Wingate University Athletics

Kyle Johnson completed 15-of-20 passes for 143 yards and one TD as Wingate blanked Johnson C. Smith 14-0 Saturday. In addition, the Hickory High product rushed six times for 51 yards and one score. The two-year team captain earned his seventh victory as a Bulldog starter.

The two-year team captain opened the Bulldogs’ scoring with a nine-yard TD run in the first quarter. Johnson’s scoring scamper concluded a 13-play, 80-yard drive. Wingate junior place kicker Caleb Baird added the PAT to make the score 7-0 ‘Dogs with 8:27 left in the first frame.

Wingate took the slim 7-0 margin to the halftime locker room. Johnson and his offensive teammates struck again in the third quarter, putting together an eight-play, 79-yard march to take a two-touchdown margin. Bulldog redshirt junior wide receiver Jody Fuller did the honors, hauling in a 38-yard TD pass from Johnson. Baird’s extra point concluded the scoring with 5:52 remaining in the third stanza.