Upon spotting fresh-faced sophomore Reed Wilson chatting with the local newspaper guy earlier this week, some of his Nixa teammates responded like proud parents.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/22/24
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Jackson Cantwell reached his goal of 115 pancake blocks on the season in last week’s Class 6 District 5 title tilt victory versus Joplin.
The Nixa left tackle upped his total to 119.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/21/24
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With Ozark’s season-opener two weeks from today, Hudson Roberts is facing the possibility of sitting out his first game during his three-year Tigers career after having an appendectomy last …
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11/21/24
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With their first catch Friday, Nixa’s Wyatt Vincent and Keivon Flint could overtake two of the Eagles’ biggest all-time names on the program’s receiving leaders board.
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11/21/24
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Nixa’s Class 6 Quarterfinal opponent, Lee’s Summit North, has as many as eight players who have went on social media stating they have received an NCAA D-I offer. Of those eight, two …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/20/24
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Nixa's 11-0, Class 6 District 5 championships season by the numbers:
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Safety Parker Mann has made 111 solo stops among his 150 tackles this season. He has surpassed former …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/20/24
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Nixa will prep for a familiar foe in wide receiver Isaiah Mozee leading up to the Eagles’ Class 6 Quarterfinal trip to Lee’s Summit North on Friday.
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PAT DAILEY
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11/19/24
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Class 5 State runner-up Ozark has landed four players on the All-COC East Division First Team.
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PAT DAILEY
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11/19/24
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Like so many of his former colleagues, Nixa coach Evan Palmer made a move to go the administrative route. But he never quite followed through on plans to leave coaching behind in pursuit of a higher salary as an athletic director, principal, etc.
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PAT DAILEY
Sports Editor
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11/18/24
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Nixa’s Lane Meltabarger and Adam McKnight are much too young to have watched David Tyree’s famed helmet catch from Super Bowl XLII as it happened in 2008.
McKnight wasn’t even …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/17/24
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With a nod to his ultra-cool first name in an analogy, Nixa center Oakly White proved to be like the pair of sunglasses you reach for in the car on a bight, sunny day only to realize they’re at …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/16/24
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Tobias Thompson spotted what everyone else saw, seemingly a clear path for Joplin running back Toryn Jones to run toward for a touchdown.
But Jones never saw Thompson.
The Nixa …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/16/24
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