Joseph City and Superior combined for 102 points in a wild shootout won by the Panthers last Friday night in Superior.

The home team got on the board first with a 29-yard touchdown run, opening the scoring at 6-0. Joseph City answered at the 5:52 mark of the quarter on a Matt Fields to Landon Baldwin connection from 56 yards out, making the score 8-6 as the Cats missed the conversion.

Superior closed the first period scoring on a 16-yard touchdown and went to the second on top 14-6. The Panthers extended their lead with the first two scores in the second quarter, the first on a nine-yard run followed by a 54-yard run just one minute later, pushing the margin to 28-6.

The Wildcats scored at the 7:40 mark on a one-yard plunge by Troy Poudrier, trimming the lead to 28-12. Superior scored twice more in the half and led comfortably at the break, 40-12.

Joseph City opened the third period by scoring on a five-yard run by Chance Bray. He also scored on the conversion run, making the score 40-20. Superior scored just once in the third at the 9:22 mark on a 66-yard catch and run, moving the margin to 48-20. The Cats scored again with 6:04 left in the quarter on a Hayden Hendricks three-yard run, making the score 48-26.

Both teams scored twice in the final period. The Panthers scores came on runs of 60 and 35 yards. Joseph City picked up scores on a 37-yard catch and run from Hendricks to Bray and a Hendricks 53-yard touchdown run with 4:18 left in the game to close out the scoring. In the end, Joseph City was on the wrong end of a 60-42 final outcome.

Combined, the two teams piled up 1,184 yards of total offense, with Joseph City counting for 488 of those.

Hendricks completed six of 15 passes for 89 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Fields made good on two of three attempts for 71 yards and a touchdown. Baldwin had four receptions for 88 yards with a score. Bray also made four grabs good for 72 yards and a score.

On the ground the Cats were led by Bray with 180 yards on 27 rushes. Hendricks carried seven times for 57 yards. Fields rushed three times for 45 yards. Baldwin carried seven times for 38 yards. Poudrier rushed four times for six yards. Kaden Westover carried once, gaining two yards.

Koby Smith and Baldwin led the defense with 12 and 9 tackles, respectively.

With the loss the Wildcats fell to 1-4. They will face the 1-3 Lynx when they travel to Fredonia this week.