Football Preview: Neosho Wildcats vs. Lebanon Yellowjackets
The Neosho Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Lebanon Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lebanon took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Neosho, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Neosho earned a 40-27 win over Kickapoo. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Cade Spiva and Denver Welch were among the main playmakers for Neosho as the former rushed for 96 yards and four touchdowns and the latter rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Spiva is now averaging an impressive 2.5 rushing touchdowns per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Neosho was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 296 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Neosho wouldn't let Kickapoo keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Neosho can thank Everson Tomlinson and Gabriel Busteed for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Lebanon was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 21-17 to Joplin.
Lebanon might have lost, but man, Jax Glendenning was a machine: he rushed for 215 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. Glendenning was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 59 yards.
Neosho's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Lebanon, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 0-2.
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