Since Reeds Spring took care of Bolivar to open the COC portion of their schedule, many fans have looked forward to next weeks matchup with Catholic to determine the final Champion of the conference. To their credit, the Wolves themselves, have done a great job of not looking ahead. Instead they have steadily taken care of business, seemingly getting better each week.
The latest to fall was Buffalo. Last night the Wolves defeated the Bison 49-6 in front of a large crowd at Carl Langley Field.
Wolves took control from the outset, finding the endzone on three of their first four possessions.
Kelly Newton got the party started with a five yard run, just 2:28 into the contest. It was one of two scores for the fullback on the night. He finish with just under 200 yards on the night. That total took him over the century mark for the season.
Blake Gronvold also had two scores on the night and rushed for (unofficially) 139 yards. JT Bayliff and Austin Staugaard added touchdown runs as well.
The defense would get into the scoring column as well. Ben Moler intercepted a Kyle Cooley pass and returned it 15 yards for a pick-six.
In the end it was another running clock and another chance to let the reserves get some playing time under the Friday Night Lights.
With that win, we can finally talk about it. Next week will be the defacto Small Central Ozarks Conference Championship game: Springfield Catholic vs Reeds Spring at Carl Langley Field.
In other games featuring area teams, Branson fell to Willard 49-14. Strafford defeated Hollister 40-0. And Forsyth lost to state ranked Sarcoxie 48-11.
