On October 6, 2023, the Thayer Bobcats traveled to Ava, Missouri, to play against the Ava Bears in a SCA Conference match. Although the Bobcats put up a good fight, the Bears won 58-24.<\/p>\n
During the first half of the game, both teams were closely matched. Mark Spencer (#1 for Bobcats) had a big 50-yard run early in the first quarter. Devin Harrington (#3 for Bobcats) got Thayer a touchdown with 2:39 in the first quarter. The score at the end of the quarter was 20-16, with Ava leading.<\/p>\n
On Ava’s first play of the second quarter, the team fumbled the ball, and Thayer recovered it. On A Bobcat play, Mark Spencer dropped the ball, caught it again as it bounced back up, and then continued to run for several yards.<\/p>\n
When Ava had the ball again, Brandon Prince (#5 for Bobcats) intercepted a throw. That Bobcat drive ended in a touchdown from Mark Spencer. Colt Gonzales (#10 for Bobcats) also got the extra point making the score 24-20.\u00a0 Right before halftime, Ava also scored another touchdown, making the score at halftime 26-24, with Ava in the lead.<\/p>\n
Throughout the game, Thayer started [1]<\/sup><\/a>10-plus freshmen and sophomores on both sides of the ball. During the second half, Ava had worn down Thayer with Ava’s 50-plus player team. [2]<\/sup><\/a> In the second half, Ava had four touchdowns with three 2-point conversions. Hunter Adams of the Bears made six touchdowns in the game. After Ava’s last touchdown, when they decided to do a field goal, a Bobcat blocked the kick. The final score was 58-24, with Ava winning.<\/p>\n Thayer’s next opponent is the Willow Springs Bears. The game will be at Louis Bozman Field on October 13, 2023. [3]<\/sup><\/a> This game is also Thayer’s senior night. Make sure to wear your green and white to cheer on the Bobcats!<\/p>\n On October 6, 2023, the Thayer Bobcats traveled to Ava, Mo., to play against the Ava Bears in a SCA Conference match. The Bears won 58-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[237,201,264,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27597"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27597"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27618,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27597\/revisions\/27618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Next Game<\/h2>\n
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