The Hopkinsville Tigers scored the first 20 points of the ballgame in the first four minutes in route to a 54 to 27 win over Caldwell Co. on Saturday night. Reece Jesse also became the Tigers All-Time leader in receiving yardage for a career with 1925 yards. WHOP’s Jeff Sisk has this recap….
The Tigers travel to Calloway Co. next week to begin district play.
Game Stats
Scoring Summary (Final)
Caldwell County (1-1) vs. Hopkinsville (2-0)
Date: Sep 19, 2020 Site: Hopkinsville, Ky Stadium: Stadium of Champions
Attendance:
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Caldwell County..... 6 14 7 0 - 27
Hopkinsville........ 20 14 7 13 - 54
Scoring Summary:
1st 10:20 TIGERS - Daisjuan Mercer 65 yd run (Zach Moss kick)
3 plays, 71 yards, TOP 1:51, CALDWELL 0 - TIGERS 7
09:09 TIGERS - Ventrail Baker 16 yd pass from Trey Jefferson (Zach Moss kick failed)
3 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:00, CALDWELL 0 - TIGERS 13
08:50 TIGERS - Reece Jesse 36 yd pass from Trey Jefferson (Zach Moss kick)
1 play, 36 yards, TOP 0:19, CALDWELL 0 - TIGERS 20
00:29 CALDWELL - Baron Wells 69 yd pass from Russ Beshear (Blake Vivertte kick failed)
3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:31, CALDWELL 6 - TIGERS 20
2nd 10:05 CALDWELL - Tate VanHooser 23 yd pass from Russ Beshear (Blake Vivertte kick)
5 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:32, CALDWELL 13 - TIGERS 20
07:35 TIGERS - Ventrail Baker 7 yd run (Zach Moss kick)
5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:30, CALDWELL 13 - TIGERS 27
04:56 CALDWELL - Travion Samuel 6 yd run (Blake Vivertte kick)
8 plays, 60 yards, TOP 2:39, CALDWELL 20 - TIGERS 27
00:47 TIGERS - Daisjuan Mercer 14 yd pass from Trey Jefferson (Zach Moss kick)
4 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:23, CALDWELL 20 - TIGERS 34
3rd 11:12 TIGERS - Ryan Myers 32 yd pass from Trey Jefferson (Zach Moss kick)
1 play, 32 yards, TOP 0:12, CALDWELL 20 - TIGERS 41
04:41 CALDWELL - Russ Beshear 10 yd run (Blake Vivertte kick)
11 plays, 54 yards, TOP 4:33, CALDWELL 27 - TIGERS 41
4th 10:12 TIGERS - Daisjuan Mercer 20 yd pass from Trey Jefferson (Zach Moss kick blockd)
11 plays, 91 yards, TOP 6:29, CALDWELL 27 - TIGERS 47
03:02 TIGERS - Ventrail Baker 6 yd run (Zach Moss kick)
6 plays, 70 yards, TOP 3:37, CALDWELL 27 - TIGERS 54
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
CALDWELL TIGERS
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 20
Rushing..................... 4 8
Passing..................... 7 11
Penalty..................... 3 1
Rushing Attempts.............. 28 29
Yards Gained Rushing.......... 128 246
Yards Lost Rushing............ 16 28
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 112 218
NET YARDS PASSING............. 192 279
Passes Attempted............ 30 26
Passes Completed............ 16 13
Had Intercepted............. 2 1
TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS......... 58 55
TOTAL NET YARDS............... 304 497
Average Gain Per Play....... 5.2 9.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 3-3 0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 6-44 9-65
Number of Punts-Yards......... 2-67 3-110
Average Per Punt............ 33.5 36.7
Punt Returns: Number-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards. 8-152 3-44
Interceptions: Number-Yards... 1-0 2-6
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards.. 0-0 0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 21:51 26:09
Third-Down Conversions........ 3 of 11 4 of 9
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 4 1 of 1
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-12 0-0
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final)
Caldwell County
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Russ Beshear 12 59 1 58 1 15 4.8
Jamus Carneyhan 2 22 4 18 0 22 9.0
Travion Samuel 12 29 11 18 1 6 1.5
Logan Chambliss 2 18 0 18 0 14 9.0
Totals... 28 128 16 112 2 22 4.0
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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Russ Beshear 28-16-2 192 2 69 0
Gabe Dyer 2-0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 30-16-2 192 2 69 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Baron Wells 5 75 1 69
Tripp Branch 4 66 0 28
Tate VanHooser 4 30 1 23
Travion Samuel 3 21 0 12
Totals... 16 192 2 69
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20
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Tripp Branch 2 67 33.5 41 0
Totals... 2 67 33.5 41 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Baron Wells 0 0 0 2 30 17 0 0 0
Tripp Branch 0 0 0 1 33 33 0 0 0
Team 0 0 0 1 12 12 0 0 0
Max Kramer 0 0 0 4 77 22 1 0 0
Totals... 0 0 0 8 152 33 1 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Hopkinsville
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Daisjuan Mercer 9 145 9 136 1 65 15.1
Ventrail Baker 7 53 0 53 2 14 7.6
Jay'Den Dillard 9 36 7 29 0 12 3.2
Moochie Meadows 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0
Trey Jefferson 3 10 12 -2 0 7 -0.7
Totals... 29 246 28 218 3 65 7.5
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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Trey Jefferson 26-13-1 279 5 36 1
Totals... 26-13-1 279 5 36 1
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Reece Jesse 4 131 1 36
Ryan Myers 2 58 1 32
Daisjuan Mercer 2 34 2 20
Ventrail Baker 2 30 1 16
Lane Rushing 2 17 0 11
Jay'Den Dillard 1 9 0 9
Totals... 13 279 5 36
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20
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Trey Jefferson 3 110 36.7 50 1
Totals... 3 110 36.7 50 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Jay'Den Dillard 0 0 0 3 44 17 0 0 0
Alijah Watts 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
David Boswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4
Totals... 0 0 0 3 44 17 2 6 4
Field goal attempts
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