NIXA, Mo. — Coming off a stinging shutout against Webb City last week, the Nixa Eagles (7-1) came into the final regular season home game angry — and it showed — as they earned a shutout 49-0 win over Carl Junction Bulldogs on Friday.
It didn’t start well for the Bulldogs (3-5), who elected to receive, and stepped out of bounds on the initial kick off, pinning themselves on approximately the 10-yard line.
With 10:38 to go in the first, the Bulldogs threw what would be the first of four interceptions in the first half, giving Nixa the ball on the Bulldog 21.
With 9:17 left in the first quarter, Steven Ward, who had two interceptions in the win, punched it in from the 7-yard line to put Nixa up 7-0.
Nixa struck again in the first, on a 7-yard pass from senior quarterback Reid Potts to Michael Sportsman with 3:17 left in the period to push the lead to 14-0.
Nixa added to its lead with less than a minute into the first quarter when Potts hit Sportsman for a 43-yard touchdown pass to go up three scores, 21-0.
The Eagles added to the lead with 7:32 left in the half when Sportsman punched in from 2 yards out to make it 28-0.
Potts hit Jerris Thornton for a 14-yard pass to put Nixa on top of Carl Junction 35-0 with 5:32 in the opening half.
On the ensuing kickoff, a botched lateral led to a fumble recovery by the Eagles, who rumbled in from just a few yards out with 5:26 on the clock to make score 42-0.
With 2:58 left in the first half, Carl Junction turned the ball over again on the second interception of the night, with Nixa’s Ramone Green punching it in from 2 yards out with 2:54 to play in the half for the last score of the half — and the game — making it 49-0.
