Weather no match for stinging Giltner defense

Hornets down Deshler 44-6 in 21-hour affair

  • Luckily, yellow flags littered the field during this Phillip Kreutz rush. The Hornet senior tallied 151 rushing yards and two touchdowns in Giltner’s 44-6 victory.
    Luckily, yellow flags littered the field during this Phillip Kreutz rush. The Hornet senior tallied 151 rushing yards and two touchdowns in Giltner’s 44-6 victory.
    Nineteen hours after its game was originally suspended for weather, Giltner’s football team huddled around coach Dane McConnell.Darkness and lightning was replaced by a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon as the Hornets returned to its home field.Beforehand, however, McConnell had a simple message.“The first drive determines how this game ends,” McConnell told his team.With th...

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