Sunday, September 30, 2018

Pattonsburg Back on Winning Track with 60-8 Win Over Norborne/Hardin

Pattonsburg got back on the winning track with its 60-8 win over Norborne/Hardin-Central Friday night. Last year, the Panthers fell 52-50 to Norborne/Hardin-Central. However, they scored 44 points in the first half and were never threatened.

Steven Willhite started the scoring with a 5 yard run to make it 8-0. Patrick Cowley added the extra points with a pass. Willhite aired out a 55 yard strike to Cameron Jones for the second score. Jones caught the two point conversion. Strikes from Willhite to Jones for 30 and Cowley for 27 yards made it 30-0 after one quarter.

The Panthers scored twice more in the second quarter as Willhite hit Cowley from 45 yards out and he added a 42 yard pass to Brett Emig. They tacked on eight more in the third when Willhite hit Trevor Ireland from 20 to make it 52-0 after Willhite’s pass to Cowley. In the fourth, Kaden De Jong threw a 23 yard pass to Dakota Eaton and a two point conversion pass to Collin Briggs for Pattonsburg’s final tallies.

Steven Willhite completed 15 of his 17 passes for 329 yards and six touchdowns. Kaden De Jong completed 8 of his 11 passes for 94 more yards.

Willhite rushed 5 times for 52 yards for the Panthers.

For the Panthers, seven different receivers caught passes. Trevor Ireland caught three passes for 31 yards and a touchdown. Logan Huitt, who had been serving in the National Guard and who had to get his conditioning in before he could play, finally got in and had two catches for 35 yards. Brett Emig had 5 catches for 119 yards and a score, Cameron Jones had 3 catches for 104 yards and two scores, Patrick Cowley 4 catches for 86 yards and two scores, Dakota Eaton 3 catches for 29 yards and a score, and Collin Briggs three catches for 19 yards. All seven receivers caught at least one ball of 18 yards or more.

17 different Panthers had tackles Friday. Logan Huitt had an immediate impact on defense, where he had seven tackles to share the team lead. Blake Hulett also had 7 tackles. Trevor Ireland and Carter Crone had 6, Connor Ireland, Collin Briggs, and Gavin Harrett had 4, Skylar Todd and Dillon Gannan had 3, Cameron Jones, Patrick Cowley, and Clark Adler had 2, and Brett Emig, Gage Sperry, Kyle McChesney, Dakota Eaton, and Lane Huitt all had 1.

Skylar Todd and Lane Huitt had 1 sack each. Connor Ireland and Lane Huitt each had fumble recoveries. Patrick Cowley forced a fumble.

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