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Mayfield blasts Hazard for Class A crown


By CHAD BISHOP, The Daily News, [email]cbishop@bgdailynews.com[/email]
Saturday, December 4, 2010 12:00 AM CST

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Mayfield senior Hunter Kingston (center) lifts coach Joe Morris in celebration of their 47-6 win over Hazard in the KHSAA Class A state title game at Houchens-Smith Stadium.





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Senior Luke Guhy passed for 303 yards and three scores as Mayfield annihilated Hazard 47-6 on Friday in the KHSAA Class A state championship game at Houchens-Smith Stadium.

The Cardinals (15-0) won their eighth state title in school history and first since 2002.

“I’ve been fortunate to coach in several state championship games and we’ve had one like this - it’s happened to us once or twice,” MHS coach Joe Morris said of the blowout win. “This team’s a great football team and to shut their first team (offense) out like that it’s just a great accomplishment by our defense.”

Mayfield led 14-0 after 8:10 and 33-0 at halftime as Hazard (14-1) began to see the writing on the wall and its undefeated season come to an end.

When Decoole Noonan plunged in from a yard out with 18 seconds left in the third quarter to make it 47-0, the MHS fans began their chant of, “Run-ning clock! Run-ning clock!”

Under KHSAA rules, a game goes to a continuous running clock when the lead is greater than 45 points.

As for Guhy, the senior went 19-of-24 and a couple of those incompletions were drops by open receivers.

“I can’t say enough about Luke Guhy and what he’s done for our football team the past three years and this season,” Morris said. “I wouldn’t trade that guy for anybody in the world. I know one day I’m sure gonna miss him.”

Mayfield took a 14-0 lead after one, thanks in part to three Hazard turnovers. A fumble recovery by Javarius Richardson set up the Cards’ first score. Four plays later, Jonathan Jackson broke a fourth-and-1 from the Hazard 46 for the game’s first score to make it 7-0.

Later in the period Richardson picked off a pass at his own 18, and four plays later Guhy hit a wide-open Devin Jones down the left side for a 55-yard score.

In the second quarter, Guhy hit Kenny Payton on a skinny post down the left seam to make it 20-0 with 4:07 to go. With 40 seconds left in the half, Noonan took a toss sweep around right end for a 5-yard score to make it 26-0.

On the next offensive play for HHS, linebacker Taylor Sullivan made a one-handed interception to give MHS the ball at the Hazard 28. Guhy connected with Payton on the very next snap to make it 33-0.

“We had three big turnovers there in the first quarter,” Morris added. “They drove the ball down a little bit on us, but that’s kind of the way our defense has been. We kind of stiffen up when they cross midfield and we forced some big turnovers and made them pay for most of them.”

Jones added a TD for Mayfield with a 23-yard reverse in the third quarter and Hazard’s Jon Combs had a 55-yard run with 46 seconds left to go in the game.

Jon Combs rushed for 83 yards and threw for 163 yards, while B.J. Combs had 93 yards receiving. The Bulldogs were playing in their second state title game in school history.

Jones caught eight balls for 121 yards for MHS.

Attendance was 5,761.

HHS 0 0 0 6 - 6

MHS 14 19 14 0 - 47

First quarter

MHS - Jackson 46 run (Wynstra kick), 9:41

MHS - Jones 55 pass from Guhy (Wynstra kick), 3:50

Second quarter

MHS - Payton 24 pass from Guhy (kick failed), 4:07

MHS - Jackson 5 run (conversion failed), 0:40

MHS - Payton 28 pass from Guhy (Wynstra kick), 0:10

Third quarter

MHS - Jones 23 run (Wynstra kick), 9:39

MHS - Noonan 1 run (Wynstra kick), 0:18

Fourth quarter

HHS - Combs 55 run (conversion failed), 0:46
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