“Like I always say, it starts up front, we’ve got a great offensive line. So we turned to our guys up front to win us the game,” Spencer said.īut Trent took over in the ground game the second half, running 14 times for 76 yards in the half to do just enough for the Panthers to escape with the victory.
Tonight after the first half, we made the decision we weren’t throwing the ball good enough to keep putting it on the line and risk losing a big ballgame. We’d still rather he make some plays and get the ball to him. We’re going to show people we can win big ballgames even without Logan Pinkley making big plays. “We told the guys during the week we’re more than a one-man show. The Panthers finished with just 11 passing yards. That was the Royals gameplan, take away state leading wide receiver Logan Pinkley and the Panthers passing attack out of the game completely offensively and it worked to a T, holding Pinkley without a catch in the contest. The Panthers defense continued to stymie the Royals in the second half, a short field again the beneficiary for the Panthers offense as they took a 12-0 lead with 9:15 left in the game after a Zeke Conn 1-yard run to cap off a nine-play, 53-yard drive, all via the rushing attack. Trent also got the first score of the game, six plays later running it in from six yards out to draw first blood in the defensive battle with 4:49 remaining in the third. Tonight it was the muffed punt and we get the ball on the 26-yard line and let the big horse carry it in the rest of the way,” Spencer said. “Every time we play it comes down to some kind of strange play here or there, turnover, somewhere that swings the game. With the two going into the half scoreless, neither offense was able to find their rhtyhm, a 41-minute weather delay due to lightning also not helping the cause.īut with the game scoreless, it was a punt that changed things, Logan Pinkley punting one near the Royals 20, Anthony Bozeman running up to catch it, but couldn’t quite get there, muffed it and Austin Trent pounced on the recovery for the Panthers. The game had the feel that one play would be the difference maker in the game. I don’t think anybody in the state thought it would be 12-7 though,” Panthers coach Bill Spencer said. Nine is just fine, Panthers run streak to 9 over Royalsįleming County keeps finding a way to beat Mason County.ĭuring their nine-game winning streak over the Royals, five of those wins have come by 10 points or less.įriday night was no different, the Panthers leaving Maysville with Panther pride and a 12-7 victory.
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