LOGAN — The walls of the visiting locker room at Logan High School’s football facility are not soundproof.

Scott coach Shane Griffith proved that Friday night, when he delivered a postgame tongue-lashing after the visiting Skyhawks escaped with a harder-than-it-had-to-be 13-6 victory over the Wildcats.

Class AA Scott improved to 4-2 with the win over its Corridor G rival. Class AAA Logan dropped to 1-4.

“Wins like this aren’t happy wins,” said Griffith, whose team is aiming for its seventh consecutive playoff appearance. “They aren’t good wins. Yeah, we got the playoff points, but we didn't move forward, we didn’t gain ground, we didn’t improve.

“This program should be at a level now that, if it’s going to exist with the big boys and at that pinnacle where we want it to be, we can’t perform like this.”

Logan took a 6-0 lead with only seven seconds remaining in the first quarter, when junior tailback Dustin Botsch capped a nine-play, 58-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.

The Wildcats’ score followed the second of back-to-back fumbles for the Skyhawks, who ran only five offensive plays in the opening period because of their untimely turnovers.

The Skyhawks’ production on those few touches illustrate not only how well their offense was executing but also how costly those miscues were.

Junior tailback Jake Robinson had runs of 11, 15 and 11 yards. Senior fullback Travis Bender ran for 3 yards. Junior quarterback Nevin Honeycutt threw a 28-yard pass to senior split end Shane Fletcher.

The Skyhawks were averaging a jaw-dropping 13.6 yards per play before they coughed up the football at the end of runs, letting the Wildcats off the hook.

“It was clear it was there,” Griffith said. “We just weren’t clean.”

The Skyhawks followed the Wildcats’ touchdown with one of their own.

Honeycutt and Robinson led Scott on an 11-play, 79-yard drive, with the quarterback throwing for 40 yards and the tailback running for 27 yards.

Honeycutt connected with |senior tight end Tyler Thompson for a 23-yard touchdown pass. Freshman kicker Johnathan Osborne added the extra point to give Scott a 7-6 edge with 8:15 left before halftime.

The Skyhawks extended their advantage and concluded the scoring on Robinson’s 16-yard touchdown run with 1:19 remaining in the second quarter.

Honeycutt and Robinson once again did most of the damage for Scott during its momentum-turning and game-clinching scoring drive.

Honeycutt threw for 38 yards and Robinson ran for 37 yards during the Skyhawks’ 10-play, 66-yard drive. They also combined for one of the game’s most exciting plays on third-and-1 from the Wildcats’ 44-yard line, when Honeycutt

corralled a high snap, scrambled left and tossed a short pass to Robinson for a 9-yard gain that easily could have been a 9-yard loss. Scott scored five plays later.

The Skyhawks committed three of their five turnovers before halftime.

“We had so many opportunities on offense in the first half to put this game away and separate it in a way in which they couldn’t compete and we didn't do it,” Griffith said.

Honeycutt completed 8-of-17 passes for 106 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

“We probably could have done a little bit more through him tonight, but field position didn’t afford us the opportunity,” Griffith said. “And you just get to a moment of the game where you’re like, and you hate to coach that way, but, ‘Let’s just tie a knot at the end of the rope and hold on. Let’s not do anything that could create the opportunity they need.’ That changed the game.”

Fletcher had three catches for 37 yards. Senior wide receiver Shannon Sanney made two receptions for 40 yards.

Robinson carried 22 times for 154 yards and one score.

“I thought Jake ran the football well,” Griffith said. “It was an oddly wet field. They had a

sprinkler malfunction last night. So, you’re playing in nothing but mud.

“The point of that is, I felt like there were several runs through the first three quarters that Jake could have probably broken and had more, but he just couldn’t get the footing. He still had a real good game.”

The Skyhawks finished with 308 total yards (203 rushing and 105 passing).

Scott committed two more turnovers in the second half (a fumble and an interception).

Griffith blamed himself.

“I jinxed us Tuesday at practice,” he said. “I made a comment that I didn’t think we had had a turnover all year.”

The Skyhawks also had a third-quarter turnover on downs after an incomplete pass on fourth-and-5 from the Wildcats’17.

Logan also blocked a punt on Scott’s ensuing possession. Senior linebacker Michael Cotterall recovered the football and returned it 30 yards to the Skyhawks’ 35, but the Wildcats failed to take advantage of their opportunity.

It looked like the Wildcats would have a chance to tie the score in the third quarter, but a clipping penalty negated a

47-yard touchdown run by junior quarterback David Brown. Three plays later, senior safety Ronnie Reeves picked off Brown to thwart the Wildcats' threat.

The Skyhawks limited the Wildcats to 191 total yards. Led by Brown’s 60 yards on 11 carries, Logan ran 39 times for 116 yards. Brown also threw for 75 yards on 5-of-20 passing.

Scott also forced Logan into two interceptions, three punts and three turnovers on down, including two on fourth-quarter drives inside the Skyhawks’ 20.

The Wildcats’ last chance came on an incomplete pass that bounced off a pair of wide receivers’ hands in the end zone with only six seconds remaining in the game.

“The longer the game went on, the more dangerous it became,” Griffith said. “Fortunately, and it's the one thing I’ll give these young men credit for, they fought right down until the end to get it. But that ain’t going to work for what’s coming up. We have to get ready.”

No. 11 Scott will visit No. 3 Wayne on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The Skyhawks are 1-5 against the Pioneers. The teams are former Cardinal Conference rivals.

“I remember some of those wars,” Griffith said. “That’s one of those chase games where I’m saying, ‘You know what, if we’re going to become this, then we have to face these.’ This program can no longer be satisfied with wins and playoffs. It has to say, ‘We want more.’ To do that, you have to take the risks and

challenges.”

Wayne (5-0) is coming off a 22-10 victory over Point Pleasant (2-3).