Bulldogs

continued from Page #1 themselves that this team is no longer one that plans on just outscoring the opponent. They plan on shutting out the opposition by way of quickness and lots of pressure This defense has now put themselves amongst the very best in school history by recording five shutouts in one season Only eight other Howe teams have ever done that and the last one was in 1985 The most is eight back in 1945

The 'Dogs have also had three consecutive shutouts which hasn't happened since 1991 Howe is now giving up an average of 10.67 points per game, which is the least amount since they gave up 6 91 in 1991 The 10 67 points given up cracks the top 20 in school history.

The team's 8-1 record marks only the 11th time that Howe has had one or zero losses after nine games

So what does all of this mean?

Nothing if you ask Coach Hudson

He's not a "stat guy." The only stat that matters to Hudson is the win column and speaking of that, he recorded his 18th win Thursday night, which puts him tied for 5th

When you have a great defense, when you win the toss, you have the luxury of deferring the opening kick to the second half and that's what Hudson did Thursday night Whitewright's first possession quickly ended when Mosse intercepted Kendall Shaw's pass and outran the Tigers to a 65yard touchdown. That wasn't nearly as shocking as what took place next Howe threw the football Even that is not too crazy, but it was the halfback Tyler Grisham who threw it to split end Seth Seibold for the two-point conversion that made everyone look to their neighbor with their eyebrows raised Howe led 8-0 with 2:26 gone in the game

Whitewright would get the ball back and quickly punt to Howe, who took the ball at their own 20 yard line after a great punt that went into the endzone On the first play for the offense, Grisham again would throw the ball, this time to Nick Wilson, who was wide open streaking down the middle of the field. Wilson was unchallenged and went easily for the 80-yard touchdown After Brice Honaker's PAT, Howe led 15-0 with 7:16 left in the first.

Strangely enough, that was the only scoring from Howe's vaunted continued on Page #5