Warren Leads The Tigers To Victory
The Harrodsburg Herald/Sam Warren
Dillon Warren tallied 75 receiving yards and a touchdown in Georgetown’s 10-0 win against Lindsey Wilson College.
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Mercer County Senior High alumnus Dillon Warren and the Georgetown College Tigers (6-1) defeated the Lindsey Wilson College Raiders (6-2) for the first time since 2014 on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Toyota Stadium. It was a low scoring affair with only one touchdown scored over the course of 60 minutes.
In 2010, Lindsey Wilson College began its first football program and named Chris Oliver as head coach. Since 2013 Lindsey Wilson is the winningest college football program in the state of Kentucky across all divisions, tallying I 00 wins and 19 losses in the 10 seasons from 2013 to 2022. 2013 was the last time Georgetown was able to defeat the Raiders. Since then, Lindsey Wilson has won each of the progran1’s last nine meetings by a combined score of 292-153, and have made three NAIA football championship series semi final appearances, including one national championship in 2020.
In the fall of 2021 , Oliver ‘s Raiders defeated the Tigers 35-0. It would be the last time Lindsey Wilson and Georgetown College played with Oliver as the Raiders’ head coach. In December of 2021, Oliver made the switch to Georgetown.
Former Mercer County football standout Dillon Warren was ready to deliver Saturday as he caught two passes for 2I-yards on the Tigers’ opening drive.
