Against the Blue Ridge Barons in its season opener, the Flint Hill Huskies remained close despite seven turnovers, including five interceptions, and had multiple fumbles and inaccuracies snapping the ball out of shotgun on offense.
The Barons returned two of those picks for touchdowns en route to a 38-23 victory at Flint Hill on Aug. 31 in high-school football action.
The Huskies ran the ball little as their top two runningbacks were inactive because of injuries. Mainly they moved the ball behind the passing of Caleb West. He was 19 of 36 for 335 yards and two touchdowns.
Bryce Stewart (three catches, 63 yards) and Ty Harris (seven catches, 56 yards) each caught short scoring passes. Victor McNeal had two catches for 72, Kobe Davis two for 32, Kendall Jones two for 13 and Damian Snell two for nine. Trey Johnson was the leading rusher with 22 yards.
Davis scored Flint Hill’s third touchdown on a 90-yard kickoff return, and a couple of two-point conversion passes were caught by Harris from West.
“We can’t help other teams like we did today with the turnovers and give them extra opportunities,” Flint Hill coach Kirk Peterson said. “As bad as we played in the turnover department, we still had a chance. That’s what we have to build on.”
Flint Hill led 7-6 at the end of the first quarter, but trailed 21-7 at halftime and didn’t lead again.
On defense for Flint Hill, Jones had an interception and was in on tackles for losses along with Davis, McNeal, Matthew Nakamoto, Kariq Waters and Jeffrey Wells.
Stewart and Rudolf Ernst broke up passes.
