Football Recap: Hodgeman County Falls Despite Strong Effort from Hazen Rydquist

By Team Reports Nov 20, 2024, 5:11pm

Football Recap: Hodgeman County Longhorns vs. Dighton Hornets

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hodgeman County can now relate to. They came up short against the Dighton Hornets on Friday, falling 44-22. The Longhorns were down 36-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Despite the loss, Hodgeman County still got an impressive performance from Hazen Rydquist, who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Those 113 rushing yards gave Rydquist a new career-high.

Even though they lost, Hodgeman County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in three consecutive games.

Hodgeman County's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for Dighton, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 11-0.

Hodgeman County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Dighton, they will take on Victoria at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Victoria will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.

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