Final from Garrard County
Lawrence County 42
Lincoln County 6
Summary
It was sunny and 83 degrees at the 6:00 PM kickoff with 56% humidity for the first game of the Golden Lions’ Bowl at Garrard County High School.
It was all Lawrence County tonight as their speedy and talented running back combo of Cavin Williams and Kaden Johnson ran wild for the Bulldogs out of their impressive Wing-T offense that rushed for over 400 yards on the game. Lawrence County went up 35-0 with thirty-four seconds left in the first half and the rest of the game was played under the running clock mercy rule. Lincoln County had one possession in the second half and converted it into their only score on an 8-yard pass from Tucker Foster to Trey Burkhart.
Our InterCounty Energy Lineman of the Game is junior EJ Dunagen. After the game, he said, “We just need to keep putting in the hard work and have a good mindset.”
Our Guardian Exterminating and Bee Green Lawn Care Player of the Game is freshman Malik Hill who carried the ball 19 times for 89 yards. After the game, he said, “We are just going to have to tighten up our defense and get better.”
The Lincoln County Daily News dot Com play of the game is the 8-yard pass from Tucker Foster to Trey Burkhart for the only Lincoln County score of the game.
Next week Lincoln County will be back in Death Valley against West Jessamine.
Scoring
LaC 8:18 1Q Cavin Williams 2-yard run, Isaac Febish kick (Lawrence 7-0)
LaC 2:45 1Q Kaden Johnson 63-yard run, Febish kick (Lawrence 14-0)
LaC 0:00 1Q Kaden Johnson 48-yard run, Febish kick (Lawrence 21-0)
LaC 3:29 2Q Cavin Williams 14-yard run, kick no good (Lawrence 27-0)
LaC 0:34 2Q Gray Derifield 90-yard run, Johnson 2-pt run (Lawrence 35-0)
LiC 9:10 4Q Trey Burkhart 8-yard pass from Tucker Foster, kick failed (Lawrence 35-6)
Series-By-Series
Lawrence County won the coin toss and kicked to start the game.
The Patriots started at their own 15-yard line. After three plays, they punted from their own 2-yard line.
Lawrence County started from the Lincoln 47-yard line after no return on the punt. On first down, they ran for a first down to the 37-yard line. Then, another first down to the 15-yard line. On the next play, Lawrence ran to the 9-yard line. Lincoln County used its first timeout at that point. On the next play, Lawrence County ran to the 2-yard line, setting up a first down and goal to go. On the next play Cavin Williams ran it in from two yards out with 8:18 to play in the first quarter. The kick by Isaac Febish was good and Lawrence County led 7-0.
After a penalty on the kickoff, Lincoln County started from its own 11-yard line. On first down, Malik Hill ran six yards, then on second down Tucker Foster picked up two yards. On third down and short, Malik Hill ran four yards to the 23-yard line. On first down, Malik Hill ran up the middle for ten yards to the 33-yard line. On the next play, Tucker Foster lost a yard. Then an incomplete pass. On third down, a 7-yard pass was caught by Trey Burkhart. On fourth down, Tucker Foster punted to Lawrence County.
Lawrence County had no return and started at their own 40-yard line. On the next play, Lawrence County fumbled and Michael Wilshire recovered it for Lincoln County.
Starting at the Lawrence County 40-yard line, Malik Hill was thrown for a two-yard loss on 1st down. On the next two downs, the Patriots had two incomplete passes. On fourth-down-and-twelve, the Patriots picked up 5 yards on a run by Tucker Foster but turned it over being short of the yard to gain.
On the next play, Kaden Johnson ran 63 yards for the touchdown with 2:45 to play in the first quarter. Isaac Febish added the kick and Lawrence County led 14-0.
After the kickoff, Lincoln County started from their own 43-yard line. On first down, Malik Hill ran for a two-yard loss. Before the second-down snap, an illegal procedure penalty moved the ball back to the 26-yard line. Then, Foster his Levi Grubbs for a 9-yard catch. On third down, a pass fell incomplete.
Lincoln County then punted and Lawrence County took over at their own 43-yard line. They ran for nine yards to the Lincoln County 48-yard line. On the next play, Kaden Johnson ran 48 yards for the touchdown with no time left in the 1st quarter and Isaac Febish added his third kick to put Lawrence County up 21-0.
