Hawks Shutout Greensboro on Homecoming

Montgomery, Ala.-Huntingdon Football defeated Greensboro, 42-0.

The Hawks offense started strong with quarterback Landon Cotney connecting with Kahari McReynolds on an 11-yard touchdown pass at 11:20 of the first quarter. Troy Garner ended a 3-play, 53-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown rush at 6:41 to give the Hawks a 14-0 lead. With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Kahari McReynolds rushed 39 yards for his second touchdown of the game. 

At 12:16 of the second quarter, Cotney connected with McReynolds on a 5-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-0. McReynolds rushed 2 yards for a touchdown at 8:18 of the second quarter to give the Hawks a 35-0 lead. 

Quarterback Carson Daniel, who took over for Cotney in the second half, rushed 6 yards for a touchdown with one minute left in the game, extending the lead to 42-0.

Cotney was 8-9 for 151 yards and 2 touchdowns. Daniel was 4-6 for 27 yards. McReynolds had 12 carries for 94 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 catches for 16 yards and 2 touchdowns. 

Tucker Spence led the defense with 11 total tackles, including a sack for a loss of 7 yards. 

"The defense really stood out for me today, knowing we have room to work on offense with them making the stops really helps give us confidence," Kahari McReynolds said.

"We really went to work in practice this week to improve on things from last week and I'm really proud of everyone's performance today," Landon Cotney said. "When the defense is getting shutouts and giving us good field position, it gives us the momentum before we even step out onto the field."

"We really played together as a defense and just tried to have fun out there," Tucker Spence said. "We just focus on ourselves and take that experience into next week against NC Wesleyan."

"I'm really proud of the defense; they really earned that shutout," Head Coach Mike Turk said. "It was a good team win and I'm proud of the guys."

The Hawks travel to NC Wesleyan on Saturday, November 5th. Kickoff is set for 11:00 AM CST.