Goal line stand seals Huron win

September 2, 2015 Editor featured

by Angie Asam–Staff Writer

The Rogers City Hurons’ varsity football team snuck out a win at home Friday to open the season. The Hurons won 14-8 after overcoming 10 penalties costing them more than 150 total yards and used a goal-line stand with AuGres at the 2-yard line with 1:25 remaining in the game to seal the deal.

Seniors Casey Szatkowski and Alex Hincka along with junior Jacob Hein stuffed the AuGres running back at the 1-yard line to give the ball back to the Hurons.

“That was the ballgame. If you don’t play on that play you don’t belong out here. It was a great stand,” said coach Tim Nagy.

THE PLAY of the game at Friday night’s opener for the Rogers City Hurons’ football team was this stop at the goal line late in the game. Seniors Alex Hincka and Casey Szatkowski along with junior Jacob Hein made the stop. Hincka is hanging on the ball carrier while Szatkowski, with his foot on the goal line is waiting and Hein has a hand on from the left. (Photo by Angie Asam)

Senior quarterback Quintin Kelly t

hen snuck the ball up the middle twice to give the Hurons some breathing room so they could line up in victory formation and seal the opening-week victory.

“I thought we were going to roll these guys over. Give a lot of credit to them. They had 12 guys and they never gave up, they were a classy bunch,” said coach Nagy.

AuGres came out of the locker room and was aggressive as they had a successful onside kick to start the game.

Rogers City struck first on the scoreboard in the first quarter. The Hurons took over on downs at their own 45-yard line with 4:51 remaining in the opening quarter.

(The complete story is in the Sept. 3, 2105 edition of the Presque Isle County Advance)