C-M football dominates Cardinal on Homecoming

COLFAX — The Colfax-Mingo football team ran for more than 300 yards for the second time this season.

This time, the end result was a 39-0 win over Cardinal during Class 1A District 6 action on Friday.

The Tigerhawks snapped a 10-game skid that dated back to last season after averaging 8.2 yards per carry on Homecoming.

Shane Hostetter ran for a career-best 147 yards on 16 carries, Isaiah Baucom posted the first 100-yard rushing game of his career and Caden Sykes scored three total touchdowns in the victory.

Colfax-Mingo improved to 2-1 over Cardinal since 2022. The Comets have been outscored 291-6 this season.

Hostetter led the Tigerhawks (1-4, 1-1 in the district) with 134 passing yards and two scores and 147 rushing yards and one score and added a 35-yard pick 6 with 4.5 tackles on defense.

Hostetter’s 134 passing yards came on six completions. Sykes had three catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 31 yards and one score on two carries.

Baucom, the Homecoming King, ran for a career-high 101 yards and one TD on 15 carries, Kyle Wood gained 23 yards on four carries and Chase Trotter caught two passes for 38 yards.

Cason Fitch grabbed one pass for 18 yards and had 4.5 tackles. Xavier Woods finished with six tackles, Camden Cunningham tallied three tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss and Baucom, Sykes, Wood and Alex Hartson all chipped three tackles.

Trotter registered 2.5 tackles, Jeshawn Fleming secured 2.5 tackles and two tackles for loss and Fisher Grove recovered a fumble. The Tigerhawks finished with 9.5 tackles for loss and posted their first shutout since beating GMG 47-0 on Oct. 6 of 2017.

Cardinal (0-5, 0-2 in district play) was shut out for the fourth time this season. The Comets came into the game with 53 rushing yards on 77 attempts in four games.