Phil Campbell football team runs wild on Bulldogs
The Bobcats got things started on the first drive of the game. Isac Hill followed some big runs by Gage Baker with a 35-yard touchdown run to give Phil Campbell a 6-0 lead. Phil Campell recovered a Carbon Hill fumble at 45 of the Bulldogs’ which set up the Bobcats next score, a 22-yard touchdown run by Baker. Hayston Scott’s two-point conversion run gave Phil Campbell a 14-0 lead.
Phil Campbell secured a defensive stop inside their own 20-yard line. The Bobcats stopped the Bulldogs on third, fourth and one to force a turnover on downs near the end of the first quarter.
Neither team scored for much of the second quarter until Scott picked up a Carbon Hill pass at the 28-yard line and ran it in for the score with 11 seconds remaining in the first half. Baker’s two-point conversion run gave Phil Campbell a 22-0 lead at halftime.
Carbon Hill scored on the opening drive of the second half to close the gap to 22-7 in favor of the Bobcats. Phil Campbell answered the Bulldogs on their next drive with Baker running it in from 38-yards out to make the score 28-7.
Braxton Mayfield recovered a Carbon Hill fumble at the Bulldogs’ 35-yard line. Two plays later, Scott ran it in from 26-yards for the score. Baker added the two-point conversion run to make the score 36-7.
Phil Campell added two more scores. Yohann Vasquez stripped the ball from the quarterback and ran it into the endzone from 53 yards out.
The Bobcats last touchdown came on a Hayden Wingo 51-yard touchdown run.
Phil Campbell will travel to Lauderdale County Friday.
In other games around the county, Red Bay lost to Hackleburg 28-14; Tharptown lost to Cherokee 70-28; and Vina lost to Curry 61-14.
