The HT Patriots Football Team kicked off their season with a win against Waverly-South Shore last Friday night. The first quarter was a battle of two teams trying to find their way with new head coaches and new offenses, which remained close with the HT Patriots up 8 to 0 at the end of the quarter with a punt return from Kyle Hamilton and a 2pt conversion ran in by Jack Boomsma. The HT Patriots found themselves scoring on every offensive series after that. Carter Binger threw for three touchdowns to Landon Puffer, Jack Boomsma ran for two touchdowns, and Erik Salmen had a 54 yard run for a touchdown as well. Our defense forced three turnovers with a Landon Puffer interception, a Zach Gilbert forced fumble and Erik Salmen with a 7 yard return of that fumble, and Carter Binger with a “pick-six;” intercepting a ball and ran it 15 yards into the end zone for a touchdown. Erik Salmen lead the defense with 8 solo tackles, Caden Bottum was in on a number of tackles and had one sack. Jacob Michlitsch divided and conquered with three sacks of his own. It was a well rounded win by the HT Patriots and an exciting kick-off to our season. The score was 55 to 0 at the end of the second quarter.
Defensive stats:
Erik Salmen with 8 solo tackles, an assist, and a fumble recovery with 7yard return
Zach Gilbert caused the fumble for Erik to recover
Jacob Michlitsch with 4 solo tackles with three sacks
Carter Binger one interception for a 15 yard touchdown
Landon Puffer with an interception
Offensive stats:
Total rush: 123 Total pass: 113
QB Carter Binger – 9 passing attempts 6 completions, 3 for touchdowns
WR Landon Puffer – 4 catches for 78 yards and 3 touchdown receptions
RB Erik Salmen – 4 rushes for 74 yards, one 54 yard touchdown run
SL Jack Boomsma – 4 rushes for 53 yards, two touchdowns, longest 20 yards, and 2 2pt conversions
SL Kyle Hamilton – 1 rushed 2pt conversion
WR TJ Salmen – 2 catches for 38 yards, longest was 30 yard catch
Punt Return
Kyle Hamilton – 75 yard punt return for a touchdown
Kicker
Landon Puffer – 9 kick-offs total of 356 yards, 1 kicked extra point