Monett vs. Aurora Football

Big 8 Conference Football
Monett -----7-----0----6----8 21
Aurora-------0-----0----0----0 0

Game Summary
The Aurora Houn' Dawgs scheduled Monett for their homecoming game, but didn't get the happy result for the Alumni and Aurora community as the Monett Cubs left town with a 21-0 victory. Coming into the game, this was a matchup of Big 8 contenders. Monett entered the game with a 3-1 record and Aurora was also 3-1 and ranked #9 in the State. A big night by Aaron Hall who had 186 yards rushing and some untimely Aurora turnovers spoiled the evening.
Monett won the toss and deferred and Josh Fronabarger returned the opening kickoff 9 yards and the Houns' went on their first drive. Aurora was able to drive to midfield, but was forced to punt. Monett was held inside their 25, but Aaron Hall would break free on a 60 yard run to set up the first Cub touchdown. Monett's quarterback, Kyle Wood snuck in from 1 yard out. After the first quarter, the Cubs led 7-0.
Both teams stiffened their defenses and shut each other out in the second quarter. However, before the end of the quarter, Aurora had a big pass play from Clayton Sumners to Everett Basham for 38 yards. This put Aurora inside the 10 with under 10 seconds to go. Sumners passed to Kurt Hadlow, who was tackled on the 2 yard line before he could score which left the score at 7-0 in favor of Monett going into the half.
The third quarter saw the Houn' Dawgs kickoff to the Cubs and held them to 3 plays and a punt. However, a mistake on punt coverage allowed the Cubs to get the ball back inside Houn' Dawg territory. The Dawgs kept them out of the end zone. But Monett controlled the clock and the ball throughout the third quarter. Aurora only ran 8 plays compared to Monett's 20. The Cubs found the endzone late in the 3rd quarter on a 5 yard Aaron Hall TD run to go up 13-0.
In thefourth quarter, Aaron Hall scored again to put Monett ahead 21-0. The Houns' could not answer and fell to the Cubs to damper the spirits of the homecoming attendees.

Scoring
1st Qtr
Monett- Kyle Wood 1 yard TD run (Aaron Aldrich kick good)
2nd Qtr
None
3rd Qtr
Monett – Aaron Hall 5 yard TD run (kick failed)
4th Qtr
Monett – Aaron Hall 2 yard TD run (Zack Swearingen 2 pt. run)

Highlights

Clayton Sumners – 12 for 25 for 129 yards
Josh McCulloch – 12 Tackles;2 for a loss; 1 sack
Danny O'Neill – 12 tackles
Everett Basham – 11 tackles
Chad Hughes – 8 tackles
Josh Mackey – 8 tackles
Kurt Hadlow – 6 tackles and 1 interception


Next Contest
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