Head coach Matt Music's his club racked up 34 second quarter points on the way to a 46-20 win.

The road victory evened the Tigers' overall mark at 2-2 while the Panthers, after losing two straight games to Covid19 forfeits and a 53-0 defeat at Benton, fell to 0-4 on the campaign.

Olney's 5-foot-9, 150 quarterback Dawson Brown was effective on this afternoon as he connected on 11-of-13 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown.

Rushing the ball, Brown also carried part of the load for Olney as he scored a pair of touchdowns, on five attempts accounting for 49 yards.

The junior signal caller got plenty of help from his teammates.

Five-foot-ten junior running back Hudson Lathrop scored two touchdowns on runs of two and three yards respectively while ending up eight carries for 38 yards.

Braedon Burgener, a 5-foot-10 senior wide out/running back, caught four passes for 71 yards and ran the ball three times for 38 yards and a touchdown while also making a key play defensively, running back an interception for a touchdown.

Zechariah Wease, a 6-foot-4 junior, caught a pair of passes for 57 yards and a touchdown while also delivering an important first half hit that helped propel his team to the win.

Six-foot-one senior Levi Egleston caught three passes for 20 yards for Olney.

“I've been doing this 12 years, 11 here, and we have always had perimeter guys and it makes it easier when you have kids with a lot of confidence. And today was the first game this year that we did a great job stock blocking on the perimeter,” said Coach Music. “Lathrop has been an animal in the weight room and it showed today. From the point of attack he was breaking tackles and dragging guys. Our offensive line had a 'chip on their shoulder' this week, too.”

In total nine different Tigers carried the ball while six different Tigers caught passes in the rout.

Coach Music got an even better performance from his defense as they kept the Panthers from getting anything going until late in the game after the decision had been rendered.

Pinckneyville didn't have nearly as good of day as they needed to get their first win of the 2021-22 campaign.

Head coach Logan Spain, in his first year leading the Panthers' program, didn't get much offense going until the second half with a running continuous clock.

Six-foot-four, 215 senior quarterback Trey Moll was just 1-of-9 passing for 41 yards and a pair of interceptions.

However there were two of the bright spots for Pinckneyville on Saturday.

Six-foot senior running back Gabe Paredes and 6-foot senior wide receiver Joey Iaccino.

Paredes was the top ground gainer on the day with 15 carries accounting for 98 yards and a TD.

Iaccino ran back a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown in the first half.

Jase Lee, a 6-foot sophomore, rushed three times for 46 yards while 6-foot-3 junior wide out Kellen Scott caught Moll's only completion for 41 yards.

The Tigers stopped Pinckneyville on the two occasions in the first quarter and beginning of the second quarter, that turned out to be big momentum shifts.

The Panthers managed to move the ball into Olney territory on their opening drive but lost a fumble at the Olney 17 yard line.

The Tigers took the ball 83 yards for their first touchdown.

Brown, with his team facing a 4th and one at the Pinckneyville 31 yard line, took a snap and ran to his left 31 yards to the end zone for a score.

Although the PAT was wide right, the Tigers owned a 6-0 lead with 6:04 left in the opening quarter.

In what turned out to be a big defense stand, Olney stopped the Panthers after the hosts put together their best drive in the first half.

Taking over at their own 33, the Panthers marched down the field and into Tigers' territory.

With the help of a pair of Olney penalties and six rushes by Paredes the Panther to the Olney seven yard line.

However two rushes left the Panthers with a third and goal from the Olney eight.

Consecutive passing attempts by Moll produced two incomplete passes.

The fourth down pass by Moll intended for Iaccino was broken up on a timely hit delivered by Wease at the goal line.

“We had a goal line, red zone situation where we 'bowed our necks' and got the stop we needed early to get our offense back on the field again,” said Coach Music. “Wease made a big play breaking up the fourth down pass. I'm really proud of our guys and our coaching staff.”

Taking over the ball at their own eight, Olney drove the ball 92 yards on eight plays to get their second touchdown of the day.

Brown connected on four passes in the drive.

The biggest completion was on a scramble to the left by Brown before finding Wease all alone on the left side of the field.

Wease took the ball down to the Panthers' two yard line.

Lathrop took care of the rest with a two yard touchdown run up the middle.

Freshman kicker Jacob Beard, after missing his first PAT, nailed his second one for a 13-0 Tigers' lead with 8:35 remaining in the first half.

The Panthers best play of the first 24 minutes came on the ensuing.

Iaccino took the kickoff from the Pinckneyville eight yard line, run up the middle behind his blockers before cutting to his right and sprinting down the right sideline for a 92 yard touchdown.

Even thought a two-point conversion failed, the Panthers had their first TD of the season and trailed just 13-6 with 8:20 left.