Now it gets good.

The eighth-ranked Cardinals have set themselves up for a playoff run in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference.

The Cardinal put their proceed stamp on things Saturday afternoon at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium in Kilgore, coming away with a 30-14 win against Kilgore College.

With a fourth straight win, eighth-year head coach Sherard Poteete's squad improved to 6-1 on the year. The Cardinals are 4-1 in conference play, currently residing in second place. Kilgore slipped to 2-4 and 0-4 records.

The Cardinals are scheduled to be on the road again this week, traveling to Roswell, NM to face New Mexico Military Institute in a 3 p.m. (Texas time) kickoff. NMMI was a 45-21 winner Saturday against NEO to raise its records to 3-4 and 2-3.

In addition to keeping them into contention in the conference, the win also guaranteed the Cardinals a school record seven straight seasons with a winning record. The Cardinals had six straight winning seasons in 1964-69 and 2019-24.

Saturday's game at Kilgore was interrupted by a weather delay of almost and hour with the Cardinals up 10-7 with 1:57 left in the first half.

The Cardinals opened the scoring with a 49-yard Cash Fernandez field goal. After Kilgore took the lead on a two-yard run, the Cardinals came back to score three unanswered touchdowns for a 24-7 lead.

Kaden Brown completed 16-of-25 passes for 180 yards. He also had scoring pass to Jadin Hambrick.

Jamary Williams led the Cardinals on the ground, rambling for 180 yards and a pair of scores on 12 carries.

Lazavier Amos led the TVCC defense with 12 tackles, including a pair of sacks. Recording eight tackles each were Zhakius Thomas, Malik Ganaway and Phoenix Pope.

The Cardinals' next home game is Saturday, Nov. 1 against NEO at 1 p.m.

SCORING SUMMARY

TVCC -- Cash Hernandez 49 FG

KILGORE -- Liam Oczkowski 2 run. (Gwonwu Choi kick good)

TVCC – Taj Wilson 15 pass from Kaden Brown. (Hernandez kick good)

TVCC – Jadin Hambrick 12 pass from Brown. (Hernandez kick good)

TVCC - Jamary Williams 8-yard run. (Hernandez kick)

KILGORE --Ezell Jolly 11. Gwonwu Choi kick good

TVCC -- Jamary Williams 70 Run. (Kick fails)