Game 7 - Hastings vs. Leslie

In the last game of the year, the Saxon Gold team defeated Leslie 29 – 8. The Gold defense shut down the Leslie team after the first quarter, holding them to one TD for the night. Leading the team on defense was Jason Slaughter with 5 tackles; Adam Post and Evan Hart both picked up 3 each for the night; and, Ben Herbstreith, Logan Gray, Ryan Johnston, and Travis Hoffman each had 2 a piece. Picking up solo tackles for the team were: Mike Johnston, Jake Zimmerman, and Richard Barbee. Draven Pederson picked off two Blackhawk passes and Herbstreith picked off another one, to make three Saxon interceptions for the night.

The Saxon offense, behind lineman: R. Johnston, Hoffman, Jaleel Richardson, Jared Bailey, Zach Carpenter, Post, and Austin Clow, rushed for over 200 yards and 77 yards passing to put 29 points on the home scoreboard. Slaughter rushed for 65 yards, had two touchdowns and one extra point; Hart picked up another 63 yards rushing; while M. Johnston picked up 43 yards and another Saxon touchdown and one extra point for the team. Pederson ran for 29 yards; Hoffman had 8 rushing yards, and Herbstreith and Caleb Engle both picked up 6 yards rushing for the night. Post scored another Saxon touchdown on a 50 yard TD pass from Slaughter. Post had a total of two catches with 76 yards for the team. Zach Carpenter kicked one extra point in for the team.

In the last game of the year, the Saxon Gold team defeated Leslie 29 – 8. The Gold defense shut down the Leslie team after the first quarter, holding them to one TD for the night. Leading the team on defense was Jason Slaughter with 5 tackles; Adam Post and Evan Hart both picked up 3 each for the night; and, Ben Herbstreith, Logan Gray, Ryan Johnston, and Travis Hoffman each had 2 a piece. Picking up solo tackles for the team were: Mike Johnston, Jake Zimmerman, and Richard Barbee. Draven Pederson picked off two Blackhawk passes and Herbstreith picked off another one, to make three Saxon interceptions for the night.
The Saxon offense, behind lineman: R. Johnston, Hoffman, Jaleel Richardson, Jared Bailey, Zach Carpenter, Post, and Austin Clow, rushed for over 200 yards and 77 yards passing to put 29 points on the home scoreboard. Slaughter rushed for 65 yards, had two touchdowns and one extra point; Hart picked up another 63 yards rushing; while M. Johnston picked up 43 yards and another Saxon touchdown and one extra point for the team. Pederson ran for 29 yards; Hoffman had 8 rushing yards, and Herbstreith and Caleb Engle both picked up 6 yards rushing for the night. Post scored another Saxon touchdown on a 50 yard TD pass from Slaughter. Post had a total of two catches with 76 yards for the team. Zach Carpenter kicked one extra point in for the team.

Game 6 - Hastings vs. Caledonia

Unfortunately, last weeks game against Caledonia/Kraft Meadows was cancelled due to the outbreak of the flu in Hastings and the surrounding communities. At this time, the games have not been rescheduled.

The last game of the season against Leslie will be played at Hastings on October 28th.

Game 5 - Hastings vs. Rogers

The 7th Grade Gold team defeated Rogers 26 - 0 last Wednesday. The team had a strong defensive game with multiple tackles by Ryan Johnston, Mike Johnston, Draven Pederson, Jake Zimmerman, Zach DeJong, Travis Hoffman, Owen Post, Richard Barbee, Logan Gray, Caleb Engle, Austin Clow and Kelton Peabody. On the Saxon defense, Pederson also picked off a pass and picked up a fumble recovery; Engle and R. Johnston also both picked up fumble for the team.

The Saxon offense was led by Evan Hart who scored two of the Saxon touchdowns and had 108 yards rushing for the day. Pederson picked up another 85 yards rushing and one Saxon score, while M. Johnston had the other Saxon touchdown and 21 yards rushing for the day. Zach Carpenter kicked one extra point for the team.

Game 4 - Hastings vs. Wayland

The 7th Grade Saxon gold team defeated Wayland at home last Wednesday night, 14 - 6. Saxons leading the team on offense were Evan Hart, who had 10 carries for 73 yards rushing and one touchdown. Mike Johnston had 13 carries for the team and 70 yards rushing, and Draven Pederson had 6 carries for 39 yards for the day. Ben Herbstreith had one carry for the other Saxon touchdown. Zach Carpenter kicked the extra point for the team.

On defense, the team was led by Adam Post with 8 tackles for the day. Ryan Johnston picked up 5 tackles, and Herbstreith, Hart and M. Johnston all had 4 tackles for the day. Pederson picked up two Saxon fumble recoveries for the day.

HYAA Homecoming Parade

On Friday, October 2nd, HYAA, once again, participated in the Hastings Homecoming Parade.

Game 3 - Hastings vs. Wayland

The 7th Grade Gold team got back on track last week, with a 39 - 6 win over Wayland White. After an early score by Wayland, the Saxon defense held strong. Jake Zimmerman had three key tackles for the team. Adam Post and Jason Slaughter both picked up a fumble recovery, and Travis Hoffman picked off a Wayland pass for an interception. Leading the defense in tackles were Slaughter with 11, Post and Hoffman with 7, Mike Johnston with 5, Draven Pederson, Evan Hart, and Ryan Johnston each had 4 tackles for the night; and, Ben Herbstreith and Austin Clow had 3 a piece. Logan Gray and Levi Trick both picked up one tackle for the team.

The Saxon team had a great night on offense. Bringing in touchdowns for the team was Hart with two rushing TD's and 94 yards rushing for the night; Draven Pederson ran in another Saxon score and had 43 yards rushing for the night; Slaughter ran in another TD and had 30 yards rushing for the night. Slaughter also connected with Post in the endzone for another two Saxon touchdowns. Post caught 4 passes for the night with a total of 64 yards. Herbstreith ran in one for an extra point, and Zach Carpenter kicked another extra point for the team.