Box Score BLUFFTON, Ohio – The Hanover football team pummeled Bluffton on Saturday afternoon as they won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference match-up 41-10.
 
With the win, Hanover moves to 4-3 overall, 3-1 in the HCAC.
 
Hanover tallied a game-high 588 total yards of offense led by senior Shawn Coane (Evansville, Ind.) with 76 yards on 14 carries and two touchdowns. His counterpart, senior Walt Ballinger (Beech Grove, Ind.) added a game-high 146 rushing yards with a score.
 
Hanover found the endzone early and often in the contest as senior Matthew Weimer (Georgetown, Ind.) delt the first blow piloting the offense 83 yards on six plays with 9:48 to play in the opening quarter. After a Bluffton penalty landed HC inside the Beaver 40 yard line, Weimer handled the rest rushing for 57 yards and the goal line, 7-0.
 
The next Panther blow came seconds later as senior Kiefer Askew (Warner Robins, Ga.) was able to pick-off the Beaver quarterback and steal the Bluffton thunder. Weimer went to work in the shotgun as he took the offense 80 yards on six plays finding Ballinger for the 38 yard connection and score, 13-0.
 
With 11:06 remaining before half, the Panthers would strike again. This time Coane found himself in the endzone as he capped off a 76 yard six play drive that propelled HC to the convincing 20-0 lead.
 
The second half saw another Panther blow as HC tallied their longest drive of the afternoon going 94 yards on just four plays. Ballinger was the magic man as he took the hand-off 80 yards to the house to extend the lead to 27-0.
 
With 5:49 remaining in the third quarter, Coane would tally his second TD of the afternoon. The senior running back bullied the Bluffton offensive line for the 1 yard score. The drive lasted 2:34 as Hanover traveled 50 yards on six plays.
 
Hanover's final score came just seconds into the fourth quarter with freshman Austin Oppel (Brandenburg, Ky.) making his way into the end zone. The first year running back rushed ahead for 11 yards and the Panthers fifth rushing touchdown of the contest.
 
Hanover returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 30 when they welcome Manchester for Hall of Fame day. Game time is set for 1:30 PM.