Keegan Spurlin suited up one final time Friday against the best players in the region.
Spurlin was a member of the East team that lost 16-15 to the West in the 15th annual Sertoma Grin Iron Classic in Springfield. Jackson Bagley of Ash Grove provided the game-winning points with a 27-yard field goal late in the third quarter.
The West now holds a 13-2 all-time record in the Grin Iron Classic.
The East made a defensive stand at its own goal line in the closing seconds of the game. The East had the ball at the West 4-yard-line with 1:23 remaining in the fourth quarter with four downs and a timeout, set up by a 22-yard catch and run from West Plains quarterback Sam Hall to Parkview’s Chavez Nguyen.
But the West defense stuffed four consecutive rushing attempts up the middle.
Beau Kaffka of Thayer was the East’s offensive MVP with two receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown.