By Bryan Bloodworth
Normal Community 54, Bloomington 21
Varshaun Dixon scored five touchdowns and rushed for 186 yards on 23 carries as the Ironmen moved their overall record to 2-0 and Big 12 Conference mark to 1-0 at Fred Carlton Field in Bloomington. Quarterback Grant Price also completed 15 of 23 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns.
NCHS broke to a 14-7 lead in the first quarter on a 23-yard TD pass from Price to JD Villafuente and a 37-yard TD pass to Brady Lay. BHS countered with a 94-yard TD kickoff return from Corey Lockhart.
The Ironmen took over in the second quarter with five touchdowns for a 47-14 advantage at halftime. Dixon scored four of the touchdowns on runs of 22, 4, 5 and 35 yards. Steven Towns scored the other TD on a 27-yard pass from Price.
Dixon scored his final touchdown on a 14-yard run in the third quarter. BHS, which dropped to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference, scored in the fourth quarter on a 25-yard pass from Colton Sandage to Avonni Brown.
Sandage finished with 10 completions on 24 attempts for 147 yards and one interception. He completed a second TD pass to Ian Sweeney for 51 yards in the second quarter.
Central Catholic 31, U High 6
Max Moews completed 11 of 15 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns as Central Catholic won its first game of the year in the final rivalry game between the Corn Belt Conference teams. U High is winless in two games and one game in Corn Belt action.
U High scored the first touchdown on a 34-yard run by Nathan Sakowisz. However, the Saints countered with 17 points before halftime on a 21-yard scoring strike from Moews to Bobby Brady and a 35-yard pass to Austyn Ellison. Moews also had a 39-yard field goal.
Central’s Sa’mond Davis scored two touchdowns for Central Catholic on runs of 6 and 1 yards. He finished with 44 yards on 12 carries, while Brady had six catches with 100 yards. He also returned two kickoffs for 143 yards.
Central, which evened its record at 1-1, limited U High’s offense to 72 yards rushing. The Pioneers’ Holmes completed 8 of 23 passes for 92 yards.
SCORES
Intercity
Central Catholic 31, U High 6
Normal Community 54, Bloomington 21
O’Fallon 48, Normal West 35
CORN BELT
Prairie Central 39, Olympia 12
IVC 24, Pontiac 14
Bartonville Limestone 14, Mahomet-Seymour 13
BIG 12
Champaign Centennial 48, Urbana 8
Danville 49, Champaign Central 21
Peoria 42, Peoria Richwoods 6
Peoria Notre Dame 56, Peoria Maunal 14
HEART OF ILLINOIS
Deer Creek-Mackinaw 42, Ridgeview-Lexington 0
El Paso-Gridley 26, Fieldcrest 18
Tri-Valley 41, Eureka 0
GCMS 55, Fisher 0
Heyworth 52, Flanagan 14
