WINFIELD – It took two days to finish, but Herbert Hoover completed a 35-0 football shutout of Cardinal Conference rival Winfield on Saturday at General Stadium.

Play was stopped on Friday with 7:16 to play in the third quarter after lightning forced game officials to clear the field and bleachers with the Huskies ahead 28-0. The contest was postponed until Saturday at 11 a.m., when Hoover was just as dominant at the line of scrimmage as it had been the night before.

“I’m proud of us defensively,” Huskies coach Joey Fields said. “Guys we challenged really, really improved.”

The Generals received the opening kickoff and from the first snap struggled to keep the Hoover defensive line, led by Mighty Lopez, out of the backfield. Lopez forced a fumble three plays into the game that was recov

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