Fern Creek 41 Atherton 0

Fern Creek (9-1, 5-0) scored on 6 of their first 7 drives to rout the visiting Atherton Rebels (2-8, 0-5) 41-0 on Senior Night.

Jamison White surpassed 1,000 yards rushing for the season in the second quarter, on Friday night he ran 13 times for 106 yards and 3 touchdowns. Delquan Wimberly ran 6 times for 46 yards and 1 touchdown. Shamar Bryant threw just 6 passes but completed 3 for 91 yards and 2 touchdowns, both to Kyree Hawkins. Backup QB Isaiah Hester completed 1 pass to DJ Brown.

Kyree Hawkins had 2 catches for 77 yards and 2 TD, 2 carries for 5 yards.

The Tigers defense held Atherton to a net 33 yards, 11 by ground 22 by air. Fred Harris led with 7 tackles, Latrell Streater had 5, Trevon Whit and Tim Long each had 4.

The 9-1 start is the best in 20 years for Fern Creek. The 1995 team started 10-0, eventually falling to St. X in the third round of the 4A playoffs and finish 12-1, the 1994 team finished 12-2.

Fern Creek has a bye next week, then will host Bullitt Central in the first round of the playoffs.