HANCOCK — Dillon Card rushed 29 times for 171 yards and completed seven of 21 passes for 97 yards to lead the Verndale Pirates past the Hancock Owls 36-32 in Friday’s season opening non-conference game.
Card rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another to Dallas Ehrmantraut, who also broke the century mark in rushing with 103 yards on 19 carries.
The Pirates limited the Owls to minus two yards rushing, but Hancock threw for 361 yards completing 20 of 38 passes.
Verndale 8 14 6 8 — 36
Hancock 6 6 6 14 — 32
First quarter
Han-Jordan Miller 51 pass from Taylor Holleman (pass fail)
Vern-Dakota Finck 10 run (Dillon Card run)
Second quarter
Vern-Card 6 run (James Kveton pass from Card)
Vern-Dallas Ehrmantraut 19 pass from Card (pass fail)
Han-Miller 26 pass from Holleman (pass fail)
Third quarter
Vern-Card 4 run (pass fail)
Han-Miller 25 pass from Holleman (run fail)
Fourth quarter
Vern-Card 1 run (Ehrmantraut pass from Card)
Han-Holleman 1 run (Miller pass from Holleman)
Han-Miller 61 pass from Holleman (pass fail)
Team statistics
Rushes-yards: V 51-269, H 6-(-2)
Pass comp-att-int-yds: V 7-21-0-97, H 20-38-2-361
Total offense: V 326, H 359
Individual leaders
Rushing: V-Card 29-171, Finck 19-103
Passing: V-Card 7-21-0-97
Receiving: V-Marcos Gomez 2-29, James Kveton 2-26, Ehrmantraut 2-22
Overall: V 1-0. Next: Verndale at Underwood 7 p.m. Friday.
