With district play over with for 2013, here’s the recap of all the action that took place throughout the Mountains of Eastern Kentucky.

 

 

Magoffin County 47, Morgan County 42

Hornets traveled to West Liberty to take on the Morgan County Cougars with 2^nd & 3^rd place in the playoffs on the line.

 

Morgan County got on the scoreboard first due to a 23 yard run by Kody Thornsberry, Morgan’s extra point kick failed, making it 6-0 Morgan County. Magoffin would answer with a touchdown run of their on has Matt Patton scores on a 60 yard run, Kris Burton would come on and make the extra point kick and the Hornets took the lead at 7-6 but that wouldn’t last long as Morgan County would answer before the first quarter came to an end as Kody Thornsberry runs into the endzone for a 1 yard touchdown run, Morgan’s two point conversion pass play from Hunter Collins to Jake Henry was successful and Morgan took a 14-7 lead into the second quarter.

 

Magoffin would get things started first in the second quarter as they score on a 13 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Jenkins to Kris Burton, Burton would make the extra point kick and the game was knotted at 14. Magoffin’s defense would stand strong as the Hornets would get the ball back without any damage. Magoffin would take that drive and score on a 3 yard run by quarterback Ryan Jenkins, Kris Burton would make the extra point kick and the Hornets re-took the lead at 21-14. That wouldn’t last long as on the ensuing kickoff, Kody Thornsberry would return it 80 yards for a touchdown, Morgan’s two point conversion run attempt failed making it 21-20 Magoffin County. The Hornets would strike again before halftime, this time it came on a 15 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Jenkins to Dalton Keeton, Kris Burton would make the extra point kick and the Hornets would lead 28-20 at halftime.

 

Morgan County would be the only team to score in the third quarter, which came on a 32 yard touchdown run by quarterback Hunter Collins, Morgan’s extra point kick would fail, making it 28-26 Magoffin County going into the final quarter.

 

Morgan County would answer first in the final frame on a 42 yard touchdown run by Kody Thornsberry, Thornsberry would run in the two point conversion and the Cougars re-took the lead 34-28. Magoffin would answer on a 18 yard touchdown run by quarterback Ryan Jenkins, Kris Burton would make the extra point kick and just like that the Hornets was back on top at 35-34. That wouldn’t last long as Thornsberry would give Morgan the lead again, this time on a 51 yard touchdown run, Hunter Collins would run in the two point conversion and the Cougars had the lead once again at 42-35. Magoffin would strike on a 16 yard run by Matt Patton, Burton would miss the extra point kick, making it 42-41 Cougars. Magoffin’s defense would stand tall as they would keep the Cougars from putting up anymore points. Magoffin would get the ball back and score again on a 9 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Jenkins to Dalton Keeton, Magoffin’s two point conversion attempt would fail. The Hornets took, what would be the final score, 47-42.

 

Magoffin County improves to 6-3 and will have the 2^nd seed in the playoffs and host a playoff game. Magoffin County will host the Lions of Lewis County next Friday on senior night for the Hornets.

 

Morgan County falls to 4-5 and will have the 3^rd seed in the playoffs and will travel in the first round of the playoffs. Morgan County will host the Pirates of Powell County next Friday on senior night for the Cougars.

 

 

Hazard 50, Pineville 28

Pineville made the long haul up the mountains to Hazard to take on the Hazard Bulldogs to battle for the district championship and the 1 seed in the playoffs.

 

Josh Meehan would get the Bulldogs on the scoreboard first on a 1 yard touchdown run. Chris Hudson would catch the two point conversion pass from Tanner Morgan, making it 8-0 Hazard going into the second quarter.

 

Hazard would get on the scoreboard first in the second quarter as they score on a 17 yard touchdown pass from Tanner Morgan to Chris Hudson, Trey Higgins would catch the two point conversion pass from Tanner Morgan making it 16-0 Bulldogs. Pineville would finally get on the scoreboard courtesy of a 28 yard touchdown run from Conner Ford, Pineville’s two point conversion pass failed, making it 16-6 Bulldogs. Hazard would score again, this time on a 25 yard touchdown run by Brandon Jones, Hazard’s two point conversion pass would fail, making it 22-6 Bulldogs. Hazard would score again before halftime, this time on a 65 yard touchdown pass from Tanner Morgan to Chris Hudson. Hazard’s two point conversion pass would fail, making it 28-6 Bulldogs at halftime.

