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Kent State was 32 yards and eight points away from having a chance to tie its game against the University of Arkansas early in the third quarter. But the Golden Flashes couldn’t even attempt a field goal after Arkansas’ defense quickly turned the momentum back to the Razorbacks.
The Capital City Cavaliers were focused from the opening whistle. Capital City’s starters ran the offense at peak efficiency to lead a 59-16 win against the Hickman Kewpies in Central Missouri Activities Conference play Friday night at Hickman.
Early this week, Capital City Cavaliers coach Joe Collier said the team wanted to give the fans a good show in the debut game of the Cavaliers’ new stadium. They got a great one Friday night. Capital City came back from an 11-point deficit with under 7 minutes to play to take a 37-34 Central Missouri Activities Conference win against the Battle Spartans, earning their second double-digit comeback in two weeks.
Time for some revenge. The Battle Spartans ended the Capital City Cavaliers’ upstart season last year in the opening round of the Class 5 District 4 Tournament with a 34-14 win. The Cavaliers haven’t forgotten.
The Lincoln Blue Tigers want to move the ball and move it quickly this season. After a slow start in Year 1 of the Jermaine Gales era, the Blue Tigers want to hit the ground running when the season opens at 7 p.m. today at No. 19 Emporia State. “We want to move the ball fast,” Gales said. “We want to play fast. We are going to tempo and we want to spread the ball around to the guys that are open.”