Football Recap: Boone Central Piles Up the Points Against Wood River

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Boone Central on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Wood River Eagles out of the water with a 55-13 final score. The Cardinals pushed the score to 42-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had no chance of recovering from.

Kade Hudson

Rushing Yards (Career)

09/19/25 vs Wood River	112
09/05/25 vs Norfolk Catholic	94
09/12/25 @ Battle Creek	69
10/04/24 vs Centura	31
10/24/24 vs Ord	15

Boone Central's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kade Hudson, who threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 112 yards and one score on only 11 carries. Those 112 rushing yards gave Hudson a new career-high. Brogan Benes helped out on the ground, rushing for 99 yards and two rushing touchdowns.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Boone Central proved: they limited Wood River to a paltry 1.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Daron Dozler for the heroic effort on defense: he. Boone Central didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 10.8.

Boone Central's defense didn't let Madden Brabec., get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for four sacks. Will Roberts was especially locked on to Wood River's QB and sacked him twice.

The win got Boone Central back to even at 2-2. As for Wood River, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Boone Central will host Cross County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The game will give the Cardinals their first taste of in-conference action this season. As for Wood River, they will be playing at home against St. Cecilia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Eagles will be up against the Bluehawks' rather soft defense (which has allowed 30.25 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.