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Justin Buchmann’s back-to-back touchdown runs in the third quarter Friday night put Columbia Central in a position to keep its momentum going — both in Friday’s game and the season.
The senior transfer from Michigan tallied from a yard out midway through the period and on a 13-yarder at the two-minute mark to help the Lions earn a 28-14 win over Nolensville at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Back in the rotation after sitting out last week’s game against Lincoln County, junior Christian Biggers tallied 63 yards on 11 carries and tied the game at 7-7 on a 1-yard run just before halftime.
Buchmann put his pair of touchdowns on the board in the third quarter, and a fumbled kickoff by the Knights set up the dagger from Antwan Moore, putting the Lions ahead comfortably 28-7 going into the final frame.
Columbia Central 28, Nolensville 14
At Lindsey Nelson Stadium
N – 0 7 0 7 14
C – 0 7 21 0 28
Scoring Summary
Second Quarter
N – Cameron Groves 4 run (1:57); Reese Miller kick
C – Christian Biggers 1 run (0:12); Max Patton kick
Third Quarter
C – Justin Buchmann 1 run (7:11); Patton kick
C – Buchmann 13 run (1:58); Patton kick
C – Antwan Moore 8 run (0:40); Patton kick
Fourth Quarter
N – Chance Fitzgerald 16 pass from Ryder Galardi; Miller kick
Team Statistics
N C |
First Downs 12 17 |
Rushes-Yards 23-50 31- 152 |
Passing Yards 122 159 |
Comp-Att-Int 16-25-0 16-21-0 |
Penalties-Yards 2-10 8-90 |
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1 |
Individual Statistics
Rushing
Nolensville – Samson Johnson 7-42, Ryder Galardi 8-(-8), Cameron Groves 8-26
Columbia Central – Justin Buchmann 10-49, Christian Biggers 10-65, Brady McCandless 1 (-6), Antwan Moore 2-15, Deandre Williams 7-32
Passing
Nolensville – Ryder Galardi-16-25-0-122
Columbia Central – Brady McCandless 15-19-0-155, Parker Bush 1-2-0-4
Receiving
Nolensville – Ben Coggin 5-64, Ethan Syling 4-24, Parker Price 4-21, Dylan Northcutt 2-8, Chance Fitzgerald 2-21
Columbia Central – Justin Buchmann 3-23, Jase Hoath 4-25, Steven Kinnard 4-49, Blane Davis 3-12, Adrien Hidalgo 2-50