HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Panthers fall in battle of unbeaten teams

Pikeville and Lexington Christian were tied at 14-all late in the opening half before a 32-yard field goal off the foot of placekicker Andrew Dobbs put the Knights ahead for good.

LCA scored 17 unanswered points to pull away for a 31-14 win on the home turf Friday night.

The loss was the first suffered by the Panthers, now 5-1.

Running back Blake Birchfield finished with 255 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns, including an 80-yard run on the very first play from scrimmage. He added a 75-yard scoring run.

At Lexington

SCORE BY QURTERS:

PK (5-1)……7  7  0  0 – 14

LCA (6-0)..14  3  7  7 – 31

Scoring:

First Quarter

PK – Blake Birchfield, 80-yard run (Aaron Chang), 11:47

LCA – Xavier Brown, 1-yard run (Andrew Dobbs kick), 9:57

LCA – Mason Moore, 14-yard pass from Drew Nieves (Andrew Dobbs kick), 4:21

Second Quarter

PK – Blake Birchfield, 75-yard run (Aaron Chang kick), 10:48

LCA – Andrew Dobbs, 32-yard field goal, 3:33

Third Quarter

LCA – Xavier Brown, 3-yard run (Andrew Dobbs kick), 3:41

Fourth Quarter

LCA – Xavier Brown, 67-yard run (Andrew Dobbs kick), 5:01

Next up: Pikeville (5-1) at Madison Central (4-1), 7:30 pm, Oct. 1