Turnovers prove costly as Cardinals fall to top-ranked Eagles in Class 2 state semifinals

South Shelby's Gabe Bowen tries to plow through the tackle of a Fair Grove defender during Saturday's Class 2 state semifinal matchup at Charles Rash Memorial Field in Shelbina, Mo. | Shane Hulsey photo

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…

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Playoff primer: South Shelby faces No. 1-ranked Fair Grove in Class 2 state semifinal

South Shelby junior quarterback Chase Moellering, right, and Cardinals coach Adam Gunterman take on No. 1-ranked Fair Grove at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Class 2 state semifinals in Shelbina, Mo. | Shane Hulsey photo

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…

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Schuckman: Cardinals put faith in family and rally around toughness displayed by coach’s mom

The South Shelby football team poses for a photo with Mindy Gunterman, the mother of Cardinals coach Adam Gunterman, following last Friday's 6-0 victory over Monroe City in the Class 2 District 7 championship game in Shelbina, Mo. | Submitted photo

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…

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‘It’s going to be a playoff atmosphere’: South Shelby heads to Monroe City for CCC opener

South Shelby quarterback Chase Moellering has led the Cardinals to 60 or more points in the first two weeks in preparation for the start of Clarence Cannon Conference play. | Photo courtesy Luke O'Laughlin

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…

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Crim: Cardinals maintain focus on big picture with chance to make history in front of them

South Shelby's Cameron Wiseman picks up yardage during the first half of Friday night's Clarence Cannon Conference victory over Centralia in Shelbina, Mo. | Photo courtesy Mark Requet, Shelby County Herald

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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