"(Nats&Music) This is First and
Ten on KOLR Ten Sports."
DAN
HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO
WEEK FIVE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SEASON AND
FIRST AND TEN.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,
WHEN THIS STARTED I DIDN'T THINK
WE'D GET THIS FAR IN THE SEASON
BECAUSE OF COVID.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
CANCELLATIONS BUT LOTS OF
FOOTBALL AS WELL.
THAT INCLUDES AT KICKAPOO
TONIGHT, AND THAT'S WHERE KOLR
TEN'S MATT VEREEN WAS WITH
OUR GAME OF THE WEEK.
((MATT ON CAM))
Tonight's game of the week
between Kickapoo and West
Plains had all the features
Ozark Conference game of the
year.
Kickapoo coming in 3-1.
West Plains 4-0.
But by the end of this one, one
team and two names were the
feature by the end of the game.
(NATS: *cheering* Let's go!")
The Chiefs and Zizzers went head
to head for zero points in
the opening quarter of this one,
but that changed in the 2nd.
West Plains in Chiefs territory
for the first time. They hand
off
to Senior Titus Seley and he
goes full bulldozer. Absolutely
refusing to go down as he grinds
toward a 18 yard gain to the
Kickapoo 17.
Same drive, 4th and 1 at the 10.
They go back to Seley and he
gets the first and more. Marked
out at the one yard line.
No problem, back to Seley and
he's in for the touchdown and
the game's first points. 7-0
West Plains.
Next Zizzers drive, first play:
who else? Titus Seley again
refusing to be tackled. A 33
yard gain into Kickapoo
territory.
Again the Zizzers with a fourth
down attempt. They go double
handoff to Seley and then Connor
Lair who picks up the first down
to the six.
And for the touchdown? Like you
even have to ask. Seley
gets the last six to score six
more and out West Plains up 14-0
at halftime. Seley with 108 of
the Zizzers 179 rushing yards
while Kickapoo had just 40
total.
Second half, Lair keeps
providing the second of the 1-2
backfield punches. And much like
Seley, pounding his way through
Kickapoo and refusing to settle
for anything less than
the goal line. 43-yards on the
score to make it 21-0.
And with four minutes left in
the game, it's Lair again. This
one
30 yards as West Plains shuts
out Kickapoo, 28-0.
West Plains Sr. Runningback
Titus Seley: "I love the guy to
death. IObviously you see him.
He's an animal. He's a freak of
nature. I just love the guy.
Give him the ball more. It's
mindset.
It's crazy. You've got to be a
different type of mindset to
play the game. That's what we've
got. We've got a lot of crazy
people on the team."
West Plains Football Head Coach
Matt Perkins: "Any time
they touch it, something good is
going to happen. There's always
a chance for something special.
Titus is so good at running his
feet on contact. People don't
want contact with him all the
time. Then you have Connor Lair
that's that same guy. He
drug a guy 15 yards for a score
there. It's a blessing as a
Coach to be able to call a
number for those guys and have
it work."
(MATT ON CAM)
I'll leave the backflips to the
players as the Zizzers obviously
pretty excited about this 5-0
start to the year as they stay
undefeated with a shutout win
here at Kickapoo.
Reporting from Springfield, Matt
Vereen - Ozarks First.
DAN
THANKS MATT.
THE NIXA EAGLES WELCOMED NESOHO
TO EAGLES STADIUM TONIGHT.
NIXA IS 4-AND-0 ON THE YEAR,
NEOSHO HAS YET TO WIN A GAME.
THE EAGLES FLY INTO THE GAME
RANKED THIRD IN THE STATE IN
CLASS SIX.
AND NIXA'S AUSTIN MCCRACKEN
ROLLS TO HIS RIGHT, THROWS TO
JERRIS THORNTON GOOD FOR 15
YARDS AND A FIRST AND TEN.
