Tucker County’s Cole Rapp looks for yardage against Tygarts Valley last Friday Sept 1st, Tucker County won the contest 42-0.
PARSONS – Tucker County hosted Tygarts Valley for their first home game of the season on Friday September 1st. The Mt. Lions quickly put last week’s loss behind them as they bounced back with a blowout win over the Bulldogs 42-0.
Tygarts Valley won the coin toss and deferred their option until the second half. Tucker County got the ball to start the game and after a Ben Callaway 32 yard kick return the Mt. Lions drive stalled and they were forced to punt the ball. Tygarts Valley was unable to move the ball on their first possession also and Tucker County got the ball back at the Bulldog 45 after a short punt. The Mt. Lions then wasted no time as they went 3 plays to paydirt as Luke Poling scored on a 23 yard touchdown run to put the home team on the scoreboard first. The Ben Callaway PAT kick was good and Tucker County led 7-0 with 7:29 left in the first quarter. A Tygarts Valley punt and a Tucker County fumble were the results of the teams next 2 possessions. The Bulldogs then put together a drive that took the ball down to the Tucker County 20 yard line before the drive stalled on a failed 4th down. Tucker County took over at their own 20 yard line and started to move the ball late in the first quarter. The end of the first quarter showed the score the same Tucker County 7 Tygarts Valley 0.
The Mt. Lions run attack took over in the second quarter as Tucker County capped off a 80 yard drive with a 11 yard Luke Poling touchdown run with 10:25 left in the second quarter. The PAT kick was good to make the score 14-0 Tucker County. The Bulldogs failed to move the ball again as the Tucker County defense stepped up to force another punt. The Mt. Lions then put together an 8 play 73 yard drive that was finished off on a Brett Reall 1 yard touchdown run. The PAT kick was good to push the Tucker County lead to 21-0 with 4:59 left in the first half. Disaster then would strike for the Bulldogs as Tucker County’s Jacob Davis steps in front of a Jack Tackett pass and takes the interception back 20 yards for a pick 6 touchdown. The PAT was kick was good again by Callaway to make the score 28-0 Mt. Lions with 3:11 left in the second quarter. Another punt from Tygarts Valley gave the ball back to Tucker County with time left on the first half clock. The Mt. Lions would then score once again with 1:14 left in the first half after a 13 yard touchdown run from Cole Rapp. The PAT kick was good to put the score at 35-0 Tucker County at the half.
Things did not get better for the visiting Bulldogs in the third quarter as they were forced to punt once again after their first possession. Tucker County then put together a long 11 play drive that was capped off on a 3 yard Cole Rapp touchdown run with 4:31 left in the third quarter. The PAT kick was good once again from Callaway to make the score 42-0 Tucker County. Tygarts Valley could not get their offense going and Tucker County attempted a 30 yard FG that was blocked in the fourth quarter. The reserve players finished out the game for the Mt. Lions as they cruised to victory over Tygarts Valley 42-0.
Luke Poling led Tucker County on the ground with 13 carries for 132 yards rushing and had 43 yards passing on 2 of 4 completions. Cole Rapp ended the night with 86 yard rushing on 10 carries and Brett Reall carried the ball 12 times for 68 yards rushing. Tucker County outgained the Bulldogs in total offense 374 to 110. Tygarts Valley was led in rushing by Daniel White with 7 carries for 52 yards.
Tucker County(1-1) will host Northern Garrett on Friday September 8th, kickoff is set for 7pm. Radio Coverage will be provided by 94.7FM WELK pregame starts at 6:30pm. For more Tucker County Sports info visit TuckerCountySports.Com
