-0 East wins the M.T.A.C. Championship.