STGNews gamenight quickblast: Hurricane 13, Cedar 7 (OT)

Written by Andy Griffin
September 19, 2014
Hurricane celebrates its overtime victory over Cedar, Hurricane at Cedar, Cedar City, Utah, September 19, 2014 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

Hurricane 13, Cedar 7 (OT)

ST. GEORGE — Nick McDaniel took a pitch around the right end and sprinted 25 yards for a touchdown in overtime to lift the Tigers to the thrilling win and spoil the Redmen Homecoming celebration.

Hurricane’s Jake Carr and Cedar’s Dallin Grover each scored a TD in the first half, but neither team could get any points after halftime, forcing the extra period. Cedar netted just three yards in four plays in its possession of OT with a fourth-down pass falling to the ground harmlessly. Hurricane QB Kaden Langston then took the first play, faked a handoff up the middle to Carr and pitched it “rocket pitch” to McDaniel, who spied the hole and sprinted nearly untouched for six points to end the game.

Defenses ruled the night as neither team reached 300 yards of offense and no one could penetrate the red zone in the second half. Carr had 126 rushing yards for HHS in the win.

The Tigers, 3-2 overall and 2-0 in region, hosts Dixie next Friday. Cedar, 3-2 and 0-2, is at Pine View next week.

Stats: Hurrced2014stats

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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5 Comments

  • Region September 20, 2014 at 6:30 am

    A fun win for Hurricane but neither team will be able to compete with Dixie, PV or DH this year. Hurricane’s young talent may make things interesting for the next two years.

    • Frank September 20, 2014 at 6:55 pm

      Hurricane is going to beat Dixie this next week. Dixie couldn’t stop an 8th grade team from scoring, and Hurricane’s defense is great. Just more St. George Koolaid.

      • VAASA September 21, 2014 at 1:04 pm

        Hurricane’s Defense is great?

        • Frank September 22, 2014 at 2:35 pm

          A lot better than Pine View.

  • Koolaid September 20, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    Horses versus dogs. Horses win!

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