Cape Central v. North County football

Cape Central's DaShawn Franklin (15) tumbles into the endzone during a game against North County on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

The Cape Central Tigers take the field on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Steam rises off the forehead of Cape Central's Damaryi Geiger (76), as seen through a group of Geiger's teammates, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Cameron Cox (8) is seen on the sidelines before a game against North County on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

The pregame coin toss is seen before a game between North County and Cape Central on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Cameron Cox (8) stiff-arms a North County defender while carrying the ball on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Donye Taylor (1) watches a pass sail by during a game against North County on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

North County's Layton Mallow (33) is surrounded by Cape Central defenders on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Cameron Cox (8) throws a pass during a game against North County on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Levi Tuschoff (56) jumps up after downing the North County ball carrier to force a turnover on downs within yards of the Tigers' goal line on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's DaShawn Franklin (15) prepares to stiff-arm a defender during a game against North County on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Mikel Stokes (70), right, jokingly asks for an autograph from wide receiver Tyrus Reddin (3) after one of Reddin's several touchdowns against North County on Friday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ball boy Ellis Brune, 12, blows a bubble on the sidelines while watching Cape Central take on North County on Friday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central's Tyrus Reddin (3) hauls in a pass during a game against North County on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)