LCHS Panthers

The Lewis County Panthers welcomed the East Hickman Eagles to Bobby W. Sharp field on Friday night, September 1, for Homecoming.

The Panthers would take an early lead just over the halfway point in the opening quarter when Drew Ray capped off a drive with a 3-yard touchdown dive and Lewis County took a 6-0 lead. The Eagles would score and take a lead late in the first quarter with a three-yard touchdown run and a point after to go up 7-6. That slim lead would be the only time the Eagles would lead in the game.

The Panther offense would hit its stride in the second quarter. Brycen McDonald found Chaz Sparkman on a 22-yard strike for a touchdown early in the quarter to give the Panthers a 12-7 lead and would hook up again with Sparkman on a 64-yard touchdown that would extend the lead to 18-7. In the final seconds of the first half McDonald would hit a streaking Fletch Kelsey on a 69-yard touchdown pass and connect with Sparkman for the two-point conversion that gave the Panthers a 26-7 lead at halftime.

Sparkman would haul in his third touchdown of the game with two-and-a-half minutes left in the third and McDonald would hit Dakota Hull for the two-point conversion to make it a 34-7 score. Eli Carroll scooped up a fumble in the closing seconds of the third and rumbled 22 yards to the endzone, and Hull hauled in another conversion pass from McDonald as the Panthers carried a 42-7 lead into the fourth quarter.

Reggie Wade would cap the scoring in the fourth quarter on a 4-yard run and Micah Godfrey added the point after to make it a 49-7 game, and that score would hold as the final as the Panthers dismantled the Eagles on Homecoming Night.

Brycen McDonald was 10 of 14 passing for 324 yards and 4 touchdowns. Chaz Sparkman had 4 receptions for 127 yards and 3 touchdowns, Fletch Kelsey had 5 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown, and Dakota Hull had 1 catch for 54 yards. Reggie Wade carried the ball 8 times for 97 yards and a touchdown, Micah Godfrey 11 carries for 70 yards, Brycen McDonald 2 carries for 12 yards, Drew Ray 1 carry for 3 yards, and Fletch Kelsey 1 carry for 2 yards.

The Panther defense held the Eagles to only 139 yards of offense. Drew Ray led the Panther defense with 14 tackles and 2 interceptions, Chaz Sparkman 12 tackles with 1 for loss, Eli Carroll 10 tackles, 1 for loss, and a fumble recovery for a touchdown, Nathanial Caamal 9 tackles, Jaylen Murphy 7 tackles with 3 for loss, Dominic Seiber 7 tackles, Tim Brown 6 tackles, Fletch Kelsey and Brennan Davis 5 tackles each, Kobe Feichtinger 4 tackles and an interception, Ethan Ray 4 tackles, Reggie Wade, Corbyn Harris, Kade Carroll, and Logan Gallino each had 3 tackles, and Brycen McDonald, Tuff Lindsey, and Braylon Bean 1 tackle each.