The Tigers come up short at Greenwood 34 to 32

The Hopkinsville Tigers opened season their high school football season on the road Friday night at Greenwood losing to the Gators 34 to 32.

Greenwood scored first with 7:54 to go in the first quarter on a 1-yard run by Romello Meade. The two point try was no good.

After a Jayon Bass interception at the Tigers 4-yard line Hoptown would go a 16 play 96-yard drive for their first score of the night. Aiden King would find Treston Kay in the end zone from 10 yards out for the score. The two point try was good and Hopkinsville lad 8 to 6 with 3:32 to go in the 2nd quarter.

The Tigers would get a late first half score as Aiden King would connect with Jaylen Ray for a 22-yard touchdown pass with 6 seconds to play in the half. The two point try was no good.

The Gators would score first in the 2nd half of play at the 7:22 mark to pull within 2 at 14 to 12.

The Tigers would extend their lead on a 4-yard run by Artavis Moses to make it 20-12 with 5:13 to go in the 3rd quarter.

Greenwood would tie the game at 20 after a 12-yard run by Cayden Schwarzkopf. The two point try was good.  

Greenwood would take the lead for good at the 8:55 mark to go in the game on another Schwarzkopf touchdown run making 27 to 20

The Tigers would get within one on a 10-yard run by Moses making it 27 to 26.

With 4:24 to go in the game Schwarzkopf scored on a 55-yard run up the middle to make it 34 to 26 after the PAT.

The Tigers final score of the night would come at the 3:06 mark on an 18 yard pass play from King to Kay. The two point try was no good and Greenwood held on the win 34 to 32.

The Tigers host Mayfield Friday night at 7:00pm. Our F&M Bank pregame show begins at 6:30pm on NewsRadio 99.3 FM, 1230 AM and whopam.com

Scoring Summary (Final)

                     Hopkinsville (0-1) vs. Greenwood (1-0)

Date: Aug 23, 2024  Site: Bowling Green Ky      Stadium: The Swamp

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score

—————–    — — — —   —–

Hopkinsville……..  0 14  6 12  – 32

Greenwood………..  6  0 14 14  – 34

Scoring Summary:

1st 07:54 GATORS – Romello Meade 1 yd run (Davis Chaney rush failed)

                                            8 plays, 69 yards, TOP 4:06, TIGERS 0 – GATORS 6

2nd 03:32 TIGERS – Treston Kay 10 yd pass from Aiden King (Aiden King rush)

                                           16 plays, 96 yards, TOP 9:58, TIGERS 8 – GATORS 6

    00:06 TIGERS – Jaylen Ray 22 yd pass from Aiden King (Aiden King pass failed)

                                           5 plays, 48 yards, TOP 1:42, TIGERS 14 – GATORS 6

3rd 07:22 GATORS – Romello Meade 1 yd run (Romello Meade rush failed)

                                          4 plays, 46 yards, TOP 1:41, TIGERS 14 – GATORS 12

    05:13 TIGERS – Artavius Moses 4 yd run (Artavius Moses rush failed)

                                          4 plays, 31 yards, TOP 2:09, TIGERS 20 – GATORS 12

    02:08 GATORS – C Schwarzkopf 12 yd run (Kerrick Hanlon pass)

                                          7 plays, 51 yards, TOP 3:05, TIGERS 20 – GATORS 20

4th 08:55 GATORS – C Schwarzkopf 4 yd run (Graham Smothers kick)

                                          6 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:14, TIGERS 20 – GATORS 27

    04:35 TIGERS – Artavius Moses 10 yd run (Aiden King rush failed)

                                         11 plays, 67 yards, TOP 4:20, TIGERS 26 – GATORS 27

    04:24 GATORS – C Schwarzkopf 55 yd run (Graham Smothers kick)

                                           1 play, 55 yards, TOP 0:11, TIGERS 26 – GATORS 34

    03:06 TIGERS – Treston Kay 18 yd pass from Aiden King (Aiden King pass failed)

                                          4 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:18, TIGERS 32 – GATORS 34

Team Statistics (Final)

                                 TIGERS   GATORS

FIRST DOWNS……………….       21       17

NET YARDS RUSHING………….      224      327

NET YARDS PASSING………….       95       18

TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS………      55       40

TOTAL NET YARDS……………      319      345

 

Hopkinsville

Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg

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Artavius Moses  13   99    0   99  2 17  7.6

Aiden King      13   83    7   76  0 18  5.8

James Bradley   11   50    1   49  0 16  4.5

Totals…       37  232    8  224  2 18  6.1

Passing         Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck

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Aiden King        18-10-0    95  3   24   0

Totals…         18-10-0    95  3   24   0

Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long

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Treston Kay        5   44    2   18

James Bradley      3   32    0   24

Jaylen Ray         1   22    1   22

Artavius Moses     1   -3    0    0

Totals…         10   95    3   24

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20

—————————————–

Deavery Ramey      2   58  29.0   34    0

Totals…          2   58  29.0   34    0

                  Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept

All Returns     No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg

———————————————

Treston Kay      1  12 12  3  93 57  0   0  0

James Bradley    0   0  0  2  33 18  0   0  0

Jayon Bass       0   0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0

Totals…        1  12 12  5 126 57  1   0  0

Greenwood

Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg

——————————————–

C Schwarzkopf   19  176    2  174  3 55  9.2

Romello Meade    6   48    0   48  2 38  8.0

Caleb Williams   4   40    0   40  0 21 10.0

J Freeland       2   37    0   37  0 33 18.5

Davis Chaney     1   19    0   19  0 19 19.0

Levi Wyatt       2   10    0   10  0  7  5.0

Team             1    0    1   -1  0  0 -1.0

Totals…       35  330    3  327  5 55  9.3

Passing         Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck

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Levi Wyatt         5-3-1     18  0    8   0

Totals…          5-3-1     18  0    8   0

Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long

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Kerrick Hanlon     1    8    0    8

Canon Jaggers      1    7    0    7

C Schwarzkopf      1    3    0    3

Totals…          3   18    0    8

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20

—————————————–

J Freeland         1   28  28.0   28    0

Totals…          1   28  28.0   28    0

                  Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept

All Returns     No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg

———————————————

C Schwarzkopf    0   0  0  1   6  6  0   0  0

Nathan Self      0   0  0  1  29 29  0   0  0

Jaxon Howell     1  15 15  0   0  0  0   0  0

Totals…        1  15 15  2  35 29  0   0  0