Carthage fumbles on the 1 yard line, but forces a Willard fumble on the next play for a defensive touchdown.
Class 5 District 5 Championship: (1) #10 Carthage 56 (3) Willard 13 - Final
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A couple of early fumbles by Carthage, but the defense had a pair of interceptions in the 2nd quarter to set up some scoring drives.
Carthage wins big as expected, but will have to cleanup the fumble game next week against Muriel Battle.
(3) WILLARD-------7---0---6--0--13
(1) #10 CARTHAGE--7--22--20--7--56
1ST QUARTER
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06:36 - CAR - B. PUGH RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (HUNTLEY KICK)
01:28 - WIL - RICE 4 YARD RUN (SWEARENGIN KICK)
2ND QUARTER
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10:51 - CAR - NEWMAN 48 YARD RUN (DOWNING PASS TO BROWNFIELD)
04:06 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 9 YARD PASS TO WINDER (HUNTLEY KICK)
00:33 - CAR - NEWMAN 2 YARD RUN (HUNTLEY KICK)
3RD QUARTER
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11:08 - CAR - NEWMAN 9 YARD RUN (KICK BLOCKED)
08:14 - WIL - RICE 3 YARD RUN (KICK FAILED)
07:58 - CAR - NEWMAN 88 YARD KICK RETURN (HUNTLEY KICK)
04:06 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 26 YARD PASS TO BRYANT (HUNTLEY KICK)
4TH QUARTER
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08:04 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 3 YARD RUN (HUNTLEY KICK)
EJECTIONS
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CHAMBERS
RECORDS
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WILLARD (7-5, 6-5 COC, 5-5 COC LARGE)
CARTHAGE (8-3, 7-3 COC, 7-3 COC LARGE)
(1) #10 CARTHAGE--7--22--20--7--56
1ST QUARTER
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06:36 - CAR - B. PUGH RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (HUNTLEY KICK)
01:28 - WIL - RICE 4 YARD RUN (SWEARENGIN KICK)
2ND QUARTER
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10:51 - CAR - NEWMAN 48 YARD RUN (DOWNING PASS TO BROWNFIELD)
04:06 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 9 YARD PASS TO WINDER (HUNTLEY KICK)
00:33 - CAR - NEWMAN 2 YARD RUN (HUNTLEY KICK)
3RD QUARTER
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11:08 - CAR - NEWMAN 9 YARD RUN (KICK BLOCKED)
08:14 - WIL - RICE 3 YARD RUN (KICK FAILED)
07:58 - CAR - NEWMAN 88 YARD KICK RETURN (HUNTLEY KICK)
04:06 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 26 YARD PASS TO BRYANT (HUNTLEY KICK)
4TH QUARTER
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08:04 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 3 YARD RUN (HUNTLEY KICK)
EJECTIONS
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CHAMBERS
RECORDS
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WILLARD (7-5, 6-5 COC, 5-5 COC LARGE)
CARTHAGE (8-3, 7-3 COC, 7-3 COC LARGE)
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Early on this game looked like it might be close because Willard's running offense appeared pretty stout and they were able to connect on big pass plays. Then the mistakes started coming and just kept coming. A fumble in their own end zone, two interceptions, and two snaps over the QBs head.
Carthage capped their first drive by fumbling on the 1yd line but from then on they played a pretty solid game across the board.
Willard looked like they might try and make a run after half but couldn't get anything working. After Chambers was ejected the whole team visibly gave up. Carthage was basically scoring at will throughout the game until the JV went in late. Carthage has improved a lot since the start of the season. I'll be interested to see how the rematch with Battle goes next friday, which I believe Carthage will get to host this year.
Carthage capped their first drive by fumbling on the 1yd line but from then on they played a pretty solid game across the board.
Willard looked like they might try and make a run after half but couldn't get anything working. After Chambers was ejected the whole team visibly gave up. Carthage was basically scoring at will throughout the game until the JV went in late. Carthage has improved a lot since the start of the season. I'll be interested to see how the rematch with Battle goes next friday, which I believe Carthage will get to host this year.
