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DISTRICT FOOTBALL: College Heights ends inaugural season with loss to Osceola

By:
SoMo Sports staff reports

A postseason victory was within striking distance for the College Heights Christian Cougars.

But it slipped away.

College Heights Christian suffered a 53-44 setback to Osceola on Friday night in an 8-man football playoff game at Joplin High School. 

College Heights’ inaugural season ends at 1-8.

The back-and-forth game was tied at 22 at halftime and the Indians led 37-36 at the end of the third quarter.

Osceola outscored the Cougars 16-8 in the fourth quarter for the final margin.

In the first quarter, CHC’s Logan Decker completed a pair of touchdown passes to Caleb Quade, a 27-yard strike and a 50-yard completion.

Decker’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Quade in the second period, along with a 2-point conversion, allowed the Cougars to tie the game at 22 late in the first half.

The Indians scored the first two touchdowns of the third period, but the Cougars responded with a pair of scores of their own, as Decker scored on a 15-yard run and Cannon Miller hauled in a 13-yard TD pass.

Osceola took a 45-36 lead in the final frame, but Decker completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Quade, cutting his team’s deficit to 45-44.

But the Indians scored on a 3-yard run late in the game.

The Cougars had 374 yards of offense, 311 passing and 63 rushing.  

A sophomore, Decker completed 18-of-30 passes for 311 yards and five touchdowns.

Quade caught eight passes for 156 yards and three scores, while Miller had eight receptions for 133 yards and a TD. Bo Sitton and Levi Durling also had receptions.

Decker ran for 34 yards on four attempts, while Miller ran four times for 18 yards and Durling had two carries for 11 yards.

Osceola (2-8) meets Drexel/Miami (8-1) next Friday in a district quarterfinal.

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