ATHENS, Tenn. – Occasionally, a pass may come Karter Howard’s way.
Two of them did Friday night, with the 6-foot-4, 265-pound Bradley Central tight end hauling in one for 6 yards in the first half of the Bears’ 44-28 nonregion win at McMinn County.
But Howard, as well as the rest of Bradley Central’s big offensive line, know what the job is. Not much in the way of individual credit will come their way – most of that will be reserved for running back Jackson Wilson, who had another big game to extend his strong start to the season – but seeing the team’s success as the Bears won their fourth consecutive road contest to start the season was enough for Howard.
“We’ve got a lot of experience up front,” he said. “I think our guys understand that if we control the line up front, then we can control the ballgame. Jackson runs hard. We just go out there, and he makes us look really good.”
Wilson had another huge performance, rushing for 231 yards and scoring a pair of touchdowns in a game that was much more lopsided than the final score indicated. The Bears rushed for 313 yards, with Simon Mullis adding a 46-yard touchdown to make it 44-14 with four minutes to go.