PARKERSBURG — John Marshall turned the ball over on four of its first five drives here Friday night inside the Erickson All-Sports Facility and Parkersburg South took full advantage as the Patriots handed first-year head coach Larry Thompson win No. 1 via a 41-14 running-clock victory.

The Monarchs of head coach Mark Cisar entered the fray ranked No. 10 in Class AAA and were coming off a bye week as they had their first 3-0 start to a campaign since the 1996 Class AAA state championship team.

However, Patriot Kaidyn Johnson forced a fumble on Monarch Landen Snyder following a 1-yard gain as teammate Dedrick Riggs recovered at the JM 48.

It appeared the No. 15 quad-A Patriots would score on their first offensive snap as signal-caller Kinzyn Lutchmansingh, who went 12 of 17 for 202 yards

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