Box Score CONWAY, Ark. - Looking to continue its momentum from a week ago and climb higher in the 2019 Southern Athletic Association football standings, Hendrix hosted Trinity (TX) Saturday afternoon in a battle of a pair of 5-2 team entering Saturday. After both teams scored a touchdown in the opening quarter, Trinity held the slim 14-10 lead at the half. The Warriors took a 17-14 lead with 2:24 left in regulation but a late eight-play, 69-yard drive that took 1:42 off the clock allowed for the Tigers to take the 20-17 lead. A Warrior interception with 14 seconds left in the game sealed the 20-17 victory for the Tigers. With the loss, Hendrix drops to 5-3 on the year with a 3-3 mark in the SAA. Trinity improves to 6-2 on the season with a 5-1 mark in conference games.

THE BASICS

• Score: Hendrix 17, Trinity 20
• Records: Warriors 5-3, 3-3 SAA, Tigers 6-2, 5-1 SAA
• Date: Nov. 2, 2019
• Location: Conway, Ark.
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• Up Next: at Millsaps Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. 

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- After the Tigers scored on its opening possession, Hendrix got on the scoreboard with 2:28 left in the 1st quarter as Sandy Burks connected from 27 yards out.
- Trinity scored a touchdown with 11 minutes left in the half before Kip VanHoose scored from seven yards out with 6:46 left in the half as Hendrix trailed 14-10.
- Deondre Henry recorded his first touchdown of the year with 2:24 left in regulation as he scored from one yard out to put Hendrix up 17-14.
- Trinity converted on 3rd-and-12 from Hendrix's 42-yard line with a deep pass that resulted into a 42-yard reception and touchdown as the Tigers scored with 36 seconds left in the game.
- With one last hope, Miles Thompson was intercepted with 16 seconds left; sealing the Tigers' 20-17 victory from Conway Saturday.

OFFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- After passing for 350 yards and five total touchdowns a week ago, Thompson finished 26-for-34 for 248 yards with two interceptions.
- VanHoose finished with 43 yards on nine carries and one touchdown; averaging 4.8 yards per carry.
- Blake Hinton finished with a season-best 124 reception yards on seven catches while Colton Phillips accounted for 52 yards on nine catches.
- After tallying over 500 yards of total offense a year ago, the Warriors finished with 296 yards of offense Saturday

DEFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Tanner Hartsfield finished with a game-high 11 tackles while Mitchell Johnson tallied 10 total tackles and one huge sack on second down late in the game.
- Jared Bazley and Mason Adams logged nine tackles each while Canon Roeder and Adonnis Butler carded seven tackles apiece.
- Adams and Hartsfield each forced a fumble while Adams recorded two total sacks for a loss of 10 yards and 2.5 tackles for a loss of 11 yards.
- Butler finished with a team-best two pass breakups Saturday.
- Hendrix allowed only 247 total yards and only 90 rushing yards.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES:
- Burks finished 1-for-2 on field goal tries Saturday while also going 2-for-2 on PATs.
- Tyler Rodriguez finished with a game-best 23-yard kickoff return Saturday from Conway.
- Charles-Antoine Gingras accounted for four kicks for 174 yards (43.5 average) while also recording three punts for 124 yards (41.3 average) and a 52-yard one.

UP NEXT:
The Warriors hit the road to Jackson, Miss. for a contest against the Millsaps Majors Saturday at 12 p.m.

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