The Atlantic Trojans got three second half rushing touchdowns from Bodie Johnson and pushed away to a 28-0 road win over Shenandoah on Friday night. The Trojans locked up the 2A-District 9 title with the win. It was a penalty filled contest and both teams couldn’t convert in the first half. Atlantic led at the break 7-0 on a 30-yard touchdown pass from Garrett McLaren to Colin Mullenix.

The Trojans broke the game open in the 3rd quarter. Colton Tasto sparked the turnaround by plucking a pitch from Shenandoah quarterback Zayne Zwickel out of the air and taking it inside the Mustangs 5 yard line. Bodie Johnson rammed it in to the endzone on the next play to put Atlantic up 14-0. Johnson added a 25-yarder later in the quarter and a 24-yard touchdown run early in the fourth to complete the scoring.

Johnson finished the game with 155 yards on 17 carries and the three scores. Colin Mullenix had just two grabs on the night but he gobbled up 76 yards on those catches and the early touchdown. The Trojans outgained the Mustangs 281-159 on offense. The downside was Atlantic getting penalized 14 times for 130 yards on the night. The Mustangs were called for 6 penalties for 75 yards. Each team turned the ball over twice.

The Trojans improve to 5-1 with the win and will finish off the regular season next week against Red Oak. It will be the Trojans first game at the newly renovated Trojan Bowl and we’ll have coverage on KJAN and KJANTV. Shenandoah falls to 3-3 and will host Greene County for their final regular season game.