

Quito added another score from 13 yards away and Cassidy found the end zone one final time with a 5-yard jaunt to wrap up the scoring.Ĭassidy finished with 110 yards and two passing touchdowns, and 62 yards and three rushing touchdowns. The fact that we can hand the ball to multiple guys is helpful to us and makes it hard to key on one player.”Ĭassidy struck again in the second half with a 25-yard touchdown run that sent the running clock into action with the score reading 36-6. He’s a really good football player and we game planned some stuff to get him in a rhythm and it seemed to work. “We needed to find a way to get him in a rhythm. “(Cassidy) needed this game,” Hayes said of his standout QB. Cassidy followed by showcasing his own speed on a 31-yard touchdown spurt for a 28-6 halftime advantage. The final score of the first half was set up by a 40-yard run by McAfee and a 22-yard run by Quito. That was as close as it got for the Jets. He also finished the drive with a 6-yard touchdown run to cut the deficit to 20-6 with 8:56 remaining in the half. Union Local did respond this time as Tomolonis dazzled with a first down scamper of 14 yards after the ball was snapped over his head and nearly 20 yards into the backfield. The Jets also committed three turnovers, the second coming on a fumble that set up a 4-minute Huskies’ TD drive that culminated in Cassidy connecting with Alex Fluharty for a 20-yard scoring strike early in the second quarter. Huskies’ QB Hayden Cassidy took advantage of the great field position with a 16-yard TD pass to Parker Hutton to create a 14-0 upper hand with 4:35 to play in the opening stanza.

We’re going to get back to the drawing board and get better.” It was a frustrating night but there are two ways to look at it - you can mope and make excuses but we’re not going to do that. We had a touchdown called back for holding and we really couldn’t do anything right. “We didn’t come ready to play and (Harrison Central) was the better team. “That summed up our night but first and foremost, I take the blame,” UL coach Bernie Thompson said. Union Local punted on its next possession and after the initial punt landed near the 10-yard line, another penalty forced a re-kick, which turned out to be a difference of roughly 46 yards, setting Harrison up with another short field at UL’s 44 yard line. I think our defense led us and our offense fed off of them.” “Our defensive coaching staff - Coach (Drew) Case, Coach (David) Nameth, and Coach (Roger) Herbert - those guys did a great job with our game plan this week. “Our defense played lights out,” Hayes said. Moments later, running back Mykel Quito plunged in from a yard out to give Harrison a 6-0 edge. Harrison wasted no time capitalizing as Cam McAfee hauled in an interception on the very next play that set the Huskies up at Union Local’s 18-yard line.

On Union Local’s opening drive, Jets’ quarterback Isaiah Tomolonis found speedster Dre Saunders for what they thought was a 72-yard touchdown but a holding penalty negated the score.
