Summers County’s Josh Evans, who is now in his second year, led the bobcats to a 49-14 victory at PikeView last Friday night in the second “Battle of the Bluestone.”
Last year, Evans worked with PikeView’s Jason Spears to make the Bobcat-Panther Rivalry a little more special. The two, backed by their teams and community, decided to name the rivalry “The Battle of the Bluestone” and had a trophy made. Summers County hosted PikeView last year for the battle and defeated the Panthers 36-7 at Garten Stadium. So, this is the second year in a row that the Bobcats have gotten the hardware.
Junior Drake Cole led the Bobcats with 16 carries for 171 yards, one rushing touchdown, and one receiving touchdown. Duke Dodson, Cruz Testerman, and Ben Lane also added to the score. Ryan Oliveros made his debut as the varsity quarterback.
The Bobcats are now 1-0 while the Panthers fall to 0-1. Summers County will travel to Greenbrier West next week. Their first home game will be Sept. 9 against the Shady Spring Tigers.
