The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Tucker County’s Cayden Arnold (6) attempts to stay inbounds as Tygarts Valley defenders converge Friday night at R.H. Armstrong Field at Class of 1984 Alumni Stadium in Parsons.

PARSONS — Samuel Marks threw three touchdown passes to help lead Tucker County to a 50-0 win over Tygarts Valley Friday night at R.H. Armstrong Memorial Field at Class of 1984 Alumni Stadium.

After the Mountain Lions (2-0) intercepted a Bulldogs (1-1) pass on the opening drive of the game, the hosts took an 8-0 lead at the 7:31 mark of the first quarter when Lucas Barb ran into the end zone for a 3-yard score.

Tucker County extended its lead to 16-0 with 10:56 to go in the second quarter when Marks threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Reid Kisamore.

The Mountain Lions forced a safety late in the first half and Cayden Arnold ran in for a touchdown as Tucker County took a 26-0 advantage into the break.

The Mountain Lions scored on its opening possession of the second half when Marks found Keelyn Eichelberger for a 25-yard touchdown that pushed the lead to 34-0.

Late in the third quarter Marks threw his third scoring strike of the game when he connected with Arnold for a 14-yard touchdown that made it 42-0 after another 2-point conversion. Tucker County went for two points on every point-after attempt in the game.

The Mountain Lions capped off the scoring in the fourth quarter when Cade Rapp raced into the end zone for a 13-yard score.

Tucker County will return to action next Friday when it travels to East Hardy. Tygarts Valley will travel to Webster County the same evening.