POINT PLEASANT – Winning a game at Point Pleasant’s OVB Field is never as easy task for a visiting team.
Pikeville came within one play of maybe doing so.
Quarterback Connor Roberts’ fourth-and-goal pass from the three-yard line was knocked away and the Panthers came up short, 41-34, in a back-and-forth battle Friday night.
Roberts passed for 337 yards and three touchdowns and rushed 13 times for 88 yards. Receiver Christian Billiter hauled in six catches for 129 yards.
Running back Zack Roberts had a pair of rushing touchdowns while Kyle Watkins, Jackson Hensley and Seth Pugh had a TD catch each.
The Panthers amassed over 500 yards in total offense.
Pikeville, now 3-2, returns home to face Hazard (3-1) next Friday night at Hillard Howard Field
At Point Pleasant
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PK (3-2)…0 21 6 7 – 34
PP (5-0)..14 7 7 14 – 41
Scoring:
First Quarter
PP – Cason Payne, 5-yard run (Oliver Skeie kick), 6:08
PP – Brady Adkins, 13-yard run (Oliver Skeie kick), :00
Second Quarter
PK – Zack Roberts, 1-yard run (Tanner Hamilton kick), 8:20
PK – Kyle Watkins, 9-yard pass from Connor Roberts (Tanner Hamilton kick)
PK – Jackson Hensley, 20-yard pass from Connor Roberts (Tanner Hamilton kick)
PP – Cason Payne, 8-yard run (Oliver Skeie kick), :14
Third Quarter
PP – Brady Adkins, 3-yard run (Oliver Skeie kick), 6:21
PK – Seth Pugh, 53-yard pass from Connor Roberts (kick failed), 4:52
Fourth Quarter
PP – Cason Payne, 3-yard run (kick failed), 11:15
PK – Zack Roberts, 1-yard run (Tanner Hamilton kick), 7:01
PP – Cason Payne, 14-yard run (Oliver Skeie kick), 2:12
Next up: Pikeville (3-2) vs. Hazard (3-1), 7:30 p.m., Sept. 28.