CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage football team saw its accolade-filled season come to a close in a 35-13 loss to Francis Howell in a Class 5 state semifinal game at David Haffner Stadium on Saturday. The second-ranked Vikings, improving to 13-0, punched their ticket to the Class 5 Show Me Bowl to take on Fort Osage, a 56-20 victor over Central (Cape Girardeau), on Dec. 2 in Columbia, Missouri.