2018 Capital-Journal prep football special section

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2018 PREP FOOTBALL

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TRAVELING NEW ROADS

Hayden drops to Class 3A; Shawnee Heights changes leagues

Topeka High junior on pace to set city's career rushing mark

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

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lot changes for Hayden and Shawnee Heights’ football teams this fall, but the most important thing remains the same, according to longtime Heights coach Jason Swift.

“It’s still football,’’ he said.

Shawnee Heights is set to make its much-publicized move from the Centennial League to the new United Kansas Conference, while Hayden drops from nowdefunct Class 4A Division II to 3A in football as a result of the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s reclassification for the 2018-19 school year.

Because of those moves the Centennial League is left with eight schools for football competition for the first time since the league expanded to 10 schools in the 2004-05 school year.

Hayden will continue to compete for Centennial League championships in all other sports, but will not compete for a football title for at least the next two seasons because 3A schools play five district games, which precludes the Wildcats from playing a full league schedule.

Shawnee Heights, meanwhile, is set for a new beginning in all sports after the USD 450 board voted in May 2017 to approve the T-Birds’ move to the United Kansas Conference, which also includes BasehorLinwood, DeSoto, Kansas City-Turner, Lansing and Leavenworth.

“You’re going to play new opponents, but it’s still football and it doesn’t matter who it is,’’ said Swift, who is beginning his 16th season as the T-Birds’ coach. “We’ve got 11 guys and they’ve got 11 guys and we’re excited for it.’’

Hayden coach Bill Arnold is taking a similar approach to the Wildcats’ move to 3A. “We’re going to compete wherever we are,’’ Arnold said. “That’s the bottom line and our expectations are not going to change.

We’re going to work towards winning a state championship.’’

Leveling the playing field Swift, the dean of city football coaches, disputes the opinion held by some in the community that Shawnee Heights’ decision to leave the Centennial League was purely for football reasons.

But Swift does believe

Hopes Ky-high for Thomas

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

To Topeka High football foes, it probably seems as if Trojan star running back Ky Thomas has been around forever.

In fact, even Thomas feels a little bit that way.

“It feels like I’m a fifth-year senior here," he said.

The good news for Topeka High and bad news for opponents is that the 6-foot, 195-pounder is only halfway through his high school career and has a legitimate shot to become the city’s all-time rushing leader before he’s done.

Thomas, who has already received four Division I scholarship offers, burst onto the city scene as a freshman when he saw duty at wide receiver, running back and quarterback.

Thomas ended up rushing for 1,272 yards, scoring 19 touchdowns and tallying 1,956 all-purpose yards, earning AllCity Top 11 and city newcomer of the year honors.

“His freshman year, we knew he was a talented kid and we had a need at wideout," Topeka High coach Walt Alexander said. “But we gave him a couple of carries in the Hayden (season-opening) game and everybody saw what he did there (five carries, 103 yards, 1 TD), so we thought we had something special."

Thomas was able to concentrate on running back as a sophomore and was even better, rushing for 1,771 yards on 163 carries while scoring 26 touchdowns and accumulating 1,847 yards of total offense, despite the fact that opponents geared Hayden and Shawnee Heights will travel new paths this football season. The Wildcats are dropping to Class 3A after previously competing in the now-defunct 4A Division II class. The T-Birds are moving to the United Kansas Conference after competing in the Centennial League for decades. [ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MARSHALL/SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

Heights’ move to its new league will give the T-Birds a better opportunity to compete on an even basis in 5A. Swift said his personal preference had been for the KSHSAA to split 5A into four eight-school districts.

When that didn’t happen, he said school officials approached him about the possibility of exploring a move to a new league. After a series of meetings that move became a reality.

“I think this league is going to be a good test for us,’’ he said. “We’re getting to know a lot of the coaches from the league and it’s like we’re starting over, but the way I see it is it’s a lot like week nine and week 10 when you go into the playoffs and face different schools.’’

The major change for the T-Birds is that their

eight-week regular season schedule will not include as many 6A schools as in past years.

The Centennial League includes 6A schools Junction City, Manhattan, Topeka High and Washburn Rural, all of which have much bigger enrollments than Heights. The T-Birds routinely played as many as three of those schools each season.

Conversely, after opening this season against Topeka High, Shawnee Heights does not have another 6A school on its schedule, facing six 5A schools and one 4A school.

Swift is hopeful facing more schools Heights’ size will pay off come playoff time, when pairings are determined strictly by record.

“I think every year (the new league) may give

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INSIDE PREP PREVIEW us a better position, but we’ve still got to earn it,’’ Swift said. “I thought the Centennial League prepared us for the postseason, but I don’t think it rewarded us for the postseason. Our first game, even if we were hosting, we were going against a top tier team in the state, just because of where our record sat compared to other schools. What happened to us was we always had a really tough battle that first game.

“We could win districts, but because of our tough losses in league, we would have tough matchups early in the playoffs against top-seeded teams due to our record. We played Blue Valley twice, we played Aquinas, we played St. James the last couple of years and played Mill Valley See CHANGES, C2

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several times.’’

A concern raised when Heights began considering a league change was increased travel, but Swift said United Kansas Conference road trips will be similar to Centennial League road trips to Emporia, Junction City and Manhattan.

“Three times we’ll be outside of Topeka this season,’’ Swift said. “We go to Turner, Washington and Lansing and Topeka High is our other road game.’’

Another issue raised was how T-Bird fans would support Heights in its new league against unfamiliar opponents, particularly on the road, but Swift is not concerned.

“The community, the parents, they just support us so much so I’ve never worried about that because every single game, every single year, whether it’s home or away, I’ve always felt like we’ve had great fans from people that love these kids,'' Swift said.

"I don’t think they’re going to stop loving them. I think we’ll get great support.’’

Playing the hand dealt Unlike Shawnee Heights, Hayden had no say so in where it will compete this season, but Arnold said the Wildcats were ready to move forward no matter what class they ended up in.

“You’re wherever where your enrollment puts you,’’ he said. “It doesn’t make a lick of difference. Trust me, we’re not turning anybody away at the door so that we could be a 3A school, I can guarantee you that. It is what it is and it’s where we fell.’’

Hayden will open the season with games against city schools Topeka West, Seaman

and Washburn Rural before opening 3A district play on Sept. 21 against Santa Fe Trail.

The Wildcats also will face Jefferson West, KC-Ward, Perry-Lecompton and KC-Ward before opening postseason in Week 9.

“It’s going to be a little bit different because we’re going to play teams I’ve never played, in my time at Ark City, Scott City and here,’’ Arnold said. “You’ve got to go back and do some studying on different schools.''

Arnold said now that the change is here he’s eager to get started.

“You can approach change two ways,’’ he said. “You can approach change as, 'I like where I’m at, I don’t want to do anything different,’ but any time you play different teams it should get your creative juices flowing a little bit. It’s like, 'Hey, now we’ve got to defend something different,’ and at the same time they haven’t seen us. The excitement from my standpoint in that area is we’re going to see something different and see how you want to attack it different.

“We’re fortunate that we open up with three Centennial League teams, which will be a great test for us, and hopefully we come out of those games injury free and hit districts a couple of weeks ahead of schedule.’’

Swift also is eager to travel a different path in Heights' new league home.

“Friday nights are Friday nights and that’s what makes them so special,’’ Swift said.

“You’re going after it and seeing how great you can be that night.’’

Jason Swift is beginning his 16th season as Shawnee Heights’ football coach and the T-Birds’ first in the United Kansas Conference. [RICK PETERSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

Hayden football coach Bill Arnold and his Wildcats begin their first season in Class 3A after advancing to the semifinals a year ago in the now-defunct 4A Division II class. [RICK PETERSON/ THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

Topeka High junior running back Ky Thomas has rushed for more than 3,000 yards over his first two high school seasons, including 1,771 yards in 2017. [CHRIS NEAL/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

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their defenses toward trying to stop him.

Thomas led the city in all three of those categories and was named the city and Centennial League offensive player of year, as well as making The Capital-Journal’s All-State second team.

