From the Pittsburgh Morning Sun:
One name: Horak. Two different players. The two brothers
scored all eight of Rossville’s touchdowns in a 56-19 win over St. Mary's
Colgan on Friday night.
Running back Thatcher Horak found the end zone on the game’s
opening kickoff from 95 yards out.
His brother, quarterback Tucker Horak, scored on Rossville’s
next drive on a 28-yard fake handoff run and then added three more touchdowns
in the first half to give the Bulldogs a 35-13 lead at intermission. Tucker
finished the night with five touchdowns while Thatcher had two.
“They’re both great players,” St. Mary’s head coach Chuck
Smith said. “The bad thing is Tucker’s coming back next year. I thought both of
them had a great game. I’m proud of our kids. We never quit and the scoreboard
might look ugly but the kids hung in there.”
Playing at Carnie Smith Stadium at Pittsburg State, the
undefeated and No. 1-ranked Bulldogs proved to be too much for the Panthers
(9-3) in the sectional round of the Class 3A playoffs.
“An awful good team beat us,” Smith said. “Opening
kickoff, we kicked the ball like we wanted to and Thatcher takes the ball and
breaks several tackles and they’re up 14-0 before we know it. They’re a real
fine football team. Their quarterback was good. They’ve just got a lot of good
players.”
Tucker finished with 16 carries for 198 yards and went 5-6
for 95 yards and one interception.
“Our offensive line has been playing well all year,”
Tucker said. “Our line has been opening up holes all year and that’s what
sparks us. We got to give it all to them.”
Thatcher had four carries for 58 yards.
Tucker picked off quarterback Ryan Cedeno and returned it
all the way back for a 45-yard touchdown in the first quarter to give the
Bulldogs a 28-7 lead.
“For us, in the early going, when the game was back and
forth, it was our non-offense scores that were very important for us,”
Rossville coach Derrick Hammes said.
Tailback Austin Commons had 29 carries for 191 yards for
the Panthers. Cedeno had two touchdown runs.
The Panthers punted for the only time in the first half on
their opening drive. On their second drive, they found the end zone on a
seven-play, 61-yard drive in which Cedeno connected with wide receiver Sawyer
Esch for an 18-touchdown pass with 3:43 left in the first quarter.
But the Bulldogs had an
answer for everything, and Tucker scored on a 1-yard run to cap a nine-play,
70-yard drive to make it 21-7, Rossville. Two plays later, Tucker scored on his
interception return
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