Nodaway/South Holt Breaks Eight Man Record; Scores 106 Points in Game

North-West Nodaway started out playing like state champions in Friday night's game with Nodaway/South Holt. They roared out to a 39-12 lead early in the second quarter behind the arm of Koby Reynolds in a game that looked like it would be over at halftime. But it turned out Josh Peterson's Spartans were just getting started. They scored 20 in the second to cut it to 45-32; scored 30 in the third quarter and 44 in the final period to win by the crazy score of 106-57. This crazy game was finally called in the fourth quarter in Nodaway/South Holt's favor after it had looked like the Muskets would end the game at halftime.

The stats were just as crazy as the game. Brody Day rushed for 202 yards in the winning effort; Allen Ottman threw for 211 yards for the Spartans. Koby Reynolds did all he could for his Muskets; he completed 35 of 70 passes for 560 yards. Jakob Cordell had 13 catches for 278 yards.

The game broke the Missouri Eight Man Record for points scored in a game; the previous record was 98 points set by Fairfax over Union Star in 2006; the Bulldogs won 98-6. North Andrew came close to that record this year, beating one of their opponents 96-16. The combined point total of 163 was also an Eight Man record, eclipsing the record set earlier in the year when Rock Port beat North-West Nodaway 88-70; 158 combined points were scored in that game. 

The Spartans had shown the ability to get back in games when they faced Worth County; they had a chance to get back into their game after falling behind 36-0, coming to within 36-12 at one point before Worth County pulled away with a backbreaking screen pass at the end of the half.