Paintsville’s defense shut down Somerset’s offense from the very outset as the Tigers rolled to a 33-6 win in a game played at Clark Field on Friday night.
Running back Harris Phelps rushed for 241 yards and a touchdown on 18 rushing attempts as the Tigers won for the first time under new head coach Trevor Hoskins.
Blayden Sexton added 86 yards on nine carries and capped the scoring with an eight-yard run.
Quarterback Frederick James tossed a pair of touchdown passes, one each to Colby Fugate and Jonah Porter. Porter also returned a fumble 18 yards for a touchdown.
At Somerset
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PV (1-2)……0 12 14 7 – 33
SM (1-3)……0 0 0 6 – 6
Scoring:
First Quarter
No scoring
Second Quarter
PV – Jonah Porter, 29-yard pass from Frederick James (conversion failed), 10:42
PV – Jonah Porter, 18-yard fumble return (conversion failed), 10:29
Third Quarter
PV – Harris Phelps, 18-yard run (conversion failed), 9:52
PV – Colby Fugate, 37-yard pass from Frederick James (Harris Phelps run), 3:51
Fourth Quarter
SM – Brodie Williams, 12-yard pass from Josh Brown (conversion failed), 2:48
PV – Blayden Sexton, 8-yard run (Carson Holbrook kick), :39
Next up: Paintsville (1-2) at Knox Central (3-1), 7:30 pm, Sept.17.