ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Football: LWC Senior Day this weekend

By Kyle Jackson

The No. 1-ranked Lindsey Wilson football team will celebrate senior day this Saturday as they welcome rival Campbellsville University in the Battle of Highway 55. Kickoff is set for 1:30pmCT at Parnell Family Stadium.

Before the game, Lindsey Wilson coaches and family members will honor 12 seniors: Jaylen Boyd, Jordan Boyd, Darius Clark, Eddie Davis, Cameron Dukes, Joe Gressette, Michael Leslie, Daniel Coxhead Mantell, Shea Martin, Dawson Oliver, Dimitrius Patterson, and Cameron Thurman.


The Blue Raiders (8-0, 5-0 MSC) enter the game after defeating No. 22-ranked Bethel (TN) 41-30 away from home. On a career record-making day, Dukes recorded his 100th career passing touchdown in the game while Boyd recorded his 34th career rushing touchdown, a new program record.

As a team this season, the Blue Raiders are averaging 41.3 points per game, the 12th best average in the country, while also producing 420 yards of offense per game. The offense has gone 63-130 on third down, producing the 2nd best third-down conversion rate in the NAIA.

Defensively, the Blue Raiders rank 3rd in the nation in defensive interceptions with 17 and 4th in interception return yards with 297 on the season.

As for the Tigers (1-6, 1-4 MSC), they enter the match on a three-game losing streak and lost 42-3 to No. 8-ranked Georgetown (KY) at home on October 30th in their last outing.

Campbellsville is led offensively by Josh Meglis with 869 passing yards and seven touchdowns on the season. Running back D'Anta Sipp leads the team with 772 rushing yards and three touchdowns, while Luke Sheperson has been the primary target on the receiving end with a team-high 26 receptions for 301 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

On defense for the Tigers, Jacoby Miguel leads the team with 47 total tackles while Kale Hagan has a team-high 2.5 sacks this season. Anton Fant leads the Tigers with three interceptions.

As a team, the Tigers are averaging 20.9 points per game and 326 yards of offense per game.

This will be the 12th all-time meeting between these programs with Lindsey Wilson winning the last meeting 49-21 on April 1st. The Blue Raiders lead the all-time series 7-4 and will clinch the Bluegrass Division title with a victory.

Live video and stats will be available for the game.


This story was posted on 2021-11-06 09:54:44
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.