After the kickoff, Lincoln County started at their own 30-yard line. On first down, Malik Hill gained four yards then lost two yards on second down, On third down, freshman Hunter Ralston 12-yard catch to the 44-yard line. Then Malik Hill ran to the 48-yard line. On second down and six, Malik Hill ran for eleven yards to the Lawrence County 42-yard line. At this point, Lawrence County took their first timeout of the game. On first down, Foster ran two yards to the 40-yard line. Then Malik Hill ran for a first down to the 31-yard line. The next play went for no gain. Then a holding penalty moved the ball back to the 41-yard line, giving them a second-down-and-twenty. On the next play, a pass to Malik Hill fell incomplete. On third and long, Foster just missed on a bomb pass to Trey Burkhart at the goal line.
Lincoln County punted from the Lawrence County 41-yard line where the ball rolled out of bounds at the 7-yard line, giving Lawrence County their worst field position of the half.
From there, Lawrence County ran for 13 yards to the 20-yard line. On the next play, Lawrence County threw their first pass of the game which was nearly intercepted by Tucker Foster but fell incomplete. A holding penalty on Lawrence County moved them back to their own ten-yard line. On the next play, they picked up 17 yards on a short pass and run to the 27-yard line. Then, an illegal procedure penalty moved it back to the 22-yard line. On the next play Kaden Williams ran 18 yards to the 40-yard line. Then a 31-yard run to the 29-yard line of Lincoln County. Two plays later from the 14-yard line, Cavin Williams ran it in for the touchdown with 3:29 to play in the second quarter. The kick by Isaac Febish was no good and Lawrence County led 27-0.
On the ensuring kickoff, Will Peek covered the onside kick and Lincoln County started from their own 49-yard line. An unsportsmanlike penalty on the next play by Lawrence County moved the ball to the Lawrence County 31-yard line. On first down, Aiden Phillips ran one yard to the 30-yard line. On the next play, a short screen pass to Hunter Ralson went for a four-yard loss. On third down and long, Foster was intercepted at the two-yard line, giving Lawrence County the ball at that spot with 1:29 to play in the first half.
On first down, a hand off up the middle got the ball out to the 8-yard line. With 34 second left in the half, Gray Derifield raced 92 yards for a touchdown and Kaden Johnson added the two-point conversion to give Lawrence County a 35-0 lead and a running clock for the rest of the game.
Halftime
Lawrence County started at their own 20-yard line after Brody Baker’s kick pushed the receiver into the endzone for a touchback. On first down, with substitutes in the game, they ran to the 24-yard line. On second down, the Lincoln County defense tackled the runner for loss back at the 18-yard line. On third down, they got it out the 26-yard line, setting up a fourth down. The punt was not returned as it went out at the 43-yard line.
From their own 43-yard line, the Patriots sent out their starting offense. On first down, Malik Hill ran 11 yards to the Lawrence County 46-yard line. Then Hill ran to the 39-yard line followed by another run to the 28-yard line. Then a 5-yard pop pass to Dalton Brock moved the ball to the 23-yard line. Then Hill to the 21-yard line. After that, Hill ran eight yards to the 13-yard line. Then another pop pass to Dalton Brock picked up a yard to the 12-yard line. Then Malik Hill ran up the middle for 5 yards to the 7-yard line. Hill ran again for no gain.
The third quarter ended there with the Patriots facing a fourth-down-and-four at the Lawrence County 7-yard line. From there, Tucker Foster faked a handoff to Malik Hill and ran around the right side for the touchdown, but it was negated by a holding penalty, pushing the Patriots back to the 17-yard line. On the next play, Foster threw to the endzone, and the defense was called for pass interference on Trey Burkhart.
That gave the Patriots a 4th at the 8-yard line where Tucker Foster found Trey Burkhart in the endzone for an 8-yard scoring strike. The PAT kick was deflected, and the Lawrence County lead was cut to 35-6.
After the kickoff, Lawrence County started from their own 24-yard line with 7:22 left in the game. At that point, both teams had fresh jerseys in the game to finish off the running clock.
Lawrence County moved from their own 24-yard line to the three-yard line where they faced a fourth down. The runner was stymied at the goal line, but a last-minute signal by an official indicated a touchdown. The Levi Hensley 3-yard run came with 1:20 left in the game. By the time the PAT kick was made by Isaac Febish, the running clock was down to zero, and Lawrence County won 42-0.
