ALFRED, N.Y. – Hilbert football dropped this afternoon's game 48-7 to the Alfred State Pioneers. Despite an impressive day on the ground by Darion Reed, the Hawks fall to 0-3 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
A pair of Justin Horvath long touchdown passes to Jazir Francois (62 and 73 yards), got the Pioneers out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Two Jake Palmer rushing touchdowns and a Silas Egenlauf fumble recovery and return for a touchdown made it a 34-0 game at the half.
Another Palmer rushing touchdown in the third quarter brought the Pioneer lead to 41. Alfred continued to lean on the ground game with another rushing score, this time by Nicholas Cuomo. It took until 21 seconds left in the game, but Hilbert found the endzone in this one. Brody Hopkins found Quantrail Moss for 23-yard Hawks touchdown.
The Hawks were led by the offensive line, and the running of Reed and R Gillie. Reed carried the ball 26 times totaling 118 yards, his career best in both. Gillie had 15 carries for 65 yards, for an average of 3.9 yards per attempt.
GAME NOTES
UP NEXT
The Hawks will look for their first win on the season as they host Endicott next Saturday. The game will be at Frontier High School and is part of True Blue Weekend. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 PM.
