The De Smet Jesuit Spartans will challenge the Nixa Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as De Smet Jesuit comes in on six and Nixa on 13.
De Smet Jesuit is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Liberty as De Smet Jesuit made off with a 34-14 victory. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Nixa faced Kirkwood in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Nixa walked away with a 56-46 win over Kirkwood. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Eagles, who until this matchup were averaging 13.23 points allowed.
Dylan Rebura continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 335 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. Those 335 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Adam Mcknight also helped out as he racked up 111 rushing yards.
Nixa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 457 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Nixa's defensive line and their three sacks. Leading the way was Jacob Grimm with two. Nixa got some further help from Parker Mann: he made 16 total tackles.
De Smet Jesuit is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.6 points per game. As for Nixa, their victory bumped their record up to 13-0.
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