MCKENZIE, Tenn. –The Bethel Wildcats closed out their season with a 63-28 Senior Day victory over the visiting Campbellsville Tigers Saturday. Ten Wildcat seniors were honored in pregame ceremonies.
After a four-play, 64-yard drive that was capped off by a 45-yard TD run from quarterback Christian Arrambide the Wildcats led 7-0.
Campbellsville suffered a first play fumble on their opening drive to give the Wildcats the ball right back in the red zone. Another touchdown run by Arrambide made it 14-0.
Vonte Bates again recovered a Tiger fumble and two plays later, Arrambide found Dieuly Aristilde from 24-yards out to give the Cats a 21-0 margin.
Campbellsville answered with an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown drive capped off by a Dakari Highsmith 17-yard touchdown run to cut into the lead with 4:32 left to go in the first.
Arrambide hit Aristilde again, this time for 46 yards as the Wildcats grabbed a 28-7 lead.
Early in the second quarter, CU made it a 14-point game again after Ormoni Zanders punched in a four-yard run to make it 28-14.
On the ensuing kickoff, J'Kobi Reddick fielded the kick on his own five yard line and took it all the way to the end zone for a 95-yard kickoff return to give Bethel a 35-14 lead. It was the second game in a row Reddick returned a kick-off for a touchdown.
Arrambide kept up his strong offensive performance in the first half with another long touchdown completion as he hit Caleb Nelson on a 33-yard score to add more cushion at 42-14.
The Tigers would score on a Josh Meglis touchdown pass to Kendon Young to cut into the Cat lead and the teams went to halftime with Bethel leading 42-21.
The only score of the third quarter was a Meglis 77-yard touchdown pass to Young.
The Wildcats scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Arrambide scored on a 5-yard run. De'Ontay Tate scored on a 45-yard gallop. Dominic Moore capped off the scoring with a 6-yard run.
Inside the Numbers
Arramibide rushed for 99 yards on 14 carries
Tate rushed for 98 yards on 11 carries
Aristilde had three receptions for 86 yards.
Jeremy Beaulieu had seven tackles
Beaulieu finished with 321 career tackles placing him 2nd on the all-time program list
The Wildcats finished 5-6 on the season while Campbellsville closed out at 1-9.
