A team ground attack from Moberly offset a monster performance from Duan McRoberts to help the 3rd seed Spartans outlast 2nd seed Wright City 49-42 on the road Friday night. Moberly jumped out to a 21-0 first quarter lead on touchdown runs of 21 by Ka’Von Tiger, six yards by Kish Jacobs, Junior and a 76-yard burst by Jackson Engel. After McRoberts scored the first of his five touchdowns on the night, the Spartan defense stepped up…..
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Landon Morris was named the Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game for that key interception return for a touchdown. McRoberts struck again to make it 27-14 with just over five minutes left before halftime. The Spartans took most of the remaining time off the clock and got their only passing TD of the night….
Moberly took its biggest lead of 42-14 on a Keegan Graves four-yard run in the third quarter. McRoberts scored a pair of touchdowns sandwiched around the Wildcats’ second successful recovery of an onsides kick to cut the lead to 42-28. Graves gave the Spartans what would prove to be the winning score on a six-yard run with 9:03 left in the game. Wright City forced Moberly’s only punt of the night and put back-to-back scores on the board to make it a one-score game with 1:44 left and had two timeouts. The Spartans recovered the onsides kick and converted a pair of first downs to run out the clock.
Moberly rushed for just over 400 yards and had seven different players score. Tiger led the rushing attack with 166 yards. McRoberts finished unofficially with 289 yards rushing on 30 carries and caught three passes for 69 yards. The Wildcats finish the season 5-6.
The Spartans get to host the Class 3/District 3 championship game after Hallsville knocked off top seed St. Charles West 26-22. It will be a matchup of local 4-7 teams next Friday night at Dr. Larry K. Noel-Spartan Stadium and you can hear the broadcast on nemopressbox.com. Here is the postgame interview with Moberly coach Cody McDowell:
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