Huntington, W.V. — The Lawrence County Youth Football League was represented by two teams Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on the campus of Marshall University.
2026 A-Team Turf Bowl Champs
#0 Hayden Nix, #1 Tucker Muncy, #2 Kristian Johnson, #3 Noah Stewart, #4 Lucas McDaniel, #5 Brantley Cantrell, #6 Matthew Jackson, #7 Colten Anderson, #9 Zander Fannin, #10 Lucas Block, #11 Eli DeSario, #12 Brooks Parker, #13 Brayson Raines, #14 Braxton Young, #15 Ethan Brown, #16 Noah Crabtree, #22 Jaxon Chafin, #24 Jacob Holt, #25 AJ Jordan, #27 Emmett Harris, #30 Josslyn Garman, #32 Aiden Newsome, #33 Jason West, #35 Myles Duvall, #52 Winston Adkins, #64 Gabe Mathieu, #66 Jake Ash, #68 Braxton Keaton, #80 Carter Garman, #87 Titus Botkins, #92 Jase Adams, #95 Jake Vanhoose, #96 Jeffrey Looney
Coaches Jamie Brown, Danny Ash, Zach Botkins, Cody Anderson, Mike Keeton, Brett Chafin
Lawrence Co. 36 DC 20 ( A-Team )
In the last game of the day the Dawgs fell behind 12-0 before rattling off 36 straight points to win the Turf Bowl.
The Express jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first quarter behind passes from Carter Tubbs to Kyrie Thompson for an 18-yard touchdown and to Kenneth Alexander for an 11-yard touchdown.
The Dawgs would answer in a big way by scoring the next 22 points behind Eli DeSario who had touchdown runs of 44 and 23 yards along with a 19 yard touchdown pass to Jason West and 2 two-point conversion runs to lead 22-12 at Halftime.
Late in the third quarter DeSario scored from 11 yards out and added the two-point conversion and the Bulldogs led 30-12.
In the fourth quarter Colten Anderson scored from 11 yards out to make it 36-12 Dawgs.
DC set the final score of 36-20 on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tubbs to Lucas Wymer with :52 left in the ballgame.
The Bulldogs went undefeated against the Tri-State Youth League with the only loss on the year being against Martin County who had some travel ball players.
The 12 year olds won the turf bowl for the second time and 11 year olds on the team won the turf bowl for the third consecutive time.
D. C. 16 Lawrence Co. 0 ( D-Team )
The Express scored two early touchdowns and then held on for the Turf Bowl victory.
Austin Evans recovered a fumble for the Bulldogs.
2026 D-Team 2A Runner-Ups
#2 Kash Little, #3 Colt Miller, #4 Porter Humphrey, #5 Lincoln Evans, #6 Mason Evans, #7 Kolten Bates, #9 Waylen Evans, #12 Wyatt Lemaster, #13 Maverick Keeton, #14 Charlie Medlin, #18 Remi Whitt, #19 Waylen Brewer, #20 Troy Lyons, #25 Kaydon Porter, #44 Kason Adkins, #51 Austin Evans, #52 Jerrick Adkins, #60 Tucker Dillon, #63 Barrett Jordan, #66 Max Robertson, #70 Cannan Sturgell, #72 Copper Collins, #92 Mason Wright, #98 Theo Walls
Coaches Derrick Evans, Timmy Evans, Taylor Lemaster, Cameron Little, Jarrott Bates, Cory Humphrey
The Bulldogs only lost two games all season with both coming to the DC Express.
