GRVC champion Hornets 8th grade football team took a victory lap on Saturday
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By Steve Wimmer
The GRVC champion Hornets 8th grade football team took a victory lap on Saturday when they went up to Leopold, Indiana and defeated Perry Central by a final score of 44-28. HCMS head coach Jeff Kessans led the charge.
Brady Atwell put Hancock County ahead when he raced 45 yards for a touchdown early in the first quarter. An Atwell 2-point conversion made the score 8-0.
The home team wasn’t intimidated as they answered with a drive that ended with a 6-yard TD run. The conversion left the scored tied at 8-8.
The Hornets managed another scoring drive late in the opening quarter and again it was Atwell who cashed in. The big quarterback scored from 14 yards out to give his team a 14-8 advantage after one frame.
Jaxson Morris gave the Hornets some breathing room when he plunged over the goal line for a 1-yard TD in the second quarter. Atwell scored the conversion and Hancock County now led 22-8.
Perry Central pulled to within a TD after a 10-yard run to the end zone, followed by a conversion that made the score 22-16.
Still in the second quarter, Atwell capped a scoring drive with a 3-yard TD run. A Bradyn Morris 2-point reception gave the Hornets a 30-16 advantage at halftime.
Perry Central came out firing in the third quarter and scored on a pass-and-catch that covered 55-yards. The conversion failed but the home team was still in the game, trailing 30-22.
Atwell spoiled PC’s hopes of winning when he countered with a backbreaking 57-yard TD run later in the third quarter. Jaxson Morris added two points and Hancock’s lead was 38-22.
Perry Central added one fourth quarter TD that pulled them closer, but Abe Simpson ended any hopes of a comeback when he scored on a 4-yard TD run to end the game.
Hornet stats
Atwell rushed for 164 yards on 10 carries and scored four TDs. Jaxson Morris gained 72 yards on eight runs, Simpson had four carries for 22 yards, and Dylan Morris and Jaiden Amburgey each had eight yards on two carries.
Atwell completed 1 of 3 pass attempts for 44 yards. Hayden Shearn made the reception.
Atwell led the Hornet defense with 6 tackles and Aiden Embry made 3.5 stops. Simpson and Cooper Jones made two tackles and one sack each, Tristan French and Ellis Napier each made two stops, Alex Madden had 1.5 tackles and one sack, Cade Herndon, Wyatt Emmick and Jaxson Morris all had 1.5 tackles each, Luke Pritchard had one stop and one sack, Bradyn Morris made one tackle and one interception, and Drake Haycraft, Jack Roberts, Amburgey and Dylan Morris all made one tackle each.
