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Less than a week after a scrimmage amongst themselves, the Neosho Wildcats football team got its first true test of the season when it competed in the Parkview Jamboree Friday night against the host Vikings, Willard and Cassville, all teams with varying degrees of success over recent years.
Parkview snapped a 60-plus game losing skid last year. Neosho, Willard and Cassville all made the playoffs last year, with Cassville claiming the Class 3 State Championship.
Neosho had varying degrees of success on both offense or defense, but for the most, the Wildcats offense and defense, as far as the varsity starters go, looked pretty good against the other teams.
Neosho ‘won’ the scrimmage with Willard. It played to a draw with Parkview and was outscored by Cassville.
“I think our running game had some good plays, but overall, I didn’t think we look spectacular,” Neosho coach Shawn Flannigan said. “All in all, we know we have work to do. We are a long ways away from being game ready, but we have only four practices to get game ready.”
Neosho opens with its Newton County Clash with Seneca at 7 p.m. Friday on the road.
Neosho’s offense look very good against Willard, scoring a touchdown three plays into set of 12 offensive plays.
Jake Middleton ran for an 11-yard gain and Alex Wise followed with a quarterback keeper that gained 28 yards. Middleton then scored from a yard out.
Neosho was even more efficient on its second possession against Willard, a Central Ozark Conference foe and the week 7 opponent.
After a 1-yard loss on a run, Wise threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Will McDaniel.
The next possession, Middleton had a 26-yard run up the middle. Wise then connected for a 15-yard gain to Blake Henry and a 9-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Dickens.
The Neosho defense held Willard scoreless, though the team made a catch in the end zone out of bounds.
“Willard, I think in year one, are where we were a year ago,” Flannigan said of the Willard’s coaching change. “They will get much better as the year goes. They didn’t blitz, just played their base difference. Our offense line and quarterback look good and makes it easy to throw if they aren’t blitzing.”
Against Parkview, the Neosho defense got to play its 12 snaps first and got a sack three plays in from George McKinney. On Parkview’s second possession, Dickens laid a hit on Darin Francis and forced a fumble, which Dickens picked up.
Less than a week after a scrimmage amongst themselves, the Neosho Wildcats football team got its first true test of the season when it competed in the Parkview Jamboree Friday night against the host Vikings, Willard and Cassville, all teams with varying degrees of success over recent years.
Parkview snapped a 60-plus game losing skid last year. Neosho, Willard and Cassville all made the playoffs last year, with Cassville claiming the Class 3 State Championship.
Neosho had varying degrees of success on both offense or defense, but for the most, the Wildcats offense and defense, as far as the varsity starters go, looked pretty good against the other teams.
Neosho ‘won’ the scrimmage with Willard. It played to a draw with Parkview and was outscored by Cassville.
“I think our running game had some good plays, but overall, I didn’t think we look spectacular,” Neosho coach Shawn Flannigan said. “All in all, we know we have work to do. We are a long ways away from being game ready, but we have only four practices to get game ready.”
Neosho opens with its Newton County Clash with Seneca at 7 p.m. Friday on the road.
Neosho’s offense look very good against Willard, scoring a touchdown three plays into set of 12 offensive plays.
Jake Middleton ran for an 11-yard gain and Alex Wise followed with a quarterback keeper that gained 28 yards. Middleton then scored from a yard out.
Neosho was even more efficient on its second possession against Willard, a Central Ozark Conference foe and the week 7 opponent.
After a 1-yard loss on a run, Wise threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Will McDaniel.
The next possession, Middleton had a 26-yard run up the middle. Wise then connected for a 15-yard gain to Blake Henry and a 9-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Dickens.
The Neosho defense held Willard scoreless, though the team made a catch in the end zone out of bounds.
“Willard, I think in year one, are where we were a year ago,” Flannigan said of the Willard’s coaching change. “They will get much better as the year goes. They didn’t blitz, just played their base difference. Our offense line and quarterback look good and makes it easy to throw if they aren’t blitzing.”
Against Parkview, the Neosho defense got to play its 12 snaps first and got a sack three plays in from George McKinney. On Parkview’s second possession, Dickens laid a hit on Darin Francis and forced a fumble, which Dickens picked up.
Parkview got down to first-and-goal on possession three, but threw an incomplete pass in the end zone.
Neosho’s varsity played only one possession against Parkview’s varsity defense and didn’t score. Wise had a 14-yard pass to McDaniel, but a tipped pass interception ended the drive. The JV then took over and failed to score.
In its final series of 24 plays, the Neosho offense looked good early on against Cassville.
Wise had a pair of small completins, for four and five yards, before hitting Dickens for a 26-yard gainer. The two then found each other again for a 5-yard touchdown on the next play.
Neosho struggled to move the ball on the next possesion, gaining only a handful of yards before restarting.
On its final two passing plays against Cassville, Wise threw to Dickens for a 40-yard touchdown and then threw a 38-yard pass to Blake Stauffer on the final play, as he was drug out of bounds at the 2-yard line.
Cassville threw for three touchdowns passes. Quarterback Josh Lewright thre a 33-yard touchdown to Trevor Tanner; a 25-yard touchdown pass to Travis Northern and 35-yard touchdown pass to Taran Holt.
