Nixa did most of its damage early against the Waynesville Tigers Friday, Oct. 10, as the No. 1-ranked team in the Missouri Media Class 6 state poll rolled to a 55-14 Central Ozark Conference victory at Nixa.
Waynesville fell to 0-7 while Nixa stayed undefeated at 7-0.
Nixa erupted for five touchdowns in the first quarter and was in control the rest of the way. It was 35-0 after the first period and the Eagles took a 48-0 edge into intermission.
The Tigers created some offense in the third period, scoring two touchdowns. Nixa finished the scoring with a fourth-quarter TD.
Nixa ended with 522 yards of total offense - 391 of it coming on the ground. Junior Jax Adams did most of the damage, exploding for 200 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries while senior Jayden McCaster ran for 108 yards and three TDs on seven carries. Junior quarterback Adam McKnight had a pair of big-play TD passes, one to Randy Flint for 71 yards and the other to Scholar Brown for 60 yards.
McCaster, an all-state transfer player, now has 1,146 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns.
Waynesville will play another road game this week, traveling to Springfield to meet Kickapoo Friday, Oct. 17 (7 p.m.).
Oct. 3 - Glendale 44, WHS 14: The Springfield Glendale Falcons didn’t forget how to throw the ball after pass-happy Mike Mauk left as head coach.
Glendale rolled up 330 yards of total offense - including 279 passing yards - in a 44-14 win over the Tigers at Waynesville.
The Falcons, now 4-3, got four touchdowns in the first quarter on a four-yard run by junior running back Cameron Major, a 19-yard interception return by senior Tyler Webb, a 16-yard pass from senior QB Cash Newberry to junior WR Trevor Heman and on a five-yard run by junior running back Samari Pickett. Heman added all four PATs.
Pickett’s second TD - on a three-yard run - with :46 left in the first half gave the Falcons a 34-0 advantage at intermission.
In the third period Heman again hooked up with Newberry for a 13-yard TD pass and booted a 31-yard field goal.
Waynesville got a pair of second-half touchdowns from junior MJ Greene, on a five-yard pass from sophomore QB Ryder Wells in the third period and on a seven-yard pass from Wells in the fourth quarter.
Waynesville finished with 129 yards of total offense – 99 of it passing. Wells hit on 13-of-27 passes for 99 yards, two interceptions and the two TDs. Sophomore Samuel Borno-Chrispin had an interception for the Tigers.
Newberry completed 17-of-23 passes for 203 yards, with Heman catching eight passes for 80 yards, junior Joelle Rover seven for 80 and senior Jacan Seats two for 74. Webb intercepted two passes.
The box score:
Oct. 3 at Waynesville
Glendale 44, WHS 14
Team Statistics
First Downs: WHS 11, GHS 18
Yards Rushing: WHS 30, GHS 51
Yards Passing: WHS 99, GHS 279
Total Yards: WHS 129, GHS 330
Passing: WHS 13-27, GHS 21-30
Int. Thrown: WHS 2, GHS 1
Fumbles Lost: WHS 0, GHS 1
Penalties: WHS 6-57, GHS 14-113
Punting: WHS 6-30.7, GHS 1-43.0
The score by periods:
Glendale 28 6 10 0-44
WHSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â 0Â Â Â 7Â 7-14
The scoring plays:
Glendale: Major four-yard run, Heman kick (8L42).
Glendale: Webb 19-yard interception return, Heman kick (7:46).
Glendale: Heman 16-yard pass from Newberry, Heman kick (5:49).
Glendale: Pickett five-yard run, Heman kick (2:36).
Glendale: Pickett three-yard run, kick blocked (:46).
Glendale: Heman 13-yard pass from Newberry, Hema kick (10:58).
WHS: Greene five-yard pass from Wells, Valencia kick (6:57).
Glendale: Heman 1-yard field goal (3:52).
WHS: Greene seven-yard pass from Wells, Valencia kick (1:06).
Individual Statistics
Rushing - Waynesville: Fau 7 for 34, Baker 5 for 25, Borno-Chrispin 4 for minus-4, Greene 1 for minus-7, Wright 2 for minus-1, Wells 5 for minus-17. Glendale: Major 3 for 17, Pickett 3 for 16, Newberry 2 for minus-11, Bellamy 1 for 0, Washington 4 for 29.
Passing - Waynesville: Wells 13-27-99-2. Glendale: Newberry 17-23-203-1, Spickard 4-7-76-0.
Receiving - Waynesville: Greene 7 for 35, Fau 1 for 4, Baker 1 for 2, Davis 1 for 18, Wright 2 for 33, Mitchell 1 for 7. Glendale: Major 1 for 19, Heman 8 for 80, Rover 7 for 80, Seats 2 for 74, Bellamy 2 for 21, Pickett 1 for 5.
