Photo courtesy of Steve Chamberlain Tygarts Valley’s Austin Gear (6) picks up yardage Friday night against Pocahontas County at Bulldog Field in Mill Creek. Gear led the Bulldogs with 118 yards rushing.

MILL CREEK — Haydon Moore ran for 167 yards and four touchdowns as Pocahontas County won the Battle of Cheat Mountain with a 41-16 victory over Tygarts Valley Friday night at Bulldog Field.

The Warriors (2-7) jumped out to a 7-0 lead after finding the end zone on the games’ opening possession and extended the lead to 14-0 with 2:52 remaining in the opening quarter when Moore scored his first touchdown on an 11-yard run.

The Bulldogs (2-7) cut the visitors’ lead to 14-8 just before the end of the first quarter when Austin Gear raced in for a 70-yard touchdown. Adam Woods ran in the two-point conversion.

With 9:43 remaining in the first half the visitors extend the deficit to 21-8 when Moore rumbled in for a 3-yard score.

Pocahontas County pushed the lead to 27-8 just before the half when Moore scored his third touchdown of the game on a 7-yard run.

The Warriors forged ahead 33-8 when Moore scored again on a 2-yard run with 3:05 remaining in the third quarter.

Griffin Taylor completed a 21-yard scoring strike to Anthony Bennett to push Pocahontas County’s lead to 41-8 with just under nine minutes to play.

Tygarts Valley capped off the scoring late in regulation when Gear, who finished the game with 118 yards rushing, plunged in for a 1-yard score with 27 seconds remaining. Jamal Nesbitt ran in the two-point conversion.

The Bulldogs will close out the season next Friday when they entertain Montcalm.

Pocahontas County will host Webster County the same evening.