A-P defense clamps down on D-NH in district win

DIKE – The Aplington-Parkersburg football program has been waiting quite some time for a night like last Friday.

 

The Falcons scored their first victory over Dike-New Hartford since 2011 with a 26-7 victory in Dike, a crucial victory not just for the sake of the rivalry between the two teams but also for A-P to rebound from the previous week's loss to West Marshall in the district opener.

 

A-P improved to 4-1 and 1-1 in district play, with D-NH falling to 2-3, also 1-1 in the district.

 

A-P senior Sam Thorn couldn't deny the special feeling of joining his teammates on the A-P sideline after the game in singing the Falcons' fight song to the faithful Falcon fans that flocked to the fences with camera phones at the ready, capturing the moment of the Falcons ending the longest winless stretch of their rivalry with the Wolverines, what had been six losses in the last five seasons.

 

"A lot of our hard work in the offseason was for this exact night," Thorn said. "No one let up, not the defense, not the guys on the line, no one. We kept the hammer down."

 

Read more in the Sept. 20 Eclipse.

Slideshow: A-P at D-NH Football (click here to view all photos)

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