Kudos to the Hillside football team for a magnificent victory in front of their home fans Saturday afternoon.
Hillside came back from a two-touchdown halftime deficit to turn back non-division foe Johnson 30-27.
After trailing 14-0 at halftime the Comets scored 14 points in the third quarter and 16 in the fourth.
Hillside, which improved to 2-1 overall and remained 1-1 in the Mountain Division of the Mid-State 38 Conference, has now won consecutive games for the first time since they concluded the 2010 season with a three-game winning streak.
The Comets have also now won more than one game in a season since that 2010 campaign, which was a 3-7 finish.
Hillside snapped an eight-game losing streak against Johnson and defeated the Crusaders for the first time since winning 21-14 in Clark on Oct. 16, 2004.
The last time Hillside defeated Johnson at Hillside was on Nov. 1, 2003, a 27-20 Comet triumph.
Hillside will next play at Warren Hills Friday night at 7 in Warren County’s Washington Township. The Blue Streaks are also 1-1 in the Mountain Division and 1-2 overall, falling in their last two games.
HILLSIDE VS. JOHNSON FOOTBALL SCORES
GOING BACK TO 2003:
2013: Hillside 30, Johnson 27 – at Hillside
2012: Johnson 26, Hillside 0 – at Johnson
2011: Johnson 33, Hillside 15 – at Johnson
2010: Johnson 19, Hillside 18 – at Hillside
2009: Johnson 18, Hillside 9 – at Hillside
2008: Johnson 17, Hillside 7 – at Johnson
2007: Johnson 21, Hillside 8 – at Hillside
2006: Johnson 41, Hillside 12 – at Johnson
2005: Johnson 24, Hillside 6 – at Hillside
2004: Hillside 21, Johnson 14 – at Johnson
2003: Hillside 27, Johnson 20 – at Hillside