Top-ranked Centralia won its Homecoming and Senior Night Game, beating Monroe City 44-6. Centralia jumped out to a 22-0 lead at the half, on touchdown runs of 32 yards by Dax Deckard, 20 by Cooper Gehring, and 9 by Louis Suddarth. Monroe City had the chance to swing the momentum in the third, when a Wyatt DeGrave punt of more than 60 yards was downed at the Centralia 3, but the home Panthers refused to stay pinned in.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. That led to a two-year touchdown run by Cody Prater. Later in the quarter, Oliver Bohlmeyer would find the end zone.
Bohlmeyer finished with 12 carries for 232 yards unofficially, and one touchdown, with 157 of those yards in the second half. He was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. Monroe City did get on the board in the fourth quarter on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Wyatt DeGrave to Julian Moss. Centralia finished with 455 yards of total offense, all on the ground.
Centralia is 6-0, 3-0 in the Clarence Cannon Conference, and visits Clark County next. Monroe City, 3-3, 2-1, will host Macon. Find the game on our archive page, and our postgame interviews below.
Centralia Coach Tyler Forsee:
Monroe City Coach David Kirby:
