PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South got off to a quick start with three touchdowns in the host Patriots’ first three possessions Friday night and they went on to shut out Princeton 37-0 to square the season at 2-2 at the Erickson All-Sports Facility. South next plays at Class AAA top-ranked John Marshall at 7:30 p.m. next Friday. Still winless, Princeton is now 0-3. The Patriots drove down the field on possession 1 to tally a TD when quarterback Brayden Mooney went eight yards up the middle to score just 3:54 into the game. Then Mooney on defense picked off a Tiger aerial and dashed 29 stripes to paydirt at the 7:15 mark of the opening period to give his team a fast 14-0 lead. And with 56.3 seconds left in the initial eight minutes, Mooney connected with Nick Yoho through the air for a 13-yard TD pass, followed by Ben Haught’s third PAT for a commanding 21-0 advantage with still three full quarters to play. Yoho tacked on another six points at 3:51 of the second stanza, banging eight yards through the middle into the end zone to up the lead to 27-0. But Princeton completed a 38-yard pass to the South 47 and with only 24.2 seconds remaining in the first half reached the Patriot 20 and then to the 14 as time ran out on the Tigers. Princeton started the second half like it ended the first, with three first downs to get to the South 32 before the Patriot “D” sent everybody on 3rd-and 15 for a minus-4 loss to end the Tigers’ scoring threat. In the fourth frame, South’s Brandon Penn recovered a fumble on a punt catch at the Princeton 11 at 10:25 with Devin Gaines going three yards for a TD at 9:11, before Dylan Day intercepted and returned to the Tiger 32 with Haught booting the game’s final points on a 28-yard field goal at 6:35. Princeton’s last gasp of the night to try and score from the Patriot 27 saw a pass knocked away at the front corner of the end zone by South with just 4.4 seconds to go. “Our kids were ready to play tonight,” said South head coach Mike Eddy. “It wasn’t the best week of practice, but was better than we’ve had in the last two weeks. I thought our guys came out much more focused and more prepared, and I think that showed early. We were in the right place at the right time doing the right things.” Nevertheless, “we still have a lot of things to clean up yet,” Eddy added as South now has to prepare to tackle No. 1 John Marshall on the road.