RISON - Even after losing their starting quarterback to injury on just the tenth play of the game, underdog Dumas made things interesting for the first quarter of last Friday night’s 8-3A Conference battle at George Walker Field of Champions. Then Rison tuned up its offense and leaned on another fine defensive effort, as the Wildcats pulled away from a 6-6 deadlock to wear down the determined Bobcats, 38-6, and keep their record unblemished at the halfway mark of the regular season.The win, just ahead of their coming showdown Friday at McGehee, improved the Wildcats to 5-0 on the season and 2-0 in the conference, while Dumas fell to 1-4 and 1-1. However, the Bobcats made Rison work hard for their victory. And it wasn't until a 14-play, 81-yard scoring drive by Rison to start the second half that enabled the Wildcats to establish a three-touchdown cushion and breathing room, the TD making it a 26-6 game with 4:19 to go in the third period.After their starting quarterback, senior Darnail Walker, went down with an injury early in the contest, the Bobcats still went on to amass 119 yards before the conclusion of the opening period, using a 51-yard touchdown bomb from backup Marcus Kilgore to the athletic Raylen Spratt to knot the score, 6-6, on the last offensive snap of quarter one.However, over the last three quarters of the game, the Wildcat defense limited Dumas to a net 80 yards on 34 plays and just 4 first downs. In the meantime, the Rison offense warmed up to build a big advantage, with the defense chipping in a fourth quarter touchdown to add icing to the cake. Commenting about the victory over the Bobcats, Rison head coach Chris Vereen said, “No doubt, it hurt them losing their quarterback. And when they moved Kilgore to quarterback, they lost their second best receiver. But he did a good job. We had one busted coverage when we gave up the touchdown, just a straight go route. They ran more hitches than anyone we'll probably see, and we did a pretty good…
