Staff photo by Steve Muscatello Springfield running back Kadin Johnson outruns a pair of Murray County Central defenders during the second quarter Friday in Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD — Murray County Central got a late 2-yard touchdown run from Dylan Johnson and remained unbeaten with a 30-23 Southwest District football win on Friday.

Johnson scored two touchdowns on the night and the second touchdown gave the Rebels the lead after the Tigers briefly held it early in the fourth quarter.

The Tigers had one drive late in game, but an incomplete pass on fourth down ended their chance.

The Rebels jumped out to a 9-0 lead early on thanks to a safety late in the first quarter and then a pass to Dawson Tutt that made it 9-0.

Springfield got on the board on its first play from scrimmage on the ensuing drive after Kadin Johnson broke a tackle on the sideline and ran 88 yards for the score to make it 9-7 with 6:09 left in the first half.

The Rebels took a 15-7 lead into halftime when they scored with one second left in the half on a touchdown pass to Carter Benda.

Springfield again showed the big-play ability in the third quarter when Brendon Buerkle found Jordan Toll for a 92-yard touchdown strike. MaCoy Krick caught the 2-point conversion to tie it at 15-15.

After the Rebels used a long scoring drive on their next drive to go up 22-15 thanks to a touchdown from Dylan Johnson, the Tigers responded with a 10-yard touchdown run by Ashtin Johnson. They then took their first lead of the game when Kadin Johnson scored on the 2-point conversion to make it 23-22.

Kadin Johnson had 135 yards rushing and Buerkle had 131 yards passing. Toll finished with 98 yards receiving. Defensively, Caleb Hauger had 16 tackles for the Tigers and Kadin Johnson had 12. Jason Berberich finished with 11 tackles.

Springfield (3-2) hosts Tracy-Milroy-Balaton at 7 p.m. on Thursday. MCC (5-0) hosts New Ulm Cathedral on Wednesday.