ROCKTON — Meet the PlayStation Huskies.

Whenever Hononegah would score Friday, Harlem would score even faster. Sometimes ridiculously fast. And the Huskies never seemed to stop, scoring touchdowns on seven consecutive drives in a 48-28 NIC-10 drubbing of previously unbeaten Hononegah.

“We made a big statement to the NIC-10: We’re coming for everyone,” said fullback Andy Kennington, who ran for 112 yards on 12 carries.

And coming with everyone. The Huskies combine a rugged fullback and a pair of water bug halfbacks in Demetris Fambro (90 yards on 9 carries) and Keith Purifoy (73 yards on 8 carries) with a huge tight end (Casey Beck), three or four other solid receivers and a quarterback who throws, runs and fakes with equal aplomb in Keenan Kellett.

The Huskies (4-0) led 42-21 at the half. With Kellett throwing for 165 yards that first half and the Huskies mixing in draws, reverses, screens and play-action passes from their shotgun spread formation, Hononegah was constantly off-balance.

“They try to get the defense out of whack, and it worked,” Hononegah nose guard Matt Dwyer said. “They got our backs messed up and got some deep passes. It was hard to read where the ball was, but we settled down in the second half. It took a couple kick-starts to get the machine going.”

Not Harlem’s offensive machine. After punting on its first drive, Harlem drove 49, 67, 50, 54, 80 and 73 yards for touchdowns. Four of those drives took four plays or fewer.

“It was unbelievable,” Beck said. “It felt like we were unstoppable. We played a very, very good team, and we just dominated them.”
“We were just doing what we do,” said Tyler Cox, who caught four passes for 79 yards. “We do it all the time in practice. It’s our regular offense. We’re used to this.”

Hononegah, down 21-0 after one quarter, scored three times in a row itself to climb to within 35-21. But Harlem ended any suspense by scoring a sixth TD in the final minute of the first half after a 46-yard Kellett screen pass to Fambro on third-and-12.

“It’s obviously really hard to stop us; we have so many weapons,” Kennington said.

That includes their blockers. “You look at the speed and think that was the difference,” Hononegah coach Tim Sughroue said, “but they were physical.”

Especially in the second half, when Kellett didn’t throw a single pass. “Hard-nosed football right up the middle,” Kennington said. “Our O-line got it done.”

Brett McWilliams scored three touchdowns and ran for 105 yards to lead Hononegah.

- Matt Trowbridge, rrstar.com