Worthington, Ky — Raceland ( 6-4 ) closed out the regular season with a 50-21 victory over Lawrence Co. ( 4-6 ) Friday night at Ram Stadium.
After the Rams returned a punt 82 yards for a touchdown to open up the scoring the Bulldogs answered right back when Andrew Tackett raced 70 yards to the end zone on the ensuing kickoff and SJ Lycans booted the extra point to make it 7-7 with six minutes left in the first quarter.
Raceland scored the next 43 points before Lawrence Co. QB Baden Gillispie galloped into the end zone from 29 yards out and Lycans added the PAT with 7:13 left in the fourth quarter.
Blue Fletcher scored on a 16 yard run and Lycans booted the extra point to set the final score at 50-21 late in the 4th quarter.
Gillispie led the Dawgs with 106 yards rushing on 16 attempts, Tackett 90 yards on 5 attempts, Fletcher 70 yards on 11 attempts, Trevor Young 49 yards on 9 attempts, Brandon Davis 2 yards on 2 attempts, Dylan Ferguson 1 yard on 1 attempt, Brandon Fitch -3 yards on 4 attempts.
Danny Hall had 1 catch for 8 yards.
The Dawgs will open up the playoffs with another trip to Buckley’s Creek to face Pike Co. Central next Friday night. The two teams met October 11th with the Hawks winning 48-35.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Alan Short
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Raceland is a well coached tough physical team that played good tonight. They have a bunch of athletes all over the field. We had a couple mistakes and they took advantage of those and made us pay. We are so young it makes it tough on us when things go wrong.”
“… They ran a punt back for a touchdown and then I thought we got the momentum back when Andrew Tackett ran the kickoff back to tie it. They answered right back and we didn’t recover.”
“… Hopefully the schedule that we played the first ten games will prepare us for the playoffs. We get another shot at Pike Central hopefully this time it’s a different outcome. Our kids should be excited to make that trip after losing the first time.”
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Box Score Report – Regular Season – Lawrence County Boys Varsity Football @ Raceland Worthington Boys Varsity Football – 11/1/2019 7:30 PM Lawrence County @ Raceland Worthington – 11/1/2019 7:30 PM |
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BOX SCORE |
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Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
T |
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Lawrence County |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
21 |
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Raceland Worthington |
21 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
50 |
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SCORING PLAYS |
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Team |
Quarter |
Time |
Scoring Play |
LAW |
RAC |
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Raceland Worthington |
1 |
06:42 |
#30 SJ Lycans punts to the Rams 18 yard line. #11 Ethan Cox return for 82 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is good.) |
0 |
7 |
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Lawrence County |
1 |
06:31 |
Kickoff by #13 Caleb Rowsey to the 30 yard line. #3 Andrew Tackett return for 70 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #30 SJ Lycans is good.) |
7 |
7 |
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Raceland Worthington |
1 |
04:35 |
#1 Jacob Heighton pass complete to #10 Gunnur Lewis for 64 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is good.) |
7 |
14 |
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Raceland Worthington |
1 |
01:24 |
#1 Jacob Heighton pass complete to #22 Landyn Newman for 33 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is good.) |
7 |
21 |
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Raceland Worthington |
2 |
04:44 |
#1 Jacob Heighton pass complete to #10 Gunnur Lewis for 69 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is good.) |
7 |
28 |
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Raceland Worthington |
2 |
00:26 |
#1 Jacob Heighton pass complete to #10 Gunnur Lewis for 21 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is no good.) |
7 |
34 |
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Raceland Worthington |
3 |
11:40 |
#11 Ethan Cox runs for 62 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is good.) |
7 |
41 |
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Raceland Worthington |
3 |
03:45 |
#2 Baden Gillispie runs for -8 yards. Safety! |
7 |
43 |
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Raceland Worthington |
4 |
11:28 |
#1 Jacob Heighton pass complete to #7 Jacob Wallace for 12 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #13 Caleb Rowsey is good.) |
7 |
50 |
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Lawrence County |
4 |
07:13 |
#2 Baden Gillispie runs for 29 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #30 SJ Lycans is good.) |
14 |
50 |
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Lawrence County |
4 |
02:01 |
#13 Blue Fletcher runs for 16 yards. Touchdown! (Point after kick by #30 SJ Lycans is good.) |
21 |
50 |
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There needs to be fundamental changes if LC ever expects to win ballgames again. Yes there is a lot of youth but didn’t four or five seniors quit earlier in the season?! The offense is running an option that is predictable every time.
Same. Yes Seniors quit. Sr-Jr are being left standing on sidelines watching under classmen favorites get all the playing time after messing up time over time over time. Know they are building team for future years however need to win some this year too.