“Coming into last year, everybody knew what we had and handling (the spotlight) is tough on a young kid, but I thought he handled himself well," Alexander said. "We really didn’t do anything different. He just got a little bit older, a little bit stronger."

Thomas, also a standout basketball player for the Trojans, now is setting his sights even higher.

“I went to the Iowa football camp, and other than that, I’ve just been training with Greg Miller and working out this

summer, working on my speed and just my hips and getting more flexible in that area," he said. “I want to improve my breakaway speed and just being a leader and talking more. The leadership role this year has really been handed to me, and I’ve got to take advantage and really get everybody on the right track."

That increased leadership role includes being named a Trojan team captain, a rarity for a junior under Alexander.

“This year’s he’s really matured mentally," Alexander said. “He’s a junior now and he acts completely different and carries himself better.

We’ve had two junior captains since I’ve been here — one was Alec Beatty (now a standout at Macalester College) and the other is Ky Thomas.

“You have to be a pretty good leader and a pretty good football player to be in that role, and he’s handling it extremely well this year."

Adding a different element to

Topeka High junior running back Ky Thomas already has scholarship offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa and Louisiana Tech. [2017 FILE PHOTOGRAPH/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

this season is the fact that Ky’s father, Tobian, a former player at Washburn and for the Kansas Koyotes, will serve as Topeka High’s running back and wide receivers coach.

“Tobi runs our youth programs and has known a lot of these kids for a long time," Alexander said. “We had a couple of coaching openings and I had to find somebody else, so who better than somebody who has coached these kids growing up?

“He played college football, he’s got a lot of experience and I’ve got a good relationship with him. He’ll keep those kids in line, too."

That includes Ky. “He better not misstep with Tobi, I guarantee you," Alexander said with a chuckle.

“Tobi will line him right out if he needs it."

Thomas already has offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa and Louisiana Tech and could pick up more interest with another big season.

“Probably around next summer I’ll limit it down, but I can’t really say when I’ll be able to make the decision," Thomas said of his college choice. “No hurry."

Thomas has put himself in a position to challenge the 20-year-old city career rushing record, held by former Hayden All-Stater and Missouri player Dan Davis, who finished his career with 5,598 yards.

But Thomas, who has 3,043 career rushing yards, said he’s given no thought to records.

“I didn’t even know what it was," he said. “I just want to start the season strong and finish strong. That’s all I keep my focus on."

Thomas’ focus is also on trying to do what he can to help the Trojans challenge for another Centennial League title and make a deep Class 6A playoff run.

Topeka High went 8-2 a year ago and shared the Centennial League championship before having its season ended by Garden City in the second round of the playoffs, 24-21.

“We’ve got a lot of starters from last year coming back, so I think that just makes us all hungry because of how we felt after that game," Thomas said.

“It wasn’t a good feeling at all, so I think this year, knowing how it feels to lose and having everything we do going for us, we’re going to be even more ready this year.

“We’re going to come out ready, and then after that we’re just going to try to get on a roll."

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Experienced linemen a strength for Hayden

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

Hayden’s football team starts the 2018 football season with holes to fill, particularly at the skill positions.

But the Wildcats return several experienced players in the trenches on both sides of the ball, which Hayden coach Bill Arnold knows is a good place to start.

“We’ve got to replace more skill players, but we’ve got the bulk of our offensive and defensive line back,’’ said Arnold, whose Wildcats were 7-5 last season and advanced to the Class 4A Division II semifinals. “We’re expecting pretty good things out of those guys on both sides of the ball.

“Skill player-wise we’ve got a few kids that got a little bit of time last year, but our main playmakers graduated.’’

Up front the Wildcats will build around senior linemen Daniel Hernandez (6-foot, 215 pounds), Philip Voegeli (5-10, 215), Kade Grunert (5-9, 250) and Evan Prohaska (6-1, 205) as well as juniors Tegan Abbey (6-0, 275) and Andrew Schmidtlein (5-9, 220).

Other returners being counted on this season include senior linebacker Brady Bohannon (5-11, 185), senior defensive backs Conner McGehee (5-9, 160) and Trey Miller (6-0, 180) and sophomore running back Desmond Purnell (6-0, 185).

Purnell saw action a year ago as a freshman while Bohannon is expected to take over as the Wildcats’ quarterback as Hayden’s offense will have to replace quarterback Sampson Huston, receiver DeShawn Hanika and running back Brent Peavler, who all received All-City recognition last fall.

“I think any time you’re replacing a two-year starter at quarterback that’s a big deal,’’ Arnold said. “As far as key positions go, quarterback is always going to get your attention. It gets everybody’s attention on Friday night, good or bad, so there’s some pressure that comes with that.

“Our linebackers, we graduated two pretty good seniors a year ago, so linebackers are a big thing, and receiver is for us.’’

Arnold and his staff took the early steps toward rebuilding for 2018 with a busy summer.

“We had a good summer,’’ he said. “I liked what we did. We had our camp, we went to the Benedictine camp for three days up there and Manhattan and Shawnee Heights came over here one day and Manhattan came back another day.

“If you gauge it to where things were 10 to 15 years ago, we’ve already got a month of practice in, so I think from a coach’s standpoint we’ve got a real strong idea of where guys fit and it’s just up to those guys to follow through right here at the beginning.’’

Hayden’s schedule will be completely different than in past years, with the Wildcats dropping to the 3A ranks for the next two seasons. Due to the change Hayden will play five district games this fall and will not compete in the Centennial League race, although the Wildcats will open the season with games against Topeka West, Seaman and Washburn Rural.

“The reality of it is we’re a 3A school now,’’ Arnold said. “We’ve got five district games and week four districts start for us, but I don’t think we’re going to approach things too much differently than what we’ve done. I think we got a little bit more stuff in this summer than normal.’’

Despite the change in class, Arnold said the Wildcats’ expectations for this season haven’t changed.

“We expect to win a state title,’’ Arnold said.

“I think that has to be your mentality. If it’s not, you’re wasting your time. The kids need to believe that; they need to hear it from day one.’’

Daniel Hernandez WILDCATS AT A GLANCE

Coach — Bill Arnold, 12th year.

Last year’s record — 7-5, 2-4 in Centennial League.

Top offensive returners — OL Tegan Abbey, jr.; QB Brady Bohannon, sr.; OL Kade Grunert, sr.; OL Daniel Hernandez, sr.; RB Desmond Purnell, so.; OL Philip Voegeli, sr.

Top defensive returners — LB Brady Bohannon, sr.; DL Daniel Hernandez, sr.; DB Conner McGehee, sr.; DB Trey Miller, sr.; DL Evan Prohaska, sr.; DL Andrew Schmidtlein, jr.

SCHEDULE

Aug. 31 Topeka West, Sept. 7 at Seaman, Sept. 14 Washburn Rural, Sept. 21 Santa Fe Trail, Sept. 28 at Jefferson West, Oct. 5 at KC-Ward, Oct. 12 PerryLecompton, Oct. 19 at Wellsville, Oct. 26 First round of 3A playoffs.

Mike Foristiere, who is starting his 36th season in coaching, takes over as Highland Park’s head coach this fall. Foristiere has had previous coaching stops in California, Idaho and Washington. [RICK PETERSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

Hi Park turns to veteran Foristiere to rebuild program New coach pleased with effort Scots have shown in preseason

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

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ew Highland Park football coach Mike Foristiere knew the challenge he was accepting when he took over a Scot program that has lost 34 straight games dating back to 2014.

And Foristiere will approach that challenge the same way he has approached every other job he’s had in his more than three decades of coaching.

“I never go into anything expecting to lose, but the most important thing I’ve expected in 36 years is to compete,” Foristiere said.

“You’ve got to compete and you’ve got to be fighters.”

Foristiere likes what he has seen out of his Scots over the summer and in

preseason, but he knows he and his staff are just getting started.

“They’re really trying, but we’ve got a lot of work to do,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of fundamentals to work on. I’m very proud of their efforts, but I’ve told them the most important aspect is what’s good enough today isn’t good enough tomorrow.

