Preston Harrison deserves all the credit. As well he should.
The
West Iredell (Statesville, N.C.) senior returned a kickoff 70 yards in electrifying fashion Friday, weaving sideline to sideline for a nullified touchdown in a 35-23 victory over Elkin.
As fantastic as the run was,
Montana David deserves some kudos as well.
He actually grabbed the squib kick, took a couple steps to his right and decided that Harrison, a slippery 5-foot-7, 141-pound senior speedster, should have the ball in his hands.
David, the team's quarterback, flipped the ball back to Harrison, who sprinted left, ducked two potential tacklers, went back right before sprinting up the middle of the field.
In the final 20 yards, he jagged to the right pylon and made it without being touched.
This one, however, was waved off by a block in the back. Earlier, Harrison took a kickoff, faked a hand-off on a reverse and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown that counted. That TD knotted the game at 20-20 and after Elkin kicked a field goal, West Iredell finished off the game with two touchdowns.
The last TD was scored by - you guessed it - Harrison on the back end of a hook-and-lateral play.
