Hockinson rushed for 266 yards to earn its first 2A Greater St. Helens League as Thomas Kirschenbaum rushed for 95 yards and teammate Jacob Reagan had 88 yards.
“The last two, three weeks we hadn’t been able to run the ball,” Hockinson coach Rick Steele said. “We knew it would be messy tonight, so we worked on the run all week. And we were able to move the ball on the ground and that was the difference.”
In the final four minutes of the game R.A. Long’s Eric Rosellini returned a kickoff for a 50 yard touchdown but failed at a two-point conversion to make the score 21-20.
Kirschenbaum rushed 35 yards for a touchdown to seal the win for the Hawks.
HOCKINSON 28, R.A. LONG 20
R.A. Long 8 0 6 6–20
Hockinson 0 8 7 13–28
First quarter
RAL — Jacob Yordy 22 run (Yordy run)
Second quarter
H –Jacob Reagan 70 run (Nick Guinett run)
Third quarter
RAL — Yordy 15 run (run failed)
H –Austin Johnson 31 pass from Jess Krahn (Quinton Bodenhamer kick)
Fourth quarter
H –Johnson 22 run (Bodenhamer kick)
RAL — Eric Rosellini 50 kickoff return (run failed)
H –Thomas Kirschenbaum 35 run (kick failed)
Individual statistics
RUSHING — R.A. Long — Yordy 25-133, Jason Doane 1-5, Peerboom 3-(-22) ; Hockinson — Kirschenbaum 8-95, Reagan 6-88, Austen Johnson 8-32, Barclay 6-26, Krahn 9-25, Nick Guinett 1-0.
