East Ridge had a late drive end in an interception as Harlan held on to edge the Warriors, 22-16, in the 37th annual Pike County Bowl game played at Haywood Stadium on Friday night.
Zach Mason scored the game’s first points on a 21-yard run with 9 minutes, 11 seconds remaining in the first quarter. Quarterback Dylan Burdine, who passed for 238 yards, hit Isaiah Adkins with the two-point conversion.
Burdine added a nine-yard touchdown run just over midway through the final period and the ran in the conversion to make it a one-score game.
Wide receiver Brad Howell hauled in six catches for 109 yards.
East Ridge will visit Betsy Layne (1-1) on Friday night. Kickoff is 7:30 pm.
At Goody
(Pike County Bowl)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
HL (2-0)….0 8 8 6 – 22
ER (1-1)….0 8 0 8 – 16
Scoring:
First Quarter
None
Second Quarter
ER – Zach Mason, 21-yard run (Isaiah Adkins pass from Dylan Burdine), 9:11
HL – Darius Akal, 56-yard run (Jayden Ward run), :43
Third Quarter
HL – Dylan Middleton, 1-yard run (Jayden Ward run), 7:31
Fourth Quarter
HL – Donovan Montanaro, 4-yard run (poor snap), 8:37
ER – Dylan Burdine, 9-yard run (Dylan Burdine run), 5:33
Next up: East Ridge (1-1) at Betsy Layne (1-1), 7:30 pm, Sept. 2.