The Willard Tigers will challenge the Neosho Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Friday, Willard had to suffer through a 49-14 loss at the hands of Carthage. While losing is never fun, Willard can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 124th, while Carthage is ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Neosho's undefeated season came to an end after four games on Friday. They fell to Webb City 34-28. The loss was the Wildcats' first of the season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Cade Spiva and Jackson Lucas. Lucas had a great game and rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Spiva was balling out in the loss, rushing for 136 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 109 yards on ten of 20 attempts.
Willard now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Neosho, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Willard beat Neosho 28-21 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Neosho's Denver Welch, who rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Willard still be able to contain Welch? There's only one way to find out.
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