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The Kansas City Star
Here's the scoreboard for smaller-college football games around the KC area
Saturday marked the regular-season football finales for most of the KC-area and regional football teams. A conference crown was on the line for Northwest Missouri State at Sporting Parkin in KCK. And Missouri State was still working on righting its season with a home game in Springfield. Here are some of Saturday’s highlights: Missouri State 27, New Mexico State 21, OT: It was not the regular-season finale for the Bears, but it had walk-off finality to it in Springfield. First, Bears running back Connor Lair capped an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a 5-yard TD run that tied the score 21-21 with 55 seconds left in the game. In overtime, cornerback Joel Boamah made it a walk-off with an 88-yard TD return on an interception on New Mexico’s OT possession. The Bears are 4-6 and have two games left. Northwest Missouri State 45, Pittsburg State 7: The Bearcats clinched the MIAA crown with the decisive triumph at Sporting Park in KCK. Northwest Missouri linebacker Eli Bertz (Blue Springs High) intercepted two passes and returned one 42 yards for a TD. Northwest Missouri quarterback Zechariah Owens passed for 227 yards with two touchdowns and ran for 137 yards with two more touchdowns.