The Helias Crusaders will square off against the Nixa Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after 11 games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Helias is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Blue Springs with a 26-21 win.
Meanwhile, Nixa won against Ozark two weeks ago with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Nixa took down Joplin 42-28. Given Nixa's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked second, while Joplin is ranked 78th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jayden McCaster and Traevian McCadney. McCaster had a great game and rushed for 138 yards and a pair of scores on only 14 carries. Meanwhile, McCadney was balling out in the loss, rushing for 183 yards and two TDs.
Nixa didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Randy Flint and Reed Wilson. Wilson also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with 21. Flint got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Nixa's victory bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Helias, their win bumped their record up to an identical 11-0.
Helias suffered a grim 31-9 defeat to Nixa when the teams last played back in August of 2015. Can the Crusaders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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