With the shock of losing Andrew Butler to a torn ACL gradually settling in over the summer, his Nixa teammates are focused on staying on what they hope is a championship course.
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8/15/22
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As fine a prospect as Nixa has seen on the ball diamond in recent years, Eagles sophomore Wyatt Vincent can't remember the last day he went without some sort of hitting practice.
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8/15/22
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Over the years Gage Depee has accepted that as the son of Ozark coach Chad. Depee, there are times he will be assigned a job he didn't necessarily ask for.
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8/15/22
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Nixa Athletic Director Brandon Clark said the sentiment among the school’s administration, coaches, board members and sponsors was to dare to be different in regard to planning earlier this year for Eagles Stadium’s new turf.
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8/12/22
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Nixa’s Zan Fugitt can confirm Italy, as the birthplace of pizza, deserves its reputation as home to the finest pizza in the world.
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8/9/22
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Jace Whatley is feeling bigger, stronger and faster and can thank his experience playing for Missouri Flight this summer and his time in the weight room with former Ozark teammate Tyler Harmon.
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8/9/22
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Kaleb James was a late arrival to the gridiron, having grown up with a focus on soccer.
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PAT DAILEY
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8/8/22
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When Nick Rohrbaugh and Jace Whatley first met five
years ago as sixth-graders, there was an instant
kinship.
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PAT DAILEY
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8/8/22
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The irony of Nixa defensive end Corbin Speaks’ last name has not been lost on his friends.
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PAT DAILEY
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8/2/22
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Brady Dodd figured a year ago at this time that he would follow Ozark’s trend of quarterbacks being one and done.
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PAT DAILEY
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8/2/22
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Just as Reid Potts played quarterback for Nixa two years ago with a torn ACL, Eagles nose guard Avry Rutherford is determined to play this season with what he strongly suspects is a torn labrum.
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PAT DAILEY
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8/2/22
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Jake Uber’s perseverance on the pitcher’s mound paid handsome dividends over the past two months.
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PAT DAILEY
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8/2/22
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Upon taking a handoff and exploding to the line of scrimmage or getting set to make a cut to his left, Jacob Kronebusch is planting his right foot with confidence.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/26/22
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Peyton Greer is prepared to join the likes of Ozark grads Jayce Gorn, Garrett Sutherland and Hunter Tennison as Tigers linemen to start and/or play extensively on both sides of the ball.
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7/26/22
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The best example of Landon Carson learning his lessons well played out at the Eastern Oklahoma Offensive Linemen and Defensive Linemen Camp earlier this summer.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/26/22
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Nixa’s girls captured five conference championships to highlight the Eagles and Lady Eagles sweeping the COC All-Sports titles this past school year.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/26/22
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Connor Knatcal doesn’t need to be reminded of Nixa coach John Perry’s penchant for pulling the proverbial trigger and making a change at quarterback.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/25/22
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Nixa’s leading rusher from two years ago is all the way back from a shoulder injury and the Eagles’ leading rusher from last season is fully recovered from ankle and hamstring injuries.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/25/22
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Ozark’s new turf at Tigers Stadium passes the eye test by all accounts and figures to get a thumbs up from football and soccer players, as well.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/23/22
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Just as she dreamed as far back as when she was seven years old and became a Missouri State volleyball fan, Jaycee Fixsen will play for the Lady Bears.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/14/22
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Nixa has six recent graduates and Ozark one who have committed to continue their athletic careers at the NCAA D-I level.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/13/22
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Jaret Nelson was leaving U.S. Baseball Park after a recent Show-Me Collegiate League game with Victus when Nixa assistant coach Landon Kelly sent him a text.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/6/22
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Ryan Retone and his Victus teammates received a rather rude introduction to the Show-Me Collegiate League courtesy of Midwest Nationals pitcher Brody Bunting.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/6/22
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With the COC football schedule being all-encompassing for a seventh straight year, the matchups are again all the same for Ozark and Nixa this upcoming season.
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PAT DAILEY
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7/6/22
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Garrett Ballard landed a summer job working at The Vineyard. His gig at the restaurant perhaps has helped him add to his 6-foot-1, 160-pound frame in preparation for his senior season for Ozark.
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PAT DAILEY
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6/30/22
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