The Lynnville-Sully Hawks football team will travel to Oakland this Friday to play the Riverside Bulldogs in the first round of the playoffs. The Hawks ended the regular season with a 5-3 overall record while going 4-2 in District 6. Lynnville-Sully Started the season the 2-0 with wings against Danville and North Mahaska. Though they followed this up with two losses to Madrid and Pleasantville. However, after splitting the first four games of the season, the Hawks won three of their last four games in route to third place in the district.

Head Coach Michael Parkinson was happy that the team found their identity while battling through some adversity.

The Lynnville-Sully offense is led by a quarterback – wide receiver duo. Senior quarterback Lannon Montgomery has thrown for 878 yards and 7 touchdowns while completing over 61% of his passes.  On the perimeter junior Jack Bowlin is the Hawks biggest threat with 5 touchdowns and 538 receiving yards. Despite the solid passing numbers, expect to see a balanced attack from the Hawks.

Bowlin and his teammate Terran Gosselink both converted to Wide receivers this year and Parkinson has been very pleased with their production.

but he also knows that having a senior quarterback to get them the ball is invaluable. Something they had to go without while Montgomery was out with an injury earlier in the season.

Leading the way for the Lynnville-Sully defense has been Dawson James. He currently leads the team with 61 total tackles and 48 solo while ranking second with 22.5 tackles for loss. Parkinson said that there are lots of unsung heroes on the team but is proud of James’ effort and production.

Awaiting the Hawks is Jaxon Gordon and the Riverside Bulldogs.  Jaxon finished the regular season with a whopping 1649 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. Parkinson was complimentary of Jaxon and the Bulldogs and knows stopping their offense will be a challenge.

Kickoff from Oakland will be at 7 pm.