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Haros kicks a touchback. Tigers start at one 20. Pass gains a first, pair of runs get another to the Nevada 47. Another pair of runs cross midfield to Cassville’s 36. Double handoff reverse is missed and Tigers score on 36-yard run in open field, pass complete for 2 and Nevada leads 7-0 with 8:02 left in the first.
Roark returns kick to own 25. Bailey gains 6, Roark adds 3, false start takes it back 5, Rose sweep gains 1, Cassville punts and return Gary’s to Cassville’s 49.
Run gains a first to Cassville 30. Run gains 5, then loses 1, third down run gains the first at the 20. Run gains 6, then a first at the 9. Morse tackles for a loss of 3, Roark stops another double revers fur a loss of 4, incomplete pass brings fourth and 16, James breaks up pass in the end zone and Wildcats take over on downs.
End 1Q: Nevada 8, Cassville 0
Rose gains 4, Hughes gains a first at the 33. Roark gains 5, Hughes adds 2, Rose nearly breaks free but is tripped and gains a first at the 47. Hughes gains 7, Rose gets another first at the Tigers 40. Bailey gains 5, Rose nearly gets away again and gets a first at the 17. Bailey gets 7, Hughes fights the pile to gain a first at the 7. Rose gains to just inches from the goal line. Roark stopped at the line, Bailey finishes the great drive with a score, Nevada leads 8-7 with 4:09 left in the second.
Haros kick returned to Tigers 30. 70-yard touchdown run wiped by a hold. Another 80-yard touchdown is called back for a hold and offsetting Cassville penalty. Still first and 20, run stuffed at the line, next one gains 7, then a first to the 44. Run gains 8, then stopped at the line, then a first to the Cassville 40. Pass complete to the 15. Run gains 5 with 42.7 seconds in the half and no timeouts for Nevada. Run gains 3, then into the end zone from 2 out. Nevada leads 14-7 after conversion is stopped.
Roark returns to the 32. Pass incomplete with 12.3 seconds, Barrientos catches, pitches to Bailey for a first at the 44 with 4.7 seconds, Roark catches the ball around the Nevada 20, but time expires.
Halftime: Nevada 14, Cassville 7
Bailey returns kick to Cassville 30. Rose gains 1, pitch to Bailey loses 2, bomb to Barrientos just slips through his hands. Wildcats punt to Nevada 43.
Run gains 1, Hughes stuffs next one at the line, pass on third and 9 complete for a first at the yard to gain. Run gets 1, then 5, Tigers then score on 41-yard rush, go up 20-7 after conversion attempt fails, 7:10 left in the third.
Bailey gets free on a return to the 40. Hughes gains 5, Bailey adds 1. Roark busts through a tackle for a first at the Nevada 48. Rose gains 1, then 4, then 3 to bring fourth and 2, Bailey run looked to be a first but spot is moved back inches short. Tigers take over.
Hughes tackles for loss of 2, run gains a first to the Cassville 34. Pass incomplete, run gains 9, then a first to the 19. Holding moves it back 10, run gains 8, then 5.
End 3Q: Nevada 20, Cassville 7
Run stopped to bring fourth and 7, Tigers convert to the 5. Pass complete to the 1, next run gets in for a score. Nevada leads 27-7 with 9:50 to play.
Bailey returns kick to the 30, pair of runs get a first at the 46. Completion to Roark crosses midfield, Rose gains a first to the 38. Bailey gains 3, pass batted away, Bailey downed at the line to bring fourth and 7, Bailey converts to the 14. Rose gains 2, Roark adds 2 more, Rose gets 3 to bring another fourth down. Roark catches in space in the flat and breaks a tackle to score from 7 out. Unsportsmanlike conduct called on both teams after the score. Nevada leads 27-15 with 3:54 to play after Roark catches 2-point conversion in corner of the end zone.
Tigers down onside kick at the 50. Run gains 3, then stopped at the line, then gains 3 to bring fourth and 4, Wildcats get the stop with 2:48 to go and 1 timeout left.
Barrientos pass to Roark called for PI, moved to Nevada 44. Roark run loses 3, Roark catch gets a first at the 20. Pass to Roark in end zone just long, same pass to James in and out of his hands, second down pass incomplete after illegal man downfield, Bailey gains 6, Roark makes 18-yard TD catch to bring the score to 27-22 Nevada with 44.1 seconds left in the game.
Onside kick attempt nearly recovered, but Nevada falls on it and kneels out the clock.
Final: Nevada 27, Cassville 22
