Paris had the first touchdown and was close to leading at the end of both halves on Friday.
However, the Coyotes lost to district foe Knox County 30-28 at home. The Eagles (5-1) scored a …
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Paris had the first touchdown and was close to leading at the end of both halves on Friday.
However, the Coyotes lost to district foe Knox County 30-28 at home. The Eagles (5-1) scored a touchdown in the final seconds of the game to pass Paris (3-2) for the No. 2 spot in the district.
Head coach Cody Carney said the game couldn’t have started better with a 68-yard touchdown by Logan Mitchell on the opening kickoff. Penalties hurt Paris, though, as Carney said the Coyotes had about 150 yards in penalties, mostly on defense.
“In the first half, we had a lot of penalties, had plays called back and dug ourselves a little bit of a hole,” Carney said. “We were able to overcome some of them. We had some that really stalled our drives and prevented us from getting a couple scores.”
Carney said Paris took a 12-8 lead on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Spencer Minks to Mitchell but left a little less than two minutes left in the first half. Knox County scored with 2.1 seconds left to take a 16-12 halftime lead and did it again in the second half by leaving 15 seconds left when the Eagles had 2:28 following a Sawyer Clements rushing touchdown.
“We actually had to go 70 yards with four minutes left, and we scored in a couple of minutes,” Carney said. “We just left too much time on the clock.”
Mitchell had 61 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Sawyer Clements ran for two touchdowns and 76 yards and led with 14 tackles on defense.
Knox County didn’t reach 100 rushing yards but threw for 171 yards. Carney said Knox County ate a lot of clock in the second half.
“Our guys played really well on what we planned on doing defensively as far as stopping their running game,” Carney said. “We were able to get them in a lot of third and fourth situations, but they were able to convert and extend their drives.”
Paris hosts Keytesville with Northwestern (Mendon), Brunswick (0-5) at 7 p.m. Friday for the second game of a three-game homestand. It eventually hopes to see teams like North Shelby and Knox County again in districts.
“Our biggest thing is next week we have to get back to work,” Carney said. “Our ultimate goal is to continue to get better for the playoffs.”
