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MOARK High School Football Recap: Branson Roll Continues, Harrison Notches First Win

Branson picked up their latest win at Carl Junction Friday (Photo by Scott McCaulley)

For the MOARK Football schools Friday night, the teams with a "0" on their record each gained a big win.

For the Branson Pirates, that means the continuation of their undefeated season as the Class 5 seventh ranked Pirates get a road win, jumping on Carl Junction for a 40-7 Ozark Mountain Conference victory. The Pirates scored in every mode, five touchdowns with extra points along with a 46-yard Dane Efird field goal and a safety late in the game after a bad Bulldog punt snap. Two of the touchdowns were by back-up quarterback Jr Pastrona, who had filled in on the first drive for starter Luke McCormick then returned to the game for good after McCormick was injured on a touchdown run of his own.  Blake Webber and Teagan Asbury each had rushing touchdowns as well as the Pirates move to 7-0 and are a win away from clinching at least a share of the first OMC Football title. 

Meanwhile, after Harrison lost their opening game of the season at Branson, the Goblins had struggles, losing some close games and going 0 for 5 in trying to notch a win. The Goblins started the second half of the season erasing that zero, rolling to a 42-0 homecoming win over Clarksville. The Goblins slowly built the lead scoring a touchdown each in first and second quarter, then blowing the game open with a pair of touchdowns each in the final two periods for the breakthrough win.

It was a tough night for the other MOARK Teams. For Forsyth, they had a homecoming battle against Strafford with the Panthers having a 33-28 late third quarter lead, but the Indians scored the final 21 points of the game to earn a 49-33 win. 

Both Hollister and Reeds Spring dropped road games, the Tigers at Clever 28-12 with the Wolves getting knocked down by Class 2 Number One Ranked Fair Grove 49-8.

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