Hancock County broke open a close game with 42 unanswered points to defeat Trigg County 64-19 on Saturday night near Hawesville.
The game was postponed a day due to gusty winds and rainy weather that impacted western Kentucky on Friday, although several games were still played.
Saturday’s game was played in steady rain with little to no wind on the new turf of Hancock County’s GN Excavating Stadium.
Hancock quarterback Dylan Morris put on a show for the home crowd with a school record 398 passing yards. He threw for five touchdowns and added a sixth on the ground.
It was reminiscent of Trigg’s last trip to Hancock County in 1999 when Travis Atwell, who would be named Mr. Football, accounted for eight touchdowns – five passing and three rushing – in a 62-19 Hancock win.
Trigg County struck first on Friday as Davaree Gude opened the scoring with a 65-yard run midway through the first quarter.
Hancock County answered with a pair of touchdowns – a Chris Gillispie 2-yard run and a 15-yard pass from Dylan Morris to his cousin Jaxson Morris.
Peyton Williams hauled in a pair of scores from 66 and 30 yards as part of a 5-catch, 113-yard night. His second score got Trigg to within 22-19 with 6:33 left in the half.
It would be the last time Trigg saw the end zone.
After failing to convert on its first two drives, Hancock County scored on nine of its next 10 drives with halftime being the only thing to stop the Hornet offense.
Morris completed 21 of 27 passes as part of his school record night. Cooper Jones had eight catches for 123 yards including a 52-yard TD catch with five seconds left in the first quarter.
Jaxson Morris had four catches for 137 yards and a pair of scores for Hancock County, who finished with 475 yards of offense.
Gude finished with 77 yards on 15 carries but was bottled up at the line for most of the night by the Hancock defense, which limited him to 12 yards on the 14 carries aside from his long scoring run.
The 64 points allowed by the Trigg defense was a season-high and the most allowed since a 64-42 loss to Webster County last year. For Hancock, it was their highest-scoring output since a 68-0 win over Webster County in 2017.
Hancock County improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in district play. They will host Webster County next week.
Trigg County falls to 3-3 and 1-1 in the district. The Wildcats will play at Union County next week ahead of a bye week.
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 1 STANDINGS
Hancock County 6-0, 2-0
Union County 4-2, 2-0
Trigg County 3-3, 1-1
Hopkins County Central 2-4, 1-1
McLean County 3-3, 0-2
Webster County 2-4, 0-2
HANCOCK COUNTY 64 TRIGG COUNTY 19
SCORING SUMMARY
TC – Davaree Gude 65-yard run (Gentry Hyde kick), 5:33, 1Q – Trigg Co. 7 Hancock Co. 0
HC – Chris Gillispie 2-yard run (Uziel Mungia kick), 4:31, 1Q – Trigg Co. 7 Hancock Co. 7
HC – Jaxson Morris 15-yard pass from Dylan Morris (Mungia kick), 1:15, 1Q – Hancock Co. 14 Trigg Co. 7
TC – Peyton Williams 66-yard pass Caden Scott (Kick blocked), 0:19, 1Q – Hancock Co. 14 Trigg Co. 13
HC – Cooper Jones 52-yard pass from Dylan Morris (Dylan Morris run), 0:05, 1Q – Hancock Co. 22 Trigg Co. 13
TC – Williams 30-yard pass from Scott (Pass failed), 6:33, 2Q – Hancock Co. 22 Trigg Co. 19
HC – Brady Eubanks 4-yard run (Mungia kick), 4:10, 2Q – Hancock Co. 29 Trigg Co. 19
HC – Jaxson Morris 81-yard pass from Dylan Morris (Mungia kick), 1:20, 2Q – Hancock Co. 36 Trigg Co. 19
HC – Dylan Morris 2-yard run (Mungia kick), 7:01, 3Q – Hancock Co. 43 Trigg Co. 19
HC – Christian Yanez 32-yard pass from Dylan Morris (Mungia kick), 5:34, 3Q – Hancock Co. 50 Trigg Co. 19
HC – Wyatt Emmick 41-yard pass from Dylan Morris (Mungia kick), 11:11, 4Q – Hancock Co. 57 Trigg Co. 19
HC – Eubanks 29-yard run (Mungia kick), 5:00, 4Q – Hancock Co. 64 Trigg Co. 19
GAME STATS
RUSHING
Trigg 24-115
Hancock 17-77
PASSING
Trigg 9-18-1, 136 yards
Hancock 21-27-0, 398 yards
TOTAL YARDS
Trigg 251
Hancock 475
FIRST DOWNS
Trigg 10
Hancock 20
PENALTIES
Trigg 5-44
Hancock 5-40
PUNTS
Trigg 5-27.4
Hancock 0-0
THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS
Trigg 5/12
Hancock 3/7
FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS
Trigg 1/2
Hancock 1/3
TIME OF POSSESSION
Trigg 28:49
Hancock 19:11
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING – Trigg – Gude 15-77; Bridges 4-50; Alexander 1-4; Calhoun 1-0; Scott 1-(-8); Carter 1-(-8)
Hancock – Eubanks 2-33; Jones 1-21; Emmick 4-12; Anderson 5-10; Gillispie 1-2; Dylan Morris 2-2; Shearn 2-(-3)
PASSING – Trigg – Scott 7-13-1, 112 yards; McCarley 1-4-0, 18 yards; Gude 1-1-0, 0 yards
Hancock – Morris 21-27-0, 398 yards
RECEIVING – Trigg – Williams 5-113; Broussard 3-22; Bridges 1-1
Hancock – Jones 8-123; Jaxson Morris 4-137; Yanez 3-41; Anderson 2-40; Eubanks 2-0; Emmick 1-41; Madden 1-16
