Belfry’s Dre Young returned the opening kickoff back 77 yards for a touchdown and the Pirates went on to hammer Pike County Central, 42-7, in a district matchup played at Haywood Stadium on Friday night.
Running back Caden Woolum had a pair of rushing touchdowns (38 and 13 yards), returned a punt for another (50 yards), and hauled in a TD pass (29 yards) from quarterback Chase Varney.
Cayden Varney capped the scoring for the Pirates, now 5-4, with a 58-yard run early in the second half.
Pike Central, now 3-6, avoided being shutout when Luke Varney scored on a one yard run late in the final period.
Both teams close out the regular season on Friday night. The Hawks journey to Paintsville (4-5) while the Pirates play at Johnson Central (7-2). Both games will kick at 7:30 p.m.
At Goody
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PC (3-6)……0 0 0 7 – 7
BF (5-4)…..35 7 0 0 – 42
Scoring:
First Quarter
BF – Dre Young, 77-yard kickoff return (Aiden McCoy kick), 11:44
BF – Caden Woolum, 50-yard punt return (Aiden McCoy kick), 9:54
BF – Caden Woolum, 38-yard run (Aiden McCoy kick), 7:43
BF – Caden Woolum, 29-yard pass from Chase Varney (Aiden McCoy kick), 5:25
BF – Caden Woolum, 13-yard run (Aiden McCoy kick), :12
Second Quarter
BF – Cayden Varney, 58-yard run (Aiden McCoy kick), 9:04
Third Quarter
No scoring
Fourth Quarter
PC – Lukas Varney, 1-yard run (Rudy Sanchez kick), 5:15
Next up: Pike Central (3-6) at Paintsville (4-5); Belfry (5-4) at Johnson Central (7-2), 7:30 p.m., Oct. 28.