Fair Grove took advantage of six South Shelby turnovers to beat the host Cardinals 55-21 in a Class 2 semifinal football game on a snow-covered Charles Rash Memorial Field on Saturday. Back-to-back turnovers in the first quarter helped the Eagles jump out to a 14-0 lead….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. The first play after the kickoff the Cardinals fumbled at the seven. Two plays later Kellen Lair cashed in from two yards out.
South Shelby settled down and went 55 yards on seven plays capped by Pryce Eagan’s two-yard run. Fair Grove came right back and scored on a 23-yard bubble screen to Bryden Baxter to make the score 21-7. The Cardinals went back to work and finished another 55-yard drive with this play….
The top ranked team in the state used three big plays in the final seven minutes of the first half to blow the game open. Lair capped the Eagles’ next possession with a 30-yard touchdown run. After a Cardinals’ punt, quarterback Spensar Seiger connected with Baxter on an 86-yard bomb. The next time Fair Grove touched the ball Lair sprinted 70 yards for a touchdown to make the halftime score 42-14. Lair had eight carries for 130 yards and three TD’s. Fair Grove improves to 14-0 and will play Lamar for the state championship next Friday at 3:00 in Columbia.
Gabe Bowen scored the final touchdown for South Shelby on the first play of the 4th quarter. Our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game for the Cardinals was Clarence Cannon Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Aadon Magruder, who had three more tackles for loss, unofficially, bringing his season total to 45. South Shelby wraps up the season with a record of 11-2. Here is the postgame interview with Cardinals coach Adam Gunterman:
