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Now, we’re getting to crunch time. And Caleb Schaffitzel continues to put up touchdowns — and win games.

The Fair Grove High School senior who owns Missouri’s high school career touchdown record, scored four more TDs this week in a come-from-behind Class 2 sectional victory at MV-BT Liberty. He finished with 32 carries for 166 yards and three touchdowns runs, scampers of 2, 1 and 6 yards. He also caught a 12-yard TD pass.

Next up is Saturday’s Class 2 quarterfinal at home against Lamar (6-6).

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Caleb Schaffitzel and the Fair Grove Eagles won another game. Caleb Schaffitzel scored touchdowns. Yep, both continue to work in concert.

The Fair Grove senior who holds Missouri’s career touchdown record padded his number, carrying the ball 23 times for 221 rushing yards and three more TDs. Don Abernathy captured the game here. He now has 136 career TDs.

Up next is a trip to MV-BT Liberty for a Class 2 sectional playoff game.

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Well, Caleb Schaffitzel did it. And he treated Pleasant Hope just like he did the rest of the teams from the 2009 regular season.

As expected, the Fair Grove High School tailback broke Brad Hocker’s state career touchdown record by scoring a first quarter touchdown just 1 minute, 29 seconds into the game. He tacked on three more throughout the rest of the game — one on a punt return — to now hold the record outright and push it to 133 career touchdowns. News-Leader freelancer and homie Don Abernathy captured the moment here.

Schaffitzel tied Hocker with five touchdowns in a come-from-behind victory over Strafford last week. For more, click the link below.

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Friday night was quite a birthday present for Caleb Schaffitzel.

With five rushing touchdowns in a dramatic 38-30 come-from-behind district victory at Strafford, the Fair Grove High School senior tailback tied Brad Hocker’s state record for TDs in a career with 129. On his 18th birthday, Schaffitzel ripped off 300 yards on 22 carries, including TD runs of 7, 10, 24, 30, and 82.

With one more TD in Thursday night’s game at Pleasant Hope, Schaffitzel will wrest the record away from Archie’s Hocker and might put it where no one else will ever touch it. As of right now, he has 129 and with the Eagles locked in to the playoffs with a 9-0 record — 2-0 in the district — Fair Grove will have at least two more games, if not more.

But let’s not jinx him, let’s just enjoy the season he is having — 37 TDs and counting.

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