NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutch High Salthawks played an even game statistically with Bishop Carroll on a rainy night in Gowans Stadium Friday.
The Salthawks took advantage of the slippery football as Mason Jones scooped a loose fumble from Carroll's Jackson King at 6:37 to go in the fourth quarter and dove into the end zone for what turned out to be the winning score to give Hutchinson a 14-7 triumph over the Golden Eagles.
It took almost the entire first half for anyone to score, but Nic Lange snuck in from one yard out at the 33 second mark of the second quarter and Hutch led 7-0 at the break.
It looked for a little while like that might hold up all night, until Thomas Gorges got free and sprinted 42 yards to paydirt at 8:46 to go in the third to tie it up for Carroll.
The difference in the game really did come down to turnovers, as the Salthawks recovered three Carroll fumbles and intercepted a pass while Hutchinson fumbled five times, but Carroll only got one of them.
Hutchinson advances to play Maize in Maize next Friday after the Eagles won over Kapaun 43-14.