The regular season of high school football is steadily coming to a close as the Spartans of Emporia played another iteration of the game against the Washburn Rural Junior Blues. While the Spartans lost 38-0, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of the game held at Welch Stadium. The Spartans fall to 2-4 on the year after this game.

The first quarter would be a tone setter for the Spartans as their defense held down the fort to keep a good Washburn Rural offense quiet. After the Spartans' first offensive drive was a three-and-out, the defense would prevent a touchdown by forcing a fumble, and no one recovered the ball as it went out of bounds in the Spartan endzone for a touchback. Another three-and-out would occur for the Spartan offense, but the defense answered again with an int

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