Jordan Miles passed for three touchdowns as the Colonels made head coach Ricky Gehres a winner in his first game on the Christian County sideline.
The Colonels never trailed in turning back Caldwell County 24-3 Friday night in Princeton.
Miles completed 17 of 27 pass attempts for 181 yards with just one interception.
His 14-yard touchdown toss to Jercolvin Holmes got the scoring started at the 7:47 mark of the first quarter in the season opener. John Settles added the extra point to make it 7-0.
After a Caldwell fumble, Settles extended the margin to 10-0 with a 27-yard field goal. That came with 4:20 still left in the opening frame.
Caldwell began to move the ball better on the ground in the second quarter. A 23-yard field goal from Blake Vivrette got the Tigers on the scoreboard with 9:43 left in the first half, making it 10-3.
But with Caldwell seemingly gaining the momentum, Christian struck just before halftime to head into the break with a two-touchdown cushion.
This time, Miles hooked up with Kevarius Vaughn for a 29-yard scoring connection. That came with 2:45 left in the second quarter and staked the Colonels to a 17-3 lead.
The only score in the second half came with 5:21 left in the contest. Christian salted away the win with a 10-yard scoring pass from Miles to JaSean Riley pushing the final difference to 24-3.
Riley caught six passes for 60 yards to lead the Christian receiving corps.
Anthony Harvey ran for 57 yards for the Colonels while Miles ran for 54.
Christian had 122 yards on the ground in the contest and finished with 303 total yards.
Caldwell moved the ball at times, totaling 236 yards, but could not finish off its drives. The Tigers had 134 yards on the ground.
Logan Smiley ran for 87 yards while Jack Stevens had 40 yards rushing.
Stevens was 14 of 23 passing for 102 yards with two interceptions.
Smiley caught five passes for 34 yards while Logan Chambliss had five grabs for 30.
The Colonels will host Logan County next week.
Caldwell entertains Madisonville-North Hopkins.
