Bunning, Dougherty Leave Marks on Blue Raider Program |
| Lindsey Wilson Photo. Lindsey Wilson center Lou Bunning (with ball) prepares to snap the ball during a game this season. The 2015 Highlands alum helped the Blue Raiders average 40.3 points per game this season. Lindsey Wilson lost in the national semifinals of the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics football playoffs finishing 12-1 this year. |
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| Lindsey Wilson Photo. Blue Raider kicker Jared Dougherty (right) sets up to kick the ball during the season. The 2016 Highlands alum led Lindsey Wilson with 93 points this past season. |
The 2015 and 2016 Highlands graduates played key roles leading the Bluebirds to the last of 23 state championships in 2014. They ventured to play for the Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders from the Mid-South Conference of the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics down in Columbia, Kentucky with the opportunity to help raise the standards. They helped a program that revived in 2008 do just that.
The NAIAs sixth-ranked Blue Raiders completed the best season in school history with a 12-1 season. They finished the regular season 10-0 including a 7-0 mark in MSC play, qualified for the NAIA playoffs and drove all the way to the national semifinals before losing 34-24 to Marian University out of Indianapolis (Indiana). That marked the furthest the Blue Raiders have driven in the playoffs.
