PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The Pikeville Bears used a third-quarter touchdown to forge ahead and hold off the Bluefield College Rams 20-17 in Mid-South Conference football action Saturday afternoon in Eastern Kentucky.
Bluefield took its first lead just before the half, 14-13, but the Bears took the lead in the third. A Rams field goal in the final quarter brought BC to within three of the lead, but the Rams could draw no closer.
SCORING
Bluefield…...0 14 0 3 - 17
Pikeville…...13 0 7 0 - 20
First quarter
Pikeville – Sani Warren 6 yard pass to Austin Pray (William Chandler kick), 10:38
Pikeville – Taeron Brown recovers fumble in end zone (kick failed), 7:58
Second quarter
Bluefield –
Cason Whitt 15 yard pass to
Rashad Butler (
Tanner Griffith kick), 6:48
Bluefield – Whitt 1 yard run (Griffith kick), 0:33
Third quarter
Pikeville – Tony White 1 yard run (Chandler kick), 1:44
Fourth quarter
Bluefield – Griffith 22 yard field goal, 11:20
KEY PERFORMERS
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Rashad Butler – 133 yards rushing, 2 receptions with 1 TD catch
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Cason Whitt – 12-of-29, 108 yards passing, 1 TD rushing
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Jeff Hughes – 4 catches, 33 yards
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Tanner Griffith – 1 field goal
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DaMarcus Wimbush – 8 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss
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Tracey Parker Jr. – 7 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss
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Tyrice Henry – 7 tackles
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Michael Everett – 1 interception
NEWS & NOTES
· Bluefield's defense held Pikeville to 238 yards of offense – 123 rushing and 115 passing.
· The Rams finish the regular season with a 6-5 record, the school's first winning season since the re-institution of football in 2012.
