By Mark Rico
CONWAY – The Conway Wampus Cats know how to deliver big plays.
And senior Bryce Bohanon is usually right there in the mix when those game-changing plays come to fruition.
He was at it again in Conway’s 49-27 blowout of Little Rock Catholic in a Central 7A conference game Friday night at John McConnell Stadium.
Bohanon made the game’s most spectacular play when he caught a swing pass from Ben Weese and weaved through a host of defenders for 74-yard touchdown midway through the third quarter.
He also had two more touchdown catches of 50 and 25 yards for during an explosive first half for the Wampus Cats.
Conway improved to 6-2, 3-1 in conference play. Catholic is 3-6, 1-5.
Weese – certainly in the conversation for all-conference honors with one regular season game remaining – had his usual good game. He completed 16 of 21 passes for 256 yards and four touchdown passes.
The Wampus Cat defense turned in their share of big plays with Traland McClure scoring on a 28-yard interception return with 4 minutes and 53 seconds left in the first half to give Conway a commanding 28-10 advantage.
While junior cornerback Ashton Waller’s fumble recovery set up Bohanon’s second TD catch and it was never a contest from there.
“This team has done a really good job of putting mistakes behind them, getting their minds straight and going on to the next play.” Conway head coach Clint Ashcraft said. “Bryce has done those type things for us all year and we depend on him and he’s got some help with guys around him by dispersing things around but he’s a dynamic player and I am glad he’s a Wampus Cat.”
After a slow start in which he tossed an interception on his team’s first possession of the game, Weese began to pick Catholic’s defense apart. He threw three touchdown passes to Bohanon, and also fired another scoring pass to senior Micah Mosby.
Trailing 10-7 in the first quarter, the Wampus Cats scored the next three touchdowns to take a 28-13 lead at halftime.
Running back Boogie Carr, a sophomore, also scored a pair of touchdowns on the ground to help Conway maintain a balanced attack.
As for the defense, the Wampus Cats were able to cash in a pair of Sam Sanders interceptions.
Sanders kept the Rockets in the game late, though, with a 48-yard scoring strike to Hank Hatfield and then added an 11-yard TD scamper of his own for the final tally of the contest.
“Our defense is growing and we have some young guys over there but at this point in the season we have to grow up.” said Ashcraft. “We have to quit giving up big plays like that but I think it’s one of those things where we have to keep working as we are going into it and we are going to do that.”
Conway travels to top ranked Bryant on Friday.
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