“We just have to keep building on that and they’ve got to start believing it.”

Numbers were a concern for the Scots throughout the 2017 season, but Foristiere said he is prepared to go to battle with the 32 players that reported for the start of practice.

“Right now, what we’ve got, I’m being real honest with you, I’ll go with these kids that are right here right

now because all of these kids have been with me all summer and they haven’t backed off on anything,” Foristiere said. “I’m very proud of that effort that they’re giving us. It’s very good.”

Highland Park will build this year’s team around senior leaders like running back/defensive back Keegan Miller, quarterback/defensive end Jai Shaun Spicer and fullback/ linebacker Malaki Stepp.

Foristiere, who played at Oregon and has coached in California, Idaho and Washington, knows he will need to maintain a positive attitude with the Scots, but he also has high expectations for what he wants out of his team.

“Being positive comes from pushing them and

not letting them think that what they’re doing is good enough,” Foristiere said.

“You’ve got to keep pushing that envelope and keep pushing it, and eventually they’ll catch on and they’ll start pushing themselves.

“Odds are every week you never know what’s going to happen, but as long as you keep fighting, good things are going to happen.”

SCOTS AT A GLANCE

Coach — Mike Foristiere, first year.

Last year’s record — 0-9, 0-6 in Centennial League Top offensive returners — RB Keegan Miller, sr.; QB Jai Shaun Spicer, sr.; FB Malaki Stepp, sr.

Top defensive returners — DB Keegan Miller, sr.; DE Jai Shaun Spicer, sr.; LB Malaki Stepp, sr.

SCHEDULE

Aug. 31 Seaman (Hummer), Sept. 7 vs.

KC-Sumner (KC-Wyandotte), Sept. 14 at Topeka High (Hummer), Sept. 21 Topeka West (Hummer), Sept. 28 Junction City, Oct. 5 at Emporia (Welch Stadium), Oct. 11 Washburn Rural (Hummer), Oct. 19 at Manhattan (Cico Park), Oct. 26 First round 5A playoffs.

‘Humbled’ Rossville looks to put 2017 disappointment in past Bulldawgs’ 2-7 record was first losing season since 2001

By Brent Maycock bmaycock@cjonline.com

ROSSVILLE — There are any number of adjectives that can aptly describe the 2017 season for the Rossville football team.

But Bulldawg coach Derick Hammes had the perfect description.

“I think you could say we were humbled a little bit,” Hammes said.

Indeed, last year’s 2-7 record was a bit of a shock to the Bulldawgs’ system, particularly coming off a streak of three straight Class 3A state championships. While winning a fourth straight title was going to be a long shot last year with only four starters returning, few expected Rossville to stumble like it did.

The losing season was the first for the program since going 4-5 in 2001, which also marked the last time the program failed to reach the playoffs before last year’s absence. The two wins marked the fewest in a season since the 1986 team went 0-9.

Needless to say, the Bulldawgs enter the 2018 season a hungry bunch.

“I know I am,” said Hammes, who had led Rossville to a 53-2 record in his first four years with the program. “It’s so uncommon for this program and this community to have a down year like that. I hope we can use that to our advantage.

“It’s a new group and a

fresh start and the fresh start thing is important for us from the simple fact that we’ll have more experience returning this year than we had a year ago. We can kind of wipe the slate clean, but at the same time we’ve got a lot of faces that have been around.”

Whereas Rossville only returned three starters last year, the Bulldawgs enter the 2018 season with a young, yet experienced bunch. Eight starters are back on offense, while nine return on defense.

The most glaring hole that needs to be filled is arguably the most important one, quarterback. The position has been a star-studded one in recent years with the likes of All-State Top 11 picks Tucker Horak and Jacob Bradshaw and last year’s starter, Sheldon Hulbert, who accounted for 2,251 of Rossville’s 2,749 total yards and 18 of the team’s 22 touchdowns.

Rossville spent the offseason with a trio of candidates vying to fill those shoes — senior Garrett Carver sophomore Bo Reeves and freshman Torrey Horak.

Carver, who was Hulbert’s back-up last year, likely has the inside track, but Hammes said all three bring something to the table.

“Garrett’s been in the program for four years and has the most familiarity with what we do,” Hammes said.

“Bo got on the field last year as a freshman and has some athletic upside, which is

Replacing quarterback Sheldon Hulbert, who accounted for 2,251 of Rossville’s 2,749 total yards and 18 of the team’s 22 touchdowns last year, will be a huge key for the Bulldawgs in 2018. [2017 CAPITAL-JOURNAL FILE PHOTO]

exciting. And then we’ve got Torrey, which you wouldn’t usually throw a ninth-grader’s name in there, but he’s doing really well and making it competitive. There’s got to be a point in time where we settle on a guy so we can get some continuity and consistency.”

Whoever takes over the position should have some weapons to work with. Senior receiver Elijah Daughty led the Bulldawgs with 38 catches for 630 yards and five touchdowns last year, while seniors Carver, Trevor Johnson and Taegen Sumner and sophomore Tyree Sowers all caught at least 11 passes and had more than 100 yards. Johnson also was second on the team in rushing with 363 yards and four scores.

Perhaps the biggest

strength, however, is the desire to put last year’s disappointment in the past.

“Going from winning three straight state championships to 2-7 was hard on everyone,” Daughty said.

“Everyone’s trying their hardest to make everyone better. We want to get back to winning again.”

BULLDAWGS AT A GLANCE

Coach — Derick Hammes, 6th year Last year’s record — 2-7, 1-4 in Mid-East League Top offensive returners — WR Elijah Daughty, sr.; WR Taegan Sumner, sr.; QB/WR Garrett Carver, sr.; RB Trevor Johnson, sr.; OL Cody Dyche, sr.; OL Payton Catron, sr.; OL Kody Davoren, jr.; RB Tyree Sowers, so.; WR/QB Bo Reeves, so.

Top defensive returners — DB Garrett Carver, sr.; OLB Trevor Johnson, sr.; LB Payton Catron, sr.; DL Callen Bahner, jr.; DL Cody Dyche, sr.; DE Kody Davoren, jr.; CB Elijah Daughty, sr.; DB Kaleb Badura, jr.; LB Kaiden Brown, so.

SCHEDULE

Aug. — 31. at Centralia. Sept. — 7. Silver Lake; 13. Rock Creek; 21. at Riley County; 28.

Southeast-Saline. Oct. — 5. at St. Marys; 12. at Council Grove; 19. Mission Valley.

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Strong returning nucleus leaves Seaman optimistic Ball security a priority for Vikings, O’Neil says

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

After graduating a talented senior class from its 2016 team that went 8-3, Seaman slipped to 4-5 last season.

But third-year Viking coach Glenn O’Neil is hopeful that putting a bigger, stronger, more experienced team on the field will pay dividends this year.

“We’re stronger than we were last year, as far as weight room numbers — squats and cleans and things like that,” said O’Neil, who has a career record of 109-22. “The front five has got some size. We look like a (Class) 5A line right now.

“We don’t look like an itty, bitty team, and we’ve got a lot of guys in the skill positions that played last year. You bring their experience back and you’ve got to build on it.”

Seaman returns seven starters on offense and four on defense, including 5-foot-10,

195-pound senior fullback/ inside linebacker Sam Payne, an All-City Top 11 pick as a junior.

Other top returners include seniors Kobe Jones (6-0, 190pound quarterback/cornerback), Sam Juarez (5-8, 160-pound wingback/outside linebacker), Mason Frederick (6-1, 220-pound guard/ defensive tackle), Jared Kerr (6-3, 270-pound guard/defensive tackle), Brent Hart (6-2, 240pound center/inside linebacker), Keelan Palmer (5-8, 155-pound wide receiver) and Brock Hillebert (5-10, 170-pound kicker/punter).

O’Neil said the Vikings still have holes to fill, but he feels good about the returning nucleus.

