JACKSON BURIES GRAVES CO. EARLY

MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Jackson High's football team had little trouble keeping its undefeated record intact Friday night.

The Indians cleared their bench early as they built up a 28-0 halftime lead, then let the reserves play most of the second half as they cruised to a 34-7 victory over host Graves County.

Jackson improved to 4-0 while Graves County fell to 0-5.

Kyle Ward hauled in a 63-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Justin Keen in the first quarter and Keen booted the first of his four conversion kicks to get Jackson off to a good start.

Later in the opening period, Devree Flint scored on a 46-yard run and the Indians had a 14-0 lead.

The Indians got two more touchdowns in the second quarter, on a 60-yard run by Ward and a 3-yard run by Flint.

With most of their starters on the bench, the Indians scored only one more touchdown in the second half, that on a short run by Ryan Propst late in the third quarter.

Graves County did not even pick up a first down until early in the final period. The host squad finally scored a touchdown on that same drive on a short run with under seven minutes remaining.

Jackson will return to action next Saturday afternoon with a game at St. Louis-area small-school power Lutheran North.

Hillsboro 34

Perryville 13

HILLSBORO -- Perryville dropped its Jefferson County Conference Large Division opener.

The Pirates (1-3 overall) scored first on an 11-yard run by Ben Kohm. But the Hawks scored the game's next 28 points, including 21 in the second quarter, to take charge.

Kohm scored again on a 1-yard run in the final quarter.

Perryville returns to action next Friday night at DeSoto.

Herculaneum 33

St. Vincent 0

PERRYVILLE -- Herculaneum remained undefeated by handing host St. Vincent a loss in its Jefferson County Conference Small Division opener.

Herculaneum built an 18-0 halftime lead on its way to the shutout.

St. Vincent will be back in action next Friday night at Crystal City.

Farmington 42

Fredericktown 27

FREDERICKTOWN -- Fredericktown fell to 0-4 by dropping its Mineral Area Activities Association opener, but coach Kent Gibbs was encouraged even in defeat.

"I thought we played a lot better than we had been," said Gibbs. "We played hard for four quarters. We could have laid down several times but we didn't."

Farmington scored the first two times it touched the football and led 42-13 after three quarters.

Jeremy Penwell scored three touchdowns and rushed for 153 yards on 26 carries to lead the Black Cats. Penwell's touchdowns came on runs of 47, 3 and 27 yards.

Fredericktown's other TD came on a 9-yard pass from Andy Clark to Luke McKinnis.