It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Nixa can now relate to. They fell 41-37 to the Lee's Summit Tigers on Saturday. The loss was the Eagles' first of the season.
Nixa lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Adam McKnight, who threw for 183 yards and four TDs while completing 78.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 75 yards and one score. Another player making a difference was Randy Flint, who picked up 114 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Preston Hatfield continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lee's Summit, rushing for 457 yards and four TDs while picking up 13.8 yards per carry. Hatfield really tore up the turf during one magnificent 89-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Hatfield, who rushed for 86 yards and one score on only seven carries.
Having lost for the first time this season, Nixa fell to 13-1. As for Lee's Summit, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-4.
As of now, neither Nixa nor the Tigers have any future games scheduled.
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