Posts Tagged ‘Adam Gunterman’
Turnovers prove costly as Cardinals fall to top-ranked Eagles in Class 2 state semifinals
SHELBINA, Mo. — The South Shelby football team’s toughest opponent during Saturday’s Class 2 state semifinal was not the sub-freezing temperatures. Nor was not the coating of snow that covered the turf at Charles Rash Memorial Field. In Cardinals coach Adam Gunterman’s evaluation, it was not even their opponent Fair Grove, the No. 1-ranked team…
Read MorePlayoff primer: South Shelby faces No. 1-ranked Fair Grove in Class 2 state semifinal
SHELBINA, Mo. — The South Shelby football team is one step away from playing for a state championship for the first time since finishing as the state runner-up in 2011. The Cardinals have played in five state title games in program history. Getting there will take some resolve as Fair Grove is the No. 1-ranked…
Read MoreSchuck on a Truck: South Shelby’s Adam Gunterman discusses state quarterfinal victory
SHELBINA, Mo. — Six hours on a school bus was well worth it. The South Shelby football team traveled to Faucett, Mo., on Saturday for a Class 2 state quarterfinal matchup with Mid-Buchanan, and after scoring the game’s first 20 points, the Cardinals were able to hold onto the lead in what became a 28-26…
Read MoreSchuckman: Cardinals put faith in family and rally around toughness displayed by coach’s mom
SHELBINA, Mo. — Adam Gunterman needed a moment. In the wake of the South Shelby football team’s 6-0 victory over Monroe City in last Friday’s Class 2 District 7 championship game, Gunterman was headed to fulfill some postgame interview obligations when the Cardinals’ Owen Stueve stopped the head coach. Stueve wanted the district championship trophy…
Read MoreMuddy Night Lights Episode 6: Breakthrough moments, landslide victories highlight Week 6
QUINCY — Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and a series of guests spent two hours Friday night talking high school football for this week’s episode of Muddy Night Lights, powered by Farm & Home Supply. Quincy Notre Dame senior safety/all-purpose back Wyatt Mueller and KHQA Sports Director Chris Duerr joined Schuckman in the Refreshment…
Read More‘It’s going to be a playoff atmosphere’: South Shelby heads to Monroe City for CCC opener
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Monroe City football team sees the train coming down the tracks. “The kids know what’s coming,” Panthers coach David Kirby said. And as the train that bears the name South Shelby quickly approaches, Kirby knows the kind of performance it will take to knock off the reigning Clarence Cannon Conference…
Read MoreCountdown to kickoff: Cardinals to build on confidence born of success to stay atop CCC
Coverage of the South Shelby football program brought to you by: SHELBINA, Mo. — Winning is now a way of life for the South Shelby football players. Not only have they experienced success as underclassmen, but most of them haven’t witnessed the varsity squad struggle. The Cardinals won 18 games the previous two seasons combined,…
Read MoreCrim: Cardinals maintain focus on big picture with chance to make history in front of them
SHELBINA, Mo. — If one play could summarize the South Shelby football team’s season, it might be Kendal Hammond’s 10-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter of Friday night’s 48-14 dismantling of previously undefeated Centralia. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior took the handoff, veered off right tackle and cut toward the end zone with a…
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