LEXINGTON — The streak came to an end, but there was nothing easy about it.

Wildcat quarterback Aiden Proctor bulldozed into the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown and the Madison defense came up with a fourth-down stop as the Rams topped Lexington 20-14 in overtime at rainy Whitney Stadium in Friday night’s Ohio Cardinal Conference clash.

Madison snapped a 10-game losing streak in a series that dates to 1925. The Rams’ last win over Lex came on Oct. 3, 2014.

“It’s been a minute,” second-year Madison coach Kobi Johnson said. 

The long-awaited victory was delivered by Proctor, a hard-nosed senior who has lived through the hard times as Madison continues its decade-long rebuild.

“This one means a lot,” said Proctor, who was in on several tackles from his linebacker spot. “We actually had a heart-breaker here a couple of years ago and I didn’t want to relive that story again.”

Lexington moved the ball to the 11-yard line on its overtime possession, but on 4th-and-1, Cam Glennon was stopped for no gain. Proctor was one of several Rams in on the tackle.

“It was a group effort,” Proctor said. “We knew it was going to come up the middle and we stuffed it.” 

A Tale of Two Halves

Madison (4-5 overall, 2-4 in the OCC) dominated the first half. 

The Rams opened a 6-0 lead when Camden Moysi took a screen pass from Carson Cook and raced 64 yards for a touchdown with 1:06 showing in the first quarter.

Madison pushed the advantage to 14-0 when Cook hooked up with Julian Washington on a 41-yard scoring strike with 4:44 left before the half.

“I thought we played really well in the first half,” Johnson said. “We knew we would have challenges stopping their quarterback (Jayden Perkins), but we executed the game plan.”

The second half — and especially the fourth quarter — belonged to the Minutemen (1-8, 1-5).

Perkins hooked up with Jacob Gordon for a big gain on fourth down, then finished the drive himself with a 3-yard run on fourth and goal to make it 14-7 with 8:57 to play. 

Perkins called his own number again and tied it with a 2-yard keeper with 1:55 remaining in regulation.

“I told our kids at halftime, ‘We’ve got to be better,’ ” first-year Lex coach Jacob Owens said. “They came out and responded. Our defense got the stops and our offense scored touchdowns.

“We wanted to give ourselves a chance and we did that.”