Caldwell County has now had eight quarterbacks top 3,000 career passing yards, with Russ Beshear joining that list this season.
Beshear, a senior, finished his Tiger career with 3,003 passing yards, putting him eighth on Caldwell’s all-time passing list.
If not for COVID-19 shortening the season, Beshear likely would have added another 700-800 yards to his total. That would have moved him into Caldwell’s top five all-time.
Elijah Sindelar leads the list with 12,637 yards. Shane Burns is second with 6,403 despite skipping his senior season on the gridiron. Caldwell head coach Will Barnes is third with 5,991 yards, followed by Joby Jaggers (5,491), Bradley Stallins (3,575), Blake Hodges (3,397) and Garnett Scott (3,171).
Beshear’s 34 touchdown passes are seventh on Caldwell’s career list. Sindelar leads that list with his state-record 144 TD passes. Burns is second with 73 while Barnes and Jaggers each threw 62 scoring passes. Stallins had 39 and Scott 35.
With only seven games this season, there are only a limited number of new entries into the Caldwell record book.
Junior kicker Blake Vivrette ran his consecutive PAT string to 26 early in the season. That’s the fourth-longest streak in Caldwell history. Brett Seymore holds that record with 75.
Vivrette will carry a string of 15 straight extra points into next season.
Vivrette is seventh in career PATs with 73. Again, Seymore has the most in school history with 149.
Sophomore running back Jamus Carneyhan turned in one of the longest runs in school history when he went 90 yards for a touchdown against Ballard Memorial on Sept. 25. It ranks as the fifth-longest run for a Tiger. Jerrold Fuqua holds the record with a 97-yard scoring run against Marshall County in 1997.
Senior receiver Baron Wells just missed becoming the 18th Tiger to record 1,000 yards receiving. He finished his career with 983 yards. Like Beshear, Wells would have undoubtedly added to those totals in a normal season.
Caldwell went 3-4 this season, bowing at Murray 35-28 in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs.
