EMMETSBURG, Ia. — The South Hamilton Hawks football team returned to the field on Friday Night, as they made the trip into Northwest Iowa to take on the Emmetsburg E-Hawks in Class 1A, District 2 action at Duane Twait Field. South Hamilton entered at 1-5, while Emmetsburg entered at 3-3.
South Hamilton took the football first and would drive the field and take up nearly the entire 1st quarter and score on a 1-yard touchdown by Reggie Williams, as the Hawks took a 6-0 lead. Emmetsburg answered quickly on a 46-yard touchdown run by Brennan Hasbrouck to put the E-Hawks ahead 7-6. Emmetsburg would then score on the final play of the half on 16-yard touchdown pass from MJ Bay to Bric Joynt as Emmetsburg took a 14-6 lead at the halftime break.
Emmetsburg took the football to start the 2nd half, as the E-Hawks drove down and scored on a 12-yard touchdown pass to Vince Nelson as the E-Hawks took a 21-6 lead. South Hamilton answered by going to the air, as Garrett Johnson hit Ryan Oskvig for a 50-yard catch-and-run touchdown pass as the Hawks cut the deficit to 21-14, but Emmetsburg would score twice more to put the game away on 2 touchdowns from Beckham Shirk as the E-Hawks came away with a 35-14 win.
Kash Northrop led the Hawks with 78 yards on 14 carries, as Garrett Johnson went 3-for-5 with 78 yards, a touchdown and an interception, as Kaden Dean led the Hawks with 8 total tackles on Friday.
South Hamilton football returns to action on Friday night, as they travel to Calhoun County to take on the Manson-Northwest Webster Cougars in Class 1A, District 2 action at the Keith Hart Athletic Complex, with kickoff at 7 PM on 95.7 KQWC, online at kqradio.com, and on the KQWC Streaming App.