The Hobbton Wildcats celebrated homecoming with a 42-28 win over West Columbus Friday night in front of a roaring crowd.
The Wildcats had the ball first and burned three minutes off the clock, getting the first score on a 2-yard run by Reggie Thompson. Will Blackman kicked the PAT for a 7-0 lead with 8:51 left in the first quarter.
West Columbus was not to be out done, however, coming right back to score a couple of minutes later. With the PAT run, they swiped the lead from the home team, and the score was 8-7.
Early in the second quarter, the Wildcats hit pay dirt again on a run by Amir Tate. With Blackman’s PAT kick, the Wildcats had a 14-8 lead. They never looked back.
West Columbus scored with 6:29 left in the half to tie the score at 14. Their PAT run gave them a 16-14 lead.
The Wildcats scored again with 1:14 left to go up 20-16. The PAT run was stopped, leaving the score at 20-16.
After the halftime festivities, West Columbus had first chance; however, they fumbled the ball with the Wildcats recovering.
With 5:46 left in the third quarter, Thompson found the end zone on a 3-yard run. The PAT failed on a run attempt. The score was 26-16.
The Vikings scored again with 4:24 left in the third quarter. The PAT attempt was shut down by the Wildcat defense, leaving the score at 26-22, Wildcats.
The next Wildcat score came at the 4:07 mark when Thompson got through traffic and scampered 67 yards for a score. He ran the PAT to put the Wildcats up 34-22.
With 1:33 left in the third quarter, the Vikings got on the scoreboard again. Their PAT attempt was shut down leaving the score at 34-28.
At 10:15 in the fourth quarter, Anthony Cowell got loose and scampered 21 yards for another Wildcat score.
That ended the scoring.
With the home win, Hobbton moves to 5-3 overall and 4-0 in conference play. They travel to the Roseboro-Salemburg area next Friday for an in-county rival game against Lakewood’s Leopards. Game time 7 p.m.