Huntington Hammer Falls to Kentucky's River Monsters

Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 20:12 by Chris Spencer, HNN Photographer

HUNTINGTON-WV  (HNN) -  The Northern Kentucky River Monsters left the Big Sandy Superstore Arena 9-1 and left the Huntington Hammer 5-5 after Saturday night’s indoor f

ootball game beating the Hammer 44-23.

 Huntington played  with the Northern Kentucky team and made a game of it holding the River Monsters to a one point 24-23 in the third quarter .

Northern Kentucky took control  of the game in the Fourth Quarter and stopped Huntington with strong defense allowing no more points and scoring 20 points from their offense.

The River Monster offense is anchored by 320 pound quarterback Jared Lorenzen that  was 20 of 43 in passing and threw  for 239 yards with two interceptions.

Lorenzen, a former New York Giants quarterback and University of Kentucky standout also runs the ball effectively plunging  over the goal line for two touchdowns.  

The Huntington Hammer found they could stop the  320 pound  running back Lorenzen some of the time, but not all the time.

The win secures a play-off game for Northern Kentucky.