Nearing the halfway point of the 2025 season, the Osage Indians are looking to continue to build their case for the No. 1 seed in the District playoffs while the Camdenton Lakers are still searching for their first win in week 5.
Camdenton Lakers
After a two-game stint on the road, the Lakers are back in Camdenton tonight for another Central Missouri Activities Conference (CMAC) game against the Battle Spartans at Bob Shore Stadium at 7 p.m.
Camdenton (0-4, 0-3) has split their only two meetings with Battle (0-4, 0-3), winning last year’s game by the final of 20-0 and losing to them 14-22 in the Class 5 State Tournament all the way back in 2014. This will be the first time that they have played the Spartans in Camdenton.
So far this year, Camdenton is averaging 11.3 points per game while surrendering 39.3 points to their opponents following their 6-56 loss to Helias on the road last week.
The Spartans are currently averaging 5 points on offense and giving up an average of 47.5 points on defense. They are coming off of a 14-55 loss to Hickman in the previous week.
While this fall has not started out the way Camdenton would have preferred it to, Battle finds itself in a similarly unenviable position to the Lakers. Neither team has managed to find their way into the win column after four weeks, but the Spartans have struggled to an even greater extent, averaging less than one touchdown’s worth of points on offense and allowing nearly seven touchdowns a game on defense.
According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for tonight’s game will be clear with a low around 55 degrees and a calm wind.
Osage Indians
Coming off a big win over Eldon, Osage is coming home to face another Tri-County Conference foe in the California Pintos tonight at 7 p.m.
No strangers to one another, Osage (3-1, 1-1) and California (0-4, 0-2) will be contesting this year’s installment of their conference game after both teams have taken turns trading wins and losses over the last four years. Osage took last season’s game 30-7, but lost the year before that 14-17. Neither has won back-to-back games since California beat the Indians 36-34 in 2021 and 43-13 in 2020, something Osage will try to do this week.
So far this year, the Indians are averaging 30.5 points per game and their defense is allowing an average of 27.3 points after their 50-14 blowout of Eldon in the prior week.
The Pintos are currently scoring an average of 3.3 points per game while surrendering an average of 38.8 points. They are coming off of a 0-65 loss to Blair Oaks.
Osage and California are not only Tri-County opponents this season, but also District opponents as both teams will be competing in the Class 3 District 4 Tournament once the playoffs begin. Osage is currently in the lead among the seven teams in the District to earn the No. 1 spot in the tournament, guaranteeing them home field advantage. With Eldon as the only other team in the District with a 3-1 record, a loss to California would hurt the Indians’ chances of making the top seed, but would not likely knock them out of it entirely.
According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for tonight’s game is clear with a low around 54 degrees and a calm wind.
