Springfield News-Leader · Dec 12, 2020
Kickapoo knows it's talented. After a comeback win over Cardinal Ritter, it knows it has fight
ROGERSVILLE — In the locker room at halftime, Kickapoo head coach Mitch McHenry told his team that it needed to get a "kill."
A kill is three stops in a row.
The Chiefs needed it. They were down 12 against defending Class 3 state-champion Cardinal Ritter and the Chiefs were coming off an emotional loss to Greenwood just the week before.
"We needed to get three stops to give ourselves a chance," McHenry said. "And we did that."
Shortly into the second half, the Chiefs got those three stops and turned them into three-straight Anton Brookshire buckets. The stops continued and Kickapoo tied the game at 38 just over two-and-a-half minutes into the third quarter.