By Dave Helmick
TuckerCountySports.Com
PARSONS – The Tucker County Football team hosted South Harrison for the last game of the season on Friday November 8th. Tucker County got down early and they could not complete the comeback as they fell in the contest 60-30.
Tucker County attempted an onside kick to start the game, but the kick did not travel the required 10 yards. This gave South Harrison the ball at the 50 yard line. The Hawks then scored on their first offensive play on a 50 yard touchdown run. The 2 point conversion was good to make the score 8-0 South Harrison early in the game. The Mt. Lions started their first drive at their own 39 and the offense went to work. Tucker County capped off the drive on a Liam Hood screen pass to Jeremy Liller for a 31 yard touchdown. The 2 point conversion failed to put the score to 8-6 South Harrison. The Hawks added another score on their next possession on a 16 yard touchdown run. The 2 point conversion failed to give South Harrison a 14-6 lead in midway through the first quarter. Tucker County would then turn the ball over to the Hawks on an interception. South Harrison returned the interception back to the Mt. Lions 8 yard line. The visiting team then punched in a touchdown on a 1 yard run. The 2 point conversion was good to make the score 22-6. South Harrison recovered an onside kick and they took over on the 50 yard line. Then 6 plays later the Hawks scored again on a 1 yard touchdown run and the conversion was good to push the score to 30-6 as the first quarter ended.
Tucker County started a drive in the second quarter, but South Harrison ended the drive with an interception on a fourth down play to give the Hawks the ball at their own 36. South Harrison could not move the ball and were forced to punt the ball away. Tucker County would then turn the ball over again on an interception to give South Harrison the ball at the Mt. Lions 15 yard line. On the next play South Harrison scored on a 15 yard touchdown run. The conversion was good to give the Hawks a 38-6 lead. South Harrison would add another score on a 19 yard touchdown run to make the 46-6. Tucker County then responded on the ensuing kickoff. Hunter Collar picked up the kick and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown.
The 2 point conversion failed to put the score to 46-12 South Harrison at halftime.
The Mt. Lions received the kick to start the third quarter and the offense went to work.
Tucker County put together a 6 play scoring drive that was continued on a key 4th and 15 conversion. Liam Hood then scored on a 20 yard touchdown run. The conversion failed to make the score 46-18 South Harrison. The Mt. Lions forced a Hawks punt, but Tucker County fumbled the catch on the punt return and South Harrison recovered the ball. The Hawks then were forced to punt again and the Mt. Lions again fumbled the ball on the punt return to give South Harrison the ball right back. The visiting team then scored on a 29 yard touchdown run to make the score 54-16. Tucker County then put together a drive that was capped off with a Liam Hood 10 yard touchdown pass to Hunter Collar. The 2 point conversion was no good to put the score to 56-22 Hawks after three quarters of play.
In the fourth quarter each team would get one score each. South Harrison would score on a 20 yard touchdown run to make the score 60-22. Tucker County then scored on a 4 yard touchdown pass from Liam Hood to Hunter Collar to make the final score 60-30.
2019 Fall Sports Athletes – Front Row(L-R): Ethan Pacella, Will White, Holden Young, Myles Paugh, Nathan Dearborn, Liam Hood. Middle Row(L-R): Mary Spencer, Caitlyn Fladung, Macy Nestor, Katie Surguy, Mary Carr. Back Row(L-R): Seth Bennett, Rudy Pennington, Hunter Collar, Noah Lipscomb, Jacob Moore, Wyatt White, Zack Hedrick, Tristan Anderson.
The following Fall Sports Senior Athletes were honored before the game: Cross Country; Katie Surguy, Caitlyn Fladung, Will White, Holden Young, Ethan Pacella, Raine McCauley, Noah Lipscomb. Golf; Holden Young, Myles Paugh, Nathan Dearborn. Football; Liam Hood, Rudy Pennington, Wyatt White, Seth Bennett, Hunter Collar, Zack Hedrick, Noah Lipscomb, Jacob Moore, Tristan Anderson. Football Support Staff: Mary Carr, Mary Spencer, Macy Nestor. For more info visit TuckerCountySports.Com.