BLACKHAWKS: Tigers end winning streak
On first down, the ’Hawks picked up 25 yards on a pass to Winn but the yellow flags flew. A holding call pushed the ’Hawks back to the 27. A 6-yard run by Holley and a 4-yard pass from Sainsbury to Winn got the ’Hawks back to the original line of scrimmage on third down. Holtgrewe was running a slant route across the middle when a Tiger linebacker grabbed him and spun him around with the pass falling incomplete. No referee saw the infraction to the ’Hawks, who were forced to punt.
Holtgrewe foiled the Tigers when he swiped a Laird pass two plays later to stop a Prairie Grove threat on the ’Hawk 17. Holley ran for 3 to the 20 but the yellow flags were flying again on second down. A holding call pushed the ’Hawks back to the 10. After an incomplete pass, Holley was making headway before a face mask tackle brought him down after 5 yards. No referee saw the foul so the ’Hawks had to punt. A Tiger broke through to bloke the punt and the homeboys had a first down.
The ’Hawks were determined to keep the score tied with Truesdell stopping the ball carrier for no gain on first down. A second down pass was incomplete and the third down pass was knocked away by Winn. The fourth down pass went nowhere when Ortiz sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss with a little over 2 minutes left in the half.
The penalties kept coming for the ’Hawks with a 10-yarder for holding pushing them back to the 11. Two plays later Isaac Disney picked off an errant pass and ran it back to score to break the tie. The kick was good to leave the Tigers ahead 21-14.
Winn ran three times for 10 yards with Holley getting 8 on two runs but the half ended with Pea Ridge on the Tiger 48.
Prairie Grove started the second half with a short field, making the most of it by driving 49 yards for their fourth score. Laird scored on a 5-yard keeper with 9 minutes left in the third. The PAT kick was good for a 28-14 lead.
Two minutes later, the Tigers looked like they were going to put the game away when Disney intercepted a ’Hawk pass at midfield, running it back for the score. The kick was good and the Tigers had a 35-14 lead with 7:14 to go in the third. Prairie Grove then tacked on a 19-yard run by Johnson in the fourth quarter to ice the game with a 42-14 lead, following a PAT kick which was good.
With 4 minutes left, the ’Hawks scored for the final time, a 47-yard run by Winn. The kick was true to set the final score at 42-21.
Holley had 94 yards rushing on 28 carries with Winn garnering 77 on nine forays. Holtgrewe caught four passes for 20 yards with Winn getting 27 yards on three catches. Caudill also had a catch for 11 yards. Sainsbury was eight for 20 for 58 yards in the passing attack.