Inez, Ky. — In the 2025 Kentucky Farm Bureau Bowl it was Lawrence Co. rolling past Martin Co. 35-7 in the season opener for both teams Friday night at the Rock.
Bulldog Seniors Aiden Patton, Brayden Queen, Brady Nelson, Braxton Davis, Luke Fetherolf pose with the Kentucky Farm Bureau Bowl Trophy
Lawrence County took the opening kickoff straight down the field and Cavin Williams scored from 18 yards out and Brayden Queen booted the PAT and it was 7-0 Bulldogs with just :54 seconds gone in the game.
#4 Cavin Williams fights his way into the end zone for the first touchdown of the 2025 season.
After forcing a Cardinal punt Bulldog QB Luke Fetherolf connected with Gray Derifield for 25 yard touchdown and Queen made it 14-0 with 7:46 left in the first quarter.
After the Bulldog defense forced another three and out Kaden Johnson fielded a punt and raced down the sideline for a 65 yard punt return touchdown and Queen added the PAT for a 21-0 lead with 6:41 left in the opening quarter.
Kaden Johnson races down the sideline for a put return touchdown against Martin County.
After another Cardinal punt Chandler Preece scored from 7 yards out and Queen tacked on the extra point and was 28-0 Lawrence County with 2:11 left in the first quarter.
The Dawgs made it 35-0 and started the running clock after a Kaden Johnson 6 yard touchdown run and Queen added the extra point to make it 35-0 with 8:04 left in the first half.
#65 Carson Fraley, #58 Aiden Patton and #5 Kaden Johnson smother Martin Co. QB Devin Maynard for a short gain.
Braxton Davis had a nice interception late in the first half but the Dawgs turned it right back over to Martin County and the halftime score was 35-0 Bulldogs.
Martin Co. QB Devin Maynard had a nice 22 yard touchdown run and Sabastian Genovese booted the PAT to make it 35-7 with 8:14 left in the game.
The Dawgs ( 1-0 ) will remain on the road next Friday when they travel to Lancaster to face Garrard Co. ( 1-0 ) in the Golden Lion Bowl at 8:30.
The first game of the Golden Lion Bowl doubleheader will be Lincoln Co. ( 1-0 ) and Estill Co. ( 1-0 ) at 6:00.
Martin Co. ( 0-1 ) will play in the Pike County Bowl at Belfry against Pike Co. Central ( 0-1 ) at 6:05.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Alan Short and Martin Co. Head Coach Josh Muncy with the special commemorative football honoring Phillip Haywood before the game. Only ten footballs were made and used around the state to honor the longtime Belfry head coach.
Lawrence County Head Coach Alan Short
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Very proud of our effort and the way that we came out. I thought we played with like our hair was on fire. We played with great joy and passion, thankful to come out with a win and injury free as far as I know. Martin County is a quality football team.”
“… Very proud of the fact that I felt like we got better from last week to this week especially on the defensive side and it certainly showed tonight. I felt like we did a good job making contact and tackled better. We worked on that this week and it showed up tonight. Very pleased with our team.”
“… The plan going into the second half was to rest the starters and to be completely honest we are not chasing stats, the clock was already running and we are trying to build our football team for success in November and to do that you have to be healthy. So we wanted to minimize the risk. And to get our young guys some work.”
“… Business as usual next week even though the trip will be longer and we are the second game that night we will get there a couple hours before game time and go through our normal routine. Garrard Co. is very similar to us in school size and Lancaster is a lot like Louisa.”
