HARTFORD — The Crest High School football team dominated at Hartford on Friday, 46-0.
The Lancers (3-1) used two passing touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns as well as two turnovers to take care of the Jaguars with ease for the team’s third win of the year.
The night began for Crest with a Holden Barker 40-yard touchdown rush on the first play of the game. Barker would finish his night with three touchdowns and 147 rushing yards as the Lancer offensive line opened up big holes all night for their running backs.
“We set the tone early in the game and the big plays continued the rest of the night offensively. We did a great job blocking all night and creating some big running lanes for Holden and Stetson to take advantage of,” said Crest head coach Nick McAnulty.
Crest quarterback Ethan Godderz also impressed, finishing his performance tossing two touchdowns for 109 yards. He connected with Stetson Setter and Karter Miller on one touchdown pass apiece.
“He is doing a great job staying in there and making a couple of great throws under pressure,” McAnulty said.
Setter hauled in two receptions for 75 yards and the touchdown while Miller caught the lone touchdown pass for 25 yards.
Setter also ran in for a score on the ground to go along with 67 rushing yards.
Defensively, the Lancers stopped the Jaguars on two big red zone efforts after they had connected on longer pass plays. Hartford was also playing their first game back with their starting quarterback who returned from injury.
“I thought our defense did a great job of making the necessary adjustments and preventing them from having a big night throwing the ball,” said McAnulty. “We gave up a couple of big pass plays but we ended up rallying and prevented them from scoring inside the red zone on two different series.”
Godderz was also able to come up with an interception while Barker scooped up a Hartford fumble in the victory.
Crest will host St. Paul in a district game this Friday at 7 p.m.
