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PREP FOOTBALL: Webb City meets Holt for Class 5 crown

By:
SoMo Sports staff reports

 

CLASS 5 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

WEBB CITY (10-3) VS. HOLT (13-0)

 

WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m.

WHERE: Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia

 

THE WEBB CITY CARDINALS

The Cardinals will attempt to capture the program’s 16th state championship.

Under John Roderique, the Cardinals are in a state championship game for the 15th time. The program has won 12 titles under Roderique (1997, 2000, ’01, ’06, ’08, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’17, ’19). Webb City and Valle Catholic are currently tied for the most titles in state history with 15 apiece. 

MSHSAA is recognizing Webb City’s 2001 championship team on Friday for its 20th anniversary. 

As far as this year’s squad, the Cardinals are scoring 40 points per game while allowing 21.5. Webb City is averaging 264 rushing yards and 107 passing yards per game.

Senior running back Cade Wilson has rushed for 1,393 yards with 25 touchdowns, while classmate Dupree Jackson has recorded 924 rushing yards with 17 scores. 

In nine games, senior QB Cohl Vaden has passed for 903 yards with nine TD. Vaden has also rushed for 450 yards and seven touchdowns.

Junior WR Dante Washington leads the Cardinals with 612 receiving yards. Washington has converted 26 of 28 PAT kicks and has scored nine touchdowns.

Webb City’s leaders in tackles are Cooper Crouch (129), Lucas Ott (119) and Kaylor Darnell (110). 

 

THE HOLT INDIANS

Holt advanced to its first-ever state championship game by beating Fort Osage 31-14.

The Indians are averaging 44 points per game while allowing 14 per contest. Holt’s closest games were a 31-28 win over Chaminade and a 28-24 victory over Troy Buchanan. 

Holt QB Cooper Brown’s status for Friday night is up in the air. Brown, who has passed for 2,978 yards and 37 touchdowns this season, left the semifinal contest with an apparent injury and did not return. Junior Owen Merrell stepped in at QB against Fort Osage, completing 11 of 13 passes for 53 yards while also running for a 95-yard TD.

Indians RB Kyle Wuebbeling has rushed for 1,631 yards and 23 touchdowns this season, while WR Jackson Smith has 20 touchdowns receptions and 1,128 receiving yards. 

Leading the Holt defense is led by Zakhi Johnson (138 tackles) and Kaden Moore (107 tackles). 

 

HOLT COACH IS FORMER JOPLIN ASSISTANT

Holt head coach Ethan Place was an assistant football coach and teacher at Joplin High School from 2011 to ’15.  

Place, a former Marine sniper who was awarded the Silver Star medal for his actions during the war in Iraq, became the head coach at his alma mater in 2015. 

That same year, Place learned his kidneys were failing and a transplant would be necessary for a second chance at life. In 2017, Joplin teacher and coach Alan Linden donated a kidney to Place.

 

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