Van-Far hadn’t played with a lead this season until Friday night.
The Indians faced their Eastern Missouri Conference rival Mark Twain and won 38-34 to win the Farmers Cup for the fourth …
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Van-Far hadn’t played with a lead this season until Friday night.
The Indians faced their Eastern Missouri Conference rival Mark Twain and won 38-34 to win the Farmers Cup for the fourth straight time. They trailed Mark Twain 14-8 after the first quarter but went on a run to go ahead 30-14 at halftime.
Head coach Lucas Gibson said Van-Far recovered a fumble and then scored on offense in the first half. With about 50 seconds left until halftime, Brady Puls intercepted the ball in the senior’s first year out for the team and the Indians scored again from midfield.
“It gave us some momentum going into half,” Gibson said. “The immaturity came out when our guys thought it was won. They did the same thing to us in the second half in that we turned the ball over and they scored a couple times.”
Van-Far went into the Mark Twain allowing an average of 40.7 points per game and has fallen behind by multiple possessions early against stiff competition like Westran (3-1), Russellville (4-0) and Louisiana (4-0).
This week, the Indians had good days on offense. Cayden Douglas had at least 150 rushing yards each of the past two weeks and finished with 216 rushing yards on 25 carries with three total touchdowns. Gibson said Ronnie Stanich ran the ball well with 119 yards on 16 carries and one touchdown.
In his first year at quarterback, Corbin Roed made good throws in what Gibson said is a positive trend for him. Roed threw for a six-yard touchdown to Kole Henson.
“It was his best night at quarterback so far,” Gibson said. “We’re getting there. The schedule is just going to get tougher.”
On defense, Douglas had eight tackles with a fumble recovery, and Stanich and Bryce Reading each had a fumble recovery, too. Chase Wright-McAfee led with 9.5 tackles.
Gibson pointed out Van-Far still has “ways to go” with two tough conference opponents at home the next two weeks, Montgomery County (2-2) at 7 p.m. Friday and Bowling Green (2-2) for Homecoming after that.
“Don’t get comfortable with a two-score lead,” Gibson said with a chuckle. “It was a good game, and it was good to get a close win like that.”
