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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