Highlights: Bryan Station routs Clark County; Paris survives thriller vs. Nicholas County
Highlights from Friday’s Kentucky high school football games:
Bryan Station 50, Clark County 7: The Defenders (4-3) extended their win streak to four games in their first matchup this season against a district rival, getting standout play from their offensive skill positions and a dominating defensive effort.
Jeremiah Mundy-Lloyd rushed for 105 yards and four touchdowns against his former school, Trenton Cutwright threw for 250 yards and three TDs, and two-way player JT Haskins Jr. had 138 yards receiving and two touchdowns to go with and interception on defense.
“They just played like we know they can do. They’ve been doing that for the last four weeks,” Bryan Station Coach Phillip Hawkins said. “We tried too much in those first three games trying to find an identity for the offense. Four games ago, we said, ‘This is who we are. Let’s stick to it and let the kids get good at it. And they’ve gotten good at it.”
Bryan Station led 28-7 at half on the strength of all four of Mundy-Lloyd’s scores.
Clark County quarterback Tyleik Maxwell capped the Cardinals’ most successful drive of the game with a 15-yard rushing TD in the second quarter. That 80-yard drive accounted for nearly half of Clark County’s 180 yards of total offense. The Cards (5-2) turned it over on downs twice, had a fumble and an interception and punted three times.
In the second half, Cutwright threw touchdown passes of 36 and 30 yards to Haskins and 25 yards to Damin Green to complete the scoring.
“Trenton has been amazing,” Hawkins said. “This week, we let him audible and make some decisions. We’ve kept the game in front of him and he’s figuring it out.”
Bryan Station takes on Oldham County next week before its showdown with defending district and region champion Madison Central on Oct. 21.
Henry Clay 47, Lafayette 27: The Blue Devils (3-4) scored at least eight points in every quarter and pulled away in the second half for a win over Lafayette (0-8). Senior Jacob Childress had a whopping 292 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns in the win for Henry Clay, and senior Blake VanHorn, back from injury, threw for 204 yards and three TDs. Junior Dez Hanley had 97 yards and two TDs rushing for Lafayette.
Pikeville 44, Sayre 15: The Panthers (5-2) raced to a 44-8 halftime lead thanks to a pair of first-half touchdowns each from seniors Blake Birchfield and Wade Hensley. Calvin Perez got a strip-sack fumble and took it in for a touchdown to help the Spartans (4-3) avoid the shutout. Isaac Duty threw TD passes of 80 and 54 yards to Hensley.
Paris 47, Nicholas County 40: The Greyhounds (6-1) established a 33-21 halftime lead and held on in a wild back-and-forth game against their district rival that included two Paris kickoff returns for a TD, a 72-yarder by Marcius Garr in the first half and a 79-yarder by Elijah Webb in the second.
Greyhounds QB Kaden Frederick threw for 269 yards and three TDs, a 42-yard pass to Tray Murrell, an 81-yard pass to Jakari Ransom and 15-yard pass to Darian Bell. Frederick also ran for a short score.
Alex Koeder led the Blue Jackets (6-2) with an astounding 334 yards rushing and five touchdowns. Their other score came on a 22-yard TD pass from Jacob Hatton to Tate Letcher.
Danville 35, Somerset 14: Mauri Brown rushed for 286 yards and five touchdowns for the Admirals (3-4) on just 17 carries. His scores came on bursts of 56, 13, 33, 14 and 59 yards. The Briar Jumpers (4-4) got a TD pass from Josh Bruner to Josh Gross and a TD run by Guy Bailey.
Madison Central 42, Oldham County 0: Jayden West scored three TDs, two receiving and one via a 45-yard pick six as the Indians (6-1) bounced back from a road loss to Pikeville with a district shutout over the Colonels (0-7). Running back Brady Hensley returned from injury and scored a 15-yard TD to go with Brock Eads two rushing scores.
Woodford County 36, Madison Southern 0: The Yellow Jackets (7-0) domination of the Eagles (2-6) included a Mahki Smith interception that helped set up a short TD run by Preston Stacy and scoop and score fumble return for a touchdown by Dayvion Sturgis.
Great Crossing 24, Montgomery County 6: The Warhawks (6-1) guaranteed themselves consecutive winning seasons with a comfortable win over Montgomery County (2-5). Junior Zach Morris had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs in the win for Great Crossing, which also got a 63-yard touchdown run from junior Isaiah Johnson. Montgomery County’s lone score came on a late 70-yard touchdown pass from senior Alex Hatton to senior Devin Taul.
Bourbon County 47, Anderson County 0: Clay Estes threw for 162 yards and three TDs, including a 45-yard strike to Marcus Floyd, as the Colonels’ (2-5) held Anderson County (2-5) to 125 total yards. Bourbon County’s Josh Moody did a little of everything with an 18-yard TD run, a 64-yard punt return TD and a 4-yard TD pass to Cam Santiago.
Pulaski County 47, North Laurel 13: Brysen Dugger threw for 226 yards and five TDs, four of them to Chandler Godby, who had 120 receiving yards for the Maroons (7-1). Tucker Warren and Logan Hall scored for the Jaguars (4-3).
Southwestern 40, Whitley County 6: The Warriors (7-0) racked up 472 yards of offense and got scores from Maison Hibbard via run, pass and catch in the rout. Roger Oliver also ran and threw for a TD. Christian Walden rushed for 187 yards and a score alongside Tanner Wright’s 106 yards and a TD.
Corbin 50, Knox Central 0: Kade Elam threw TD passes of 40, 52 and 28 yards to Carter Stewart and another scoring strike to Marc Warren as the Redhounds (7-0) shut out a Panthers (4-3) team that put up 62 points last week. Cameron Combs scored a 48-yard TD run and Joe Lester returned a 33-yard fumble for a score.
Bell County 44, Garrard County 14: Daniel Thomas had a TD rushing, passing and receiving for the Bobcats (6-1) while Dawson Woolum added a 29-yard TD run, a 31-TD reception and a 65-yard kickoff return TD. Malachi Simmons rushed for 147 yard and two TDs for Garrard County (2-5).
Ballard 14, Trinity 9: The Bruins (6-1) ended a 33-game losing streak to the Shamrocks (4-4), capped by Jaden Minkins’ 15-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter for the lead. Ballard got a 2-yard TD run by William Elliot to open the scoring. Trinity scored on a short TD by Drew Allen and a safety.
Bishop Brossart 7, Bracken County 6: Bracken County’s Dalton Tarter scored a rushing TD with less than one minute left, but the Polar Bears (5-2) tried a two-point conversion for the win instead of kicking the extra point for the tie. Tarter was stopped on the attempt. Bishop Brossart (6-2) got the winning TD on Austin Schadler’s 66-yard touchdown pass to Alex Amin.
Thursday’s game
Scott County 55, Grant County 0: Logan Jones opened the game with an 86-yard kickoff return for the Cardinals (6-1), who jumped to a running-clock 36-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. Ellis Huguely, Issac York, Jacob Fryman, Thamas Feickert, Kayne Garrett and Ty Whitehead (twice) all had touchdowns. York’s came on a 28-yard pass from Andrew Hickey.
