Trinity, Corbin, Harrison County among winners
Posted by Mike Fields on August 31, 2007
A few highlights from Friday night football:
- Bowling Green led host Trinity 28-25 after three quarters, but the Shamrocks rallied for a 39-28 victory. QB Will Stein threw for 279 yards, and RB Tim Phillips rushed for 167 yards and 3 TDs for Trinity, which has won 25 consecutive games against Kentucky competition.
- Corbin bounced back from an opening 21-0 loss to Belfry to beat 6A Paul Dunbar 21-18 in the Cumberland Falls Pigskin Classic. QB Clint Cashen threw for 204 yards and 2 TDs, and RB Ryan Fritts rushed for 126 yards and a TD for the Redhounds.
- Harrison County knocked off Clark County 17-13, dropping the Cardinals to 0-2. Malcolm Thomas caught a 38-yard TD pass from Van Isaac for what proved to be the decisive TD. The Thorobreds improved to 2-0.
- Breathitt County QB Colby Fugate threw for 192 yards, and RB Channing Fugate rushed for 124 yards and added 88 yards receiving as the Bobcats outlasted Prestonsburg 12-7.
- St. Xavier, tuning up for a showdown at Lexington Catholic next week, routed Oldham County 53-0 behind RB Deuce Finch’s 182 yards and 3 TDs
- Bourbon County lost its 34th consecutive game, falling to Estill County 30-26.
- Pleasure Ridge Park, one of the highly touted 6A teams in the pre-season, dropped to 0-2 with a 27-21 loss to Ballard. PRP lost its opener to defending Indiana state champ Warren Central.
- Mercer County notched its 17th consecutive victory — the longest winning streak in the state — by beating Greenville, Tn., 14-9.
- Host Hazard outgunned Clay County 34-33 in the Vernon Cooper Pride of the Mountains Classic.
- Danville, led by Antowain Simon’s three TDs, beat Pulaski Southwestern 37-18. The Admirals have a date with cross-town rival Boyle County next week.
- Lafayette’s Eric Shaw had three TDs to help Lafayette beat host Franklin County 28-12.