Game will be played in Carthage, according to the MSHSAA website:
http://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=19&class=5&id=6
http://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=19&class=5&id=6
CJ needs to super-inflate its enrollment numbers. The Bulldogs walloped both Carthage and Willard and it appears they might've won a class 5 district and would still be playing another week or longer. Dang.
CJ would probably have walked to the Class 5 semis but lost to Staley 55-0. In Class 4 if they could beat WC they could win the state title. This year CJ had a better chance to best WC than Staley.
I guess I'd rather be a class 5 semi-finalist with no chance of winning state than constantly losing to Webb City in the districts. Carthage fans seem to be having fun right now, while we are on here defending coaches and 19-year olds who are only 18.
I agree. If MSHSAA wants to tell tickets and pay per view buys a WC Rolla state title ga.e won't get it done. They need to fix the system.
They just need to get a poultry company to setup shop in CJ. Before butterball started recruiting south of the border, the town had literally been the same size, about 11,000 since 1900.
It is much, much more enjoyable to be one of a few teams still playing, watching, and being talked about, even knowing the last few games at the end of the road might be impossible. Instead of knowing that round one is impossible... but 'if only' we could get past that... the odds might be good.
Eventually all of the people moving into Webb City are going to push them into Class 5 as well and then they will be Carthage and Ozark's problem again. So hopefully Carthage is enjoying football playoffs while they can.
I feel CJ's pain. They have really got something good going right now and I'm sure it's incredibly demoralizing to see such a solid season go down with basically nothing to show for it. Now put that on repeat mode and do it every year.
Maybe someone can correct me but I didn't think Webb City was very close to class 5 enrollment numbers.
When kids from everywhere move to Webb City to specifically play football, that is tough to beat. Webb City is more of a regional all star team.
You're not the first to think it. You most certainly will not be the last.
Kinda like kids moving to Neosho to wrestle. If you have a kid that is good at something as a parent you do what you need to do for them to succeed. Kids want the chance to go to state. Webb city has great coaches. They get more out of the talent that they have. That's why a college like Alabama always win. Kids want to play on a team capable of winning a title every year. You can't blame them.
Perhaps success is not measured in wins alone.
Maybe a one off, upset championship proves more meaningful than four consecutive in dominating fashion.
Maybe a one off, upset championship proves more meaningful than four consecutive in dominating fashion.
I wish I knew why these kids from everywhere are unless you are talking about kids that move in during elementary school. I can only think of one starter that moved in after 7th grade.
I think your are right, most of the 'imports' are families with grade school age kids, not varsity athletes.
I am amazed that kids move for this reason. It would have never crossed my mind to move for sports.
Webb has an amazing reputation for all sports. Even sports they are not the best at. I know 2 girls in junior high that moved from Joplin to Webb for girls basketball even though it is CJ that has been better in that sport the last few years.
One of my kiddos played travel softball in middle school [in the Webb area]. I tried to get her set up with a Webb team [because of their success] and they had little interest in adding a new player who would not be going through school at Webb. Granted, it was softball, but they were pretty focused on a group of girls who would play together all the way through school.
A few years ago Webb had two girls that signed d-1 in softball (OU and Stanford ) I think. Anyways ...neither one of them played for the hs team. They only played travel ball
But Calpreps has it as Staley 35 CJ 22. We really need to come up with a convention on when Calpreps is or is not relevant....
It's like white. Never after Labor Day.
I find that hard to believe. I think Staley could name the score against any class 4 team.
I believe at least one of those was a divorce situation and she's currently restricted to playing "B" team. ( in which she is making others look real bad)
I know that multiple starters moved in right before baseball season started last year. They were very good players as well.
However, I really don't see what the problem with transferring schools is. If your child has a future in anything, you are going to try and put them in the best possible situation. If your child wants to be an engineer, put them in the best possible math/science situation. If your child wants to play college sports, put them around the best players/coaches.
My only issue with transfers is the "not knowing". Some kids transfer several times and are always eligible, and some kids transfer once and are ineligible. I just wish there was a clear cut rule on the transfer situation.
But to reiterate, I don't think we should fault families that are trying to improve their child's life.
