Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kearney). Their defense stepped up to hand the Bryan Bears a 49-0 shutout on Friday. Considering the Bearcats have won four matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kearney got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Zach Atchison out in front who rushed for 23 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 91 yards and a touchdown while completing 87.5% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Atchison a new career-high in rushing yards. Griffin Novacek was another key player, rushing for 16 yards and a touchdown.
Kearney was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 185 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Kearney's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Bryan, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Bearcats faces off against Millard West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. They will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Kearney surely won't give up without a fight. Bryan does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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