Football Recap: Bodie Dillon Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 1:04pm

Football Recap: Holton Wildcats vs. Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy

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Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Holton). They took down Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy 33-14 on Friday. The Wildcats pushed the score to 27-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the cut but never quite recovered from.

Holton's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Bodie Dillon, who rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyler Jackson, who rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown.

He was just one part of a punishing run game: Holton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in ten consecutive contests dating back to last season.

Holton's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Dillon and Korban Wilson.

Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bronzen Rush, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Rush got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 74 yards.

The win got Holton back to even at 2-2. As for Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.

Holton will face off against Jefferson West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Holton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy, they will challenge Royal Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Royal Valley's defense has only allowed 13.5 points per game this season, so Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury Academy's offense will have their work cut out for them.

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