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The University of Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their football season Saturday at Kroger Field in Lexington, securing a 24-16 win over the University of Toledo. Saturday's win comes as the Wildcats try to bounce back from a disappointing season last year, in which they finished 4-8 (1-7 SEC), with some bad losses throughout the season.

Kentucky football leaned on that formula Saturday. Breaking in a new quarterback for the third time in as many seasons, UK's offense slogged through an uneven afternoon against Toledo. But while the Wildcats ' offense found its footing, the defense held down the fort.

The new-look Kentucky football team opened its season with a 24-16 win against Toledo on Saturday that wasn’t always smooth offensively but was enough to hold off a team expected to give the Wildcats a challenge.

After suffering a close 16-6 loss on the road vs Muskegon Mona Shores a week ago, the River Rouge football team was back in action on Friday. The No. 9-ranked team in Division 3 at the start of the week,

Toledo responded almost immediately. Jace Jung led off the bottom of the inning with an infield single — Vilade made a nice diving play to stop the ball in the dirt, but he threw it away as the pitcher made it to first at the same time as Jung. Gage Workman extended his hit streak to nine games with a game-double off the wall in left-center.