Football: Warhawks' Late Touchdown Upsets Hayfield

The Madison Warhawks upset the Hayfield Hawks by a score of 24-17 for the Warhawks' second win of the season. Madison's hard-hitting defense held the explosive Hayfield offense in check for most of the night with seven sacks, four fumble recoveries, and a blocked punt in the end zone for the game-winning touchdown. 

Late in the fourth quarter with the score tied at 17 and Hayfield backed up inside its 10-yard line, Ben Sanford blocked Hayfield's punt attempt and Cory Hall recovered the ball in the end zone for the winning score. As the clock wound down, Hayfield mounted one last drive into Madison territory before the Warhawks came up big with three sacks to end the game and seal the win.    

Coming into the game, Madison knew they had their hands full with Hayfield's speedy offense, and they responded with a ferocious pass rush that pressured the Hawks' offense for the entire game. Tom Wagaman, Nick Hoy, Dan Schwab, John Yilmaz, Cory Hall and Sanford combined for seven sacks. Kyle Mancini, who had two fumble recoveries, and Jake Hall, who caused two fumbles, led Madison's defensive backs in containing the speedy Hawk receivers. Hard-hitting linebacker Jordan Durham caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  

On offense, Ian Cooke ran for 47 yards and one touchdown. Most of Cooke’s yards came in the fourth quarter as the Warhawks controlled the clock, keeping the Hawks' offense off the field. Dan Powers passed for 179 yards and Tom House had five receptions for 127 yards. Two-way player Schwab caught a 5-yard touchdown pass.  

Hayfield tied the score at 17-17 with six minutes left in the game on a wonderful 75-yard catch and run by one of its speedy running backs.  But the Warhawks dug deep for the game-winning punt block and one last gutty stand on defense as the clock ran out. Madison's next game, and first district game, will be at home against the McLean Highlanders at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

-Nick Dorka contributed this report

Madison Rushing (Atts-Yds-TDs)

Cooke: 15-47-1
Hoffman: 7-28-0
J. Hall: 6-16-0
Powers: 3-19-0
Henderson: 2-5-0
Totals: 33-115-1

Madison Passing (Comps-Atts-Yds-TDs-Ints): 

Powers: 10-23-179-0-1

Madison Receiving (Throws-Receptions-Yards-TDs): 

House: 12-5-127-0
B Sanford: 4-2-27-0
Schwab: 3-1-5-1
Hall: 1-1-(-5)-0
Ebersole: 1-1-20-0
N Williams: 2-0-0-0

Totals: 23-10-179-1 

Kickoff Returns (Number-Yards-TDs):

Hoffman: 3-61-0
Hayden: 1-14-0    

Madison Defensive Stats

Player

Tackles

Assists

Sacks

Tackles

for Loss

Passes Defended

Fumble

Caused

Fumble

Recover

Ints

Schwab

2

5

1

1

Hoy

2

7

1

2

1

B Sanford

2

2

1.5

2

Wagaman

1

1.5

J Hall

1

1

3

2

K Mancini

1

3

4

2

Durham

2

2

1

3

1

1

Henderson

1

2

1

Goddard

2

2

1

Yilmaz

1.5

C Hall

.5

Bowen

2

Leydig

2

#58

1

TOTALS

12

29

7

1

17

5

4

0