“The secondary is very inexperienced, we’ve got to get going there,” O’Neil said. “I think we’ve got some athletes there. Kobe is going to go both ways and he’s pretty darn athletic. Sam Juarez is going to go from outside linebacker to a corner. He’s quick and probably

one of our better cover guys.

“We’ve got some spots where there’s going to be some growing pains, but at the same time if the line is as good as I think they can be, that’s a pretty good thing to have to let you sleep before a game night.”

O’Neil said taking better care of the ball is a key objective this season.

“I don’t think I did a very good job as far as making adjustments personnel-wise, and the games we lost we just gave the ball away,” he said. “If you look at Manhattan, we had seven turnovers, and Washburn Rural five or six turnovers, and Shawnee Heights a couple of big turnovers in crucial spots. If we win one of those games right there and slide to 5-3 (record), then you don’t get Mill Valley in the first round of the playoffs.

“Sometimes it’s not how good you are, it’s who you’re playing, and we’ve got to be in position to make some noise later. That

Seaman fullback/linebacker Sam Payne, left, earned All-City Top 11 honors last season as a junior. [2017 FILE PHOTOGRAPH/THE CAPITALJOURNAL]

means staying healthy, and that means also cutting those turnovers down.”

VIKINGS AT A GLANCE Coach — Glenn O’Neil, third year.

Last year’s record — 4-5, 4-2 in Centennial League Top offensive returners — G Mason Frederick, sr.;

C Brett Hart, sr.; K/P Brock Hillebert, sr.; WB Sam Juarez, sr.; QB Kobe Jones, sr; G Jared Kerr, sr.; WR Keelan Palmer, sr.; FB Sam Payne, sr.

Top defensive returners — DT Mason Frederick, sr.; ILB Brent Hart, sr.; CB Sam Juarez, sr.; CB Kobe Jones, sr.; DT Jared Kerr, sr.; ILB Sam Payne, sr.

Schedule — Aug. 31 at Highland Park (Hummer), Sept. 7 Hayden, Sept. 14 Manhattan, Sept. 21 at Emporia (Welch Stadium), Sept. 27 at Topeka High (Hummer), Oct. 5 Topeka West, Oct. 12 Junction City, Oct. 19 Washburn Rural, Oct. 26 First round 5A playoffs.

Silver Lake offense loaded, defense reloading Eagles coming off 12-1 season, trip to Class 3A semifinals

By Brent Maycock bmaycock@cjonline.com

SILVER LAKE — It’s no secret that one of the keys to Silver Lake’s sustained success during C.J. Hamilton’s legendary tenure has been its ability to reload, particularly at the quarterback spot.

Last year in his first year as the Eagles’ starting quarterback, Mason Griffin fell just 56 yards shy of becoming Silver Lake’s fifth straight 2,000yard passer. Mind you, three of those four seasons came from different signal-callers as Dalin Kruger gave way to Ryan Matze who then turned things over to Dalton Dultmeier for two years.

It’s also no secret that a stout defense has been just as crucial to the Eagles’ success. And this year, reloading on that side of the ball could hold the key to just how far Silver Lake goes.

After giving up just 11.2 points per game a year ago during a 12-1 season, Silver Lake has some huge holes to fill defensively. Among the key losses are three-year starters Josh Boyd (linebacker) and Keenan Baird (safety) with Boyd a two-time first-team All-Class 3A selection who led the Eagles in tackles each of the past three seasons.

In all, Silver Lake must replace its top eight tacklers off last year’s defense.

“We’re talking some of those guys were three-year starters and it’s going to take us awhile to get our feet wet and figure out who can do what for us and how best to utilize their talents,”

Hamilton said of his defense.

“Right now, everybody’s looking over their shoulder at who’s going to do it. Before, it was guys who had been there for a couple of years who just did it.

“We’re just trying to figure ourselves out. Hopefully we’re getting closer, but those guys that have always been there just aren’t anymore.”

As the defense, which returns just three starters, gets up to speed, Silver Lake may lean heavily on an offense that returns five starters from a unit which averaged 37.2 points and racked up just more than 4,000 yards of total offense.

Griffin flourished in his first year as starting quarterback, throwing for 1,944 yards and 20 touchdowns with just six interceptions. Though he lost his top two receivers in Baird and Trent Byers, returners Dillon Byrne and Wyatt Heiman each had at least 23 catches and 295 yards and combined for seven touchdowns.

The backfield lost 1,000yard rusher Mason Jones, but a healthy Christian Stoner will help fill that void. The biggest question marks offensively will be up front where seniors Ethan Schulz and Ethan Kortan are the lone returning starters.

“Our skill positions seem to be ahead of the game,” Hamilton said. “But we’ve got a lot of young people up front, so just because we’ve got a lot of skill players back doesn’t mean the offense will automatically be clicking. There’s a lot of puzzle pieces we have to

Mason Griffin threw for nearly 2,000 yards in his first year as Silver Lake’s starting quarterback, leading the Eagles to a 12-1 record and the Class 3A state semifinals. [2017 CAPITAL-JOURNAL FILE PHOTO]

put into place before we can say we’re there.”

Silver Lake was almost there a year ago, as in back in the Class 3A state championship game.

After reaching 11 championship games in a 12-year stretch from 2002-2013, Silver Lake has gone four straight years without playing on the final weekend of the season.

Coming off two straight second-round exits a year ago, the Eagles reached the 3A semifinals before suffering their only loss of the season with a 17-14 loss to eventual champion Sabetha. Along the way, Silver

Lake knocked off No. 1 Nemaha Central as well as unbeaten Galena.

The road looks a little different this year as Silver Lake drops down to Class 2A under the new classification system.

The schedule is front-loaded with Mid-East League rivals before entering a six-team district.

The landscape might be a little different, but the expectations remain the same at Silver Lake.

“Football’s football, so when we line up we’ve got to be ready to play,” Hamilton said. “I think

the format where we don’t play that Thursday-TuesdaySaturday game will be a lot different and we’ll have to slow down a little bit and make sure we’re not trying to get ready too fast when we get to that stretch.

We’ve got a tough schedule at the beginning so we have to get ready to go right away.”

EAGLES AT A GLANCE Coach — C.J. Hamilton, 43rd year.

Last year’s record — 12-1, 5-0 in Mid-East League Top offensive returners — QB Mason Griffin, sr.; C Ethan Schulz, sr.; WR Wyatt Heiman, sr.; WR Dillon Byrne, sr.; OT Ethan Kortan, sr.

Top defensive returners — LB Jake Lindstrom, sr.; LB Gideon Remer, jr.; CB Tristan Stoner, sr.

T-Birds replacing talented senior class from 2017 Shawnee Heights enters new conference with many new faces

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

You don’t lose a senior class like Shawnee Heights had last year without feeling it … at least for a while.

But veteran Shawnee Heights coach Jason Swift is hopeful the example set by last year’s upperclassmen, 13 of whom received All-City recognition, will have a positive influence on this season’s T-Birds.

“That was one of the best senior classes that we’ve had at Shawnee Heights, and they had played together from when they were little kids playing youth football all the way through middle school and all the way through high school,” Swift said. “And it’s not just that they were good football players, but they were a great family and that really helped us have success.

“Our advantage is the juniors, sophomores and freshmen from last year were all around, so they saw how to work hard and they knew what it took to be disciplined, not just as football players, but as students.

At the same time, they knew that Tyce Brown you need to work hard in the offseason, and they have definitely done that this summer.”

Shawnee Heights posted a 7-3 record a year ago and earned a share of the Centennial League championship in the T-Birds’ final year in the league. Heights begins its first season in the United Kansas Conference this fall.

The T-Birds don’t have a returning full-time starter on offense and have only three on

defense, but Swift believes his team has done a great job of trying to get ready for what is ahead this season.

“I have been very proud of them, not surprised as much as proud of what they’ve done by putting in the work so far,” Swift said. “A lot of these kids who are going to come up and play on Friday nights, they’ve just had to wait for that opportunity because of that strong senior class.

