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Catholic defers, kicks to Cassville in the north end zone. Roark fields the kick and returns to the Cassville 36. Thompson pushes left for an 11-yard gain. Rose goes right for another first to the Irish 35. Penalty moves it back 5, but no bother for Rose, who bounces off tacklers and jets to paydirt. PAT fails. Cassville leads 6-0 with 10:58 to go in 1Q.
Vincent kick goes into the end zone. Craft breaks up a hook and ladder pass, run gains 1, Roark breaks up a pass. Bowen fair catches punt at the 49, penalty on Catholic moves it to the Irish 39.
Rose gains 8, then Bailey bounces off tacklers to the 10. Bailey gets 3, Rose finishes the drive with a 7-yard TD run. 2-point play short. Cassville leads 12-0 with 8:11 left in 1Q.
Catholic downs the kick at the 25. Bryan gets a TFL for 2. Pitch gains 7 for third and 5. Cassville offside to give Irish a first. Runs gain another first to the 39 of Catholic. Run gains 1, Bowen stops the sweep 5 yards behind the line, pass complete after a scramble gains a first to the Cassville 35. Run gains 7, another gets 1, Morse gets a sack to force fourth, false start moves if back for fourth and 9. Craft comes up with a pick on a QB hurry. Cassville takes over at own 26.
Incomplete, loss of 1, Rose gets 4, Wildcats punt goes out of bounds at the Cassville 42.
Thompson gets a TFL, then stops it at the line.
End 1Q: Cassville 12, Springfield Catholic 0
Two false starts for Irish. Penalty makes it third and 38. Irish punts but Cassville roughs the kicker. First down Catholic. Incomplete, run gains 5, Bryan gets a TFL to force fourth and 9.
Bryan then fields a delayed punt that was tipped at the line. Wildcats take over at own 44. Rose scores a 44-yard run but it’s negated due to an errant whistle and placed at the 42. No gain, runner gets 5, ball moved back 5 and Rose gets 1 for fourth and 9. Rose is picked at the 14, penalty moves it back to Irish 10.
Offside on Cassville, Rhoads gets a sack for 12, ball fumbled in zone and recovered, intentional grounding results in a safety. Cassville now leads 14-0 with 6:35 left in 2Q.
Roark returns kick from the 20 back to midfield. Thompson gains 8, run loses 1, Bailey then breaks a few tackles and gains 34 to the 7. Rose bounces outside for his third score of the night. Cassville leads 21-0, personal foul on Irish assessed on the kick. 4:44 left in 2Q.
Kick flies into the end zone. Multiple tacklers move it back 4, completion gets back to original line for third and long, false start takes it back, complete pass gets 16 for a first. Sack loses 9, Craft intercepts another one at ref 45.
Roark gains 8 on a catch, run gets a first. Roark catches at the 20, Thompson’s runs to the 10 for a first. Rose scores on another sweep to put Cassville up 28-0 with 40 seconds left in 2Q.
Kick returned to the Irish 32.
Halftime: Cassville 28, Springfield Catholic 0
Kick returned to the Irish 34. Run gains 7, another gets 1, false start makes it third and 7, another makes it third and 11, incomplete brings fourth, Irish punt to Cassville 22.
Bailey breaks free for 24 yards. Bailey gains 4, Thompson gets 5 more, Rose gets a first. Bailey gets 2, Rose adds 1, Bailey up the middle for another first. Bailey breaks tackles to the 11. Rose gets 2, then 1, pitch to Bailey stopped at the 5 to make it fourth down. Roark just short of the end zone, officials to measure. Ball turned over on downs inches short.
Run gets 2, another gets 2 more, Thompson and Rhoads stop it at the 1, Irish punt from back of end zone out to the 41.
Run gets a first to the 25, false start moves it back. Run stopped at the line.
End 3Q: Cassville 28, Springfield Catholic 0
Rose gets 3, passes to Roark for first at the 13. Bailey gains 5, Rose finishes the drive with 8-yard run. Cassville leads 35-0 with 10:10 to go. Turbo clock is activated.
Irish return kick to 35. Fumble recovered by Irish for loss of 6, run gains none, pass incomplete, punt goes out at Cassville 42.
Backups in for Cassville. Hughes stopped at the line, Freed gets 2, Goutney gets a first at the Irish 40. Hughes breaks tackles to score on 40-yard run. Wildcats leads 42-0 with 3:43 to go.
Kick returned to the Irish 30. Run gains 4, offside on Cassville, pitch gets a first at the 40.
Final: Cassville 42, Springfield Catholic 0
