Greenwood moves to 7-0 on the season with two big games looming on the horizon.
It has been since December 5, 2020, since Lake Hamilton last scored points against the Bulldogs. This Friday night it was no different. In 2021 and 2022 Greenwood won in convincing fashion 35-0 and 24-0 respectively. The Bulldogs were coming off a bye week and showed themselves to be well rested.
Greenwood deferred to the 2nd half on the coin toss and would not get the ball until 5:09 in the 1st. Lake Hamilton, using a running clock control offense, made it down to the Greenwood 23 yard line and could not convert on 4th and 12. Greenwood took over with passes to Junior Isaiah Arrington and Senior Noah Chaser to get the Bulldogs to mid-field. From there, Sophomore Kane Archer would find Junior Grant Karnes down the home sideline for a 51-yard Touchdown. The Body Steinfeldt kick was good making it 7-0 with 3:19 in the half. Lake Hamilton got two good runs to get out of the hole they found themselves in after a Junior Kaylor Jasna stop on the Kickoff. Junior Cash Archer got his 12th sack of the season on this defensive series. Lake Hamilton would punt on fourth down. Senior Brayedan Davis got the Bulldogs to midfield as the clock expired on the 1st quarter.
Kane Archer with the pass to L.J. Robins for the touchdown with 7:57 in the half, the Jack Edwards snap, Blaze McDaniel hold and Steinfeldt kick was good for the point after making it 14-0. Lake Hamilton punted on their next series and Greenwood would drive 80 yards with Kane Archer taking it in from 14 yards out. Point after was good making it 21-0 with a under a minute left in the half. Lake Hamilton would return the kick and then elect to run the clock out on the half. Kane Archer was 14-of-14 with 2 Touchdowns as the Bulldogs went in for halftime.
Kaylor Jasna opened up the 2nd half taking the onside kick down to the Lake Hamilton 26-yard line. Brayedan Davis took in the touchdown from 3 yards out to get his 18th TD on the season. With 10:26 left in the 3rd quarter it was 28-0 after the Steinfeldt kick. On first down Lake Hamilton would throw an interception that Braden Skaggs would take in for a Touchdown. Point after was good pushing the score to 35-0 and starting the Sportsmanship rule. Lake Hamilton would punt on their next possession. Greenwood ran out the clock on the remainder of the 3rd quarter up 35-0 heading into the 4th quarter.
Kane Archer opened the 4th quarter with a jumping catch to Grant Karnes with 10:30 left in the running clock 4th quarter. Hudson Meeker with the point after making it 42-0. Lake Hamilton would drive down to the Greenwood 7-yard line after successful runs on the Greenwood defense. On 4th and 1 the Wolves threw an incomplete pass to turn the ball over and the clock would run out on the game.
“Our defensive guys do a great job planning for those guys.” Head Coach Chris Young said after the third shutout against Lake Hamilton. “Our guys kept them out of the end zone. It’s tough to shut out a team like that.”
“I thought our pass protection was really good. I thought our run blocking was not very good. We have got to get more physical up front; we have got to be able to run the football on a light box.” Coach Young said on the offense.
“You know we hadn’t played in two weeks. But to come out and score every possession against a well-coached team, a lot of positives tonight.”
Greenwood will be at home against Russellville next week for Homecoming. Kickoff is at 7pm and the game can be seen on Greenwood Sports Center on Youtube.
