PARKERSBURG — No. 8 Parkersburg South put on a dominating performance here Friday night at the Erickson All-Sports Facility during a 35-7 rout of No. 17 Morgantown on homecoming. Senior Nick Yoho found paydirt three times — twice on touchdown runs of 6 yards and then a 21-yard Pick-6 to punctuate the victory late in the fourth quarter. About the only thing Yoho didn’t achieve on Friday was being named homecoming king. “That really wasn’t even on my mind,” admitted Yoho, who rushed 19 times for 101 stripes while Patriot quarterback Brayden Mooney finished with game-highs of 20 rushes for 123 yards. “The most important thing to me tonight was doing what we did and that was kicking Morgantown’s butt. “Homecoming is always fun. I love going out there in the parade, seeing all the little kids and throwing candy at them. Definitely the most important thing on my mind was beating Morgantown.” Late in the opening stanza following a Yoho punt, teammate Brandon Penn stripped the Mohigan return man and recovered the fumble. On the first play of the drive, Mooney hit Levi Rice on a 40-yard bomb to the 1 and the signal-caller sneaked it in for a 6-0 PSHS advantage it wouldn’t relinquish. The momentum of the affair quickly turned as Morgantown’s Jace Whetsell returned the kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown, but it was called back for holding. “It was earned,” admitted South head coach Mike Eddy of the triumph, which improved his squad to 5-2 with a road trip set next Friday to Greenbrier East. “Hard work gives you an opportunity to be successful. There are so many positives I could say about our guys. It really is hats off to our football players. “Special teams change games. They do. We got lucky there with a holding call to bring a touchdown back for them. We understand how momentum swings in special teams play.” After the touchdown was called back, MHS (3-5) had a three-and-out. South proceeded to go on a 59-yard scoring drive with Yoho capping it. Ben Haught’s extra point was true for a 13-0 lead with 7:24 left in the half. Needing a score, Morgantown was facing a second-and-13 at its own 47 on its next drive. A screen pass from Rice to Whetsell appeared as though it was going to go for a big play, but Zach Doughty made a perfect one-on-one tackle to stop it as a 4-yard gain. On the next play, Mooney picked off Rice and the score remained 13-0 at intermission. PSHS came out of halftime with the ball and Yoho capped a nine-play, 65-yard scoring drive which consumed 3:42 of the clock for a 20-0 cushion. The Mohigans, who were led by Ty Konchesky’s 16 rushes for 106 yards, fumbled on the very next drive when Rice had a bad option pitch, which was recovered by Patriot Dalen King. A 20-yard pass from Mooney to Devin Gaines inched the Patriots closer to the red zone and Mooney ended up scoring from the 10 for a 27-0 lead at 6:48 of the third. Konchesky broke off a 40-yard TD scamper at 4:38 of the third and John McConnell’s extra point cut the deficit to 20. Despite forcing South to punt, Yoho pinned the Mohigans at their own 8 and then disaster struck for MHS. On fourth down from its own 11, the MHS punt was blocked by sophomore Gabe Hendershot, who was unable to fall on the ball for a touchdown. However, Morgantown did recover it in the end zone for a Patriot safety to make it 29-7. “We’ll never hear the end of this,” Eddy quipped of Hendershot’s play. “The funniest part about it was watching him trying to find the football. I’m sure we are going to play that one over and over and over on Monday.” Yoho, who had the hit of the game in the first half when he decleated Rice just as he released a pass, got his 21-yard interception return for a touchdown on an aerial thrown by Chris Burke with 3:30 to go. “I read my key and I read pass so I took a little drop,” Yoho explained of the play. “I kind of hid behind the tackle a little bit and as soon as he threw it I just jumped it, got it and took off. “I’ve never been part of a group of guys that’s worked as hard as we have. All the blood, sweat and tears we’ve put in together makes moments like this so much sweeter. It’s just awesome. I can’t even describe the feeling.” Morgantown, which fumbled five times and lost two, amassed just 95 first-half yards and the Patriots ended the night with a 310-227 total yards advantage.