Holton 56, Bishop Ward 0

The Wildcat defense forced three turnovers and pitched their first shutout of the season and Holton got a special teams score as well in another lopsided victory. The Cats ran for 353 yards with just 41 plays to win their ninth consecutive game and claim the Regional Title on a cold and wet night in Holton. 

The Wildcats were crisp and focused from the opening kick and after both teams had three possessions, Holton was ahead 21-0 with 180 total yards while Bishop Ward had negative three. The Cats led 42-0 at halftime and after forcing another three-and-out to begin the third quarter, then scored to make it 50-0 and force a running clock for the final 20-plus minutes of the game. 

Garyson Booth had 128 yards on 12 carries in the first half while Jace Boswell aded 49 yards on 6 carries and a touchdown and Jayden Fletcher chipped in 48 yards on just 5 touches. The Holton freshman got a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Korban Wilson broke free for a 43-yard touchdown run to give Holton their highest scoring game of the year to go along with keeping the shutout intact. 

Caleb Hernandez made two trips to the endzone and Jakari Washington added another TD while the Cats special teams score came in the second quarter when Rylan Amon tackled the Cyclone punter and knocked the ball out which was recovered by Trevor Barnett in the endzone to make it 35-0.

The first winning campaign and best season since 2009 ended for Bishop Ward with a record of 7-3 as the Cyclones ran for 61 yards and went 8-19 passing for 66 yards. 

Holton (9-1) advances to play at Girard this Friday, November 11th. The Trojans improved to 10-0 this season with a 36-0 shutout of Frontenac and the only loss the Trojans have in the last two years was a 36-0 loss at Holton in the post-season a year ago.