Leslie County Smith carries the ball – Photo by Brendon Miller
Week 5 of High School Football saw a couple surprises with Floyd (4-1) falling at home to Prestonsburg (2-2) by the score of 42-22. Bell County (3-1) also took their first loss on the road at Whitley County 28-6. In other action in the BSN coverage area, Estill (1-3) continued to struggle losing a tight contest 32-30 at home to Bath County. Belfry (3-1) continued their surge with a 56-13 drilling of Pikeville. Magoffin (2-3) was dismantled by Harlan 44-12. Johnson Central (4-0) continued their run for another State Championship by hammering Moore 42-8. Jenkins (0-5) fell to Lynn Camp 47-8. Middlesboro (2-3) beat Pineville (2-3) 46-20. Paintsville (4-1) rolled against Williamsburg (3-2) 53-21. Letcher Central (0-5) is still looking for the win column after dropping their home game to Pike Central 35-28. Morgan County (1-3) put up 36 points but still lost to Shelby Valley 55-36.
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Bluegrass Sports Nation featured two teams struggling more than expected with Leslie (2-3) defeating the Breathitt Bobcats (0-5) on the road 50-14. Leslie put the game out of reach early jumping out to a 20-0 lead before the Bobcats scored on an 80 touchdown pass from Cameron Stacy to Brandon Slaughter. Leslie would tack on another touchdown before the half for a 28-6 lead. Leslie used a balanced attack to score 2 rushing touchdowns and 2 passing touchdowns from Zack Whitaker.
Leslie opened the 2nd half with 2 more Whitaker touchdown passes making the score 44-6 after 3 quarters. The 4th quarter scoring was again started by Leslie when Connor Hollin ran the ball in for a 50-6 score. The Bobcats would score at the end of the game on a Dalton Manns rushing touchdown to make the final score 50-14. The BSN Game of the Week was sponsored in part by Breathitt County Tire in Jackson.
LCHS vs BHS (FINAL)
( 09/15/17 at Mike Holcomb Athletic Com )
Jackson, KY
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT TOTAL
(V)LCHS Eagles – 14 – 14 – 16 – 6 – 50
(H) BHS Bobcats – 0 – 6 – 0 – 8 – 14
| Scoring Summary: | Plays | Yards | TOP | Score | |||
| 1 | 05:54 | LCHS | Taten SMITH Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:54 15 yds PAT Kick by D McCULLEN NO Good | 5 | 61 | 02:31 | 6 – 0 |
| 1 | 04:48 | LCHS | Luke LEWIS Carries(QB Keeper) TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:48 5 yds PAT Run by Luke LEWIS GOOD. | 1 | 5 | 00:00 | 14 – 0 |
| 2 | 03:25 | LCHS | Zack WHITAKER Passes to Alex FARLER COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:25 18 yds PAT Pass from Zack WHITAKER to Unknown NO Good. | 4 | 30 | 01:46 | 20 – 0 |
| 2 | 01:50 | BHS | Cameron STACY Passes to Brandon SLAUGHTER COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:52 80 yds PAT Pass from Cameron STACY to Unknown NO Good. | 3 | 87 | 01:35 | 20 – 6 |
| 2 | 00:37 | LCHS | Zack WHITAKER Passes to Tyler DIXON COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:37 27 yds PAT Pass from Zack WHITAKER to Dylan ADAMS GOOD. | 2 | 21 | 01:13 | 28 – 6 |
| 3 | 09:54 | LCHS | Zack WHITAKER Passes to Dylan ADAMS COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:54 33 yds PAT Pass from Zack WHITAKER to Luke LEWIS GOOD. | 4 | 63 | 01:26 | 36 – 6 |
| 3 | 05:26 | LCHS | Zack WHITAKER Passes to Nick HOSKINS COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:26 31 yds PAT Run by Zack WHITAKER GOOD. | 4 | 60 | 01:40 | 44 – 6 |
| 4 | 03:27 | LCHS | Connor HOLLIN Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:46 1 yds PAT Run by Add New Player NO Good | 10 | 53 | 09:26 | 50 – 6 |
| 4 | 00:00 | BHS | Dalton MANNS Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:16 4 yds PAT Run by Dalton MANNS GOOD. | 5 | 54 | 03:27 | 50 – 14 |
| BHS | LCHS | |
| FIRST DOWN | 8 | 20 |
| RUSHES / YARDS (NET) | 17/57 | 36/238 |
| PASSING YARDS (NET) | 188 | 173 |
| Passes Att/Comp/Int | 24/8/2 | 11/9/1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS/YARDS | 41 / 245 | 47 / 411 |
| Fumble Returns / Yards | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| Punt Returns / Yards | 0 / 0 | 2 / 16 |
| Kickoff Returns / Yards | 8 / 127 | 2 / 72 |
| Interception Returns /Yards | 1 / 7 | 2 / 20 |
| Punts (Number/Avg) | 3 / 25 | 1 / 4 |
| Fumbles / Lost | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 |
| Penalties / Yards | 1 / 5 | 6 / 48 |
| Possession Time | 18:10 | 24:05 |
| Sacks By: Number/Yards | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| RUSHING(Att / Yards): | ||||||||
| LCHS Eagles | Taten SMITH | 16 / 89 | Luke LEWIS | 5 / 50 | D McCULLEN | 4 / 31 | Tyler SMITH | 2 / 25 |
| Brandon STUBBLEFIELD | 1 / 19 | Connor HOLLIN | 2 / 13 | Zack WHITAKER | 1 / 9 | Cullen PENNINGTON | 2 / 2 | |
| Preston SPURLOCK | 1 / 1 | Add New Player | 2 / -1 | |||||
| BHS Bobcats | Cameron STACY | 6 / 33 | Dalton MANNS | 7 / 19 | Tyson GROSS | 1 / 7 | LeDaniel WHITAKER | 1 / 1 |
| Jason NOBLE | 2 / -3 | |||||||
| PASSING(Comp/Att/Int/Yard): | ||||||||
| LCHS Eagles | Zack WHITAKER | 9/11/1/173 | ||||||
| BHS Bobcats | Cameron STACY | 8/23/2/188 | TEAM | 0/1/0/0 | ||||
| RECEIVING(No / Yard): | ||||||||
| LCHS Eagles | Tyler DIXON | 2 / 48 | Nick HOSKINS | 2 / 44 | Dylan ADAMS | 2 / 36 | Taten SMITH | 1 / 21 |
| Alex FARLER | 1 / 18 | Luke LEWIS | 1 / 6 | |||||
| BHS Bobcats | Brandon SLAUGHTER | 3 / 95 | Trey NOBLE | 4 / 93 | Tyson GROSS | 1 / 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS(No / Yard): | ||||||||
| LCHS Eagles | Jared FIELDS | 1 / 20 | Dalton MORGAN | 1 / 0 | ||||
| BHS Bobcats | Charlie HUDSON | 1 / 7 | ||||||
(Stats provided by Steven Neace and WJSN)