The Atlantic Trojans took the opening kickoff and drove 85 yards in 10 plays to grab a lead against Kuemper Catholic and never trailed the rest of the way. Atlantic capped off that impressive opening drive with a 13-yard touchdown run by Bodie Johnson to open the scoring. The Trojans went on to lead 14-7 at half and win the game 21-10.

Both teams put together long methodical drives early in the game with only six total possessions in the first half. Kuemper Catholic nearly answered Atlantic’s opening drive, putting together a 13-play drive that ended on a slightly overthrown pass and a turnover on downs at the Atlantic 23. Atlantic then went 15 plays down the field to grab a 14-0 lead on a 20 yard touchdown toss from Garrett McLaren to Colin Mullenix. Kuemper successfully responded to that score with a 65-yard drive that ended with a two-yard touchdown run by Logan Sibenaller. That put the game to 14-7 at the break.

Kuemper opened the second half driving all the way to the Atlantic 10 before a turnover on downs. After an Atlantic punt on their first possession the Knights got close enough for Simon Wagner to punch through a 40-yard field goal to make the score 14-10. Atlantic threw an interception on their next possession but then the defense came up big forcing a Knight punt from near their own goal line. Cael Pulido then came rushing off the edge and blocked the punt, which the Knights picked up and only brought out to the 10 yard line. Atlantic capitalized on the short field three plays later with a Corey Parrott 5 yard touchdown run to provide the final 21-10 margin.

Atlantic improves to 1-1 on the season and will open up District play next week at Greene County. Kuemper Catholic falls to 0-2 on the year and will host West Central Valley next week.

Listen to postgame interviews with Bodie Johnson and Coach McDermott below.

Watch the full video replay of the game HERE.

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