Musselman scores first ‘big man touchdown’
Kody Musselman had a special moment during Norborne Hardin-Central’s (NHC’s) 72-12 Week 7 thumping of the Keytesville/Brunswick/Northwestern of Mendon co-op in varsity 8-man football: He scored what NHC coach Andrew Watson called “a big man touchdown.”
Musselman, a Hardin-Central sophomore, scored his touchdown by recovering a fumble in the Keytesville/ Brunswick/Northwestern end zone.
“All I had to really do was fall on it,” he said Monday at Hardin-Central on the practice field.
It was the first defensive touchdown for Musselman, who called the moment “very exciting.”
“Hope I get to feel it again,” he said. Teammate Gage Smith knocked the ball loose from the Keytesville/ Brunswick/Northwestern quarterback for Musselman to recover it.
“I was just going really fast and … I just hit him really hard and he just kind of let the ball up,” said Smith, a Hardin-Central junior. “I looked over, I … (saw) Kody … (lying) on the ball. He was screaming, ‘Touchdown.’ I was proud of him, I ain…