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Philo Electrics split first two games and look forward to

Maysville matchup by Matthew Dotson

Philo’s quarterback Adam Philip flips the ball to Talon Preston. Matthew Dotson

Vs. New Lexington (8/29) period with a rushing touchdown by
Philo hosted its home opener on Stenson to bolster their lead to 27 – 12.
Friday, facing the New Lexington Pan- After kicking off to Philo, Harrison Ratliff
thers. To open the game, Philo kicked grabbed an interception for New Lex on
off to New Lex, and within a short drive, Philo’s 26-yard line. Once they drove the
the Panthers had the ball on the Philo ball inside the 20, the Panthers put up a
8-yard line. Paul Stenson punched in a field goal to round their score to 30 – 12.
2-yard touchdown for New Lex, followed The Electrics were not going to go down
by a successful two-point conversion without a fight, as they completed a 25-
with a pass from Lane Ratliff to Tyson yard pass for a touchdown, followed by
Spicer that hit paydirt for an 8 – 0 lead. a two-point conversion to close in on the
After the kickoff to Philo, the resulting Panthers, who still led 30 – 20 with four
drive brought the Electrics to New Lex- minutes left in the game. New Lex capi-
ington’s 20-yard line before a turnover talized on their last possession with just
on downs put the ball back in the Pan- a minute to go, Stenson pushed through
thers’ hands with just three minutes to for a huge 45-yard touchdown run that
go in the quarter. Just moments later, cemented the Panthers’ 37 – 20 victory
Philo grabbed an interception intended after the extra point.
for a Panther at the New Lex 18-yard line The Electrics will visit their neighbors
to take the ball back. With under a min- on Friday, September 5th, as they take
ute left in the first period, the Electrics on the Maysville Panthers, with the
pushed into the endzone for a four-yard game time set for 7 PM.
touchdown, but missed on the two-point
conversion to narrow the gap to New Lex Vs. Heath (8/22)
8 – Philo 6. Just inside the second quar- The Electrics opened their season with
ter, Philo’s Talon Preston landed a 12- a road game against the Heath Bulldogs.
yard rushing touchdown, putting Philo in It was a close matchup, but in the end,
the lead 12 – 8. The Electrics battled the Electrics pulled off a narrow 26 – 21
to hold the lead throughout the whole victory.
quarter, but with under a minute to go
in the half, New Lexington pushed in for
a short-yardage touchdown to take back
the lead and send Philo to the locker
room with a 14 – 12 deficit.
Back on the field, Philo took the kick-
off and drove again to beyond the New
Lexington 20-yard line before turning it Made with
over on downs. New Lex took possession
at the 24 and drove the ball over the 100%%
next three minutes to get to the opposite
mark on the field before Colton Mathias local news.
ran for a 15-yard touchdown, followed
by a good extra point to increase the
Panther lead to 21 – 12 to end the third
quarter. The Panthers kept the momen-
tum going as they started the final play