“That doesn’t mean they weren’t ready. It just means they had to wait, and now it’s their turn.”

Senior wide receiver Tyce Brown is the T-Birds’ most experienced offensive player, rushing for 62 yards on 12 carries and catching 10 passes for 143 yards last fall. Junior running back Davion Gardenhire had 23 rushing attempts for 87 yards and a touchdown.

Senior T.J. Swietek is projected to take over as the T-Birds’ quarterback this

season.

Defensively, Brown started at linebacker last year and moves to free safety this fall, while senior Zyree White is a returning starter at defensive end and senior Chris Glenn started at defensive back. Senior Freddy Maisberger is Heights’ returning place-kicker.

Other seniors who could fill key roles this season are Derek Magnett (tight end/linebacker), Eli Penrod (safety), Santiago Soto (linebacker), Braeden Casto (offensive line) and Eian Lewis (defensive end). In addition to kicking, Maisberger is also expected to play defensive back.

Juniors who could see varsity action include Jayson Zuperku (line), Kale Stahl (line), Ricky Hines (line), Chase Eklund (running back/linebacker), Timirance Adams (linebacker), Reid Holthaus (line), Ray Mendoza (line), Logan Golder (wide receiver/defensive back), Antonio Ruiz (running back/

linebacker), Calvin Prather (running back), Jalen Florence (linebacker) and Hunter Wohler (quarterback).

Swift said he knows that he and his staff are going to have to remain patient with this year’s players, particularly during the season as they learn the ropes.

“Even if they are ready, you still have the experience of playing underneath the lights on a Friday,” Swift said. “It doesn’t matter who you are, the more times you are playing on a Friday night, the better you are going to be and the better understanding you’re going to have of the game, so we’re going to get better every week.”

T-BIRDS AT A GLANCE Coach — Jason Swift, 16th year.

Last year’s record — 7-3, 5-1 in Centennial League.

Top offensive returners — WR Tyce Brown, sr.; K Freddy Maisberger, sr.; OL Zyree White, sr.

Top defensive returners — DB Tyce Brown, sr.; DB Chris Glenn, sr.; DE Zyree White, sr.

Schedule — Aug. 30 at Topeka High (Hummer), Sept. 7 at KC-Turner, Sept. 14 KC-Schlagle, Sept. 21 Basehor-Linwood, Sept. 28 at KC-Washington, Oct. 5 Leavenworth, Oct. 12 DeSoto, Oct. 19 at Lansing, Oct. 26 First round 5A playoffs.

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High looks to make deep run in 6A Trojans return three key skill-position players from 8-2 team

By Rick Peterson Washburn Rural quarterback Jordan White amassed nearly 500 yards of total offense last season despite missing four games with an injury. [2017 FILE PHOTOGRAPH/THE CAPITALJOURNAL]

Returning experience boosts Rural’s hopes

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

On the surface, Washburn Rural’s 4-5 football record last fall wasn’t real impressive, particularly after a breakthrough 7-4 season a year earlier.

But Junior Blues coach Steve Buhler knows his team was a few injuries and a couple close losses away from having the year they expected.

With a solid nucleus returning, including six starters on offense and nine on defense, Buhler has high hopes for 2018.

“We game planned last year having Jordan (White) at quarterback and he goes down in week two, and Michael Schurig did a great job coming in, but it was a whole different offense and we were switching gears in the middle of the season," said Buhler, who is starting his fifth season at Rural. “That takes a few weeks, and you have a few more injuries and have some sophomores playing that got a lot better by the end of the year, but you just had that maturation process of getting them to that point.

“We’re excited to have all of them back.

They’ve all got some good experience, and sometimes when things don’t work out the year before, there’s a benefit the next year, and we’re hoping that’s how it turns out."

White, a 6-foot, 190-pound senior, missed a month with a broken fibula last season but returns to lead the Rural offense, while 6-2, 180-pound senior wide receiver Preston Williams was an All-City pick on offense.

Also returning for the Junior Blues on offense are junior running back Jaylen Carter (5-10, 170), senior tackle Karson Younger (6-4, 215), junior tackle Kort Mattison (6-3, 220) and junior center Derek Walker (6-0, 215).

Defensively, senior linebackers Tyler Ladson (6-0, 215), Nathan Gentine (6-1, 200) and JC Crowl (5-11, 185), junior linebacker Michael McCartney (5-11, 170), senior defensive ends Caden Cress (6-0, 185) and Bryce Hill (5-10, 215), junior cornerbacks Carter and Shawn Marquis (5-10, 175) and junior safety Joey Blakesley (5-11, 180) all return.

That Rural returns six juniors who started at least part time as sophomores shows how many young players Buhler and his staff had to throw into the fire a year ago.

“We try not to play sophomores," Buhler said. “It’s hard to compete against Topeka High and Junction City and Manhattan and the other schools in the league when you’re playing sophomores and they’re all juniorand senior-based.

“We weren’t thrilled about it, we were kind of thrown into that position, but when you look down the road they’re juniors this year and they’ve got a lot of experience, so now we’re going to hopefully have our numbers back up at the upper level and that will benefit us."

Rural will look to a talented senior class to set the tone.

“It’s a really good senior class," Buhler said.

“They feed off each other and they’re very close. I think the chemistry’s really good this year, and that’s just an added benefit."

Another key for the Junior Blues is being able to turn some of last year’s closes losses into victories this fall.

“You just look at our last game last year with Garden City, 7-0," Buhler said. “We had a lot of chances. They played really well and we had our chances and some missed opportunities.

“There were those chances throughout the year, and this year, having a good senior class and a good junior class following up, hopefully that’s the combination that helps you win those close ballgames."

JUNIOR BLUES AT A GLANCE

Coach — Steve Buhler, fifth year.

Last year’s record — 4-5, 2-4 in Centennial League.

Top offensive returners — RB Jaylen Carter, jr.; OT Kort Mattison, jr.; QB C Derek Walker, jr.; Jordan White, sr.; WR Preston Williams, sr.; OT Karson Younger, sr.

Top defensive returners — S Joey Blakesley, jr.; CB Jaylen Carter, jr.; DE Caden Cress, sr.; OLB JC Crowl, sr.; DE Bryce Hill, sr.; ILB Nathan Gentine, sr.; ILB Tyler Ladson, sr.; CB Shawn Marquis, jr.; LB Michael McCartney, jr.

Schedule — Aug. 31 at Emporia (Welch Stadium), Sept 7 Junction City, Sept. 14 at Hayden, Sept. 21 Manhattan, Sept. 28 Topeka West, Oct. 5 at Topeka High (Hummer), Oct. 11 at Highland Park (Hummer), Oct. 19 Seaman. Oct. 26 First round 6A playoffs.

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opeka High turned in an outstanding 2017 football season, going 8-2 and earning a share of the Centennial League title, but the way it ended, with a 24-21 second-round playoff loss to Garden City, left a sour taste in the Trojans’ mouths.

With a talented returning cast to lead the way, Walt Alexander’s Trojans are setting their sights higher and will be looking to make a deeper Class 6A playoff run this fall.

“We get that stigma all the time that, 'Oh yeah, they’ve built that program, they’ve turned it around and they can win league titles, but they always get to Derby and they fail or they get to somebody else and they fail,’ " Alexander said. “Well, there’s a lot of people that are falling to Derby and a lot of people falling to Blue Valley and teams like that.

We’re maybe not at that level yet, but that’s what we’re striving to be."

Topeka High has some holes to fill this fall, particularly in the offensive line, but overall it is a more experienced Trojan team that will open the season against Shawnee Heights on Thursday at Hummer Sports Park.

“People don’t realize how young we were last year," Alexander said.

“We only had one returning starter on defense, and now we’ve got seven or eight and all of our athletes that were in our offensive backfield are back. All those guys have matured.

They’re a year older, a year stronger.

“We do have to replace our offensive line. All those guys were seniors, so that’s our biggest question. We’ve got some really good size up there and some kids who have worked hard in the weight room. We’ve got like three 300-pound kids up there who have worked really hard and have decent feet, so we’re hoping they can come along, but they’re unproven."

