Touchdown, Brandon Jenkins.

Touchdown, Brandon Jenkins.

Touchdown, Brandon Jenkins.

Touchdown, Brandon Jenkins.

Hersey ‘s PA announcer sounded like a broken record Friday night in a Class 7A football playoff game, but that didn’t annoy Huskies Nation and its pumpkin-orange-helmeted heroes on Halloween.

Hersey’s Ohio University-bound Jenkins rushed for three first-half TDs (a pair of 1-yarders and a 2-yard burst) and added a 3-yard TD run in the third quarter, as 16th-seeded Hersey — up 34-0 at the half — skipped to a 56-0 defeat of 17th-seeded Payton in Arlington Heights.

Oh, and the senior happened to break a program record along the way. His 31-yard gain on the Huskies’ second possession put him at the top of Hersey’s career rushing yardage list.

Jenkins’ surpassed 2,600 career r

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