HORTON, MI (WTVB) – The Union City Chargers won their first MHSAA Football Playoff game in three years, collecting 481 yards of total offense in their 42-13 win at Hanover-Horton in a Division 7 District Semifinal.
The Chargers scored on their first possession of the game, capping off a nearly 5-minute drive with a 4-yard touchdown run by Logan Mears. After giving up a 68-yard TD run to Hanover-Horton’s Kolin Griffiths, Union City scored 21 unanswered points in the second quarter, on a 40-yard run by Mears, a 3-yard scamper by Brendan Labar, and a 13-yard pass from Eli Payne to Rick Austin. Comet QB Luke Soper threw a 37-yard TD pass to Austyn Hocter to cut the lead to 28-13, but that was as close as they would get the rest of the night.
Union City added two more scores in the second half, on TD passes to Austin from 34 and 23 yards out…