{"id":25998,"date":"2023-08-26T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=25998"},"modified":"2023-08-26T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:57:18","slug":"thayer-bobcats-squeak-a-win-past-st-vincent-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/sports\/thayer-bobcats-squeak-a-win-past-st-vincent-indians-20230826","title":{"rendered":"Thayer Bobcats Squeak A Win Past St. Vincent Indians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Thayer, Mo. \u2013 <\/strong>Friday night was important for residents in the area. August 25, 2023, marked the beginning of the 2023 high school football season. Taking charge of the home-field advantage, the Thayer Bobcats did manage to hold a lead at the end of the fourth quarter against the St. Vincent Indians to pull out a win.<\/p>\n<h3>Start<\/h3>\n<p>Due to intense heat, the start of the game was pushed back an hour to accommodate the fans and players. The first quarter showed how well-matched these two teams were. No points were scored.<\/p>\n<h3>Middle<\/h3>\n<p>The middle two quarters saw plays tighten up. While long passes were caught, they were also intercepted. Points did go on the board for both teams.<\/p>\n<h3>Finale<\/h3>\n<p>By the fourth quarter, members of each team consistently felt leg cramps. Stretching and liquids helped to alleviate the pain. A common call was referee time out for water.<\/p>\n<p>With fams standing and shouting, Bobcat fans desperately wanted a win for the season opener. And the players did not disappoint them. The Bobcats won with a score of 21-18. <\/p>\n<p>Southern Bank supplied gift certificates for each attendee to be used at the concessions. Next week, the Thayer Bobcats play the Salem, Ar Greyhounds at Salem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thayer Bobcats did manage to hold a lead at the end of the fourth quarter against the St. Vincent Indians to pull out a win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[243,225,237,201,264,205,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25998"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26027,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25998\/revisions\/26027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}