Post by 50yardfan on May 1, 2011 14:40:04 GMT -5
The top offense in the league rolled into Huntington to face the Hammer, and when the night was over, the visiting Northern Kentucky River Monsters (9-1) had escaped with a victory over the Huntington Hammer (5-5). Northern Kentucky’s Head Coach Rodney Swanigan celebrated his birthday with a 43-23 win over the Hammer. “I’m upset,” said Hammer Head Coach Michael Owens. “You have a hard time in any game that you have 12 penalties, but against a team like the River Monsters, they make to pay for every little thing that you do wrong,” Owens continued. “You can’t give a team that good at scoring points any second chances and three times tonight, we gave them key first downs when we had them stopped,” said Owens, “all three times they went on to score.”
The Huntington defense held the River Monsters to their lowest point total since their only loss of the season (to the EKY Drillers) and 20 points below their average score. The Hammer also held the league leading passer, Jared Lorenzen, to 50 yards below his season average and kept pressure on him all night long. Huntington rushers had four official sacks on the night, led by Michael Robinson’s two. Chris Foster, Josh Kaltsas, and Rodney Fritz also joined in on the sack total. The defensive pressure was good, and on at least four other occasions, Lorenzen managed to avoid a sack only by struggling back to the line of scrimmage before being brought to the ground. At one point, there were five Hammer defenders pulling at Lorenzen to get him to the ground. Jason Allen and Jerret Sanderson added interceptions and there were a total of eight passes that were batted down by the Huntington defensive unit, three of those by Kevin Allen Jr. “On the defensive side, we stopped them. Then, after we stopped them, we let them off the hook with a mental mistake,” said Coach Owens, “it was a great job by the defense, but we have to find a way to eliminate the mistakes.”
The utility man for the Huntington Hammer, Dray Mason, led in the scoring category for the second week in a row. Mason had 6 carries for 54 yards and two touchdowns and added a 25 yard catch and run for a receiving touchdown. This is the second week in a row that has seen Mason cross the goal line three times.
Nursing an injury suffered early in the game, Huntington Hammer starting quarterback and league leading rusher, Martevious Young was 9 of 23 for 112 yards and a touchdown but was victim of two interceptions. “Ta (Martevious) wasn’t able to be as mobile as he is used to being, and the added pressure that puts on a defense wasn’t there most of the game tonight,” said Hammer Director of Communications, Dan Fisher. Young was held to 17 yards rushing on 3 attempts.
The coming week sees the Hammer returning to Johnstown to face the Generals in Pennsylvania. The last trip to Johnstown saw the Generals upset the Hammer, and Huntington is looking for the revenge. The next home game for the Hammer at “the House of Thunder” (the Big Sandy Arena) is not until May 21st. “There is a huge night planned with Caregiver Appreciation Night with Hospice of Huntington and we are working with Marshall University to have a throwback night,” said Director of Team Operations Lucinda Davis. One of the promotions for the night is going to be half price admission to anyone wearing their “scrubs”.
The Huntington defense held the River Monsters to their lowest point total since their only loss of the season (to the EKY Drillers) and 20 points below their average score. The Hammer also held the league leading passer, Jared Lorenzen, to 50 yards below his season average and kept pressure on him all night long. Huntington rushers had four official sacks on the night, led by Michael Robinson’s two. Chris Foster, Josh Kaltsas, and Rodney Fritz also joined in on the sack total. The defensive pressure was good, and on at least four other occasions, Lorenzen managed to avoid a sack only by struggling back to the line of scrimmage before being brought to the ground. At one point, there were five Hammer defenders pulling at Lorenzen to get him to the ground. Jason Allen and Jerret Sanderson added interceptions and there were a total of eight passes that were batted down by the Huntington defensive unit, three of those by Kevin Allen Jr. “On the defensive side, we stopped them. Then, after we stopped them, we let them off the hook with a mental mistake,” said Coach Owens, “it was a great job by the defense, but we have to find a way to eliminate the mistakes.”
The utility man for the Huntington Hammer, Dray Mason, led in the scoring category for the second week in a row. Mason had 6 carries for 54 yards and two touchdowns and added a 25 yard catch and run for a receiving touchdown. This is the second week in a row that has seen Mason cross the goal line three times.
Nursing an injury suffered early in the game, Huntington Hammer starting quarterback and league leading rusher, Martevious Young was 9 of 23 for 112 yards and a touchdown but was victim of two interceptions. “Ta (Martevious) wasn’t able to be as mobile as he is used to being, and the added pressure that puts on a defense wasn’t there most of the game tonight,” said Hammer Director of Communications, Dan Fisher. Young was held to 17 yards rushing on 3 attempts.
The coming week sees the Hammer returning to Johnstown to face the Generals in Pennsylvania. The last trip to Johnstown saw the Generals upset the Hammer, and Huntington is looking for the revenge. The next home game for the Hammer at “the House of Thunder” (the Big Sandy Arena) is not until May 21st. “There is a huge night planned with Caregiver Appreciation Night with Hospice of Huntington and we are working with Marshall University to have a throwback night,” said Director of Team Operations Lucinda Davis. One of the promotions for the night is going to be half price admission to anyone wearing their “scrubs”.