Tigers ‘run’ past Bruins, 49-12
Hatfield rushes for 200 yards, three scores
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WELLSBURG -- Elkins' run towards a possible home playoff game continued on Friday night in a 49-12 win over Brooke.
Jaden Hatfield rushed for 200 yards and three scores and Seth Robinson added 92 yards on the ground and a touchdown as the Class AAA, No. 4 Tigers captured their seventh straight game to improve to 8-1 on the season.
They will finish the regular season next Friday at home against quad-A Preston.
Elkins built a 21-0 halftime lead against the Bruins behind the duo of Hatfield and Robinson.
Robinson started the scoring with a 68-yard scamper on the Tigers' second of series of the night, with Dyer Barger tacking on the first of six successful conversion kicks on the evening.
After a Brooke punt later in the first quarter, it didn't take Elkins long to get back into the scoring column as Hatfield broke free for a 73 touchdown run with a minute left in the opening canto.
The score remained the same until a circus 26-yard reception by Xavier Workman from quarterback Cyrus Kump then led a Hatfield 1-yard score on a fourth-and-goal play with :37 left in the opening half.
Elkins then came out in dominating fashion over the final two quarters.
Tony Silvester's 60-yard punt return for a score set the tone and after Brooke scored its first and only touchdown of the game, the Tigers responded on the next series on a 69-yard run by Hatfield to make it 35-6.
Workman accounted for Elkins' final points of the night on a 28-yard touchdown run and an interception return for paydirt.
Memphis McCoy added a late touchdown run for the hosts.
Pocahontas County 42, Tygarts Valley 6
DUNMORE -- Pocahontas County kept its Class A playoff hopes alive and celebrated homecoming in a 42-6 victory over Tygarts Valley on Friday evening.
Quarterback Griffin Taylor had four touchdowns and rushed for 183 and passed for an additional 94 for the Warriors, who are now 3-6 and entered the game 19th in the playoff ratings.
They will visit Webster County next Friday to conclude the regular season.
Preston Smith had a 35-yard touchdown run and Noah McAtee rushed for 56 yards for the Bulldogs, who visit Bland County (Va.) next Friday in the finale.