Wayne, W.Va. — The Lawrence Co. youth football league went 2 for 2 at Pioneer Field Saturday and will have three teams vying for Turf Bowl titles next weekend at Marshall University.
Lawrence Co. 8 Barboursville 6 ( B team )
2023 B team roster
#1 Tucker Muncy, #2 Kristian Johnson, #4 Lucas McDaniel, #5
Brantley Cantrell, #6 Matthew Jackson, #7 Colten Anderson, #9
Jason West, #10 Lucas Block, #11 Isaac Sturgell, #12 Brycen Pack,#13 Terry “Brayson” Raines, #14 Braxton Young, #15 Ethan Brown, #20 Gannon Bowen, #22 Jaxon Chafin #23 Johnathan Cline, #30 Zander Hall, #31 Quinten “Cutter” Parsley, #32 Aiden Newsome, #34 Zander Cotterman, #35 Myles Duvall, #40 Bentlee Ratliff, #43 Dante Whitt, #44 Tucker Dixon, #50 Rylan Spillman, #55 Braxton Hughes, #56 Eli DeSario, #57 Hayden Nix, #66 Daniel “Jake” Ash #68 Braxton Keaton, #74 Charles “Charlie” Spillman, #80 Carter Garman, #84 Easton Osborn, #87
Titus Botkins, #92 Jase Adams, #95 Jacob “Jake” VanHoose
Coaches Cody Anderson, Eddie Dixon, Zach Botkins, Micheal Keeton, Danny Ash
After a scoreless first quarter Bulldog defensive back Issac Sturgill picked off a Pirate pass and set the offense up with great field position late in the first half.
On the ensuing drive Bulldog QB Tucker Muncy connected with Lucas Block on a 7 yard touchdown pass and then the two hooked up for the two point conversion to give Lawrence Co. a 8-0 lead with 19.7 seconds left before halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter the Pirates stopped the Dawgs short of a first down with about 4 minutes left in the game and drove down and scored with 22 seconds left on a 2 yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 8-6. After both teams called timeout the Pirates were stopped short of the goal line setting off a wild celebration from the Bulldog faithful as they were Turf Bowl bound.
2023 B team Cheerleaders
Abigail Pinkerman, Addie Golden, Aleena Queen, Annaleigh Robertson, Brooklyn Cantrell, Holland Ledson, Katelyn Stambaugh, Kenzie Gilkerson, Kinley Rogers, Laurel Maynard, Lauren Pigg, Lyle Kate See, Paelyn Muncy, Trinity Fitzgerald, Zoey Hill-Friend
Coaches Alli Robertson, Courtney Golden, Rachel Pigg
Lawrence Co. 26 Wayne 12 ( A team )
2023 LC A team roster
#1 Brother Fitzpatrick, #2 Cole Hutton, #3 Travis Tincher #7 Jace Napier, #8 Jackson “Max” Bartley-Webb, #9 Danny Young #10 Keidan Bentley, #12 Bentley Carter, #17 Andrew Deyo #20 Jaxson Pack, #22 Carson Evans #23 Keagan Muncy, #29 Silas Rose, #33 Levi Hensley, #44 Brody Dean, #52 Wyatt Maynard
#56 Miles Ward, #64 Kaiden Miller, #69 Andrew Miller, #76 Braxton Kirk, #77 Marcello Chicko,
#79 Dakota Mullins, #83 Walton “Walt” Shannon, #88 Lukas Osborn, #90 Lincoln Parsley
Coaches Tate Smith, Scotty Holt, Timmy Evans, Danny Johnson, Chris Deyo
The Dawgs avenged an earlier 6-0 loss against the Pioneers.
On the opening drive of the game Bulldog QB Carson Evans connected with Brother Fitzpatrick to set up the Dawgs in Pioneer territory and Evans finished the drive off with a touchdown from 11 yards out and it was Lawrence Co. 6-0 with 5:43 left in the first period.
On the next Bulldog possession Levi Hensley made a couple Pioneers miss and went 66 yards down the sideline for a touchdown and Jace Napier ran in the two point conversion and it was Dawgs 14-0 with 1:12 left in the opening stanza.
Early in the second quarter Wayne got on the board on a 11 yard touchdown to cut the Bulldog lead to 14-6 with 7:13 left in the first half.
After Lawrence Co. forced a punt Evans went untouched 48 yards for a touchdown and it was Dawgs 20-6 with 20.2 seconds left before half.
In the third quarter Wayne got on the board again with a 21 yard touchdown run with 2:01 left in the third quarter to make it 20-12 Lawrence Co.
With Wayne on the move early on the final quarter Brother Fitzpatrick recovered a fumble and Evans sealed a Turf bowl trip with a 54 yard touchdown jaunt to set the final score of 26-12.
2023 A team Cheerleaders
Abigail Adkins, Addison Chafin, Autumn Stephens, Ella Young, Irelyn Jones, Kate Collins, Kaylee Nolen, Kenzie Slone, Lakyn Wilburn, Laney Huff
Coaches Melissa Stillwell, Kayla Collins, Keisha Huff
Ona, W. Va. — The Lawrence Co. youth football league had two teams in the semifinals Saturday morning in Cabell Co. and went 1-1 with the C team advancing to the Turf Bowl.
#1 Eli Block, #2 Kolton Workman, #4 Brentley Burchett, #5 Tyson Muncy, #7 Ryder Endicott #8 Titan Hounshell, #9 Cory Keeton, #13 Lawson Blevins, #16 Waylon Raines, #20 Benjamin Stephens, #21 Liam Canterbury, #22 Colton Bentley, #25 Leelynn Hall, #30 Corbin Jude, #31 Grayson Blevins, #41 Keegan Ratliff, #50 David West, #55 Richard “Zayne” Powell, #59 Marcus Bowen, #98 Liam Walls, #99 Connor Fitzpatrick
Coaches Caleb Bentley, Marshall Endicott, Bobby Keeton, Aaron Blevins, Mike West
Lawrence Co. 12 Barboursville 0 ( C Team )
Colten Bentley had a 56 yard touchdown in the second quarter and a 50 yard touchdown in the third quarter to help the Dawgs to victory.
The Bulldog defense didn’t give up a first down and Eli Block recovered a fumble .
2023 C team Cheerleaders
Allison Hughes,Autumn Johnson, Emagrace Lee, Heidi Caudill, Isabella Chicko, Kaylee Wilburn, Makynlee Wondolowski, McKenzie Scarberry, Paisley Burton, Ramzie Salmons, Sklar Brumfield, Tylyn Hounshell, Whitley Krueger
Coaches Heather Wilburn, Becky Chicko, Heather Lee
Ona-Milton 42 Lawrence Co. 6 ( D team )
The #1 seeded Panthers lived up to their billing and knocked out the Bulldogs one game shy of the Turf Bowl.
Mikhail Mills scored the touchdown for the Bulldogs from three yards out.
TSFYL Turf Bowl Championship Games at Joan C. Edwards stadium on the campus of Marshall University Saturday November 4th.
10:00 Saturday morning D team
#1 seed Ona-Milton vs #6 seed Barboursville
11:00 Saturday morning C team
#1 seed Lawrence Co. vs #3 seed Buffalo-Wayne
At High Noon Saturday B team
#2 seed Lawrence Co. vs #4 seed Douglass-Cammack
1:00 Saturday afternoon A team
#1 seed Buffalo-Wayne vs #2 seed Lawrence Co.
