"It's a pivotal week where you need to take that next step like you did from Week 1 to Week 2," Cordell said. Head coach Jeremy Cordell knows its vital for his team to continue to grow in Week 3. He added that Sam Clark is a versatile player showing he can get it done on offense, defense and special teams for the Tigers.Īfter opening the year with a 42-22 win at Carl Junction, Ozark slipped at home when hosting Republic last week, 41-14. I think he's going to be a good one," Jasper said. They have a sophomore quarterback that I really like what he does as far as a sophomore goes. They always play really hard and have a lot of pride in what they do."Īs he scales his opponent, Jasper is anticipating a lot of different offensive play styles from Ozark on Friday, all being centered around a couple key players. "We went to their place last year and they gave us about everything we wanted. "The thing I always appreciate about them is how hard they (Ozark) play," Jasper said. Now the Eagles and coach Jasper will look to get some of that same contribution against Ozark (1-1). Other key stats from last week were Whit Hafer's two catches for 51 yards and a touchdown, Jett Beal pulled down three Hobbs Gooch passes for 49 yards, and Gooch finished 13 of 24 for 144 yards, one touchdown and one interception. One of those guys would be Toryn Jones, who ran the ball 18 times last week in the absence of Renfro for 125 yards and three touchdowns. We have other guys capable of playing and we have to have that next-guy-up attitude." "We talked to our guys and said that can't be an excuse," he said. "Part of that is fighting the injury bug."īut Jasper knows he has the personnel in line to step up in place of the injured players. "We're still looking for that consistency offensively," Jasper said. One player dealing with some of those bumps and bruises is running back Quin Renfro, who is expected to be out for three to four more weeks. So far, what I've liked is how well we've played defensively." "(We are) Working through some bumps and bruises. ![]() "We still have a lot of things we're working on," head coach Curtis Jasper said. The defense has been tough for Joplin (2-0) so far limiting opponents to just 14 points per game. The Eagles got a long week between games and now host Ozark at 7 p.m. 7- Joplin is coming off a two-score win over Willard on Aug.
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