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The Monticello Billies returned to Hyatt Field on Friday night coming off their second 8-4A Conference loss of the season the previous week to the team at the top of the conference, the Stuttgart Ricebirds.
The Billies would host the Watson Chapel Wildcats who would come to Hyatt Field looking for their first win of the season.
Watson Chapel would win the coin toss and elected to receive the football to begin the contest.
Jude Parke would kick the ball away for the Billies to begin the contest with the Wildcats beginning their drive at their own 20 after a 10-yard return.
Jakilynn Battles would get the first two carries of the contest for the Wildcats for a four-yard gain followed by a 26-yard run to the 50.
A third run by Battles would move the ball into Monticello territory to the 47.
The Billies would stop the Watson Chapel drive after an incomplete pass Kaedon Langel forced the Wildcats to turn the ball over on downs at the Monticello 43.
Joseph Accelus would move the ball to the Wildcat 46 on the first carry for the Billies followed by a complete pass from Hudson Harvey to Dax Bowman to the 37.
A five-yard penalty would move the ball back to the Wildcat 42, but a run by Bowman would move the ball back to the 37.
Harvey’s next pass would fall incomplete but the Billies would get on the board on the next carry by Accelus for a 37-yard touchdown.
An offside penalty on the extra point would give the Billies a shot at the two-point conversion with Accelus taking the ball in for the 8-0 lead.
The Billies would force the Wildcats to turn the ball over on downs on their next drive, taking over at the Monticello 48 with 6:13 remaining in the first quarter.
Accelus would move the ball out to the Wildcat 49 with Harvey connecting with Jax Rawls for a 49-yard touchdown pass on the next play.
Parke would add the extra point to extend the Billie lead to 15-0.
The Billie defense would continue to hold the Wildcat offense at bay, forcing Watson Chapel to once again turn the ball over on downs with 2:11 remaining in the first quarter at the Monticello 33.
The Billie drive would extend into the second quarter after Ja’Bralyn Culbreath pushed the ball into Wildcat territory before the buzzer to end the quarter.
The Billies would move the ball down to the Wildcat 12 yard line with Dax Bowman taking the ball into the endzone for the Billie score from 12 yards out.
Parke’s extra point would be blacked with the Billies leading 21-0 with 7:10 remaining in the half.
Monticello would get the first turnover of the contest on the Wildcats’ next drive with Monticello’s Grant Cox recovering a fumble at the Wildcat 31 with 5:20 left in the half.
Harvey would connect with Rawls to move the ball to the 15 with Harvey completing his next pass to freshman Cayden Daniels for a three-yard gain to the 12.
Daniels was one of several freshman players that moved up to the Senior Billie roster after completing an undefeated season the night before at Watson Chapel for the 8-4A Junior Champions.
Accelus would rush to the seven followed by a carry to cover the seven yards for the Billie touchdown.
Another offsides penalty against Watson Chapel would allow the Billies to convert the two-point play with Accelus taking the ball in to extend the lead to 29-0.
Watson Chapel would get on the board on their next possession after beginning their drive at their own 46, the Wildcats would get positive yards through the air and on the ground with a little help from Monticello with a pass interference penalty.
Watson Chapel would get on the board with a 10-yard pass but the two-point try would fail with the Wildcats trailing 29-6.
The Wildcats would be flagged on the touchdown pass with an unsportsmanlike penalty for celebration that would be assessed on the kickoff that would give the Billies great field position at the Wildcat 32.
After moving the ball down to the WIldcat 4, the Billies would score 19 points on the next four plays.
First Accelus would take the ball in for a four-yard score that would be called back for holding with the ball moving back to Watson Chapel 14.
On the next play, Harvey would connect with Rawls for a 14-yard touchdown pass, however that would also be called back due to a flag for an ineligible receiver downfield with the ball being placed on the 19 after the five-yard penalty was assessed.
Harvey’s next pass would fall incomplete, followed by Harvey connecting with Danner Loyd on the next play for the 19-yard touchdown pass with no flags on the field for the score to stand.
Parke would add the extra point to extend the lead to 36-6 at the half.
Monticello would receive the ball after the half with TK Hoover taking the kick at the Monticello 23 and returning the kick back 62 yards to the Wildcat 15.
Monticello would get the touchdown on a four-yard run by Loyd and an extra point by Parke to extend the lead to 43-6 to place the contest under the “Sportsmanship Rule.”
The Billies would get one final score in the contest on a 14-yard run by Caleb Fisher and an extra point by Parke set up the final score of 50-6.
The Billies would also have a final turnover with Zaylen Gaston intercepting a Wildcat pass.
Monticello improves to 4-4 on the season a 3-2 in 8-4A Conference play with two regular season conference contests remaining on the schedule against the Crossett Eagles and ending the regular season against the DeWitt Dragons.
The Billies will be on the road this Friday, October 30, traveling to Crossett to face the Eagles.
Kickoff is set for 7 pm.
