Today we begin the countdown of the Top 10 sports stories of the 2016-2017 school year at Central College.

Wartburg scored a touchdown less than two minutes in to an October 22nd football game against Central, but the Dutch ripped off six straight touchdowns and beat the Knights 51-37.

After Wartburg fired the opening salvo, Central bounced back with touchdown passes from Riley Gray to Sam Markham, Kyle Gritsch, Markham again and Zach Martinelli. Nathan Fitzgerald then busted a 54-yard touchdown run, and then Gray struck again with a screen pass to Fitzgerald.

Gray’s five touchdown passes tied a 44 year old Central record. He was 29-of-43 for 327 and also added 18 carries for 82 yards. Fitzgerald rumbled for 137 yards on 21 carries, and Sam Markham caught 12 passes for 202 yards and the two scores.

The two teams combined for 1,175 yards of offensive, 885 of which came through the air.

Central improved to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the Iowa Conference with that victory, and they won their last two games of the season to finish at 8-2 and 6-2.

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