JEWELL, Ia. — The South Hamilton Hawks football team returned to the field on Friday Night, as they made the trip into Calhoun County to take on the Manson-Northwest Webster Cougars in Class 1A, District 2 action at the Keith Hart Athletic Complex. South Hamilton entered at 1-6, while Manson-Northwest Webster entered at 3-4.
Manson took the football first and would drive down and score on the opening drive on a Cameron Wood 2-yard touchdown run to put the Cougars up 6-0, but South Hamilton would answer on a 6-yard touchdown run by Reggie Williams to tie the game at 6-6. The Cougars answered on the ensuing drive with a Tegan Thoma 6-yard touchdown run to make it 14-6, before Reggie Williams capped off a long South Hamilton drive with his second score of the night to bring the score to 14-14. Thoma would score his 2nd touchdown of the night from 26 yards out, followed by a Coy Moline 5-yard touchdown run to put the Cougars ahead 28-14. South Hamilton struck before the end of the half, as a 51-yard pass from Garrett Johnson to Kash Northrop set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Reggie Williams as the Hawks trailed 28-20 at halftime.
South Hamilton took the football to start the 2nd half and would march inside the Cougars 15-yard line, but a fumble into the endzone thwarted the Hawks efforts, as Manson turned the turnover into points on a 46-yard touchdown run by Tegan Thoma to put the Cougars ahead 34-20. Manson-Northwest Webster put the stamp on the game with a 5-yard touchdown run by Cameron Wood to cap a 42-20 victory.
The Ace of the Game, presented by Ace Hardware of Webster City, was South Hamilton freshman Reggie Williams, who rushed 22 times for 75 yards and 3 touchdowns. Garrett Johnson went 2-for-7 for 80 yards and 2 interceptions, as Ben Swenson and Ryan Oskvig led the Hawks with 7 tackles each.
South Hamilton’s season concludes with a record of 1-7.