The Cardinals’ second win of the season happened to be the 300th of Coach John Roderique’s career.

Retired longtime assistant coach Richard Correll presented Roderique with a custom trophy after the game to the cheers of his players and home crowd.

Roderique, a 1986 Webb City graduate, came back in 1997 after an All-American career as a linebacker with the Pittsburg State University Gorillas.

He started with a 14-0 state-championship season and weathered a 5-5 second season.

Now in his 25th season, his teams have only lost 29 games while winning 300. He has coached 12 of the school’s 15 state championship teams. Twenty-two of his 24 teams have made it to the playoffs, where they have won 64 and lost 11. None of his teams have had a losing record.

Roderique was inducted this summer into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.