FORT DODGE, Iowa — The Blue Dragons held Iowa Central to six yards of rushing and sacked Triton quarterbacks eight times en route to a 38-0 victory.
HCC forced five turnovers. Adrian Cross picked off Caleb Sieler and Asher Goldston made Paul Campbell pay on a sideline throw. The Blue Dragons also recovered three fumbles. Iowa Central came into the game plagued as the third-worst team nationally in the fumble category.
Tre King opened up the HCC scoring with a 1-yard TD run. His 52-yard run set up the red zone opportunity.
Tre Griffin helped the Blue Dragons strike in the 2nd quarter with a 4-yard TD run.
Chaz Capps started the game 2 for 7 for 23 yards. He was sacked on a blindside blitz and fumbled the ball away to the Tritons. He would not see the field again.
Cam Jones was activated this week after Chris James was placed on the inactive list. Jones received too much pressure on his first few dropbacks to release a pass. When he finally fired one downfield, it was for a 70-yard touchdown.
His first pass of his college career, Jones found Tyler Harris wide open for the score.
Harris had a solid day punting by putting one of his three boots inside the 20 and averaging 50 yards a kick.
HCC entered intermission with a 21-0 advantage.
The Blue Dragons scored in the 3rd stanza on a Luke Niemeyer 20-yard field goal.
HCC would strike early in the 4th with a Cam Jones 1-yard sneak.
Otis Williams capped the scoring with a 33-yard TD scamper.
Four different Dragons scored on the ground. Otis Williams, Tre Griffin, Tre King and Cam Jones all scored for the HCC rushing attack.
Williams led the way with 189 yards. Griffin finished with 126. King had 68 yards with 52 of them on one play.
Jones finished 1 of 3 with a passing TD, while Capps finished his day 2 for 7.
HCC held Iowa Central to 158 total yards.
The Blue Dragons tallied 510 yards of offense. All but 93 came on the ground.
Iowa Central has lost 10 straight games dating back to Oct. 10 of last year. The Tritons are now 0-6.
FINAL: HCC 38 IC 0
Now 3-2, HCC will host Kansas Wesleyan’s JV Monday night at 6.