What to know about Southwest Missouri’s high school football teams in state championships

November 29, 2023 College Football

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There are storylines aplenty for the four southwest Missouri high school football teams that will represent the area on Friday and Saturday in state championships.

We narrowed down all of the storylines to 10 as we prepare for the teams to take the field this week at Fauort Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia.

Here are the 10 things you need to know

Seneca can finish off undefeated regular season

Since we released our preseason power rankings, Seneca was the team we’ve had at the top. It stayed in that spot for the entirety of the 2023 season and it will have a shot at winning a title on Friday.

Seneca can cap off a 14-0 regular season with a win over Park Hills Central (10-3).

Seneca has only been challenged two times this season in its 28-14 win at Lamar and then needing a last-minute touchdown to rally and beat Nevada in the final game of the regular season. Seneca won the Big 8 West outright, which featured three other teams that qualified for a state quarterfinal.

A championship for Seneca would be its first since 1995

A 14-0 record would be the first since Seneca won the state championship in 1995. It won its state title game 35-14 behind its inverted wishbone coached by Tom Hodge — who also won a state championship with the program in 1987.

Seneca needed a goal-line stand against Bolivar to reach the state title game. It stopped the Liberators several times inside the four-yard line.

More: 20 of the best Ozarks players in this week’s state football championships

Marionville can win first state title in 20 years… and its head coach was on that team

Nearly 20 years to the day Marionville (13-0) won its last state championship, the Comets will go for another when they play North Platte (12-1) on Friday afternoon. The last team that won the state championship was coached by current Lebanon head coach Will Christian…

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Author : Springfield News-Leader

Publish date : 2023-11-29 11:49:08

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