Barren's second half dooms Cards

Barren County broke away from a 6-6 half-time deadlock to upend the home-standing Taylor County Cardinals 40-12 on Friday night at Thomas Porter Stadium.
Taylor County (3-6) struck first when freshman Hunter Christie connected with Daulton Turpin on a 33-yard touchdown pass over the middle on the first play of the second quarter.
The Trojans (4-5) knotted the score with 1:58 left in the first half and then tacked on three third-quarter touchdowns and two fourth-frame tallies.
Taylor County did score in the fourth period when Cody Newton ran in from nine yards out with 6:43 left in the non-district contest.
Newton’s tally was set up by a Blake Dudgeon 57-yard run. Dudgeon finished the night with 147 yards on 11 carries.
Taylor County ends its  season on Friday at Hart County (6-3).

Bobby Brockman

Taylor County High School defenders Hunter Pelly (45), Blake Dudgeon (11) and Dylan Bright (42) close in on a Barren County runner during first-half action.

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Trojans 40, Cards 12
At Taylor County
BCHS    0    6    22    12    —    40
TCHS    0    6    0    6    —    12
TCHS — Daulton Turpin, 33, pass from Hunter Christie (kick failed) BCHS — Tyler Furlong, 22, pass from Luke Matthews (run failed) BCHS — Dalton Bush, 33, pass from Matthews (Tyler Thurman pass from Matthews) BCHS — Kyle Marr, 7, pass from Matthews (Matthews run) BCHS — Derek Gossett, 6, run (kick failed) TCHS — Cody Newton, 9, run (run failed) BCHS — Furlong, 5, run (kick failed) BCHS — Furlong, 22, run (kick failed)

    BC    TC
First downs    14    7
Rushing    32-156    41-183
Passing    11-19-0    2-3-0
Passing yards    152    44
Total yards    308    227
Fumbles lost    0    3
Penalties    9-87    10-56
Punts-avg    5-34    5-32
Rushing — Blake Dudgeon 11-147, Cody Newton 4-29, Hunter Pelly 6-9, Dylan Bright 5-6, Daulton Turpin 4-3, Alex Gupton 5-2, Hunter Christie 6-(-13).Receiving — Turpin 2-44.