Honesdale, PA — HONESDALE — It was spectacular. Not just Honesdale’s newly renovated sports complex, but the remarkable performance from quarterback Aiden Collins. Throwing for three touchdowns, running for two more and accounting for 188 yards in offense, the junior led Honesdale to its first win of the season, a 51-6 romp past Tunkhannock in a nonleague contest Friday night, part of a big evening that saw the school’s five-sport turf put on display. “I’m never gonna forget this one,” said Collins, who threw for scores of 10, 28 and 12 yards, and ran for 32 yards and 2 on his other touchdowns. “It’s awesome. Especially on this new turf. Made history. Great opportunity and it was a big win for us.” Coming off four losses to teams with a combined 14-2 mark, Honesdale took some of its frustration out on the Tigers, scoring on the eighth play of an opening 74-yard drive, Collins connecting with Bradley Bibalo, one of five Hornets to score. “We have a ton of weapons,” Collins said. “Cameron Hedgelon is a great receiver. Mason Avery’s an awesome running back. We’ve got Conlan Keast at tight end, Bradley Bibalo and Gabe Duda. And our line, can’t forget about them. They’re doing a lot of things people in the stands can’t see.” Easily visible was the explosiveness of Hedgelon, who took Honesdale’s next touch for a 14-0 lead. Fielding a punt at his own 30, the senior wide receiver avoided a couple defenders and turned on the speed, racing down the left sideline for a score at 5:41 of the first. Three plays later, it was 22-0. Bilbao recovered a fumble at the Tigers 27, and after a jet sweep lost five, Collins found a hole and dashed 32 yards just 45 seconds after Hedgelon’s return. “Obviously opening a facility like this in a community that certainly deserves it is huge,” Honesdale coach Paul Russick said. “I was worried they were maybe a little too excited. “This is huge. We’ve had a tough stretch the last four games. No excuses. We played four really quality opponents and that prepared us for this.” Tunkhannock (3-2) answered with a 14-play, 64-yard march that chewed up almost seven minutes. Austin Holliday capped it, leaping high at the left pylon to snag a fourth-and-11 pass from Joe Ross with 9:56 left in the second. The rest of the night belonged to Honesdale (1-4), with Avery setting the tone with a 14-yard run that set up another score. Hit immediately behind the middle of the line, Avery bounced outside, avoided two more defenders, turned the corner and picked up a first down that led, three plays later, to Collins’ 28-yard TD connection with Duda. “Going 0 and 4, it’s hard coming out like that at the start of the season,” Avery said. “I had to get my mental state right. Thinking, ‘man, we’ve got to get a win,’ and leaving it all out on the field. I think that’s what I did tonight.” That wasn’t the only stunning run from Avery, who ran 11 times for 102 yards, seemingly covering almost that ground on a 5-yard run on third-and-6 that paved the way to another touchdown. Hit twice behind the line on a sweep right, Avery reversed his field, broke another tackle on the left sideline, sidestepped another defender, then plowed ahead to put Honesdale in position for a quarterback sneak to keep the drive moving. “Think it was third-and-6 and I know I wanted to get us on the board,” Avery said. “When I lined up, I said, ‘man, I’m getting this first down no matter what.’ ” Almost, but Collins sneaked for four, and thanks to an offsides penalty against Tunkhannock on fourth-and-3, Collins scrambled away from a rush and hit Hedgelon for a 12-yard score 23 seconds before halftime. “We watched him grow, watched him develop,” Russick said of Collins. “You’re seeing him get better each week carrying the ball. You also saw him extending plays. “He checks every box you’re looking for in a quarterback.” Collins started the second half with a 2-yard sneak for a score, and Kobe White streaked 40 yards for the final score with 9 minutes remaining.