In a rain-soaked night, the Dwight Trojans fell 43 – 11 to the state 3rd-ranked Seneca Fighting Irish in a game played at Oughton Athletic Field in Dwight Friday night.

The visitors from Seneca scored early in the first quarter on a 39 yard run by Asher Hamby and Nate Othon’s point after kick was good. Dwight answered with a 36-yard Angel Martin field goal and the first quarter ended 7 – 3.

The Irish took over in the 2nd period and posted two touchdown scores on runs by Nathan Neal (57 and 44 yards) and a third by Paxton Giertz (25 yards), bringing the halftime score to 27 – 3.

Seneca continued their attack in third, adding touchdowns on a 15-yard run by Hamby and a 25-yard dash by Sam Kleich. Both 2-point conversions were good and the lead stretched to 43 – 3.

Dwight rounded out their scoring on a 34-yard pass in the third quarter from Conner Telford to Seth Robertson good for 34 yards. They added on two on a Telford pass to Dylan Crouch and cut the lead  to 43 – 11, but that was as close as they could get.

Crouch led the Trojans in rushing with 29 yards on 10 carries. Telford was good on 14 of 17 passes, for a total of 158 yards, with one touchdown and no interceptions. Joey Starks led in receiving, pulling in 5 passes for 77 yards.

The Dwight Trojans hope for a play-off berth will come down to its final game against Ottawa Marquette (6-2) at home next Friday, October 20. From the Chicagoland Prairie Conference, Seneca and Ottawa Marquette have already qualified for post-season play.