Neosho falls to Republic 56-13
· Yahoo Sports
REPUBLIC, Mo. — The Neosho Wildcats led just once in their Class 5 District 6 Championship game against top-seeded Republic and ended up losing 56-13 to the top-seeded Tigers on Friday at RHS.
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The last time Neosho (10-2) matched up against Republic (10-1), Tigers running back Nolan Lashley rushed for 386 yards and six touchdowns. Early in their C5D6 title game on Friday, it was Republic’s Baelor Cutbrith who did the bulk of the damage to the Wildcats. Neosho was able to limit Lashley to 142 yards, but Cutbirth chewed up 202 in the win.
The Wildcats got on the board on their first possession, courtesy of a Blayne Patterson 2-yard pass to Kaide Sikes at the 8:27 mark of the first quarter. But on the Tigers' first possession, Cutbirth reeled off a 50-yard run that set up a Lashley touchdown run with 6:10 left that, with the extra point tied the game at 7-7.
From then on, it was all Republic.
Cutbirth scored on a 44-yard run with 1:07 left in the first quarter to make it 14-7 with the PAT. After a successful onside kick, the Tigers increased their lead to 21-7 off a 40-yard touchdown run with 11:53 left in the half.
The Tigers' lead swelled to 28-7 off another Lashley touchdown run at the 8:06 mark of the second quarter and 35-7 off a 32-yard Copper Cornelsen pass to Brennan Overstreet up the middle with left than a minute left in the first half.
RHS scored early in the third quarter to spark a running clock with the Tigers leading 42-7. Lincoln Caldwell got in the scoring act for the Tigers with 1:49 left in the third and Republic held a 49-7 lead going into the final quarter.
Mason Spiva caught a touchdown pass from Patterson in the fourth quarter to make it 48-13 after a failed PAT, but RHS answered with a touchdown run from Hayes Porter. Tigers sophomore kicker Ethan Blades broke the school record for PATs in a game (8) to give Republic a 56-13 win.
In other area action, Seneca fell to Cassville 30-6, and Lamar defeated East Newton 66-20, and advances to the state quarterfinal against Fair Grove.