Holton Gets by Hiawatha in Week Eight District Big East Game

The Holton Wildcats won their second game of the season by beating Hiawatha 35-6 on senior night to wrap up the regular season. The game featured more than 10 penalties on both teams and nine total turnovers, including a turnover on seven straight possession to start the second half.

With their top two running backs out with injuries, Holton welcomed the return on Edward Shupe, who hadn’t played since week one because of injury. Shupe ran for 192 yards on 25 carries and scored a pair of touchdowns. Clete Wray and Ryan Cox each added more than 25 rush yards as well and Kannon Segenhagen caught a 40-yard pass from Tucker Terry. Cox, Terry, and Dawson Hamer all had short touchdown runs for Holton while the Wildcat defense put together their best performance of the year with six takeaways and more than 10 tackles for loss, led by Grant Warner, Cody Rodriguez, Eli Hines, and Michael Willcott. Holton will start their 28th straight post-season with a game at Burlington on Friday night. 

Hiawatha was led by Grayson Gilbert with 58 yards rushing while Jhett Keller was 7-19 passing for 110 yards and a 31-yard touchdown pass to Seth O’Banion that made the score 14-6 just a couple minutes before halftime. Keller was a top tackler for the Redhawk defense and also had an interception while Hiawatha tackle leaders included: Thane Dolisi, Brenner Lowe, Justin Selland and Rafe Schuetz. Hiawatha ends the regular season 0-8.