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Prep Football: No Place Like Home

Staff Report

HARRISBURG- After spending the past three weeks away from Taylor Field, Harrisburg made sure there was no place like home with a 61-6 dismantling of Massac County Friday night.

The Bulldogs forced five Patriot turnovers and racked up 500 yards of total offense in the win which snapped a two - game skid.

HHS built a 21-0 lead after the first quarter and enjoyed a 49-0 edge at halftime which allowed the club to rest its starters in the second half.

Hunter Smith and Ryan Ragsdale both rushed for over 100 yards in the winning effort for HHS.

"Offensively, I thought our line really got off the ball well," said Harrisburg coach Al Way. "I thought our backs were really quick tonight."

Smith's evening included a 65-yard score while Ragsdale struck paydirt twice.

Quarterback Isaiah Saulsberry completed a pass which also went for a 33-yard score to Axavier Doss.

Doss ran for another touchdown and finished with 78 yards rushing on just four carries.

Senior Matt Upchurch carried 10 times for 64 yards and found the endzone twice for the Bulldogs.

Harrisburg had even more fun on the defensive side of the ball by holding the Patriots to just 172 yards of total offense.

"Some of our kids who had to fill in on defense did a nice job, and like I said, it's a total team effort," said Way. "We got an effort out of everybody tonight that we needed to have."

Massac County quarterback Mason Corzine completed 12 passes for 120 yards but was picked off twice.

"They really couldn't run the ball at us, so they had to throw," said Way. "We were able to put pressure on their quarterback. I thought our secondary did a nice job overall."

Jordan Bartok returned an interception for a touchdown, and Jordan Gould took back a fumble recovery for a 47-yard score.

Harrisburg (2-3, 1-1) will host Benton next Friday for Homecoming.

Massac County (1-4, 0-2) plays at Herrin in Week 6.

Massac County 0 0 6 0 - 6

Harrisburg 21 28 6 6 - 61

Scoring Summary

HBG: Doss 17 run (Drone kick), 1st 9:01

HBG: Bartok 35 interception return (Drone kick), 1st 8:45

HBG: Upchurch 6 run (Drone kick), 1st 3:03

HBG: Upchurch 22 run (Drone kick), 2nd 11:16

HBG: Doss 33 reception (Drone kick), 2nd 9:34

HBG: Smith 65 run (Drone kick), 2nd 5:52

HBG: Gould 47 fumble return, (Drone kick), 2nd 4:03

HBG: Ragsdale 2 run (run failed), 3rd 4:06

MC: Corzine 6 run (kick failed), 3rd 0:41

HBG: Ragsdale 41 run (run failed), 4th 8:47

Team Statistics

Massac HBG

First downs: 10 17

Total yards: 172 500

Rushes-yards: 24-52 38-467

Passing yards: 120 33

Comp-att-int: 12-27-2 1-2-0

Penalties (yards) 5-20 3-30

Fumbles(lost): 5-3 2-0

Individual Statistics

Rushing: MC: Corzine 7-(-16), Lamb 14-51, Skidmore 2-7, Roundtree 1-10. HBG: Hunter Smith 3-155, Axavier Doss 4-78, Matt Upchurch 10-64, Ryan Ragsdale 8-113, Kent Cletcher 5-23, Noah Mayer 3-39, Jordan Gould 4-(-5).

Passing: MC: Corzine 12-27-2 120. HBG: Isaiah Saulsberry 1-2-0 33.

Receiving: MC: Roundtree 7-73, Skidmore 4-51. HBG: Axavier Doss 1-33.