Held scoreless in their previous two games by South Callaway (47-0) and Union (42-0), Jed Leeper’s Hermann Bearcats had a tall task Friday night at Bearcat Memorial Stadium welcoming the Class 2 …
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Held scoreless in their previous two games by South Callaway (47-0) and Union (42-0), Jed Leeper’s Hermann Bearcats had a tall task Friday night at Bearcat Memorial Stadium welcoming the Class 2 top-ranked Centralia Panthers for a week four showdown.
Trailing 54-0 at halftime, Hermann got on the scoreboard in the second half on a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Tayven Hopkins and a 16-yard touchdown pass from Miles Eikermann to Hopkins making the final score 54-14 in favor of Centralia.
On the ground, Kohlt Witthaus led the Bearcats with 101 yards rushing on 20 carries while Hopkins also had 19 yards on seven carries in addition to his rushing touchdown.
Will Schutt had a carry for 12 yards while Eikermann ran for eight yards on one carry and Landen Burgoyne ran for a yard on his lone carry.
Through the air, Eikermann was also 3-5 passing for 17 yards with his aforementioned touchdown and an interception.
Witthaus also caught one pass for one yard to go with Hopkins’ aforementioned touchdown grab.
Defensively, Witthaus also led Hermann with six total tackles while Sawyer Moore recorded five total tackles.
Hopkins added four total stops to go with three from Kyle Koch.
Posting two total tackles apiece were Carter Humphrey, Demetrius Matech, Leif Slusser, Schutt and Eikermann.
Adding one tackle each for the Bearcats against Centralia were Cole Brinker and Nathan Meyer.
During their 42-0 loss at Union, Witthaus led the Bearcats with 71 yards rushing on 21 carries while Koch also had a yard on one carry.
Through the air, Koch was 4-5 for 51 yards while Eikermann was 2-4 for 20 yards.
Witthaus also led Hermann receivers with two catches for 43 yards while Hopkins had two catches for 17 yards.
On defense, Hopkins recorded a fumble recovery while Witthaus had a sack.
Hopkins also had 10 solo tackles followed by Moore and Witthaus with seven total tackles apiece.
Corbin Sadler finished with five total tackles to go along with three stops apiece from Nathaniel Rucker, Humphrey and Koch.
Eli Pilger, Brady Traub, Brinker and Eikermann all finished with two total tackles.
Charlie Floyd and Slusser each also had a tackle for Hermann.
Hermann will try again for their first notch in the win column this Friday night on the road in St. Clair where it will be homecoming for the Bulldogs with a 7 p.m., kickoff.
