{"id":14599,"date":"2017-10-07T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/2017\/10\/07\/north-hunterdon-football-beats-bridgewater-on-late-hook-and-lateral\/"},"modified":"2017-10-07T14:10:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T18:10:14","slug":"north-hunterdon-football-beats-bridgewater-on-late-hook-and-lateral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/north-hunterdon-football-beats-bridgewater-on-late-hook-and-lateral\/","title":{"rendered":"North Hunterdon football beats Bridgewater on late hook-and-lateral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/10\/ConnorMcMahon-10-6-17.jpg\" class=\"local-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/10\/ConnorMcMahon-10-6-17-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/10\/ConnorMcMahon-10-6-17-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/10\/ConnorMcMahon-10-6-17-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/10\/ConnorMcMahon-10-6-17.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a>It required a stubborn, no-quit mentality to stay in the game when\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/school\/bridgewater-bridgewater-raritan\/football\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Bridgewater-Raritan<\/a>\u00a0was dominating the line of scrimmage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Once\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/school\/annandale-north-hunterdon\/football\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">North Hunterdon<\/a>\u00a0settled into an offensive rhythm, it took a trick play to pull off one of the most dramatic victories in school history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">With precious seconds dripping off the clock late in the game, the Lions pulled off the hook-and-lateral to perfection, as quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/matt-busher\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Matt Busher<\/a>\u00a0hit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/griffin-honthy\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Griffin Honthy<\/a>with a 5-yard hitch and Honthy lateraled to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/player\/connor-mcmahon-2\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Connor McMahon<\/a>\u00a0who sprinted 75 yards for the winning touchdown with 1:48 left in a 21-14 homecoming win over Bridgewater on Friday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">After a terrific Mid-State 37 Conference battle, the Lions (5-0) remained unbeaten and have matched their best start in 31 years. They also defeated Bridgewater for the first time in four years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"> Source: Lion Athletic News2 North Hunterdon football beats Bridgewater on late hook-and-lateral <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/news\/article\/-8670668510245750139\/north-hunterdon-football-beats-bridgewater-on-late-hook-and-lateral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">North Hunterdon football beats Bridgewater on late hook-and-lateral<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSZ_Sports\/status\/916504819250139136\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">HERE <\/a><\/strong><\/span>to review article #2 on NJ.com. Click HERE to review the Jersey Sports Zone Tweet (HOOK +LADDER Play) for the win! <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav ext-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/northJUNGLE2015\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\"><s>@<\/s><b>northJUNGLE2015<\/b><\/a> Connor McMahon takes it 75 yds to the house. N. Hunterdon beats B-Raritan 21-14 .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2013\/04\/animated_camera_flash.gif\" class=\"local-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2013\/04\/animated_camera_flash.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/news\/article\/-8670668510245750139\/north-hunterdon-football-beats-bridgewater-on-late-hook-and-lateral\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to review the photo gallery on NJ.com by (Nick Scalera | For NJ Advance Media)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It required a stubborn, no-quit mentality to stay in the game when\u00a0Bridgewater-Raritan\u00a0was dominating the line of scrimmage. Once\u00a0North Hunterdon\u00a0settled into an offensive rhythm, it took a trick play to pull off one of the most dramatic victories in school history. With precious seconds dripping off the clock late in the game, the Lions pulled off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lion-pride-archive","7":"entry","8":"override"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 14:16:52","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14599"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14613,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599\/revisions\/14613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}