Pikeville returned to the gridiron for the first time in a month and played like a well-groomed team, running past district rival Paintsville, 46-7, in a game played at Hillard Howard Field on Friday night.
The Panthers improved to 5-2 overall and look to win the district title on the road at Hazard (1-7) this coming Friday. The Tigers dropped to 3-5 and will host Riverview East Academy, OH on Saturday.
Running back Tayvian Boykins rushed for a pair of touchdowns. He finished with 46 yards on four carries. Blake Caudill, Jacob Brown, and quarterback Isaac Duty added a rushing TD each.
Receiver Jeb Wilkerson hauled in a touchdown pass of 28 yards. He had two catches for 40 yards.
Jeremiah Anderson and Keylon Mills recorded tackles for safeties.
Paintsville running back Crayson Lafferty ran 18 yards for the Tigers lone score.
At Pikeville
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PV (3-5)…..0 0 0 7 – 7
PK (5-2)….28 11 0 7 – 46
Scoring:
First Quarter
PK – Tayvian Boykins, 21-yard run (Kenton Looney kick), 9:44
PK – Isaac Duty, 37-yard run (Kenton Looney kick), 6:52
PK – Jeb Wilkerson, 28-yard pass from Isaac Duty (Kenton Looney kick), 2:40
PK – Blake Caudill, 5-yard run (Kenton Looney kick), :30
Second Quarter
PK – Safety, tackle by Jeremiah Anderson, 11:33
PK – Tayvian Boykins, 8-yard run (Kenton Looney kick), 10:04
PK – Safety, tackle by Keylon Mills, :55
Third Quarter
No scoring
Fourth Quarter
PK – Jacob Brown, 6-yard run (Kenton Looney kick), 10:50
PV – Crayson Lafferty, 18-yard run (Carson Holbrook kick), 5:30
Next up: Pikeville (5-2) at Hazard (1-7), 7:30 pm, Oct.20; Paintsville (3-5) vs. Riverview East Academy, OH (1-3), 2 pm, Oct. 21.