HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: East Ridge falls at Harlan in First Priority Bowl

East Ridge saw a 22-point, first-quarter lead slip away as Harlan rallied to nip the Warriors, 46-40, in the First Priority Bowl played on Friday night.

Warrior quarterback Dylan Burdine passed for 339 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 111 yards and three scores as East Ridge dropped to 2-2.

Brad Howell caught six passes for 130 yards and a pair of touchdowns and Isaiah Adkins added a TD reception. Adkins had six catches for 94 yards.

At Harlan

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

ER (2-2)….22    0    6  12 – 40

HR (0-0)……0  12  14  20 – 46

Scoring:

First Quarter

ER – Brad Howell, 72-yard pass from Dylan Burdine (Dylan Burdine run)

ER – Dylan Burdine, 1-yard run (run failed)

ER – Isaiah Adkins, 25-yard pass from Dylan Burdine (Nathan Martin run)

Second Quarter

HR – Cade Middleton, 16-yard run (run failed)

HR – Cade Middleton, 1-yard run (run failed)

Third Quarter

ER – Dylan Burdine, 1-yard run (run failed)

HR – Cade Middleton, 54-yard run (Cade Middleton run)

HR – Jayden Ward, 41-yard run (run failed)

Fourth Quarter

HR – Cade Middleton, 1-yard run (run failed)

ER – Brad Howell, 21-yard pass from Dylan Burdine (run failed)

HR – Jayden Ward, 15-yard run (run failed)

ER – Dylan Burdine, 2-yard run (pass failed)

HR – Jayden Ward, 15-yard run (run failed)

Next up: East Ridge (2-2) at Prestonsburg (2-2), 7:30 pm, Sept. 24.