Heights outshines Lapel in 4 quarters of four-square effort

In order to beat a good Lapel football team, Hamilton Heights needed to have four quarters of an all-around good effort.

That’s exactly what the Huskies delivered on Friday night.

Heights rolled to a 34-7 win over the Bulldogs – on the road, no less. After the game, Huskies coach Jon Kirschner couldn’t say enough about how well his team played.

“It was an all-around game,” said Kirschner. “We played for four quarters an all-around football game. They just made it a good night.”

Heights never trailed in the game. In fact, the Huskies got the game-winning score 13 seconds into the first quarter. That’s when Tyler Champion caught a 53-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bodie Derrer.

Heights continued to roll in the second period, scoring three more touchdowns. Derrer punched the ball in from the one-yard line less than a minute into the quarter. Then Champion delivered two more big scores. First, he took a kickoff return 75 yards into the end zone. Minutes later, Champion caught a 57-yard touchdown throw from Derrer.

When the dust settled, the Huskies led 27-7 at halftime. While Derrer and Champion were having spectacular games, Kirschner made sure to give the offensive line its due as well – “they blocked their rear ends off,” he said.

“We had linemen blocking 20 yards down the field and that’s a mentality thing,” said Kirschner.

Derrer had one more touchdown pass to throw, which he did in the third quarter. That pass went to Cooper Vondersaar, who took it 29 yards for a score. Teigan Scoles was 4-for-4 in extra point kicks.

The defense also played well, keeping a big Lapel team down to just one touchdown.

“Our defense, they just swarmed to the ball,” said Kirschner. “They are on top of you very quickly. They just played very, very hard and I’m very, very impressed by their efforts.”

Kirschner noted that his team made mistakes, which is typical of Week 1 games. But, he said, one of the biggest takeaways was how the players were able to respond after those mistakes.

“We had great play from every kid all over the field on every side of the ball,” said Kirschner.

Heights travels to North Montgomery next Friday for its Week 2 game.

 

HAMILTON HEIGHTS 34, LAPEL 7

Score by Quarters

Heights                                                 6                              21                           7                              0 – 34

Lapel                                                     0                              7                              0                              0 – 7

Team Stats                                          HH                         LHS

First Downs                                        9                              6

By Rush                                                7                              3

By Pass                                                 1                              1

By Penalty                                           1                              2

Rushes-Yards                                     35-108                   26-155

Yards Passing                                     171                         45

Comp-Att-Int-TD                              6-10-0-3               7-21-3-0

Fumbles-Lost                                     0-0                          4-1

Penalties-Yards                                 7-66                       8-54

Punts-Average                                  4-31.3                    5-25.2

Heights Scoring

First Quarter

11:47 – Tyler Champion 53-yard pass from Bodie Derrer (run failed)

Second Quarter

11:11 – Derrer 1-yard run (Teigan Scoles kick)

2:42 – Champion 75-yard kickoff return (Scoles kick)

0:37 – Champion 57-yard pass from Derrer (Scoles kick)

Third Quarter

1:38 – Cooper Vondersaar 29-yard pass from Derrer (Scoles kick)

Heights individual stats (center)

Rushing: Owen VanHaaren 20-88, Eric Balcom 4-19, Carson Fettig 3-5, Chance Yeager 2-1, Derrer 6-minus 5.

Passing: Derrer 6-10-171.

Receiving: Champion 3-127, VanHaaren 2-15, Vondersaar 1-29.