“Winning up front is always a good thing to do,” Rhea said. “It sets the pace for the whole game.”
All five of PH’s touchdowns came in the first half and the Rebels were 4-of-5 in two-point conversions. J-Kwon McFail scored on runs of 5 and 26 yards. Cody Pruitt scored on a one-yard plunge and Rhea had a six-yard TD run.
The Patrick Henry offense, similar to a single-wing, features a lot of different components. The Rebels gained 286 yards on the ground, led by Connor Beeson with 100 yards rushing, averaging over nine yards a carry. Conner Kausch (54 yards) and McFail (53 yards) were solid in the running game as well. Nine different players carried the football for the Rebels.
“Our offense varies, we’re in a shotgun,” Padgett said. “But we’re a power football team. We’re just going to run what we think will work. A lot of guys take snaps, it’s all about our line. They’ve done a great job the first three games.”
Honaker (1-2) added a couple of scores in the second half. Freshman quarterback Sean Gill found Trevor Miller with a 36-yard TD pass. Gill also scored on an 11-yard run with 1:43 left in the game.
“We just didn’t play well,” said veteran Honaker coach Doug Hubbard. “We came out and were flat. For some odd reason we just came out and laid an egg. I don’t know, just no intensity. A couple of bad things happened, and it just snowballed from there.”