Leading the list of Trojan returners is 6-foot, 195-pound junior running back Ky Thomas, last year’s city and Centennial League offensive player of the year and a second-team Capital-Journal All-State pick.

Thomas, an All-City Top 11 pick for two straight years, accumulated 1,847 yards of total offense (rushing and passing yards), rushed for 1,771 yards on 163 attempts and scored 26 touchdowns. Thomas led the city in all three categories.

Also returning for the Trojans are 6-4, 190-pound junior quarterback Da’Vonshai Harden and 6-0, 225pound senior running back Jacqez Barksdale, who begin their second

Topeka High’s Jacqez Barskdale returns for his senior season after rushing for more than 900 yards and helping the Trojans finish 8-2 a year ago. [2017 FILE PHOTOGRAPH/ THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]

season in the Trojan system. Harden finished his sophomore season with 1,802 yards of total offense and 1,260 passing yards, while Barksdale rushed for more than 900 yards.

“Da’Vonshai and Barksdale came over from Highland Park last year and had never been involved in our program before," Alexander said.

“That’s a big asset to have had them here for a year in our strength program and they know what we’re about."

Also back on offense is 6-2, 230-pound senior tight end Jalen Blackwell, who caught five passes for 216 yards and three touchdowns last season.

Defensively, senior end Grant Cooney (6-6, 235) was an All-City defensive pick a year ago while the Trojans also return defensive end Cameron Harris (6-0, 200pound senior), linebackers DeAndre Anderson (5-9, 185-pound senior) and Carson Klingerman (6-0,

185-pound senior) and defensive backs Kee’Andre Smith (6-1, 170pound senior) and Logan Gage (6-0, 170-pound senior).

“We have more experience back than we’ve had in a long time, and we have good kids back, talented kids," Alexander said. “As long as they don’t take things for granted and they understand how hard they’re going to have to play, I think we’ll be OK. “This is just like every year, they just work hard and they just keep coming back for more. I just wish we had more time to work with them, but it’s going great."

TROJANS AT A GLANCE

Coach — Walt Alexander, 13th year.

Last year’s record — 8-2, 5-1 in Centennial League.

Top offensive returners — RB Jacqez Barksdale, sr.; TE Jalen Blackwell, sr.; OL Grant Cooney, sr.; QB Da’Vonshai Harden, jr.; RB Ky Thomas, jr.

Top defensive returners — LB DeAndre Anderson, sr.; DE Grant Cooney, sr.; FS Logan Gage, sr.; DE Cameron Harris, sr.; LB Carson Klingerman, sr.; DB Kee’Andre Smith, sr.

Schedule — Aug. 30 Shawnee Heights (Hummer), Sept 7 at Manhattan, Sept. 14 Highland Park (Hummer), Sept. 21 at Junction City, Sept. 27 Seaman (Hummer), Oct. 5 at Washburn Rural, Oct. 12 at Emporia, Oct. 19 Topeka West (Hummer), Oct.

Now in second year, Kelly looking for Chargers to make strides

By Rick Peterson rick.peterson@cjonline.com

There were stretches during a 1-8 season when Ryan Kelly’s Topeka West football team showed it could compete with its Centennial League opponents.

As Kelly enters Year 2 at the Charger helm, he’s counting on those stretches to be longer and come later in the game to give West a chance to be in position for more victories this fall.

“Last year we showed flashes where the final score wasn’t always indicative of what kind of fight we put up, especially early in the game," said Kelly, a Topeka West alum. "I think our depth was probably the biggest issue of all last year, but there were some games where we were within a score late in the first half against some very good teams. We might have given up a score late and they had the ball coming out the second half, and then things kind of steamrolled from there.

“But I think just being in some of those games is a big step forward for this program, and I’m just hoping we come out and show a consistent effort and a good attitude. I think the players are really starting to do that and we just want to accelerate this improvement."

Topeka West returns 16 lettermen from last year’s team, including seven players with starting experience on offense and six on defense.

Top returners on offense include senior quarterback Hunter McDaniel (6-foot-6, 195 pounds), sophomore running back Clifton Holloman (5-10, 185), senior linemen Joe Fuqua-Bejarano

(5-9, 220) and Jeff Mudoga (5-10, 230), junior lineman Kevin Link (5-11, 235), senior tight end Noah Kuebler (6-0, 220) and senior wide receivers Vince Parker (6-1, 180) and Trevor Morrow (6-2, 175). McDaniel passed for 1,274 yards and 12 touchdowns last season.

Defensively, the Chargers return Fuqua-Bejarano, Link and Mudoga up front, Holloman, junior Joseph Randles (5-10, 180) and seniors DJ Washington (5-11, 210) and Willie Tucker (5-10, 190) at linebacker and senior Jacob Blindt (5-9, 185) and junior Dylan Wells (5-8, 165) in the secondary. Blindt earned second-team All-Centennial League recognition a year ago.

Kelly also says the Chargers have more depth this season, with upward of 60 players starting the season.

Kelly, a 2006 West graduate, led the Chargers to their most recent winning season as a senior in ’05 and was a freshman starter in ’02 when Topeka West advanced to the Class 5A championship game, the last city team to play for a 6A or 5A title.

He said he feels more comfortable with a year under his belt with the Chargers and believes West’s players also have a better idea of what to expect from him.

“I’ve always felt comfortable on the football field itself," he said. "It’s all the other things that have been the biggest learning curve for me, and going into year two I’m sure there’s still things I’m going to learn this year and next year, but I feel much more comfortable with the understanding that it’s a tough job and you’ve got to be able to get your

Ryan Kelly

finger nails dirty and go to work every day.

“Anybody that’s been around athletics understands the difficulties and challenges you have of taking over a program that’s been struggling. They understand it’s going to take time. We just keep harping on effort and attitude and improving. If we can continue that on a consistent basis I think we’re going to start to see some good things happen here."

CHARGERS AT A GLANCE

Coach — Ryan Kelly, second year.

Last year’s record — 1-8, 1-5 in Centennial League.

Top offensive returners — RB Clifton Holloman, so.; OL Joe Fuqua-Bejarano, sr.; OL Noah Kuebler, sr.; OL/TE Kevin Link, jr.; QB Hunter McDaniel, sr.; WR Trevor Murrow, sr.; OL Jeff Mudoga, sr.; WR Vince Parker, sr.

Top defensive returners — DB Jacob Blindt, sr.; DL Joe FuquaBejarano, sr.; LB Clifton Holloman, so.; DL Kevin Link, jr.; DL Jeff Mudoga, sr.; LB Joseph Randles, jr.; LB Willie Tucker, sr.; LB DJ Washington, sr.; DB Dylan Wells, jr.

Schedule — Aug. 31 at Hayden, Sept. 7 Emporia (Hummer), Sept. 13 Junction City (Hummer), Sept. 21 at Highland Park (Hummer), Sept. 28 at Washburn Rural, Oct. 5 at Seaman, Oct. 12 Manhattan (Hummer), Oct. 19 Topeka High (Hummer), 26 First round 5A playoffs.

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Rooster Adams

Jacob Backus

Turner Corcoran

ROOSTER ADAMS, JUNCTION CITY 5-8, 165, senior QB Adams had big shoes to fill taking over as Junction City’s starting quarterback last year, replacing Centennial League MVP Ryan Henington. He handled the pressure just fine, rushing for 944 yards and 11 touchdowns and throwing for 552 yards and four scores. Adams led the Blue Jays to a 6-4 record and was an honorable mention All-Centennial League selection.

JACOB BACKUS, MARYSVILLE 5-11, 155, senior WR/CB Playing opposite All-Class 3A receiver Gabe Pieschl in Marysville’s spread offense, Backus still managed to rack up big numbers on his way to first-team All-North Central Kansas League honors. Backus caught 80 passes for 926 yards and seven touchdowns and will be the Bulldogs’ top returning receiver this year. He also starts at cornerback and returned two fumbles for touchdowns a year ago.

