QND searching for replacement after Hayti forfeits Saturday’s scheduled football game

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | September 15, 2022
The Quincy Notre Dame administration is working to find an opponent for Saturday's scheduled football game after Hayti, Mo., chose to forfeit Thursday due to low numbers in its program. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The Quincy Notre Dame football players were engaged in their pre-practice team meeting and watching game film when Raiders coach Jack Cornell interrupted everything with some disheartening news. Saturday’s opponent — Hayti, a Class 1 school from the Missouri bootheel with an enrollment of 260 students — was forfeiting. “Silent,” senior running back…

Read More

Tale of two halves tells story of Monroe City’s loss in Class 1 state quarterfinals

By Tom Davis, Special to MuddyRiverSports.com | November 21, 2021
Monroe City junior linebacker Landon Utterback strips Hayti quarterback Tray'von Thomas during the Panthers' Class 1 state quarterfinal game against Hayti on Saturday in Hayti, Mo. Photo courtesy Tom Davis

HAYTI, Mo. — For 24 minutes Saturday, the Monroe City football team did what no other team has done all year. The Panthers physically dominated Hayti in the Class 1 state quarterfinal and the scoreboard showed it, as Monroe City took a 22-0 lead into the intermission. But a high school football game is 48…

Read More