Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Knox County). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Southwest Wildcats 76-18 on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Cooper Clair continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 159 yards and six touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 37 yards and a touchdown. Knox County also got a significant boost from Carrsen Hayes, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 113 yards.
Knox County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. Isaac Shahan led the group effort, picking up three of those interceptions all by himself. The dominant performance also gave Creighton Karhoff a new career-high in rushing yards. Knox County got some further help from Alious Hunolt: he picked up 0.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Knox County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 336 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Knox County's victory ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-5. As for Southwest, they dropped their record down to 0-9 with the loss, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Knox County will challenge Keytesville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Knox County is facing Keytesville at the right time seeing as Keytesville is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. Southwest does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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