CCHS travels to Springfield Friday for second region game

RED BOILING SPRINGS-The Clay County Bulldogs improved to 7-1 with a 60-8 rout of Red Boiling Springs here last Friday night.

The Dawgs scored four different ways in the victory, including rushing and passing touchdowns, pick-six interceptions, and a kickoff return touchdown.

Senior quarterback Nolan Adams and his classmate cousin Reece Adams had two rushing touchdowns each and both rushed for over 100 yards in the contest.

Playing in just his sixth game of the season, Nolan Adams also eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark.  Additionally, he threw a touchdown to senior Bryson Sharp and returned an interception for a score.

Senior Waylon Cherry was responsible for the kickoff return touchdown and freshman Brentley Long also had a pick-six in the blowout win.

The scoring started with a Nolan Adams 61-yard touchdown run.  He then returned his interception 35 yards to pay-dirt, before finding Sharp from 19 yards out for his third score and racing 31 yards for his second rushing touchdown.

Reece Adams also scored a two-yard rushing touchdown and a pair of two-point conversions, and Nolan Adams and Cherry added two-pointers to run the halftime tally to 38-0.

A second rushing touchdown from two yards out by Reece Adams opened the second half and Nolan Adams tacked on the conversion, before Red Boiling finally dented the scoreboard.

They ran for six and converted their two-point conversion on Clay County’s reserve defense to narrow their deficit to 46-8, but Cherry raced 80 yards to the house on the ensuing kickoff.

The special teams touchdown, paired with sophomore Isaiah Burnette’s two point conversion run, put the Dawgs back up 54-8, before Long’s 35-yard pick-six accounted for the final margin.

Bulldog stats

Clay County had a total of 297 yards on 21 offensive plays in the win, including 20 rushes for 278 yards and the one pass from Nolan Adams to Sharp for the 19-yard touchdown.

Reece Adams was the leading rusher (12/134 yds./2TDs/2-2PTs), while Nolan Adams also ran for over 100 yards (5/105 yds./2TDs/2-2PTs).  Cherry (2/36 yds./2PT) and Burnette (1/3 yds./2PT) also had carries.

Reece Adams led the way defensively with 10 tackles (TFL), senior Kolton Brown made six stops (3TFLs), and sophomore Jackson Ritter had three tackles.

Sharp (TFL), Long (INT-TD), senior Cole Eads (TFL), junior Rolan Holaway and freshman Logan Shirey (TFL) all had two tackles each.

Players making one tackle apiece included Nolan Adams (INT-TD) and Burnette; senior Kason Monroy Hidalgo; juniors Cage Ashley and Oliver Boles; sophomore Tucker Walker; and freshmen Nemo Hamilton (FR), Easton Adams, and Jericho Hulsey.

Friday night

Clay County will travel to Springfield Friday night for their second Region 4-A game of the season versus Innovation Academy (1-7, 0-1) looking to move to 2-0 in conference play after beating RBS last week.

The Sentinels’ only win has come by a score of 14-13 over Lookout Valley (2-6).

Innovation Academy lost to region foe Jo Byrns (5-3, 2-0) by a score of 49-0 in their last outing.

The Dawgs will host the Red Devils in their season finale next week on Thursday, October 30.

The Horizon Sports Network will have live-stream coverage of both of Clay County’s remaining games beginning at 6 p.m. on the Dale Hollow Horizon Facebook page and online at dalehollowhorizon.com.