Beating Van-Far had proven never to be an easy task for Wright City coach James Weir during his 19 years on the sidelines. Until last Friday. The Wildcats finally put away their Eastern Missouri Conference foe with ease, issuing a 38-6 thrashing. The Wildcats improved to 4-2 overall and travel to Orchard Farm this Friday. "They're a scrappy group and do a heck of a job playing hard," said Weir. The rushing attack continued to thrive, as junior running back Trent Davis ran for a career-high for the third consecutive week, pounding out 328 yards on 33 carries, scoring four touchdowns. It was the highest individual single-game rushing performance during Weir's tenure at Wright City. Davis pushed his season total to 1,303 yards, which is fourth in the metro area. He leads the area with 20 touchdowns. "One of our goals every week on offense is to be violent blockers, and I thought our kids did a great job of putting it to those guys. We were fourth-and-18 one time and got a first down with two running plays." Davis was so efficient that for the second week in a row, Weir opted to forgo using a quarterback and operate out of the goal line formation. "The line showed up and both of my fullbacks tore it up for me," said Davis. The Wildcats looked to the air just three times, with Zac Kaibel completing one of his passes to Greg Preis for 22 yards. Despite the eventual blowout, the Wildcats needed the first quarter to adjust defensively. Davis scored on a five-yard run with 5:36 left in the opening quarter, but Van-Far responded on the first play of the next drive. Wright City took a 7-6 lead into the second quarter and began to excel on both sides of the ball. Davis took the majority of the direct snaps, marching downfield behind his offensive line. "It settled into one of those games where I really thought we could muscle them up," said Weir. "We got Delante and Brandon Bote out and left some of those bigger kids in there." Davis scored on a six-yard run with 6:06 remaining in the half, and on the next possession, junior Cody Cox hauled in an interception, corralling a ball that was tipped by teammate Shawn Helfer. Wright City took a 13-6 lead into the break. Unable to move the ball and plagued by penalties, Van-Far began to show its frustration. The Wildcats, on the other hand, reached the end zone via three different methods in the second half. "In the second half we knew they were getting tired with all their kids playing both ways," said Weir. "Our kids were saying, 'Coach, let's run it.' I was trying not to throw any passes at all." Davis punched in another score from four yards out with 7:15 left in the third period. Lineman Joe Quesenberry added to the 19-6 lead early in the fourth quarter. Davis lost control of the ball on his way to the end, fumbling it forward, past the goal line. Quesenberry fell on top of the ball, giving the Wildcats a 26-6 advantage. Davis scored again on a 15-yard run before perhaps the most electrifying play of the game. Van Far's Scott Brookshier coughed up the ball while trying to break through a wall of Wright City players deep in Van-Far territory. Having not been a major offensive factor during the first three quarters, junior Deon Bradshaw saw his opportunity to shine. The 6-foot-5 defensive back scooped up the live ball, stiff-armed a defender and sprinted 25 yards into the end zone. The play sort of exemplified the fact that Wright City had outplayed Van-Far in every facet of the game - finally. "As long as I help my team I don't really care if I have passing yards or not," said Bradshaw. "I was hoping I'd score, but I didn't know it'd be like that." Sophomore Delante Blanks took the bulk of the carries in the fourth quarter, rushing for 81 yards on eight carries. Wright City moved into second place in the conference, sporting a 3-1 league record.