Boonville has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to square off against the Blair Oaks Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boonville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Knob Noster/Leeton, posting a 40-13 victory.
Evan Bishop had a dynamite game for Boonville, rushing for 58 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 135 yards and a touchdown. Those 58 rushing yards gave Bishop a new career-high. Landon Conz also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Boonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 224 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Boonville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brody Porter and Dylan Clark.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Blair Oaks). They never let Southern Boone onto the board and left with a 66-0 win on Friday. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Eagles are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Boonville pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.6 points per game. As for Blair Oaks, the win was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
Boonville was dealt a bruising 62-0 loss at the hands of Blair Oaks in their previous matchup back in September. Can Boonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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