MARSHALL — For the inexperienced 2010 Chillicothe High School football Hornets to have the success they hope to have this fall, winning Friday’s season opener at Marshall was not necessarily critical. It undeniably helps, though.
A contest pitting two clubs with plenty of unseasoned players permeating their respective starting lineups, the young Hornets dominated the second half and came from a point down at intermission to clip the host Owls 15-7 at Cecil Naylor Stadium.
The outcome not only puts an indelible mark in the CHS win column, but also boosts the players’ confidence and puts them in a positive, receptive frame of mind to learn quickly from the mistakes they made.
“No question,” Hornets head coach Phil Willard told the C-T after Chillicothe’s third-straight season-starting triumph and the 12th in Willard’s 13 years as head coach. “We know it wasn’t a very pretty win, by any means, but we also know that a win’s a lot better than a loss.
“Our kids know we’ve got a lot of things to correct – penalty-wise, execution-wise, but they’re willing to do that.”
At 1-0, Chillicothe will spend today through Thursday preparing for another road game against another North Central Missouri Conference team and former annual rival, the Kirksville Tigers.
Kirksville was pummelled by Macon 48-0 in its opener this past Friday.
Chillicothe’s victory at Marshall primarily was a case of second-half domination by the Hornets.
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MARSHALL — For the inexperienced 2010 Chillicothe High School football Hornets to have the success they hope to have this fall, winning Friday’s season opener at Marshall was not necessarily critical. It undeniably helps, though.
A contest pitting two clubs with plenty of unseasoned players permeating their respective starting lineups, the young Hornets dominated the second half and came from a point down at intermission to clip the host Owls 15-7 at Cecil Naylor Stadium.
The outcome not only puts an indelible mark in the CHS win column, but also boosts the players’ confidence and puts them in a positive, receptive frame of mind to learn quickly from the mistakes they made.
“No question,” Hornets head coach Phil Willard told the C-T after Chillicothe’s third-straight season-starting triumph and the 12th in Willard’s 13 years as head coach. “We know it wasn’t a very pretty win, by any means, but we also know that a win’s a lot better than a loss.
“Our kids know we’ve got a lot of things to correct – penalty-wise, execution-wise, but they’re willing to do that.”
At 1-0, Chillicothe will spend today through Thursday preparing for another road game against another North Central Missouri Conference team and former annual rival, the Kirksville Tigers.
Kirksville was pummelled by Macon 48-0 in its opener this past Friday.
Chillicothe’s victory at Marshall primarily was a case of second-half domination by the Hornets.
