Last season, Moberly lost its starting quarterback in game two and started 0-4. The Spartans rebounded to win 5-of-6 and make it to a third straight district championship game. Drew Smothers returns from injury and Jarin Tydings has varsity QB experience. Coach Cody McDowell says that gives them more options:
The Spartans are experienced along their offensive and defensive lines led by 6’4, 260-pound junior Carter Bloss:
McDowell and the Spartans lost Amar’e Hawkins to injury over the summer:
Moberly begins the post-NCMC era on the road with a longtime NCMC foe in Fulton, on Friday night. We will stream the broadcast on player 1 (NP1) of nemopressbox.com starting at 6:40.
New to the 2026 schedule are a neutral site game with Lighthouse Christian in week 3, at Rolla in week 5 and at Chillicothe in week 8. The Spartans play all their former NCMC rivals except Hannibal.
