A Class 3, District 10 semifinals match-up with rival Ava is now set after the Mountain Grove Panthers football team easily dispatched of Clinton at home last Friday night in a first round victory, 67-8.
The Panthers, who lost 14-0 to the Bears way back in week three, will travel to Ava on Friday, Nov. 6 for a 7 p.m. contest.
With a victory, Mountain Grove would face the winner of Buffalo and Osage in the district title game one week later.
In the win over a winless Cardinals team, the Panthers’ defense returned two interceptions for touchdowns and had six sacks in the big 59-point victory. Mountain Grove was up 61-0 at halftime as they had 354 yards of total offense while the defense held the Cardinals to minus 39 total yards in the first two quarters.
(Read more of the story in the Nov. 4 issue of the Wright County Journal.)
