Hedley Owls shred Kress Kanagroos

By Fred Gray

Last Friday, the Hedley Owls travelled to Kress and commenced to shred the Kangaroos, 57-12.

After a slow start, the Owl offense swooped and soared, around, over, and through the Kress defense, pretty much scoring at will. They gained over 300 hundred yards on 40 carries, and ran the ball for five touchdowns. In the air, the Owl offense covered 90 yards on four pass attempts, resulting in three completions and two touchdowns.

Klaton Moore ran wild, gaining 207 yards on 9 carried, putting him up there with Johnny Football, down in Aggie Land. He also scored 4 touchdowns. Seth Ruthardt pretty much ran over the entire Kangaroo defense while bulling his way for 32 yards on 5 touches, most of it in a cloud of dust. Denver Chambless slashed his way for 55 yards on 3 carries.

The passing game enhanced the running attack by keeping the Roo defenders honest. Sophomore Clay King was 2 for 4, for 35 yards and a touchdown. Rooster Moore, also a sophomore, was 1 for 1 for 55 yards. Both Seth Ruthardt and Denver Chambless caught touchdown passes, the former was for 25 yards and the latter was a 55 yarder.

Special teams contributed to the victory too. Klaiton Moore returned a kick-off for a 56 touchdown.

Defensively, the Owls continued to swarm to the ball, aggressively gang tackling the Kangaroo ball carriers. Rooster Moore had 2 tackles and 2 assists; Denver Chambless added 2 tackles and 10 assists (leading the team in assists); Seth Ruthardt pounded out 3 tackles and 9 assists from his linebacker position; Arden Haught was aggressive all night with 5 assists; Kyle Lindsey added 3 tackles and 8 assists from is defensive end position; Jake Owens added both a tackle and an assist to the Owls’ defensive efforts.

Coach Shely said that the Owls played a good all-around game.

This week is a bye week, and the Owls travel to Motley County on Friday, October 25^th.