Garrard County 35 Somerset 28

[LethalPG]

Final.  Wild game in Lancaster tonight.  

[DanvilleFan]

Nice win by Garrard.  Surprising loss for Somerset.

[Jumper_Dad]

Garrard was up 21 to 0 in first 4 or 5 minutes.

Somerset tied it up in the second half.

On 4th and long from around the Somerset 40, Garrard connected on a pass around the 10 yard line that was first batted in the air by the Somerset DB, then by the WR before the WR pulled it in and walked in for the go ahead score.

Somerset drove down and appeared to tie the game up on a 4th down pass of their own, only to have the WR ruled out of bounds.

Good game by Garrard as Somerset struggled the first half to stop them. Somerset settled down after the early onslaught, but came up short in the end.

[DanvilleFan]

1 minute ago, Jumper_Dad said:

On 4th and long from around the Somerset 40, Garrard connected on a pass around the 10 yard line that was first batted in the air by the Somerset DB, then by the WR before the WR pulled it in and walked in for the go ahead score.

Sounds like Somerset has just had some bad juju the last few weeks!

[Jumper_Dad]

1 minute ago, DanvilleFan said:

Sounds like Somerset has just had some bad juju the last few weeks!

They've had some bad something. 

[Carl Spackler]

Garrard County's first ever win over Somerset. 

[DevilMayCare]

Tonight could be the springboard to a winning season for Garrard with several winnable games still ahead of them.

[Bac2369]

Somerset got me puzzled.

[Carl Spackler]

39 minutes ago, Bac2369 said:

Somerset got me puzzled.

They graduated most of their offensive line from last season, and they've really struggled the previous 2 weeks.  I wasn't able to go tonight, so I'm not sure what happened.  I do think they turned it over a couple of times early that led to a big early deficit.  Hopefully they can jell by the time district rolls around.  

[Watusi]

Great win for the Golden Lions, and I am super happy to see this for my good friends from Lancaster. 

 

[BuckNut]

The Golden Lions took advantage of 2 early interception and jumped out to an early lead.  Good job by the Jumpers to keep fighting with a chance to tie it up at the end. I love watching great players make great plays and last night was a football smorgasbord.  Kudos to the staff at GC for their hospitality.   What a beautiful facility.  

[AdamLakeCumberland]

Adam Bray with Lake Cumberland Sports, the Briar Jumpers first quarter mistakes were too much to overcome

 

Q1 scoring

#6 M. Simmons 54 yard touchdown run 7-0 Garrard

 

#21 C. Peak 33 yard touchdown run 14-0 Garrard

#3 J. Parsons to #12 J. Newcome 21 yard pass touchdown 21-0 Garrard

#16 J. Bruner to #6 C. Cimala 35 yard touchdown pass 21-7 Garrard

#6 M. Simmons 6 yard touchdown run 28-7 Garrard

Q2

#16 J. Bruner to #17 K. Hughes 9 yard pass touchdown 28-14 Garrard

#17 K. Hughes 5 yard touchdown run 28-21 Garrard

Q3

#16 J. Bruner 1 yard touchdown run tied 28-28

Q4

#3 J. Parsons to #21 C. Peak 37 yard touchdown pass 35-28 Garrard

 

final 35-28 Garrard.

Somerset’s early turnovers and Garrard’s ability to quickly strike and get their athletes in space from the Wing-T set were ultimately too much to overcome despite somerset outscoring Garrard 21-7 after the 1st quarter. 
 

A couple key stops on Somerset drives - one near the end of the first half and another that went deep into Garrard territory at the end of the ballgame were enough to give them this upset win.
 

from what I saw last season, I knew Garrard had some special players in Peak and Simmons, and they have both been having a great season thus far, averaging over 100 yards of offense each per game. During warmups, I thought to myself Somerset could have their hands full, just didn’t know the hands would be overflowing in the 1st quarter. 
 

Somerset did well to lessen the blows and roll with the punches after the scary 21-0 and 28-7 start to the game, but they fell for the second straight week against a team they’ve historically dominated. 
 

The Briar Jumpers will try to avoid falling to 2-3 next week versus 1A power Campbellsville.

[theguru]

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