TURNER CORCORAN, FREE STATE 6-6, 285, junior OT/DE Coming off a strong sophomore season, Corcoran has developed into the state’s top prospect for the Class of 2020. A two-way starter for the Firebirds, Corcoran already has scholarship offers from several FBS programs, including national powerhouses Georgia, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma. He’s ranked No. 87 overall in Rivals’ Top 100 and as the No. 11 offensive tackle in his class.

JAX DINEEN, FREE STATE 6-0, 230, senior RB The third Dineen brother to star for Free State, Jax became a focal point of the Firebirds’ offense last year after moving over from his linebacker position where

Jax Dineen

Gabe Garber

Will Herren

Dalton Kellum

Myles Livingston

Kevontae McDonald

Elliott Strahm

Zach Vance

he started as a sophomore.

After playing some tailback as a sophomore, Dineen became Free State’s feature back last year and ran for 1,510 yards and 23 touchdowns, earning first-team All-Sunflower League and thirdteam All-State honors.

GABE GARBER, SABETHA 5-11, 175, junior LB/QB Sabetha’s defense was one of the best in the state last year, and Garber was a huge reason why.

He not only led the Bluejays with 123 tackles, but came up with two of the biggest plays of the season — an interception in the semifinals to clinch a win over Silver Lake and one at the goal line in the closing seconds of the 3A championship game to preserve a 7-6 win over Marysville. The first-team All-Class 3A linebacker also ran for 668 yards and 14 touchdowns and will take over at quarterback for Sabetha this year.

WILL HERREN, SANTA FE TRAIL 6-2, 205, senior RB/LB After coming on strong late in the 2016 season as a sophomore, Herren became Santa Fe Trail’s workhorse last year. Despite missing a game, he led the Chargers with 1,187 yards and 18 touchdowns to earn first-team All-Pioneer League and honorable mention All-Class 4A Division II honors. He also led the Chargers with 91 tackles last year after making 81 stops as a sophomore.

DALTON KELLUM, PERRY-LECOMPTON 5-11, 185, senior QB/DB Perry-Lecompton has a strong tradition of dual-threat quarterbacks, and Kellum took his place among the best the Kaws have had last year in his first year as starting quarterback.

Earning first-team All-Big Seven League honors, Kellum ran for 1,555 yards and 26 touchdowns and threw for 1,295 yards and 12

Sabetha senior lineman Elliott Strahm was a dominating force on both sides of the ball in helping lead the Bluejays to the Class 3A state championship in 2017. [2017 CAPITAL-JOURNAL FILE PHOTO] scores, leading the Kaws to a 7-4 record.

MYLES LIVINGSTON, EMPORIA 6-1, 310, senior OL/DL A three-year starter for Emporia, Livingston was a second-team AllCentennial League selection last year after leading the Spartans with 28 pancake blocks. Livingston has made his mark in the weight room, setting every heavyweight record for the program each year and enters his senior season with a 350 bench, 360 clean and 500 squat. Livingston has preferred walk-on offers from Kansas State and Kansas and a full offer from Emporia State.

KEVONTAE MCDONALD, MANHATTAN 5-11, 192, senior RB A contributor in Manhattan’s

backfield as a sophomore, McDonald emerged as the Indians’ feature back last season as a junior and enjoyed a big season. He ran for 1,245 yards and 18 touchdowns and was a first-team All-Centennial League selection. One of five returning starters for the Indians on offense, McDonald will carry the load again this year.

ELLIOTT STRAHM, SABETHA 6-2, 270, senior OL/DL Strahm was a driving force behind Sabetha’s run to the Class 3A state championship a year ago. A fouryear starter, Strahm anchored the Bluejays’ offensive and defensive fronts, leading a defense that allowed just 9.7 points per game and forced 36 turnovers. Strahm was a two-way first-team AllBig Seven League selection and

earned first-team All-Class 3A and third-team All-State honors. A three-sport star, Strahm captured the Class 3-2-1A heavyweight state title and is a two-time state track and field qualifier.

ZACH VANCE, WELLSVILLE 5-10, 165, senior QB/DB Taking over as Wellsville’s starting quarterback last year, Vance made an immediate impact. He was able to burn opposing defenses with his arm and legs, throwing for 1,359 yards and 16 touchdowns and rushing for another 736 yards and 13 scores. Vance also tortured opposing quarterbacks, picking off six passes to give him nine in his career. Vance was a first-team All-Pioneer League selection both ways and honorable mention AllClass 3A. — Brent Maycock

CITY FOOTBALL: 11 PLAYERS TO WATCH

Da’Vonshai Harden

Grant Cooney

Ky Thomas

JACQEZ BARKSDALE, TOPEKA HIGH 6-0, 225, senior RB Barksdale was named to the AllCity offense, was a second-team All-Centennial League selection and earned All-Class 6A honorable mention after helping the Trojans post an 8-2 record and earn a share of the Centennial League championship. Barksdale had 172 rushing yards and two touchdowns in High’s seasonending playoff loss to Garden City and rushed for more than 900 yards.

JACOB BLINDT, TOPEKA WEST 5-9, 185, senior DB Blindt was a defensive leader for the 1-8 Chargers last season, earning a spot on the All-City defensive team and second-team All-Centennial League recognition. Blindt is one of six returning defensive starters for Topeka West.

TYCE BROWN, SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 6-0, 180, senior WR/DB Brown is a returning starter from last year’s 7-3 team that earned a share of the Centennial League championship. Brown, also a basketball standout for the T-Birds, earned All-City honorable mention after recording 51 tackles, picking off six passes and catching 10 passes for 143 yards.

JAYLEN CARTER, WASHBURN RURAL 5-10, 170, junior RB/DB Carter is a returning starter on both sides of the ball for the Junior Blues, who are coming

Jacqez Barksdale

Jaylen Carter

off a 4-5 season. Carter received All-Centennial League honorable mention on both sides of the ball as a sophomore and also received All-City honorable mention. He rushed for nearly 500 yards last season with three games of more than 100 yards.

GRANT COONEY, TOPEKA HIGH 6-6, 235, senior T/DE Cooney helped Topeka High post an 8-2 record and earn a share of the Centennial League title as a junior. Cooney was named to the All-City defense last fall and earned All-Centennial League and All-6A honorable mention.

Preston Williams

Jordan White

Sam Payne

Daniel Hernandez

Jacob Blindt

Tyce Brown

SAM PAYNE, SEAMAN 5-10, 195, senior FB/ILB Payne was an All-City Top 11 selection a year ago after being named the city defensive newcomer of the year as a sophomore. Payne earned first-team All-Centennial League honors at linebacker for the 4-5 Vikings last fall after registering 115 tackles with 59 solo stops, 13 tackles for loss and an interception.

Offensively, Payne contributed 329 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns, including 17 pass receptions for 177 yards.

DA’VONSHAI HARDEN, TOPEKA HIGH 6-4, 190, junior QB Harden had a big sophomore season for the 8-2 tri-Centennial League champion Trojans, earning All-City offensive newcomer of the year honors. Harden also earned All-Centennial League and All-6A honorable mention after compiling 1,679 yards of total offense and 1,258 passing yards with 19 TD passes.

KY THOMAS, TOPEKA HIGH 6-0, 195, junior RB Thomas has been an All-City Top 11 pick for two consecutive years and was named city and Centennial League offensive player of the year last season.

Thomas accumulated 1,847 yards of total offense (rushing and passing yards), rushed for 1,771 yards on 163 attempts and scored 26 touchdowns. Thomas led the city in all three categories en route to receiving secondteam All-State honors.

DANIEL HERNANDEZ, HAYDEN 6-0, 215, senior OL/DL Hernandez is a returning starter from last year’s Wildcat team that posted a 7-5 record and advanced to the 4A Division II state semifinals. Hernandez was a second-team All-Centennial League pick at offensive guard and earned honorable mention on defense. Hernandez also received All-City honorable mention and is a three-year starter on defense.

