The difference: Big plays for touchdowns. Hubbard reached the end zone five times with two of the touchdowns coming off large gains. Lance McClain broke free for a 69 yard touchdown run and he passed to John Jones for a 59 yard touchdown. Both touchdowns came in the second quarter.
Standouts: Hubbard’s Lance McClain rushed for a total of 189 yards, averaging eight yards a carry. Wortham’s Chris McDaniel carried the ball 22 times for 132 yards while Jake Jones rushed 25 times for 131.
Game notes: The Jags spoiled the Bulldogs homecoming and senior night by taking the victory 32-27. Wortham’s Chris McDaniel scored two of the four touchdowns, while he rushed for a total of 132 yards. Jake Jones ended the night with 131 yards. He was able to break free for 33 and 35 yard runs, with the 33 yard run scoring a second quarter touchdown. The last touchdown on the night for Hubbard came with 6:32 minutes left in the game when Casey Jones dove in the back of the end zone for a 12 yard reception.
Stat of the game: Lance McClain capped off his senior year by scoring three of the Jags five touchdowns. His 189 yards was 67 percent of Hubbard’s total rushing yards. 113 of those yards came in the first half, including a long 69 yard touchdown run.
Records: Class 1A Hubbard is 3-7, 3-3 in District 21-1A. Class 1A Wortham is 5-5, 3-3.
They said it: “I am very proud of our guys. It is bittersweet because we wanted in the playoffs but I am extremely happy our seniors got their last win.” – Joe Heckathorn, Hubbard head coach.
-- Lindsey Coffman
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Hubbard 32 Wortham 27
Hubbard 6 14 6 6 — 32
Wortham 7 7 7 6 — 27
First Quarter
W: Brandon Lansford 1 run (Corey Price kicked), 5:47.
H: Lance McClain 2 run (run failed), 1:34.
Second Quarter
H: Lance McClain 69 run (pass failed), 7:01.
W: Jake Jones 33 run (Corey Price kicked), 4:43.
H: John Jones 59 pass from Lance McClain (Isaiah Thompson run), 2:10.
Third Quarter
W: Chris McDaniel 2 run (Corey Price kicked), 5:49.
H: Lance McClain 4 run (run failed), 2:13.
Fourth Quarter
W: Chris McDaniel 32 run (run failed), 10:20.
H: Casey Jones 12 pass from Isaiah Thompson (run failed), 6:32.
H W
First downs 14 10
Rush-yards 41-284 51-275
Passing yards 71 27
C-A-I 2-9-0 1-3-0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0
Punts-avg. 1-47 1-45
Penalties-yards 6-35 4-30
Individual
Rushing —H: Lance McClain 23-189, Isaiah Thompson 10-57, Jordan Reinke 8-38.
W: Chris McDaniel 22-132, Bailey Hogan 2-9, Brandon Lansford 2-3, Jake Jones 25-131.
Passing —H: Lance McClain 1-3-0-59, Isaiah Thompson 1-6-0-12
W: Brandon Lansford 1-2-0-27, Jake Jones 0-1-0-0.
Receiving —H: Casey Jones 1-12, John Jones 1-59.
W: Jake Jones 1-27
