This year, under the direction of senior quarterback Dayton Humphreys, the offense for the Wright City football team has performed like a finely tuned sports car.

Even though the wide receivers have brought speed and the running backs have brought horsepower, Humphreys has, for the most part, been the man who has had to run things behind the wheel, and his decisions have helped the team repeatedly find its way to victory lane.

If the team’s 55-26 win at Van-Far on Oct. 10 is any indication, Humphreys is both enjoying his time in the driver’s seat and has been a main cog in the engine that has powered the team’s current six-game winning streak.

“It’s just so much fun to be able to see my guys do their thing,” Humphreys said. “We have great receivers, great backs, a great line. They make my job easy and fun. There is so much talent here; all I have to do, really, is just run the plays the coaches call. If it’s a pass or a (running back) run, we’re going to get a good result. If my number gets called (on a keeper), I know the line in front of me is going to dominate.”

All told, Humphreys amassed 301 passing yards, five touchdowns and 94 rushing yards of his own.

The numbers came much to the delight of the assembled Wildcats’ faithful and coach Tyler Rickard.

“He’s the ultimate team player,” Rickard said. “He did a great job putting balls where they needed to be and, even sometimes when they weren’t in the perfect spot, receivers went and made the play and made it look like a great play.”

After Van-Far took the opening kick in for a score, Humphreys and Wright City (6-1 overall, 4-0 Eastern Missouri) went to work.

Touchdown passes to sophomore Kaveon Schulte of 66 and 16 yards, late in the first quarter and then early in the second, had the Wildcats up 13-6.

“It’s great to have a quarterback like Dayton,” Schulte said. “He gets the ball to (fellow senior wideout) Nate (Turner) and me. He makes it easy for us to do our thing.”

The Indians (4-3, 3-2) cut the lead to one on the next drive before Humphreys called another couple of numbers for scores.

He found senior Lavarious Green from 15 yards and, in the final minute of the first half, handed the ball to sophomore Benji Rodriguez, who slashed and dashed for the 32-yard score to give Wright City the 27-12 halftime edge.

In an even third quarter, Wright City got scores on a 35-yard pass to Turner and a 32-yard run by Rodriguez, only to have the Indians respond with scores.

The scoring was finished in the fourth as Humphreys hit Turner from 32 yards out before a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown by senior defensive back Terrance Love ended the point-scoring fireworks. Love said that, even though the defense wasn’t in its usual top form, putting points up is a step in the right direction.

“As a team, we didn’t play the way we’re used to playing on defense,” Love said. “I know we’re going to do better. It did feel great to get the pick-ci. I grabbed it and just heard my teammates yelling ‘run!’”

To help account for the Wildcats’ 496 total yards of offense, Schulte led receivers with 101 yards, Turner added 100, and junior TJ Hamel pitched in 69. Rodriguez’s 97 yards on the ground led the team’s rushing attack.

Wright City will continue its EMO conference swing as the team will return home at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 to host Montgomery County (4-2, 2-1) in a battle of Wildcats. Last season, Montgomery County won its eighth straight game against Wright City at a 33-28 score.

“They are our closest geographic rival in the conference,” Wildcats coach Tyler Rickard said. “We’ve lost two games in the last minute over the last couple of years to them. It’s going to be a good game against a very good team.”

With another dominant win, Wright City jumped all the way into second place in the Class 3, District 3 standings with two weeks to play.

While Borgia (5-2 record, 45.43 points) leads the way, the Wildcats (41.62), St. Charles West (3-4, 41.43), St. Clair (5-2, 41.43), Principia (3-3, 38.33), Winfield (1-6, 27.48) and Owensville (0-7, 14.33) round out the standings.