By Terry Foster
WHMI.COM
Hartland football players spent much of the afternoon huddling in the school’s basement and corridors with hundreds of classmates while Mother Nature unleashed her fury across Livingston County.

They were greeted with a colorful rainbow in the north endzone when they finally made it to the football field that evening. It only got better from there. The Eagles (1-1) played a near flawless game, throttling overwhelmed Westland John Glenn (1-1) 57-6 in KLAA football action.
Hartland found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. John Glenn a pot of woes.
Nothing went right for John Glenn who arrived to Hartland High School 45 minutes late because of the storm and were immediately greeted by a successful Hartland onside kick that changed momentum from the very beginning.
Four plays later senior running back Nic Honeycutt (202 yards rushing and three touchdowns) romped from 43 yards out for the first touchdown of the evening. The Eagles didn’t fool around handing the ball off to Honeycutt. He did most of his damage on direct snaps.
“Everyone went off tonight,’ said offensive lineman William Tobin.
Touche’
Hartland pounded out 437 chunk yards. The Eagles did not ground and pound. They slashed and dashed for gains of 30, 40 and 70 yards. Everything seemed to be working offensively. Five players rushed for touchdowns, including Larry Vanhoose who gave Honeycutt a breather by rushing for 122 yard, which included a 70-yard touchdown.
The offensive line dominated so much that Grandma Perkins could have run for 100 yards. This wasn’t the same team that had little life during a 28-0 seasons-opening loss to Oxford. Hartland players did a lot of soul searching after that game and came out breathing fire. The Eagles scored three touchdowns – all by Honeycutt – in the first seven minutes of the game.
“I think we trust each other more,” Tobin said of the offensive line. “I think our overall communication and trust was much better. If we had that last week we would have put points on the board.”
Hartland coach Aaron Metz would not call it a near perfect game. Afterall, he has to have something to gripe about when he meets with his team Monday afternoon.
“It was fun,” Metz said. “We had a bad taste in our mouths after last week’s game. We knew we were a better team than what we showed. But it doesn’t matter. That is what we showed last week.”
The running backs and offensive linemen were not the entire show.
Junior linebacker Ezra Trim made nice plays for losses while safety Logan Morrish intercepted a pass.