The Hornets were defeated 28-8 by the Delano Tigers in the opening round of the Section 5AAAA playoffs.

The Tigers used a balanced offense to get an early lead, and a 21-0 halftime deficit was just too much for the Hornets to overcome.

Delano got on the board with two rushing touchdowns in the first quarter to put Big Lake in a 14-0 hole right away. They added another score before halftime on a 30-yard pass.

After halftime, Big Lake needed some momentum to get back in the game, but they had their hopes dashed when Delano connected on another long touchdown pass to go ahead 28-0. The Hornets scored later in the third quarter on a three-yard touchdown run, and the two-point conversion made the final 28-8.

Statistics were unavailable at the time of writing.  

Big Lake 40, Columbia Heights 7

Last Wednesday, the Hornets scored their first victory of the season against Columbia Heights, 40-7.

Using a balanced offensive attack, the Hornets took control of the game early with a commanding 24-0 lead at the end of the first. Big Lake never looked back after that and at one point led 40-0 before surrendering a touchdown late in fourth quarter. 

The scoring got started right away by Trent Josewski on a 27-yard touchdown run. A Carson Gellerman run on the two-point try made the score 8-0 early in the first quarter. Those two were the stars for the Hornets, as they were responsible for four of the five touchdowns and all five of the two-point conversions.

When the Hornets took over again, they wasted no time and marched right down the field before capping off the drive with a Carson Gellerman four-yard touchdown run. And on the next possession Gellerman found Josewski for a 58-yard touchdown pass to put the team up 24-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Josewski added another touchdown run before the half to extend the Big Lake lead to 32-0 at the break.

Wuoson Nehwah scored on a three-yard run in the third quarter, and then Columbia Heights scored once in the fourth to make the final 40-7.

Gellerman finished the day 8/18 passing with 156 yards and one touchdown through the air. He was also the team’s leading rusher with 125 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. Josewski ran the ball 10 times for 78 yards and two scores. Reid Josewski was Gellerman’s favorite target, catching three passes for 77 yards.

Josiah Sanford and Jonah Blackman were the team’s leading tacklers with eight and seven respectively. And CJ Mikely forced three fumbles.