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Jackson Cantwell has been tabbed the 2024-25 Gatorade Missouri Football Player of the Year and also has been selected as a finalist for the Gatorade National Football Player of the Year award.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/6/24
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Among Sparta coach Deric Link’s initial reactions to coaching with a shot clock for the first time was his view that he and his colleagues are going to have to do some re-thinking.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/5/24
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Count Nixa tight end Lane Meltabarger among the Eagles’ most passionate Mizzou fans. Thus, his emotions will be at a peak while playing for the Class 6 state championship Friday and doing so at …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/5/24
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MSHSAA continues to refuse to acknowledge the home-field advantage in football, even allowing state championship game particiapants to be decided on home turfs. Nixa and De Smet were among …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/4/24
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Nixa coach John Perry is well aware what is the natural first impression, and probably the second impression, too, Eagles fans and new acquaintances have of cornerback McCoy Sullivan.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/3/24
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Randy Flint was born in St. Louis, but his roots are firmly planted in Nixa.
He has lived in Nixa since he was 2 years old. He hasn’t even told enough about his upbringing in St. Louis to …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/3/24
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The consensus within Nixa’s locker room is Parker Mann is as popular a teammate as any of the Eagles. Little wonder he’s so charismatic, given his zeal for life, zany quirks, quick smile, …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/2/24
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STRAFFORD — Lee Mayes proved to himself he could indeed dribble-penetrate and finish at the basket in Sparta’s season-opener Monday.
But he didn’t make that discovery until the …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/2/24
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Who better to go to than five-star left tackle Jackson Cantwell for a scouting report on De Smet, Nixa’s opponent in this week’s Class 6 state championship game.
Through his many and …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/1/24
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Dylan Rebura hasn’t forgotten anything about his grueling foray into boxing the summer before last. Representing Grappling Concepts in Nixa, he stepped into the ring at a card in Jefferson City …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/30/24
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With Ozark being minus high-scoring guard Hudson Roberts in recent weeks, the hope from Tigers’ corner is the opportunity in practices for players to raise their stock will pay dividends.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/30/24
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There surely were immeasurable lessons Adam McKnight learned along the way from having the benefit of his father and mother both working in and around sports.
His mother, Karen, served as …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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11/29/24
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