The ultimate story of the night for McCracken County happened to be on the injury front as junior quarterback Elijah Wheat and sophomore running back Hunter Bradley both exited the game with apparent injuries. No immediate word on the status of their injuries.
Carver would strike right out of the gate as Kobe Gunn scored from 7 yards out to give Carver a 6-0 lead just 46 seconds into the game.
McCracken County would immediately respond though as Kiael Waldon punched it in from 1 yard out to give the Mustangs a 7-6 lead with 3:53 left in the opening quarter.
Carver responded in the 2nd quarter as quarterback Matthew Young found Deatrius Williams from 12 yards out to make it 12-7 Carver with 4:53 left in the 2nd quarter.
The Mustangs responded quickly as Elijah Wheat ran it into the end zone from 12 yards out to give the Mustangs a 15-12 lead, but Wheat would leave the game at that point with his injury.
From that point on, Carver would outscore the Mustangs 27-11. McCracken County opens district play next week at Daviess County.
Mayfield (5-0) and Graves County (1-4) were tied 14-14 late in the first half. But the Cardinals scored 21 straight points before halftime, on their way to a 56-21 win, the Cardinals 10th straight against the Eagles.
The Eagles took a 7-0 lead on the first play from scrimmage when Cody Goatley ran 60 yards for a touchdown. The Cardinals answered on their first drive with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Stinson to Diaz Perry.
Kade Neely caught a 68-yard TD pass from Stinson to put the Cardinals up 14-7 with 3:05 left in the first quarter. Koby Lamb picked up a fumble and rambled 40 yards for a touchdown to tie the game 14-14 with 8:11 left before halftime.
A six-yard touchdown run by Connor Guthrie put Mayfield back on top with 4:21 left in the half. After the Eagles failed on a fake punt, Stinson found Guthrie on a 40-yard touchdown pass. Four plays later, Guthrie returned a fumble 55 yards to give the Cardinals a 35-14 halftime lead.
It got worse for Graves County in the second half. After a fumble on a punt return, Kent Trey Matthews scored on a five-yard touchdown run to give Mayfield a 42-14 lead. Stinson scored on a one-yard run giving Mayfield a 49-14 lead. Then, Stinson found Neely on a 68-yard TD pass for a 56-14 lead.
The Eagles scored one last time on an 82-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Mathis to Race Richards.
Stinson finished with 254 yards passing and 4 TDs. Neely led the Cardinals with 136 receiving yards and two scores. Matthews rushed for 80 yards and a score on 10 carries.
Mathis was 4-9 passing for 89 yards
with 1 TD and 1 interception. Richards led the Eagles with 84
receiving yards and a score. Goatley rushed 12 times for 93 yards and
a TD.
Paducah Tilghman scored early and often
Friday night to rout Hopkinsville 47-13.
Damian Ford
kickstarted the Tilghman offense in the 1st quarter as Ford grabbed a
handoff from Cam Marshall and took it 57 yards to make it 7-0
Tilghman.
Just under 90 seconds into the 2nd quarter, Colbe
Crim danced into the end zone from two yards out to make it 14-0
Tilghman with 10:33 left in the 2nd quarter. Then three minutes
later, a 1-yard punt by Hopkinsville gave Tilghman a 1st-and-goal
scenario from Hopkinsville’s 6-yard line. Jayden Freeman punched it
in from four yards out to quickly make it 21-0 Tilghman with 7:18
left in the 1st Half. Tilghman would find the end zone two more
times before the half to make it 34-0 at the half.
Paducah
Tilghman hosts Caldwell County Friday at 7pm at McRight Field.
Friday Night's Scores
Caldwell County 34, Henderson County 14
Carver, AL 39, McCracken County 26
Crittenden County 48, Webster County 13
Fulton County 62, South Fulton, TN 16
Hancock County 36, Calloway County 33
Madisonville 42, Hopkins County Central 6
Mayfield 56, Graves County 21
Murray 48, Marshall County 20
Paducah Tilghman 47, Hopkinsville 13
Trigg County 45, Russellville 16
Union County 59, Ballard Memorial 14
Todd County Central 1, Fulton City 0 (Forfeit)
Murphysboro 42, Massac County 0
