Trenton’s first quarter overwhelms Maysville as Bulldogs clinch share of GRC title

The Trenton Bulldogs ripped off 29 straight points in a dominating first quarter, defeating the Maysville Wolverines 42-12 on Friday night at C.F. Russell Stadium.

The early scoring fest for THS started on the game’s opening play from scrimmage, as Tom Johnson provided the play-by-play call on Hot Country Z 101.7 and KGOZ-TV:

The extra point missed, making the score 6-0 just 20 seconds into the first quarter.  As Maysville received the ball for their first possession of the game, the Bulldog run defense forced a 4th-and-2 from the 18 yard line.  MHS Head Coach Mark Cole chose to go for the first down, and Trenton’s defense held, giving the offense the ball in the “Red Zone”.  An eight-yard scoring run (and two-point run) by Austin Burkeybile upped the score to 14-0 Bulldogs.

On Maysville’s next possession, things only got worse for the visitors:

Up 22-0 after the Burkeybile two-point run, Jeffrey White took a left-side sweep four yards for a score, with the failed two-point conversion leaving the score 29-0 Bulldogs.

Maysville showed fight in the middle portion of the game, scoring on a 6 yard pass with 27.4 seconds to go in the first half, and on a 76 yard run just 38 seconds into the second half, leaving the score 29-12 Bulldogs.

Unable to get the all-important third consecutive score to add pressure to the Bulldogs, Maysville’s defense finally cracked with 2:28 to go in the third quarter:

Trenton added the proverbial “cherry on top of the championship sundae” in the fourth quarter, with an 11 yard scamper by Hunter Dugan finishing the scoring at the 10:37 mark of the final quarter.

Trenton Head Coach Brandon Boswell:

Trenton, now 6-2 on the season, and a perfect 6-0 in the Grand River Conference, can clinch the outright title on Friday night with a victory at Gallatin.  Maysville needs a win over Milan and a Gallatin upset of Trenton to earn a share of the GRC regular season championship.  The Wolverines are now 6-2 overall, and 5-1 in the GRC.  Maysville played Friday night’s game without All-State and All-Conference running back Troy Powers, out with a knee injury suffered the week before against Putnam County.

Here is the scoreboard from Friday, October 7, 2016:

Polo 37, Milan 14 (on KTTN FM 92.3)

Gallatin 41, Putnam County 18

Princeton 48, South Harrison 0

North Andrew 52, Worth County 18

King City 64, Albany 12

St. Joseph Christian 52, Braymer 0

Pattonsburg 78, Kansas City East 76

Stanberry 56, East Atchison 8

Lathrop 41, East Buchanan 20

Penney 42, North Platte 7

Plattsburg 34, West Platte 13

Lawson 42, Mid-Buchanan 13

Chillicothe 17, Smithville 7

Benton 44, Cameron 14

Maryville 65, Savannah 0

Lafayette 27, LeBlond 0

Lexington 31, Higginsville 9

Palmyra 19, Brookfield 13 (OT)

Centralia 28, Monroe City 12

Macon 75, Louisiana 0

South Shelby 35, Clark County 22

Knox County 64, Highland 22

Marceline 54, Westran 14

Schuyler County 24, Paris 22

Scotland County 38, Harrisburg 8

Fayette 42, Salisbury 8

North Shelby 74, Missouri School Deaf 22

Rock Port 74, South Holt / Nodaway-Holt 26

Mound City 54, DeKalb 0

Southwest Livingston 66, North-West Nodaway 14

Norborne 38, Northwest (Hughesville) 20