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Today's Poll!Jays remember, but won’t dwell, on loss to Hickman
The Jays defense converges on a Hazelwood East running back in a game earlier this month at Adkins Stadium. On Friday, the Jays will try to contain Hickman’s potent run game. Photo by Stephen Brooks.
Originally published September 27, 2012 at 6:58 p.m., updated September 27, 2012 at 11:55 p.m.
The memory of Oct. 28, 2011, still has a sour taste in the minds of the Jefferson City football team.
Just ask Jefferson City head coach Ted LePage.
LePage still remembers vividly the 4-5 Kewpies ending the Jays’ season in stunning fashion with a 14-12 win in last year’s finale.
Two weeks before, the Jays were 8-0, and ranked No. 1 in Class 6. On that Friday night in Columbia, the Kewpies ended Jefferson City’s before the playoffs ever began.
But as the chapter turns on the historic rivalry, there is plenty at stake as the Jays and Kewpies meet for the 108th time Friday night at Adkins Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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Crump 7 months, 4 weeks ago
The loss that matters was in the fall of 1966. Was a sophomore andwill never foget.
asb 7 months, 4 weeks ago
I was in Jefferson City in the fall of 1966 to watch the Jays spank my suburban KC school. The Jays hadn't lost in so long it was as if they never would. It was unhealthy. We cannot live functional lives without losing. To this day there's a belief that there's something more to Jays football than what it really is, seasonal sports. You can have fun, excellence, life lessons, and the magic of being young or having children of that age, without winning everything every time. I was glad later that fall to hear of the Jay's loss, not because they'd beat my team, again, but because I knew the weirdness would go away and the magic would stay. I hate losing in competition, but I think I'd be one sick puppy if I never did.
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