Centralia football has its first district championship since 2016.
The state No. 3 Panthers went through the Class 2 District 7 tournament as the No. 1 seed and defeated No. 2 seed and Clarence Cannon Conference foe Palmyra 36-0. Centralia (11-0) earned its first shutout of the season after limiting Palmyra (8-4) to 79 passing yards after allowing 322 passing yards in the first meeting, which was a 48-42 Centralia win in Palmyra. Oliver Bohlmeyer ran for three of his four touchdowns in the first half, his four scores combined for 180 yards and he finished with 226 yards on 11 carries. Louis Suddarth ran for a 66-yard touchdown on Centralia's fourth play of the game and had 75 yards on three carries. The offense finished with 394 rushing yards to have at least 300 rushing yards in all 11 games this season.
Bohlmeyer also led the defense with nine tackles, Charlie Robinson followed with eight tackles, and there were five tackles each from Carson Hill and Peyton Kempker, who had an interception.
Centralia plays at Lawson (9-3) at 2 p.m. Saturday in a Class 2 state quarterfinal game.
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