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MMCRU hands H-M-S its first district loss of season

The result of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's football game at Marcus might have been due to the fact it was played on Friday the 13th. But other factors also contributed to the 44-0 loss to MMCRU.

Six penalties, four turnovers and an inability to generate much offense against a physical opponent also led to the Hawks' first loss in Class A District 1 play.

"They were just crazy physical," Hawk coach Jeremiah Delzer said. "They had a good game plan, they were super physical and they found our weaknesses and just kept exploiting them."

Interceptions ended H-M-S's first two offensive series. MMCRU took...