Charleston Saturday Gazette

September 22, 2007

Prep football roundup; Scott Leads Nitro past Lincoln County

Nitro ran three first-quarter plays and scored touchdowns on all three en route to a 47-22 victory Friday at Lincoln County.

The first three plays were TD passes, quarterback Michael Scott hitting Brett McClanahan on a 73-yarder and Marcos Valentine for 59 and 64 yards, giving the Wildcats (3-1) a quick 19-0 lead.

Scott continued his perfection, finishing the night by completing all 14 of his passes for 389 yards and seven touchdowns. Valentine caught four passes and all went for touchdowns, totaling 153 yards.

McClanahan caught five for 183 yards and three TDs. Adam Howell caught three passes for 21 yards, and Mark Massey carried eight times for 50 yards as part of Nitro’s 113 yards on the ground.

Nitro, which carried a 40-0 lead into the fourth quarter, finished with 502 total yards, and Lincoln totaled 387.

For Lincoln (0-5), Tyler Browning threw touchdown passes to Jacob Ashworth and Schuyler Pritchard covering 37 and 76 yards, respectively. Heath Workman also scored on a 7-yard carry.

Lincoln County rushed for 210 yards and threw for 177.