Sluggish Redmen blank Mohawks
Published 4:02 pm Saturday, September 1, 2018
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
McDERMOTT — The temperatures were hot, but the Rock Hill Redmen were running cold.
However, once the Redmen got warmed up they kept on running as they blanked the Northwest Mohawks 33-0 on Friday.
Rock Hill recovered a fumble at the Northwest 23 on the game’s first play and got to the 9-yard line only to have a holding penalty negate a touchdown run by T.J. McGinnis and the drive ended with a 36-yard missed field goal.
Northwest elected to go for a first down at its own 40 and lost 7 yards.
Rock Hill then went 33 yards in nine plays capped by Zak Adkins’ 4-yard run. Brady Floyd’s conversion kick made it 7-0 with 8:47 left in the half.
The Redmen went 63 yards in eight plays on their next possession and scored on a 7-yard run by Adkins.
The key play was a 28-yard scamper by quarterback Brayden Friend.
Rock Hill (1-1) came out in the third quarter and got a 41-yard touchdown by Hankins three plays into the half.
After an interception, it took the Redmen just four plays to capitalize as Hankins ran 8 yards for a touchdown and a 26-0 lead.
The final Rock Hill touchdown came on a 36-yard run by T.J. McGinnis with just 45 seconds left in the quarter. Floyd kicked the conversion for a 33-0 lead.
Rock Hill ran for 254 yards. The only pass completion was for minus-3 yards.
McGinnis carried 16 times for 116 yards and Hankins had 78 yards on just eight attempts with two touchdowns.
The Rock Hill defense limited the Mohawks (0-2) to a mere 53 yards on the ground and 72 passing for just 125 total yards.
Rock Hill 0 14 19 0 = 33
Northwest 0 0 0 0 = 0
Second Quarter
RH — Zak Adkins (Brady Floyd kick) 8:47
RH — Zak Adkins (Brady Floyd kick) 0:45
Third Quarter
RH — Logan Hankins 41 run (kick failed) 10:04
RH — Logan Hankins 8 run (run failed)
RH — T.J. McGinnis 36 run (Brady Floyd kick) 1:42
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RH NW
First downs 11 8
Rushes-yards 39-254 22-53
Passing yards -3 72
Total yards 251 125
Cmp-Att-Int 1-2-0 6-12-1
Fumbles-lost 1-0 6-4
Penalties-yards 4-15 6-30
Punts-average 2-35.0 2-40.0
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Individual Leaders
RUSHING — Rock Hill: T.J. McGinnis 16-116, Logan Hankins 8-78, Zak Adkins 11-23, Brayden Friend 1-28, Hayden Harper 1-5, Hunter Massie 1-12, Noah Burton 1-minus 1; Northwest: Nathan Rivers 8-22, Austin Penrod 2-1, Andrew Newman 2-10, Ashton Hall 6-12, Chad Bowen 1-2, Billy Crabtree 3-6.
PASSING — Rock Hill: Brayden Friend 1-2-0 minus-3; Northwest: Ashton Hall 2-5-1 8, Austin Newman 4-7-0 64.
RECEIVING — Rock Hill: Zak Adkins 1-minus 3; Northwest: Brayden Campbell 1-minus 7, Billy Crabtree 2-33, Nathan Rivers 1-8, Timmy Emmons 2-38.