Irvine, Ky. — After a 35-14 victory over Estill County Friday night the Lawrence County Bulldogs are your Class 3A District 8 champions for the second consecutive season.
Caven Williams, Ty Brooks, Carlo Chicko, Cameron Castle, Kaden Johnson
After a scoreless first quarter Lawrence County took a 6-0 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by Kaden Johnson halfway through the second quarter.
The Bulldogs made it 14-0 after a 2-yard touchdown run by Gray Derifield and a two-point conversion from Johnson.
In the third quarter the Engineers cut the lead in half on a Brody Mainous 12-yard touchdown run and an Ian Sparks point after.
Johnson scored from 43 yards out and Carlo Chicko made it 22-7 with the two-point conversion.
Mainous pulled the Engineers within 22-14 on a 5-yard touchdown run and Sparks booted the PAT early in the fourth quarter.
With 6:20 left in the game Johnson added his third touchdown run of the game for a 28-14 lead.
And for good measure Johnson scored from 66 yards out for his fourth touchdown of the game and Isaac Febish booted the PAT to set the final score of 35-14.
Johnson finished with 181 yards on 14 carries and 4 touchdowns, Caven Williams carried the ball 13 times for 84 yards, Chandler Preece had 33 yards on 6 carries.
With the victory the Dawgs moved to 3-0 in District play and wrapped up the title and at least two home games in the playoffs.
The Bulldogs ( 6-1 ) will close out District play on the road at Magoffin County ( 2-6 ) next Friday night.
The Engineers ( 6-2 ) will host Powell County ( 2-5 ) in their final District game the same night.
Bulldog Head Coach Alan Short
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Very proud of what our team was able to accomplish here tonight. We didn’t play as clean as we would’ve liked at times, but nonetheless to come away with a victory over a team of this quality is very special. What these guys did tonight is not easy to do. To win back-to-back district championships is a result of the work and dedication that these guys have put in.”
“… Much respect to Estill County and Coach Moore, they really went to work during their bye week and tweaked some things to be ready for us. It was good for us to play a November-type game in the middle of October.”
“… We will enjoy this one until Sunday then we will turn our attention to Magoffin County.”
