PARKERSBURG — It was a Halloween night of horrors for host Parkersburg South Friday inside the Erickson All-Sports Facility as the No. 14 Patriots were upended 41-0 by No. 8 Spring Mills in a battle of ranked quad-A programs.

An already injured-riddled Patriot squad lost the services of both Channing Barrett and Logan Graham as first-year head coach Larry Thompson’s squad was outgained 420-81, had six fumbles and lost one while being intercepted five times en route to falling to 2-7 with senior night up next week versus Cabell Midland.

“We couldn’t get in a rhythm all night,” admitted coach Thompson, whose team couldn’t find any running room and finished with 3 yards on 24 attempts. “We had a few opportunities early and couldn’t execute. When we did start to move the ball we continued to

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