Wilson sets record as Saints top Regals
All that extra eating and weightlifting paid off handsomely for Maliki Wilson and the Xavier Saints Friday night.
Wilson rambled for a school-record 293 yards and scored three long touchdowns as the Saints trimmed Iowa City Regina, 35-26, in a battle of Catholic school powers at Saints Field in the season opener.
Wilson snapped the old school mark of 271 yards rushing set by Brendan Miller against Linn-Mar in 2013 and his total was the sixth-best in Metro history. And many of Wilson's yards came in big chunks with touchdown jaunts of 68, 31 and 62 yards.
The 68-yard touchdown came on his first carry of the night and the 62-yard touchdown came on his very last attempt to secure the victory with just 49.5 seconds left and the Saints clinging to a 28-26 lead.
Wilson thanked all of his blockers for doing the dirty work up front.
"Man, if you watched the first play over and over again, nobody touched me," he said. "It felt good."
Wilson had to leave the game late in the third quarter with painful leg cramps following a 21-yard run, but he shook it off and got back on the field in the fourth quarter to inflict more damage on Regina.
"The trainers helped me on the sideline. And then the Powerade," he said about his quick recovery.
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 August 2016 15:07