PEA RIDGE -- Lincoln dominated time of possession in the first half Friday. That likely just kept Pea Ridge from scoring more often.
The Blackhawks scored all of their points in the first half on quick drives, and coasted to a 42-14 victory over the Wolves at Blackhawk Stadium.
HOW THEY SCORED
Pea Ridge 42, Lincoln 14
Lincoln^0^6^0^8^—^14
Pea Ridge^14^28^0^0^—^42
First quarter
PEA — Ivy 64 run (Edwards kick) , ^10:06
PEA— Caudill 26 punt return (Edwards kick) , ^8:37
Second quarter
PEA —Hardy 25 pass from Seth Brumley (Edwards kick) , ^10:44
PEA — Brumley 15 run (Edwards kick) , ^7:17
LINC — Rowe 11 run (kick failed) , ^4:04
PEA — Canaday 42 run (Edwards kick) , ^3:12
PEA — Ivy 7 run (Edwards kick) , ^0:33
Fourth quarter
LINC — Pitts 1 run (Ayers pass from Alex Pitts), ^5:03
The Blackhawks (5-0, 2-0 4A-1 Conference) scored on their first play and were never threatened as the defense shut down the Wolves (1-4, 0-2) at nearly every turn.
Shane Ivy raced 64 yards for a touchdown on Pea Ridge's first offensive play.
The Blackhawks then got a special teams touchdown when Britton Caudell blocked a punt and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown to give Pea Ridge a 14-0 lead less than four minutes into the game.
"They got on us kind of early and it just snowballed on us," Lincoln Coach Scott Davenport said. "We never got a rhythm going on either side of the ball."
The Wolves had the ball more than three times longer than the Blackhawks in the first half, but couldn't generate much offense. Lincoln gained 40 of its 68 yards in the half on its lone scoring drive.
The Wolves recovered a muffed punt return at the Blackhawks 40 with 5:37 left in the first half. Charles Rowe scored from the 11 with 4:04 remaining to cut the deficit to 28-6.
"The defense put us in great shape, then a first-play touchdown and finally we got a big special-teams play that goes our way," Pea Ridge Coach Tony Travis said. "We've been giving up some of those this year. That's a big momentum swing early."
The Blackhawks had extended their lead to 28-0 earlier in the second quarter on Seth Brumley's 25-yard pass to Nick Hardy and a 15-yard run by Brumley.
Pea Ridge closed the half with scoring drives of two and three plays, the latter capped by Ivy's second touchdown with 33 seconds left to give the Blackhawks a 42-6 halftime lead.
The second half was played with a continuously running clock under the Arkansas Activities Association's sportsmanship rule.
Lincoln scored the only points of the second half on a one-yard run by Alex Pitts with 5:03 left.
EXTRA POINTS
• Pea Ridge's longest scoring drive took four plays.
• Pea Ridge outgained Lincoln 295-156.
• Lincoln had 11 negative-yardage plays totalling 35 yards in losses.
• Ivy gained 155 yards on nine carries, a 16.9-yard average. The Blackhawks averaged 10.4 yards per carry with 261 yards on 25 carries.
• Lincoln's 37-7 victory last season was the first or the Wolves in the series since defeating the Blackhawks 32-8 in 2000. Pea Ridge won six straight from 2001-12.
UP NEXT: Lincoln hosts Berryville and Pea Ridge visits Gravette next week.
Sports on 10/04/2014