Falcons force seven turnovers in Jamboree

Blair Oaks’ Ashton Maasen hauls in a 40-yard touchdown pass from Daniel Castillo against Kirksville during Friday’s Jamboree at the Falcon Athletic Complex in Wardsville, Mo.

Blair Oaks’ Ashton Maasen hauls in a 40-yard touchdown pass from Daniel Castillo against Kirksville during Friday’s Jamboree at the Falcon Athletic Complex in Wardsville, Mo. Photo by Stephen Brooks.

By Tony Hawley

Saturday, August 18, 2012

WARDSVILLE, Mo. — Most coaches are pleased if their football teams can cause a few turnovers per game.

If the Blair Oaks Falcons can show the production they had Friday night all season long, they’ll be in great shape. The Falcons came up with seven turnovers in just 36 plays during a Jamboree at the Falcon Athletic Complex, as they posted two wins and a tie.

“The kids did a good job,” Blair Oaks coach Brad Drehle said. “A Jamboree is hard to judge or gauge where you’re at, and some of those turnovers were fumbled snaps, so you take that with a little grain of salt.

“But I thought our kids did well. ....

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