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Chiefs drop home game to Wellington

On a night when the Santa Fe R-X School District celebrated the life and very successful coaching career of the late Bill Fox, the Wellington Tigers proved to be too much.The Tigers capitalized on several Santa Fe turnovers and rolled to a 65-22 Central River League I-70 Division victory.Despite the loss, Santa Fe head coach Chad Meyer was pleased with the turnout to honor a Santa Fe icon.“I am so glad that so many former students/players made it back for the game and helped celebrate Coach Fox and all he gave to our community,” Meyer noted.Fox ran the table — 14-0 — and won a state title with the Chiefs in 2000.

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Chiefs blanked by Concordia

The Santa Fe Chiefs had trouble moving the ball with any consistency on offense and sopping Concordia’s offense last Friday night.The Orioles improved to 5-1 with a 55-0 victory on Dorth Field.The home-standing Orioles raced to a 21-0 lead after one quarter and led 35-0 by halftime.

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Wildcat gridders blank another opponent

Seniors Chase Hemeyer and Brandon Terrill led the way, and the visiting Slater Wildcats improved their record to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the Central River League’s South Division with an 84-0 triumph at the BKN Thunder in Keytesville last Friday night.It was the second straight shutout for the ‘Cats after they blanked Santa Fe 82-0 in week four.The ‘Cats raced away to a 46-0 lead by the end of the first 12 minutes and led 62-0 at intermission.

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‘Hounds, Chiefs lose homecoming games

Sweet Springs scored five touchdowns but it wasn’t enough versus the visiting Wellington Tigers last Friday night.The Tigers spoiled Sweet Springs’ homecoming 54-38 in a Central River League I-70 Division game.Wellington led the close game after each quarter – 14-8, 32-22 and 46-38.“I am very pleased with how hard our kids competed,” SSHS head coach Jeff Holtzman said.

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Owls suffer first loss on soccer pitch

In another close battle on the soccer pitch with the Hannibal Pirates, the Marshall Owls came up just short.After the two teams batted to a scoreless draw through the first half and 14 minutes of the second half, the Pirates netted the game’s only goal off a free kick in a 1-0 decision on the Pirates’ home turf last Saturday.A foul was called on the Owls about 25 yards from the MHS goal on the left side with just over 26 minutes remaining.Pirate senior Kevin Westhoff curled his shot toward the goal over the top of all the MHS defenders and HHS attackers.

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