The West Central Trojan football team held off the Mitchell Kernels for a 34-20 road win after an exciting third quarter on Friday, September 25th.
Boche Knight put the Trojans on the board after a 13-yard touchdown run with 3:58 to go in the first quarter. The score remained 6-0 until late in the second quarter. Cooper Ball added a three-yard touchdown run with 1:00 to play in the half. The extra point was good John Goehring to give the Trojans a 13-0 lead going into halftime.
West Central added to their lead in less than a minute on the first drive of the second half. Braylon Robbins had a three-yard touchdown run with 11:07 to play in the third quarter. Goehring made the extra point to extend the lead to 20-0. Mitchell got on the board with a 67-yard touchdown pass and extra point with 8:28 to go in the third quarter to make the score 20-7.
Beckett Everson found Robbins for a seven-yard touchdown pass with 4:45 remaining in the quarter. Goehring made another extra point to push the lead back to 20 points 27-7. The Kernels had a 14-yard touchdown pass with 2:34 to go. The made extra point made the score 27-14. Mitchell then recovered an onside kick. They would find the end zone again with 0:48 to go in the quarter on a 33-yard pass. The extra point was no good keeping the score at 27-20.
Knight would score his second touchdown of the night with 6:58 to play in the game on a 13-yard run. Goehring made another extra point to give the Trojans 34-20 lead. The defense would make one more stop, and then the offense would run out the clock for the win.
