GLASGOW -- Friday's game between two top five football teams was supposed to be a good football game and it was, for Bardstown.
Glasgow (3-1), ranked No. 5 in 2-A, was no match for Bardstown's speed and aggressive defense. The Tigers, ranked No. 4 in Class A, rolled to a 49-0 victory despite a sloppy start.
Five Bardstown (4-0) players scored touchdowns in the victory and the Tigers rushed 35 times for 348 yards. Running backs Kwasi Obeng and Jamehyl Butler led the big-play attack with two rushing touchdowns, including an 84-yard run by Butler and 29-yard run by Obeng. In all, the Tigers' shortest scoring play covered 14 yards and Vinny Calhoun added a 61-yard interception return and Obeng a 46-yard punt return.
"I think we did good," said Butler, who rushed three times for 102 yards and two scores. "The offensive line held their blocks and I cut up field and just ran."
Butler put the Tigers on the board with a 15-yard touchdown run with 9 minutes left in the first quarter.
Following an interception and 61-yard return by Calhoun, Obeng scored from 14 yards out to give Bardstown a 14-0 lead.
Obeng set up the next score with a 46-yard punt return. A few plays later, quarterback Brian Calhoun rolled to his right and hit Vinny Calhoun for a 15-yard touchdown reception.
Butler capped the first half scoring with his 84-yard score, giving Bardstown a 28-0 halftime lead despite fumbling the ball four times, losing one and throwing an interception. The Tigers were also penalized 15 times in the game.
"We can't start like this," Bardstown head coach Joey Downs told his team. "Once we got rolling it was good."
In the second half, Wenquel Graves, who also had a fumble recovery, rushed 65 yards for a score, Obeng scored from 29 yards out and Maurice Hardy capped the night with a 30-yard touchdown run.
Defensively, the Tigers smothered Glasgow. Quarterback Lank Graves was 6-for-21 for 60 yards and the Scotties carried the ball 36 times for only 51 yards.
"We weren't really doing things right at first but then we picked it up," Graves said.
The defense posted its second straight shutout and the first-team has allowed only one touchdown, which was scored in the season opener at LaRue County.
"As a whole, we've come together as a team," defensive linemen Chris Drury said. "We shoot off the ball and get to them before they can think about getting off the line of scrimmage."
Offensively, the Tigers used 15 running backs and no one had more than five carries.
Brian Calhoun and Josh Payne combined to go 7-for-10 passing. The two connected with each other early in the game on a 36-yard pass play from Payne to Calhoun.
In all, the Tigers had 438 yards of total offense and 580 total yards.
Glasgow had 111 yards of offense.
Bardstown returns home Friday to play Class A No. 9 Louisville Holy Cross (3-1), which has won the district the past two years.
"It's our next biggest game of the year," Drury said. "We just have to play hard."
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