CHEROKEE — The Marmaton Valley Junior High football team played lights out defense when they defeated Southeast Cherokee on the road Thursday, 42-20.
“On defense we hit them well,” Marmaton Valley head coach Dan Uhlrich said. “We had many big hits. We need to wrap up better at times, but I saw many positives.”
The Wildcats (5-1) forced three turnovers, two interceptions and had a fumble recovery. The first interception came right before halftime when Marmaton Valley intercepted a Southeast Cherokee pass.
On the very next play, Marmaton Valley fumbled the ball back to the Lancers which they capitalized on and scored to put the Wildcats in a 20-14 hole at halftime.
Marmaton Valley earned their second fumble recovery on the opening drive of the second half when they jumped on a ball and swung the momentum in the Wildcats’ favor.
“In a close game this was another huge swing in our way,” Uhlrich said. “With them not being able to stop us, we had the game in control from there.”
Marmaton Valley travels to Crest Thursday for their final regular season game.
“We respect the Crest program and look forward to this opportunity,” said Uhlrich.
THE Marmaton Valley Junior High volleyball team’s fought tooth and nail but only the C team came out on top over Southeast Cherokee.
The Wildcats A team lost to Southeast Cherokee in three sets, 23-25, 25-17 and 13-15.
Alayna Cook led Marmaton Valley with a team-high 11 points in the first set before Layla Cook scored a team-high 17 points in the second set. In the third set, Alayna Cook scored a team-high four points.
Marmaton Valley’s B team lost to SE Cherokee in two sets, 25-17 and 25-17.
Mary Burris scored a team-high five points in the first set while Kaylee Burris and Clara Ferguson each scored a team-high four points in the second set.
MV’s C team was the lone victorious team took out Southeast Cherokee in two sets, 25-8 and 25-13.
Reagan Marshall totaled a team-high 11 points in the first set before Mary Burris scored a team-high eight points in the second set.
