PROCTORVILLE — Teams can score on offense, defense and with the kicking game. All three options were used in the season opener matching the Portsmouth West Senators at the Fairland Dragons. West scored on two running plays and a punt return while Fairland scored on a run and an interception return. But it was the Senators who scored one more time than the Dragons as they got away with a thrilling 19-13 win. “The defense played lights out,” said Fairland Ron Wooten in his coac

PEDRO — The Minford Falcons defense was geared to take away the run and test the Rock Hill young sophomore quarterback Jarrod Bridges. When looking at the test results, give Bridges an “A.” Bridges was 10 of 14 passing for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns and an interception to lead the Redmen to a 49-20 rout of the Falcons in the season opener on Friday. Wide receiver Braylon McClellan caught 5 receptions for 149 yards and 2 scores while Kelan Davidson had 79 yards on 3 catches an

WHEELERSBURG — The Portsmouth Trojans found the Wheelersburg Pirates to be very offensive. VERY offensive. The Pirates scored on every possession and rolled up 473 total yards as they cruised to a 63-0 season opening win over the Trojans on Friday night. Wheelersburg had 10 different ball carriers and eight different receivers as Coach Rob Woodward emptied his bench. Quarterback Jack Doerr was nearly perfect as he hit 10 of 11 attempts for 211 yards and 3 touchdowns. Backup G