Friday's game with Reidland went pretty much the way the previous six have -- a Trigg blowout.
The Wildcats scored three times inside the game's first seven minutes and rolled to a 61-0 win over the Greyhounds at Perdue Field.
Trigg piled up 427 yards of offense, including 315 rushing yards on 29 carries. Brandon Bridges had 138 yards on 11 carries. He scored on runs of 9, 15, and 3, and caught a 45-yard screen pass from Andrew Stewart.
Antonio Grubbs added 83 yards on two carries, including a 73-yard touchdown run.
Trigg led 21-0 after one quarter, 35-0 at halftime, and 55-0 after three quarters.
Even more impressive was the Trigg County defense that held Reidland to minus-22 yards of total offense. Reidland had minus-58 yards rushing and 36 yards passing.
Trigg County improves to 2-3 overall and 2-0 in the district. Reidland falls to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in district play.
Trigg County has this week off and returns to action Oct. 10 at Heath.
NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE GAME...
- The game was the 700th in the history of the Trigg County football program. Trigg County is 325-360-15 (.475) in 68 seasons of football.
- The 61-point win is the fourth-largest in school history and the highest since a 62-0 shutout of Reidland in 2003.
- Five of Trigg County's largest margins of wins have come against Reidland.
- It marked the ninth time Trigg County has scored 60 points in a game. Seven of the nine have occurred in the last eight years.
- Reidland's minus-58 yards rushing breaks the old mark of minus-54 for a Wildcat opponent, held by Lone Oak in a 1971 game.
- Trigg County's last shutout came against Reidland last year.
- Trigg County is now 14-2 all-time against Reidland. They have won the last seven games over Reidland by a total score of 373-20, an average of 53-3.
- Hunter Allen scored a touchdown on his first career carry, a 2-yard quarterback sneak with 1:24 left in the game.
- Shelton Burress scored his first career touchdown on a 25-yard run with 9:40 left in the third quarter.
- John Reinick's streak of 14 consecutive successful PATs to start the season ended when a third quarter attempt missed wide right. Reinick is 16-of-17 on PATs now.
- Reidland's time of possession was 28:13 to run 48 plays. Trigg County's time of possession was 19:47 to run 42 plays.
Pictures of the game from www.montystagner.com
Dillon Cionko (34) stayed in the Reidland backfield all night.
Antonio Grubbs led the caravan to the end zone on his way to a 73-yard touchdown run.
Will Stagner deflected two passes and blocked a punt on the night, returning the punt eight yards for a score.
Dakota Littlejohn (pictured with her father Jeff Lester) was named the 2008 TCHS Football Homecoming Queen.
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