NEOSHO AT NIXA
Records: Neosho 0-4, Nixa 4-0
Last week: Nixa beat Republic 35-7, Neosho lost to Branson 49-15.
Last year: Nixa defeated Neosho 20-6.
OUTLOOK: Nixa and Carthage are the lone undefeated teams in the Central Ozark Conference after four weeks. Nixa has outscored its opponents 154-53, while Class 5 Neosho has been outscored 157-22. The Eagles are 4-0 for the first time since 2017, when they started 5-0 before losing to Webb City.
Nixa is ranked third in Class 6 by the Missouri Media.
The Eagles led 35-0 in last week’s win over the Tigers. Ramone Green scored a pair of touchdowns for Nixa, while QB Austin McCracken completed a pair of touchdowns passes, one to Nate Nixon and one to Smith Wheeler. Linebacker Steven Ward recovered a fumble in the end zone. McCracken, just a sophomore, has now passed for 11 touchdowns. Green ran for 122 yards last week, and he’s totaled at least 100 yards on the ground in each game.
Neosho totaled 180 yards of offense last week, 175 rushing. Talon Mitchell and Noah Reed scored Neosho’s touchdowns in last week’s loss.
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