Jefferson High School's Nycere Jacobs looks to corral a Martinsburg High School back, behind the line of scrimmage on Friday night at Martinsburg High School. David Pennock

MARTINSBURG — Shrugging off Jefferson’s early-game lead, the Martinsburg High School Bulldog kept alive its unbeaten season (5-0) with a lopsided 57-14 win over the Cougars, at David Walker Stadium last Friday night.

Jefferson High School is now 2-2 overall and has a home game against Hedgesville High School tonight at 7 p.m. Martinsburg has all Eastern Panhandle Athletic Conference games remaining on its nine-game schedule and is set to play Musselman High School this week.

The Bulldogs quickly reversed a 7-6 Jefferson lead and then proceeded to score 51 of the game’s final 58 points.

Jefferson was limited to 142 yards of total offense while Martinsburg had 396 yards of offense.

After Sirod Musgrove’s TD run on an end around that put the Bulldogs ahead, 12-7, Martinsburg amassed its lengthy point total with three scores from Koi Fagan, Murphy Clement’s two scoring passes (one to Musgrove) and 129 rushing yards that included a 20-yard TD run, as well as an ever-stiffening defense.

Jefferson High School quarterback Dylan Harich looks for yardage in the first quarter of the Cougars annual game against the Bulldogs on Friday night at Martinsburg High School. David Pennock

Coach David Walker, who was in the collegiate ranks coaching at Concord University last season, has never lost a game to any Jefferson team.

Jefferson’s remaining schedule has it facing Musselman, South Hagerstown High School (Md.), Millbrook High School (Va.), Clarksburg High School (Md.) and Washington High School, in addition to this week’s meeting with Hedgesville.

The Cougars have made the 16-team, Class AAA playoffs in each of the past two seasons, winning first-round games in both 2021 and 2022.

In Walker’s last season at Martinsburg before moving on to Concord, the Bulldogs won the Class AAA state championship.

In addition to Martinsburg, the remaining unbeaten teams in the big school ranks are Huntington High School, Cabell Midland High School, Morgantown High School and Princeton High School.

Jefferson High School's Rodrigo Delgado goes all out to bring down Martinsburg High School's quarterback on Friday night at Martinsburg High School. David Pennock

Jefferson High School wide receiver Caleb Shelton pulls in a pass, during Friday's game at Martinsburg High School. David Pennock