Scouting Nixa’s Week Six home matchup Friday versus Carl Junction:
Nixa (5-0) is one of seven Class 6 teams still undefeated. The others are Lee’s Summit West, Lee’s Summit North, DeSmet, Seckman and St. Joseph Central and Oak Park. …
Carl Junction (1-4) has been beaten by 14 points or more in each of its losses. The Bulldogs defeated Neosho 32-24. …
This is a good time for the Eagles to pad their stats and perhaps put their names in the program’s records book. In last year’s 56-8 rout of CJ, quarterback Connor Knatcal threw for a single-game school-record five touchdowns and wide receiver Kael Combs caught a single-game school record four touchdowns. …
Nixa had quarterback Nate Uber take all snaps from center last week at Joplin, after he rotated with Drew Blevins earlier this season. Uber is 20-of-32 passing for 461 yards and five touchdowns, while Blevins is 8-of-14 passing for 188 yards and three touchdowns, including a game-winning scoring strike against Webb City. …
Nixa running back Dylan Rebura is averaging 149.3 yards rushing a game. He has 597 yards rushing. His backfield mate, Malachi Rider, has 566 yards rushing. They’re both averaging 9.0 yard a run. …
The Eagles are averaging 34 points and 281.4 yards rushing a night. ...
Nixa wide receiver Rylan Michel has 65 career catches for 1,253 yards. …
Since returning from a pre-season injury, cornerback Eagles McCoy Sullivan has nine solo stops in two games. …
Nixa linebacker Eli Frazier is averaging 12.5 tackles a game. …
Carl Junction has three players with 200 yards rushing or more. Johnny Starks has 239 yards on 39 carries, Dexter Merrell has 230 on 61 and Marcus Lopez-Durman has 229 on 30. Lopez-Durman had 111 yards on the ground against Ozark and 113 versus Neosho. …
Nixa last lost to Carl Junction in 2018, when the Bulldogs won 21-7. CJ also beat the Eagles 34-0 in 2017.
