WICKSBURG - Ariton head coach Steven Kilcrease might have thought it was Christmas after his team’s 49-35 win over Wicksburg Friday night at Panther Stadium.
The 12-year head coaching veteran received two games balls, one from his coaches, another from his principal with the latter having signatures from faculty members, plus a framed photo from his players in recognition of career win No. 100.
Kilcrease is now 58-23 in his seventh seasons at Ariton. He previously was 42-16 as a head coach at Pike Liberal Arts from 2007-2011. However, Ariton scored twice to pull out the win, scoring after a fumble to go ahead and adding a final score with two seconds left after holding the Panthers on downs near midfield.
The Purple Cats rode the passing of 5-foot-5 senior quarterback Andyn Garris and fellow senior quarterback/wide receiver Ian Senn. Garris, who entered on Ariton’s third series, threw for 306 yards and five touchdowns, while Senn caught three TD passes and ran for another. Murry, who had 178 yards at halftime, scored on runs of 28, 27 and 1 yards for Wicksburg, scoring the last one after breaking tackles in the backfield and diving over for the score.
Wicksburg, though, quickly answered to get back into the game. Two plays into the ensuing series, Burkhardt stepped up from pressure and the left-handed quarterback fired a bullet in the middle of the field to Aiden Rice, who had nothing but green grass ahead of him on a 64-yard scoring strike.
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