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 the ball in hand, Giltn…