Twenty-Point Runs Spur Hurricanes

It was a football rarity. Houston had a pair of 20-point spurts, yet the game, for a while, was competitive. The double-H’ers jumped on Lanesboro 22-0. A 94-yard first quarter drive was capped when Harry Chiglo found Jaytin Millen for a 20-yard TD (+2 > 8-0). The Burros then got to first and goal from the 1½ yard-line. After seven consecutive running plays of 2-plus yards, a Burro pass was intercepted in the end zone (Millen). One play later, ‘Cane junior Zach Schneider swept right, bounced off a tackler, and bolted 80-yards to pay-dirt (+2 > 16-0). Late in the half, it was again a one-play Schneider drive, a 29-yard TD run (+2 > 22-0). In the final 1:16, Lanesboro’s Cole Schwichtenberg passed for all 80 yards of a Burro drive, one capped by a Collin Scott 8-yard TD strike. Houston went to half up 22-6. Early in the second, the Burros then got a 46-yard Connor Ruen run, which set up a Schwichtenberg 9-yard TD run (+2 > 22-14). After a Hurricane three-and-out, a big Schwichtenberg run was called back. Houston regrouped, and scored 24-unanswered. Chiglo had a 3-yard TD run (+2). After a Burro turnover, Chiglo hit Brady Happel (47 yards) then Schneider (8-yard TD, +2). Joey Fishel’s 47-yard TD run (+2) made the final 46-14. The young ‘Canes were led by the junior Schneider (12-132, 2 TDs rushing, 2-20, TD receiving; FR, INT). Senior Chiglo (4-6, 87, 2 TDs passing; 3-yard TD run), junior Happel (6-37 rushing, 1-47 receiving), and sophomores Fishel (11-103, TD rushing), Millen (5-45 rushing, 20-yard TD reception, FR, INT) helped. Scott was busy (16-84 rushing; 8-85, TD receiving) for Lanesboro. Schwichtenberg (12-24, 150, TD, 5 INTs passing; 9-yard TD run), Ruen (8-69 rushing), and Jordan Miller (3-65 receiving) helped. Turnovers (seven) and penalties (16 for 144) hindered Lanesboro. The Burros (5-seed, 4-4) will play at Houston (4-seed, 6-2) again in the 9-man Section 1 quarters.