NIXA CASHES IN THAT DRIVE, THE
HANDOFF TO RAMONE GREEN, HE
WEAVES HIS WAY THROUGH
THE NEOSHO DEFENSE AND SCORES
FROM 23 YARDS OUT AND IT'S
7-NOTHING EAGLES.
END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, THE
EAGLES THREATENING AGAIN, THE
HANDOFF TO GREEN HE
TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
ONE.
SO THE FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND
QUARTER IS A TOUCHDOWN, IT'S
GREEN AGAIN AND HE TAKES IT TO
THE CORNER, 14-NOTHING NIXA.
AND THE THIRD RANKED EAGLES FLY
TO 5-AND-0 WITH A 51-NOTHING WIN
OVER THE WILDCATS.
DAN
IN WILLARD TONIGHT THE TIGERS
WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN
OF THE SEASON AGAINST JOPLIN.
THE EAGLES ARE 2-2.
AND JOPLIN ON THE MOVE EARLY,
ALWAYS RIGHT HITS KEATON RENFRO
WITH THE PASS, RENFRO DOWN THE
FAR SIDELINE, 23 YARDS TO THE
TEN YARD LINE.
THAT SETS UP THIS ONE YARD
TOUCHDOWN PLUNGE BY BYLER
REITHER, IT'S 6-NOTHING EAGLES.
BUT WILLARD BATTLES BACK, THE
DIRECT SNAP TO OWEN BUSHNELL ON
THE WILDCAT PLAY, THIS PICKS
UP19 YARDS AND A FIRST AND TEN.
THAT SETS UP THIS QUARTERBACK
KEEP BY TYLER JANES, AND IT'S
7-6 WILLARD IN FRONT.
AND WILLARD UPSETS JOPLIN 32-20
TO WIN ITS FIRST GAME OF THE
SEASON.
DAN
IN MARSHFIELD TONIGHT, THE
1-AND-THREE JAYS ARE LOOKING TO
BOUNCE BACK INTO THE WIN COLUMN
AGAINST 1-AND-THREE EAST NEWTON.
AND MARSHFIELD ON THE MOVE
EARLY, BRYANT BULL THROWS IN THE
FLAT TO BLAKE ANDERSON, HE
TAKES IT DOWN THE NEAR SIDELINE,
18 YARDS FOR A FIRST AND TEN.
THAT SETS UP THIS PLAY, THE
HANDOFF TO DAYLON KANEN-GIETER,
SHEDS A TACKLE IN THE BACKFIELD
AND GOES 14 YARDS FOR A
TOUCHDOWN, 6-NOTHING WITH THE
MISSED P-A-T.
THEN SECOND AND EIGHT FOR
MARSHFIELD THE HAND OFF TO
KANEN-GIETER AGAIN, AND THE
SENIOR
TAKES IT UP THE MIDDLE, BREAKS
TWO TACKLES BEFORE GETTING
HAULED DOWN.
THAT SETS UP THIS PLAY, THE
PITCH TO KANEN- GEITER AROUND
THE LEFT SIDE, 16 YARDS FOR A
TOUCHDOWN AND IT'S 13-NOTHJING.
HOW ABOUT MORE DAYLON
KANEN-GEITER, HE WAS A ONE MAN
WRECKING CREW, SECOND QUARTER
AROUND THE LEFT SIDE AGAIN, TO
THE NEAR SIDELINE AND GONE, 53
YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN,
19-NOTHING MARSHFIELD.
AND THE JAYS GO TO 2-AND-THREE
WITH A 41-7 WIN OVER EAST
NEWTON.
DAN
THAT'S GOING TO BRING US UP TO
OUR TIMEOUT HERE ON FIRST AND
TEN.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK
WE'LL CHECK OUT HIGHLIGHTS FROM
HOLLISTER AND CENTRAL.
BUT FIRST HERE'S A LOOK AT THE
LOCAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKOFFS.
FIRST AND TEN WILL BE RIGHT
BACK.