One of five high school football games will be chosen as the first Murney Associates News-Leader Game of the Week of the 2016 season.
The Game of the Week will be announced in Tuesday editions of the News-Leader throughout the football season. Here are the five finalists for Week 1:
Willard (0-0) at Nixa (0-0)
Central Ozark Conference squads meet at Eagle Stadium for a game with potential to harken back to the days of yore, to a simpler time when linemen were mean and nasty and running backs pounded the football between the tackles.