Warren East’s Thomas Maxey (right) evades Greenwood’s Alex Rhodes on Aug. 25 during the Raiders’ 47-30 win in the Citizens First Bowl at Houchens-Smith Stadium.

GLASGOW – Andrew Carter laughed last week when Allen County-Scottsville scored on Glasgow with eight seconds left in the game.

“I said congratulations for scoring on us,” Carter said. “Eight seconds left, I’ll let y’all have it.”

That touchdown, late in the fourth game of the season, is the only score the Glasgow defense has allowed all season. Mix that in with the offense’s overwhelming size and experience and you’ve got a happy 4-0 Glasgow team.

That Scotties defense will face arguably its toughest task so far when it hosts Thomas Maxey and Warren East at 7 p.m. Friday at Hank Royse Stadium.

The senior running back, the biggest threat for the Raiders (2-2), averages 167 rushing yards per game with nine touchdowns. The Scotties have pitched two shutouts against Russellville and Fort Campbell. The only other score allowed was a kickoff return against Bardstown and garbage-time touchdown by the Patriots in Glasgow’s 28-7 win last week.

Glasgow wants the dominance to carry over and be the first team to keep Maxey silent.

“I think the defense is loving it,” Carter said. “I think the best part of (playing) lights out is we’ve got this thing going on defense called Silent Night. We just go out there and don’t say anything to the offense. Even if they’re talking, we just let our game play. … I’ll check strong and all that and we talk to each other, but we don’t chit-chat back and forth. We let the pads do the talking. I think the Silent Night thing is the most intimidating thing.”

So far, it’s Maxey that’s been the intimidation factor.

Maxey ran for 159 yards and a touchdown in Warren East’s loss to Glasgow a year ago. The Raiders led 14-0 at halftime before the Scotties rallied for a 16-14 win.

Last week against Edmonson County, Maxey ran for 250 yards and three scores, giving him 912 all-purpose yards and 13 touchdowns in the last three games.

“You can stop (Maxey) 60 times, but 61, 62 and 63 he can go to the house,” Glasgow coach Jeff Garmon said. “You’ve got to contain him the best you can and do the best job you can. One thing we have to do is tackle well. We got a lot of guys that saw him last year and it’s going to take us a little while to get acclimated at the beginning. We don’t want it to snowball early. It takes a few series or so to get acclimated to how fast it is with him.”

Even if Maxey has a big night, Garmon is confident his offense can move the ball in a shootout. Alabama commit Tanner Bowles anchors an offensive line that hasn’t missed a beat even with the loss of junior Matthew Trigg to an injury. The Scotties moved Timmy Hayes from defense to offensive line to now give them four seniors on the line.

That helps when 235-pound running back Nick Mitchell is coming off a career game of 293 rushing yards and three scores against ACS.

Garmon’s two-platoon team of juniors and seniors gives the luxury of experience, especially when the offense can execute through the air or on the ground at will. Quarterback Tanner Abernathy is second on the team in rushing with 231 yards, but he also has 500 passing yards for five scores.

The size and speed of Glasgow is unlike anything Warren East has seen this year.

“Obviously, you’ve got to be able to slug it out for four quarters against a big offensive line and a big running back and that’s going to be a challenge for us because we’re not real big,” Warren East coach Jeff Griffith said. “Not only do you have to match up size-wise, but you have to attack them. If you’re sitting and catching an offensive line all night and catching (Mitchell), it’s not going to end well for you.”{&end}