Homecoming continues to be kind for the Montgomery County football team.

The Wildcats celebrated a homecoming victory for the eighth consecutive year after cruising to a 42-0 win over the Mark Twain Tigers on Oct. 2 in a Week 6 game at Jim Blacklock Field. MCHS also won its third straight game and improved to 4-2 with three regular season games remaining.

The Wildcats played their first home game since Sept. 4 and from the opening drive, they gave their fans plenty to cheer about. They recorded a shutout over Mark Twain for the second straight year and picked up their second home win of 2026.

“It’s wonderful to play in front of our fans and feel the atmosphere and not let them down, especially on homecoming,” MCHS junior tight end/defensive end Marshall Bishop said.

The Wildcats got another strong offensive performance from senior Lafe McCurdy. He finished with four touchdowns – all of them in the first half – and now has 15 on the season. Junior Luke Farrar and sophomore Ben Cobb also scored touchdowns for MCHS.

Now, the Wildcats will look to extend their winning streak to four games on Oct. 9, when they travel to Bowling Green to take on the Bobcats. Last year, MCHS defeated the Pike County school twice, both contests were at home. The Wildcats beat the Bobcats 42-6 in a Week 7 game that ended a six-game losing streak to Bowling Green. A month later, MCHS beat Bowling Green by the same score in the Class 2, District 2 championship game, winning its first district title in two decades.

“Beating them twice last year was amazing,” McCurdy said. “It was a relief of something that the group before us and the group that is with us now have never done. Getting a win next week will be even better.”

Bowling Green will go into this year’s contest with the Wildcats with a 4-2 mark. The Bobcats are averaging 48 points per game.

“We have to be more disciplined, play a lot more sound and stick to our responsibilities,” Bishop said.

The Wildcats played at North Callaway, South Callaway and Van-Far in the last three weeks before returning home in Week 6 against Mark Twain.

McCurdy said he was thrilled that his team pulled off a win at homecoming, especially since this is his last one in high school.

“It’s special,” the senior said. “Not having a dance, the football game is the only thing we have to look forward to at the end of the week for homecoming. Getting a win in front of everyone is special. The crowd is crazy. There are still people here 15 minutes after the game.”

Three of the football players and a manager were part of the homecoming court. Bishop, freshman Silas Powell and seniors Tyler Rodgers and Dallas Hans were escorts and senior Sarah Waters – the team’s manager – was the Wildcat candidate for queen.

Bishop escorted his junior classmate Silvia Pizarroso Vicente, a foreign exchange student who was voted homecoming queen.

“It was great,” Bishop said. “It was a cool experience.”

The Wildcats scored 105 points in the last two games. McCurdy said his team has been getting strong efforts from offensive linemen such as center Cohen Beattie, guards McCullie Schluss, Owen See, Troy Quesenberry and Wyatt Danter.

“The offensive line has been very improved and impressive the last two weeks,” McCurdy said. “They worked tremendously to get back on track after the North Callaway and South Callaway.”

Mark Twain dropped to 1-5 with the loss to MCHS. The Tigers lost to the Wildcats for the fourth straight year. They also got shut out for the second time this season.