Jackson vs. Poplar Bluff football

Jackson quarterback Cael Welker warms up for a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Jordan Kent, second from right, warms up for a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson quarterback Cael Welker, far left, warms up for a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Jordan Kent warms up on the sideline before a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Caleb Craft (86) and Grant Sides (26) hold their helmets while watching Poplar Bluff players warm up before a game Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson junior Jake Smith, left, picks up his helmet as members of the team put on pads before a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Markiese Jones exits a team huddle while preparing to face Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Jordan Kent, center left, energizes his teammates in a huddle before a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Braiden Wagganer (24) and Kevin Crites (73) head into the locker room before a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson freshmen Garrett Ganon, left, and Alex Lewis, both 14, toss a football on the field before the start of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson players warm up for a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Army veteran Shelby Stroder, third from left, talks to Marine sergeant Brandon Bields, center left, as Marine veteran Rob Bishop, third from right listens, before the start of a military appreciation game on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson head coach Brent Eckley exits the tunnel on his way to the locker room before the start of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Poplar Bluff players warm up as the sun sets Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

World War II veteran Robert Duckworth, center left, stands before taking the field with other veterans at the start of Jackson football's Military Appreciation Night on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Matthew Stroder shakes hands with Vietnam veteran Wayne Schmitt, age 70, before the start of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Misty Koenig, center left, kisses her son, Jackson wide receiver Tristin Koenig, before kickoff in a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

The Jackson team sways and chants before sprinting to the center of the field to face Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Colin Lumberton (42) runs onto the field with other Poplar Bluff players to face Jackson on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson head coach Brent Eckley talks on his headset during a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson quarterback Cael Welker flips the ball to Jordan Kent (not pictured) during a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson quarterback Cael Welker watches from the sideline during a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Rhet Liley (13) catches a pass for a touchdown in the first quarter of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Jordan Kent walks the sideline during a game Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Jordan Kent takes a drink of water after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson quarterback Cael Welker watches the Jackson offense from the sideline during the second quarter of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Poplar Bluff's Quinten Bell dodges a Jackson tackle on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Poplar Bluff's Josiah Kilgore is taken off the field on a stretcher after being tackled during a game Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson's Michael Schneider (87) watches as Nathan Harrison (53) catches Cael Welker (6) mid-air after a rushing touchdown scored by Welker during a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson running back Seth Waters (22) outruns a tackle from Poplar Bluff's Colton Bryeans (60) during a game Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson quarterback Cael Welker takes off his helmet while resting on the sideline during a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson wide receiver Jordan Kent walks the sideline after being taken out in the second quarter of a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson faces Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson football fans Peggie and Don McAnally sit together before a game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Dalton Foltz poses for a photo with his sons Lane, 1, left, and Luke, 6, during a Jackson football game against Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)