Four football teams in the midst of rebuilding phases met Friday night in Rogersville for a final tune-up for the 2016 season.
Rogersville hosted Hillcrest, Central and Ozark in a preseason jamboree. The four teams combined for 10 wins in the 2015 season, and all four are hungry to improve this fall.
The Ozark Tigers went 1-9 in coach Chad Depee’s first year with the program, but looked strong defensively by holding Rogersville scoreless in 12 plays. Senior Devin Mayes and junior Nathaniel Burlage scored rushing touchdowns.
“There’s no scoreboard, but we all know, hey, you’re trying to get the ball across the goal line and you want to keep the opposing offense out,” Depee said of the jamboree scrimmage format.