Crescent tops OBA to stay unbeaten

Maybe the time will come when Crescent’s youth and inexperience catch up to the Tigers.

But that time still hasn’t arrived.

The Tigers remained unbeaten on the season last Friday with a 27-20 win over Oklahoma Bible Academy in Enid.

Cade Watkins picked off a pass and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown with 4:30 left to seal the win for Crescent.

“Our defense came through when we needed it to,” said coach J.L. Fisher after the Tigers moved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in District A-3.

The interception capped a back-and-forth game that saw neither team lead by more than eight points.

That advantage belonged to OBA, which went up 14-6 on Bodie Boydstun’s second touchdown run of the game, this one from 5 yards out with 4:36 left in the first half.

But Crescent answered right back before the break and managed to tie it when Hunter Wilmoth found the end zone on a 16-yard carry and subsequent twopoint conversion.

The senior quarterback then put Crescent on top 21-14 with a 1-yard plunge at 2:45 in the third.

OBA scored on Jett Cheatham’s 1-yard run with 11:23 to play, but the Trojans’ extra-point attempt missed and Crescent maintained its one-point lead.

It stayed that way until Watkins’ interception return.

It put to rest a game that was close throughout and not just by the final score.

Crescent out-gained OBA 280-251 in total yards while the Trojans had 18 first downs to 14 for Crescent.

While OBA had more of a balanced attack, Crescent attempted just one pass.

The Tigers kept it on the ground 41 times for 251 yards.

Wilmoth was responsible for most of that.

He kept it 24 times for 193 yards.

Luke Descher added another 13 carries for 56 yards, including a 13-yard TD run in the second quarter to pull Crescent within 7-6 of the Trojans.

Kade Varner led Crescent’s defense with seven total tackles.

Wilmoth and Tanner Rice had six apiece.

The Tigers attempt to continue their win streak Saturday when they host Tonkawa (2-1).