Hinton completed 11-of-18 with four touchdown tosses, three to classmate Tevin Blanchard, in the opening 24 minutes of Aberdeen’s 47-26 triumph over Houston Friday night in a Division 2-3A tussle.
“I thought we played well offensively the entire game, and our defense set a tone by stopping them on their first couple of drives,” Aberdeen coach Chris Duncan said. “Whenever you go up 20-0, you have a pretty good advantage. I felt like they were going to run right at us from the start, and we were able to control that which should help us down the road.”
His team remained undefeated 6-0, 2-0 in division, with the victory.
The hometown Hilltoppers (1-5, 1-2) responded to a 20-0 first quarter deficit in grand fashion, trading blows with the Bulldogs throughout the second quarter and coming within 14 twice of the top-ranked visitors. Reggie Buchanan refused to go down on first contact and notched a pair of rushing touchdowns on gains of 8 and 18 yards.
“Our kids played hard and didn't quit,” Houston coach Buz Boyer said. “We just couldn't deal with their speed. Speed kills, and it got us tonight.”
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs' junior tailback Jemerson Love was not to be outdone by his counterpart in Buchanan.
Following Buchanan's first score, Love received Jacob Long's kick and bounced from left-to-right, breaking a pair of tackles in the process as he raced to pay dirt and extended the Bulldogs' lead back to three scores at 33-12 with 10 minutes, 48 seconds left in the half.
While the first half belonged to Hinton and the air game, Love and understudy Brandon Smith owned the third quarter. After barreling through the line for an 11-yard gain on the first play of the third quarter, Love used the near sideline then darted back across the gridiron. Fifty-two yards later, he had his third touchdown on the night and the Bulldogs had reached their season average of points.
Smith took over for Love and racked up 54 yards on Aberdeen's second possession of the period before being stopped short of the first down marker inside the Hilltopper 10.
The Hilltoppers were opportunistic for their other two scores. Malcolm Stanfield recovered an errant snap in the end zone with 11:02 left in the second quarter to get the home team on the scoreboard. Corey Voyles capped the scoring with a 3-yard scamper with 2:41 remaining in the game.
Buchanan had 142 yards on 21 carries to pace Houston. On the other side, six different Bulldogs caught passes from Hinton (12-of-20, 216 yards) led by Blanchard with four totaling 78 yards. Love gained 139 ground yards on just six carries.
“Marcus has been doing this all season, and he's done a great job of leading our offense,” Duncan added.
“As long as he keeps his head on straight, I know we're in good hands. We haven't had to run Jemerson a lot so far this year, but we will have to give him the ball more down the road.”
Box score:
AHS – Tevin Blanchard 30 pass from Marcus Hinton (Antonio Crayton kick), 8:48
AHS – Jamerson Love 48 rush (Crayton kick), 3:34
AHS – Rashad Pargo 8 pass from Hinton (kick failed), 0:21
HHS – Malcolm Stanfield fumble recovery (kick failed), 11:02
AHS – Love 82 kick return (Crayton kick), 10:48
HHS – Reggie Buchanan 8 rush (kick failed), 7:43
AHS – Blanchard 7 pass from Hinton (kick failed), 4:05
HHS – Buchanan 18 rush (Jacob Long kick), 1:05
AHS – Blanchard 11 pass from Hinton (Crayton kick), 0:00
AHS – Love 52 rush (Crayton kick), 11:23
HHS – Corey Voyles 3 rush (Long kick), 2:41
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