 

Hazard would get things started in the third on a 18 yard touchdown run by Brandon Jones, Tanner Morgan’s two point conversion pass to Jacob Blanton would be successful and the Bulldogs lead 36-6. Pineville would answer with a 41 yard touchdown pass from Tuck Woolum to Conner Ford, Pineville’s two point conversion pass would fail, making it 36-12 Hazard. Pineville would score again, this time on a 1 yard touchdown run by Tuck Woolum, Tuck Woolum’s two point conversion pass to Will Adams would be successful but Hazard still lead 36-20 as the third quarter came to an end.

 

Tuck Woolum would make things interesting for Pineville as he scores on a 1 yard touchdown run, Tuck would connect with Dalton Ledbetter for the two point conversion, making it 36-28 Hazard. That would be as close as Pineville would get as Hazard would score 14 more points. Jason Johnson would score on a 58 yard touchdown pass from Tanner Morgan, Hazard’s two point conversion pass would fail, Hazard would lead 42-28, Hazard would get the ball back and score again, this time on a 48 yard interception return by Kevin Eversole, Tanner Morgan’s two point conversion pass to Chris Hudson would be successful and Hazard would go up, what would be the final score, 50-28.

 

Hazard improves to 7-2 and get the 1 seed in the playoffs and will host a playoff game. Hazard will host Sheldon Clark next Friday on senior night for the Bulldogs. This is like Hazard’s 8^th or 9^th straight district championship.

 

Pineville falls to 6-3 and will have the 2^nd seed in the playoffs but will also host a playoff game. Pineville welcomes Williamsburg in for senior night next Friday.

 

 

Garrard County 34, Estill County 7

The Golden Lions made the trip to Irvine to take on the Engineers of Estill County for the 2^nd and 3^rd seed in the playoffs and this was senior night for the Engineers.

 

Garrard would win the coin toss and elect to receive. Didn’t take long for the Golden Lions to get on the scoreboard first as they strike on a 25 yard touchdown pass from Slade Crutchfield to Noah Williams. Garrard’s two point conversion run would fail, Garrard County lead 6-0. Garrard County would get the ball back and score on a 5 yard touchdown run by Noah Williams, Sam Robinson would make the extra point kick, Garrard County lead 13-0. Garrard County would get the ball back yet again and score again, this time on a 1 yard run by Keagan Penman, Robinson would make the extra point kick and Garrard County would take a 20-0 lead into the second quarter.

 

Garrard County would add another score but the first in the second quarter as Noah Williams would run it in from a yard out, Keagan Penman would connect with Sam Robinson for the two point conversion pass and Garrard County lead 28-0. Estill County would finally get on the scoreboard on a 10 yard touchdown run by Jon Collins. Levi Tipton would make the extra point kick but the Golden Lions still lead 28-7 going into halftime.

 

Garrard County would be the only team to score in the second half and that came in the third quarter on a 29 yard touchdown pass from Slade Crutchfield to Jacob Smith. Sam Robinson’s kick would fail, making what would be the final score, 34-7 Golden Lions.

 

Garrard County improves to 5-4 and will have the 2 seed in the playoffs and host a playoff game. Garrard County will travel to Nicholasville to take on the Colts of West Jessamine next Friday. Senior night for the Colts.

 

Estill County falls to 4-5 and will have the 3 seed in the playoffs and have to go on the road in the playoffs. Estill County will travel to Sterns to take on the Raiders of McCreary Central next Friday. Senior night for the Raiders.

 

 

Other scores from the Mountains

- Belfry 56, Pike County Central 34

- Breathitt County 42, Knott County Central 20

- Johnson Central 42, Ashland 7

- Lewis County 28, West Carter 21

- Powell County 48, Western Hills 33

- Pulaski County 40, Southwestern 24

- Rockcastle County 36, Clay County 26

- Russell County 33, Knox Central 0

- Somerset 35, Middlesboro 19

- Whitley County 44, Letcher County Central 20

 

 

Mountain Rankings (10-26-13)

(1) Belfry (9-0) (Johnson Central 11/1)

(2) Johnson Central (9-0) (@ Belfry 11/1)

(3) Pikeville (8-1) (@ Russell 11/1)

(4) Middlesboro (7-2) (vs. Lynn Camp 11/1)

(5) Hazard (7-2) (vs. Sheldon Clark 11/1)

(6) Somerset (5-4)

(7) Powell County (6-3) (@ Morgan County 11/1)

(8) Pike Central (5-4) (@ Perry Central 11/1)

(9) Letcher County Central (4-5)

(10) Perry County Central (4-5) (vs. Pike Central 11/1)

(11) Breathitt County (5-4) (@ Letcher Central 11/1)

(12) Estill County (4-5) (@ McCreary Central 11/1

(13) Prestonsburg (3-5) (vs. Lawrence County 11/1)

(14) Bath County (2-7) (@ Nicholas County 11/1)

Anyone agree/disagree?