Tonight I returned home to Hickory High School's Hornet Stadium for Homecoming 2019 where the Hornets hosted the Grove City Eagles.
In my preview I said that oddsmakers had Grove City as a pick favorite. But I also said that this would likely be a trap game on the road for the Eagles. You couldn't have asked for better weather for homecoming. The Eagles were playing without Dillon Winger, who is on the shelf with a sprained left knee.
Grove City won the coin toss, but deferred to the second half.
And just 30 seconds in, the tone was set when Matthew Cannone fired a tailback option pass to Ramarion Whitehead for a 52 yard touchdown strike to make it 7-0 Hornets. But by the midpoint of the first quarter, Grove City answered with a 13 yard touchdown run by Curtis Hovis to tie things up at 7 apiece after one.
Hickory took the for good in the second quarter when Ramarion Whitehead caught another touchdown pass, this time from Michael Henwood from 18 yards out to make it 14-7 Hornets at the intermission.
Early in the second half, Daiveon Say caught a 39 yard touchdown pass from Logan Breese to get the Eagles within one (the PAT was blocked) after three.
But in the fourth, Nathan Richards caught a 27 yard touchdown pass from Henwood to extend the Hornets lead to 21-13.
Things got tense in the final two minutes when Zack Martin found pay dirt from four yards out to get the Eagles within two. They went for the tie, but the pass was broken up. Grove City would have to execute an onsides kick. They recovered it, but there was laundry on the field. The ball did not go the required minimum ten yards, and three Michael Henwood kneel downs later, it was over. The final score was Hickory 21, Grove City 19.
Michael Henwood was the recipient of the Player Of the Game t-shirt courtesy of O'Neill Coffee and Steve's Teez.
It's a happy homecoming in Hermitage with the Hornets win over previously undefeated Grove City!
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