Monroe City scored the first five touchdowns in a 34-8 win over Palmyra in the semifinals of the Class 2 District 7 playoffs. Quincy Mayfield opened the scoring midway through the first quarter.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. It remained 6-0 through one quarter of play. Monroe City blew the game open with three touchdowns in the second: a five-yard run by Mayfield, a 12-yard-run by Jayden Holland, and Wyatt DeGrave’s 32-yard-pass to Abram Smyser.
It was 26-0 at halftime. DeGrave completed four of six passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns, and picked off two passed and recovered a fumble for all three of the Panthers’ takeaways. He was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. Palmyra scored in the final two minutes of the game on Kason Augsburg’s four-yard touchdown run. Palmyra finishes the year 7-4. Monroe City is 9-1, and will host former Clarence Cannon Conference foe Brookfield in the district championship game.
Find the game on our archive page, and our postgame interview with Coach David Kirby below.
Monroe City Coach David Kirby:
