JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Through the first three drives of the Class 3 Show-Me Bowl at Adkins Stadium, Blair Oaks and Maryville exchanged a trio of scoring plays.
On the fourth, things changed. The Spoofhounds turned the ball over on downs, and the Falcons proceeded to go down field and score. The process repeated again on the next two series, and Maryville never caught up, falling 62-40.
“I can’t imagine a football game where either team played with better effort tonight,” Maryville coach Matt Webb said. “Was their mistakes? Yes, on both sides. Did we make more mistakes? Yes. Did they take advantage of those mistakes? Yes. That’s football.”
Blair Oaks sophomore quarterback Dylan Hair dominated on both phases of the offense, completing 10-of-15 passes for 227 yards and a touchdown.
The most impressive game part of his game came on the ground, where he ran for 241 yards and six touchdowns.
“Their quarterback, he’s a heck of a runner, he’s a heck of a thrower. He’s a really good athlete. When you look at the stats, and you look at the things he was able to do on some of those third-down conversions, you know, you got to be able to get off the field. We didn’t get that done.”
In the game’s first eight minutes, Maryville and Blair Oaks exchanged the lead on three occasions.
First, Spoofhounds junior Connor Drake hit senior Matthiew Gooridge on a 12-yard pass. Then, Hair scored from 1 yard out.
Drake followed with a quarterback sneak, the final score before Blair Oaks built up a 27-14 lead. By halftime, 19 points separated Maryville from the lead.
“They had a plan, and you could see the motivation on their side was just immense,” Blair Oaks coach Ted LePage said. “I was hoping we could go to halftime either tied, because I knew we got the ball to start the second half. Getting the frist stop was ginormous, and also the turnovers.”
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