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.
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.
For the first time since the COVID-altered 2020 season, the Slater Wildcats have won three games in one season on the gridiron.The Wildcats put on their track shoes and scored early and often, rolling to an 82-0 victory over the Santa Fe Chiefs at home last Friday night.Slater first-year head coach Mitchell Jenkins says the ‘Cats came ready to play.“I think we scored on our first nine possessions, and a lot of those one play and two-play drives,” Jenkins said.
Casey Creehan’s Missouri Valley College Viking football team went toe-to-toe with the No.
Mistakes on two kickoffs in the first 2-1/2 minutes of their game at Mexico last Friday night led to being down 14-0, and the Marshall Owls couldn’t recover, and lost their North Central Missouri Conference opener to the Bulldogs 49-13.“It was a rough start to the game,” MHS head coach Ian Verts said.
The Casey Creehan head-coaching era at Missouri Valley College began with a win.The Vikings rallied from an early 21-6 deficit to beat the Graceland Yellowjackets 29-24 on Gregg-Mitchell Field in Marshall last Saturday.The Vikings overcame a couple of turnovers and numerous mental mistakes to defeat Graceland for the 17th straight year.
Junior Hayden Toliver picked off three passes and returned one for a touchdown, leading the Santa Fe Chiefs to their first victory on the football field since week two last year.The Chiefs scored the first 26 points, en route to a 26-12 victory over the Northland Christian Trailblazers on Buhlig Field last Friday night.Santa Fe’s previous win came in week two in 2023, as the Chiefs outscored Northland Christian 74-50 on the latter’s home field.The Chiefs have won their only four matchups with Northland Christian — including 90-14 in 2022 and 84-36 in 2021.In this one, Toliver got the Chiefs on the board first by picking off a Northland Christian pass and scampering 25 yards to the end zone on NCHS’s second possession of the game.Northland Christian responded with an 11-play drive, but turned over the ball on downs.
After a short, what sports broadcasters refer to as a feeling-out process, the Boonville Pirates dominated play on both sides of the football and rolled to a 47-0 victory over the Marshall Owls in the latter’s home opener last Friday night on Cecil Naylor Field.The Pirates took advantage of multiple Marshall turnovers to score more than one touchdown in each of the first three quarters.The final two quarters were played under quick-clock rules due to Boonville holding 35-0 lead at the half and 47-0 going to the fourth quarter.Boonville beat the Owls for the fifth straight time on the gridiron.
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