Slater football: 'Cats roll over Wentworth

LEXINGTON -- Slater avoided a third straight loss Saturday with a convincing 40-8 non-conference victory of the Wentworth Military Academy at Lexington.

The Wildcats started slowly, then struck quickly -- on junior Travis Holt's 95-yard run with 10 seconds left in the first quarter.

Senior Cody Skinner threw for two touchdowns, 22 yards to junior Zach Sullivan and 2 yards to senior Jermie Pittman, and sprinted 48 yards for a score before the half was over.

The only blemish for Slater was giving up a 70-yard catch-and-run by junior Max Harnicher late in the first half. Otherwise, the Purple swarmed the Red Dragons (1-3), holding them to 19 yards rushing -- including 10 quarterback sacks.

Junior Dee Scott ran for touchdowns during the last minute of the third and fourth quarters, from 10 and 48 yards out.

Holt had a career-high 123 yards rushing and Skinner tallied 159 combined yards for the 'Cats (2-2), who face a fearsome Concordia crew Friday at home.