Panthers playoff run ends

Barry Churchwell, Stats

The Lewis County High School Panthers football team travelled to Chapel Hill to take on the Forrest Rockets in second round of the 2021 TSSAA Football Playoffs on Friday night, November 12th with a stiff, cool wind and the threat of rain.

It was the Rockets who got on the board first when, three minutes into the opening quarter, Gavin Garrison connected on a 45-yard field goal to give Forrest a 3-0 lead early.

The Rockets would mount a scoring drive on their next possession of the first quarter when quarterback Hunter Bennett hit Brenton Burchell on a 27-yard scoring st...