Cougars end with perfect conference season

Conference champs — Central senior tail back Cole Davis runs for an 18-yard gain in the Cougars’ 41-6 win at Columbia on Friday. The win allowed the Cougars to have a perfect Cahokia Conference season. PHOTO BY CRAIG HUEGEN    For the second-straight season, the Central football Cougars ran the gauntlet and claimed a perfect 5-0 Cahokia Conference, Mississippi Division title.
    The title was their fifth in the last six seasons. After their 41-6 win over Columbia on Friday, the Cougars sit at 7-1 on the season with a home match up with 0-8 Herrin on Friday at 7 p.m. The Cougars beat Herrin last season 50-6.
    In Friday’s 41-6 win at Columbia, the Cougars pounded out 141 yards rushing and threw the ball for another 222 yards for a 363 yard evening compared to 229 yards for Columbia.
    The Cougars got the lone score of the opening quarter when sophomore Owen Kehrer connected with Bryce Wieter for a 42-yard touchdown down the sideline for a 6-0 lead with just 2:20 left. The PAT was missed.
    Central put up three scores in the second quarter with Wieter and Kehrer connecting again for another score from 34 yards out with just two minutes gone in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead after a Conlan Haar two-point run.
Have a night — Central wide receiver Bryce Wieter extends to catch a 42-yard touchdown in the first half of the Cougars’ 41-6 win over Columbia on Friday. Wieter had four catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns. PHOTO BY CRAIG HUEGEN    The Cougars’ ground attack went to work from there when senior Kameron Biggs ran in from eight yards out for their third score and Cole Davis cashed in from 14 yards out to get a 28-0 lead entering halftime in Columbia.
    In the third quarter Haar ran in from the “Donkey Formation” from three yards out to make it 34-0 after the PAT was missed again with half the third quarter gone.
    Xavier Voegele hit Ricky Prater for a 43-yard touchdown completion for the Eagles’ lone score of the contest. The PAT was missed.
    Davis capped out the evening with a three-yard touchdown run with seven minutes left in the fourth quarter.
    Kehrer ended 13-of-23 for 222 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He also ran the ball four times for 29 yards.
    Davis ran the ball 12 times for 62 yards with two touchdowns, while Biggs had 11 carries for 39 yards.
    Wieter had four catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns, while Haar had four catches for 75 yards receiving to go with a TD run. Nate Behrmann added three catches for 40 yards.
    Davis led the team with nine tackles and a fumble recovery. Jackson Kampwerth added seven tackles. Brody Beckmann had eight tackles
    Voegele was 9-of-25 for 147 yards with one touchdown. They ran the ball for 64 yards.