Football Recap: Speedway Sparkplugs vs. Hamilton Heights Huskies
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Speedway can now relate to. They were outmatched by the Hamilton Heights Huskies at home and fell 41-7. The Sparkplugs just can't catch a break and have now endured three defeats in a row.
When it comes to explaining why Speedway lost on Friday, don't look at Connor Moreland. Despite the final result, he rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 133 yards on 12 of 25 attempts.
Joey Sigler had a dynamite game for Hamilton Heights, throwing for 265 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 51 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Those 51 rushing yards gave Sigler a new career-high. Tyler Champion was Sigler's top target, picking up 107 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Speedway's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Hamilton Heights, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season.
Speedway does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hamilton Heights, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Guerin Catholic at 7:00 p.m. Guerin Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.9 points per game this season.
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