JORDAN WHITE, WASHBURN RURAL 6-0, 190, senior QB White returns for his third season as the starting quarterback for the Junior Blues, who are coming off a 4-5 season. White missed much of his junior season with an injury but still received All-City honorable mention. White, who also earned All-City first-team honors in basketball as a junior, compiled nearly 500 yards of total offense in five games a year ago.

Jaylen Carter rushed for nearly 500 yards a year ago as a sophomore for Washburn Rural. [2017 FILE PHOTOGRAPH/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL] PRESTON WILLIAMS, WASHBURN RURAL 6-2, 180, senior WR Williams was named to the AllCity and All-Centennial League first-team offense last season after making the position switch from quarterback. Williams

caught 36 passes for 560 yards (15.6 average) and five touchdowns for the 4-5 Junior Blues.

Williams also received All-6A honorable mention. He is also a standout wrestler for the Junior Blues, placing in the state meet the past two seasons.

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AREA FOOTBALL: 11 2A, 1A PLAYERS TO WATCH

Matt Baumgartner

Kyle Budy

Jack Caudle

MATT BAUMGARTNER, NEMAHA CENTRAL 6-4, 205, senior TE/DE Baumgartner’s offensive stats may not wow anyone — 11 catches, 185 yards, two touchdowns — but his ability as a blocker on the edge was a key to Nemaha Central’s offensive success and earned him first-team All-Big Seven League honors.

Defensively, he had 76 tackles, 6 tackles for loss and 2 sacks.

Cole Coggins

Mason Griffin

Brett Halstead

Blaine Hinrichs

Trenton Plinsky

ground game last year, averaging better than 10 yards per carry. He finished the year with 1,288 yards and 19 touchdowns, earning first-team All-Twin Valley League honors. Coggins had both shoulders operated on during the offseason, but should be able to hit the ground running this fall.

Clayton Richter

Derek VanDorn

Carson Williams

Mason Griffin threw for 1,944 yards in his first year as starting quarterback for Silver Lake, leading the Eagles to a 12-1 record and the Class 3A state semifinals. [2017 CAPITAL-JOURNAL FILE PHOTO]

MASON GRIFFIN, SILVER LAKE 6-2, 190, senior QB Griffin got his first crack as starting quarterback for Silver Lake last year and flourished. He threw for 1,972 yards and 20 touchdowns in leading the Eagles to a 12-1 mark and the Class 3A state semifinals. A basketball standout as well for Silver Lake, Griffin was a first-team All-Mid-East League selection a year ago and is a three-time all-league pick in basketball.

KYLE BUDY, JEFFERSON NORTH 6-3, 185, senior OL/DE A three-year starter on the line for Jefferson North, Budy earned first-team All-Northeast Kansas League honors defensively a year ago when he made 39 tackles, including 14 for loss, and had seven sacks. Budy was secondteam all-league offensively and he also started for the Chargers in basketball and was the anchor on North’s 400 relay track team, which broke the school record three times last year.

BRETT HALSTEAD, RILEY COUNTY 6-1, 215, senior OL/DL Halstead was a force on both sides of the ball for Riley County last year, helping the Falcons to their best record in nearly a decade. Halstead earned firstteam All-Mid-East League honors both ways, recording 62 tackles. A three-year starter on the offensive line, Halstead helped pave the way for a pair of 1,000-yard rushers a year ago.

JACK CAUDLE, MAUR HILL 6-3, 191, junior QB/FS Caudle stepped in as Maur Hill’s starting quarterback from the first snap his freshman year and has led the Ravens to back-toback 7-3 seasons. After throwing for 1,535 yards and 19 touchdowns as a freshman, Caudle avoided the sophomore slump and was even better last year, throwing for 1,701 yards and 23 scores. He also cut his interception total in half (11 to 5) and earned first-team All-Northeast Kansas League honors.

BLAINE HINRICHS, OLPE 6-0, 200, senior RB/LB Olpe came within one win of playing for the Class 2-1A state title last year, and Hinrichs’ emergence was a big reason why.

The two-way starter stepped into a leading role offensively and ran for 855 yards and 13 touchdowns.

He also was the heart of Olpe’s defense, leading the team with 87 tackles and nine tackles for loss.

COLE COGGINS, VALLEY HEIGHTS 5-9, 150, junior RB Coggins was the home-run threat in Valley Heights’ potent

TRENTON PLINSKY, OSAGE CITY 5-4, 130, senior WR/DB/RET Small in stature, Plinsky has been a big-time contributor for Osage City during his career. Playing a hybrid receiver-running back position last year, Plinsky racked up 871 combined receiving and rushing yards with 12 touchdowns, earning unanimous first-team All-Flint Hills League honors. He also had 95 tackles and five interceptions and was a first-team all-league pick defensively. Plinsky could move to quarterback this year.

CLAYTON RICHTER, PLEASANT RIDGE 6-3, 210, senior TE/DE Richter is Pleasant Ridge’s top returning offensive player from last

year, catching 31 passes for 647 yards and seven touchdowns. That included a school-record 210 yards and three touchdowns against Jayhawk-Linn. He also was a key blocker for the Rams offensively and defensively had 38 tackles and five sacks. The three-sport star was a first-team All-North east Kansas League pick last year.

DEREK VANDORN, CENTRALIA 6-4, 281, senior OT/DE VanDorn was a dominant player on the line of scrimmage both ways for Centralia last year, helping the Panthers get back to their winning ways after a down 2016 season.

VanDorn earned first-team All-Twin Valley League honors both ways and was a first-team All-Class 2-1A

selection and had 45 tackles and led the team in pancake blocks.

He’s received small-college interest and will be one of Centralia’s main leaders this season.

CARSON WILLIAMS, JACKSON HEIGHTS 6-2, 225, junior OL/DL Williams became an immediate starter on Jackson Heights’ offensive line as a freshman and last year paved the way for an offense that averaged 37 points per game in an 8-2 season. Williams was first-team All-Northeast Kansas League on offense and defensively had 54 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and 5 sacks. He benches 310, cleans 285 and squats 430.

— Brent Maycock

AREA FOOTBALL: 11 8-MAN PLAYERS TO WATCH

Carter Bruna

Quinn Buessing

Garret Dalinghaus

CARTER BRUNA, HANOVER 6-0, 205, senior RB/LB Bruna has been a key figure on each of Hanover’s past two state championship teams, starting as a sophomore on the 2016 title team. After rushing for 586 yards and 13 touchdowns that season, he upped his production to 825 yards rushing and 17 scores last year. He ranked fourth on the team in tackles last year with 74 and had 11 tackles for loss, earning second-team All-Twin Valley League honors both ways.

QUINN BUESSING, AXTELL 6-1, 175, junior QB Stepping in as Axtell’s starting quarterback as a freshman, Buessing has already put together a prolific career. Last year, he led all of eight-man football with 1,788 yards passing. He threw for 27 touchdowns and also added 435 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing. For his career, Buessing has thrown for 2,955 yards and 42 touchdowns.

He also doubles up in the fall and runs cross country for the Eagles, where he was a Class 1A state placer a year ago.

GARRET DALINGHAUS, FRANKFORT 6-0, 165, junior RB/LB Dalinghaus moved into a starting role as a freshman and a starring role for Frankfort as a sophomore, leading the Wildcats in rushing (695 yards, 11 TDs) and tackles (100) last year.

He’s amassed 1,125 yards and 18 touchdowns rushing and 146 total tackles in his career and last year earned first-team All-Twin Valley League honors on defense. Dalinghaus was a state placer in powerlifting with a bench of 245 and clean of 265, and also placed at state track in the 110 hurdles.

Seth Greenwood

Joel Hutfles

SETH GREENWOOD, BURLINGAME 5-10, 165, senior RB/LB A four-year starter for Burlingame, Greenwood emerged as the Bearcats’ feature back last year, rushing for 1,025 yards and 21 touchdowns, having his biggest games in the postseason, including 177 yards and five touchdowns in a win over previously undefeated West Elk. Greenwood ranks sixth on the Bearcats’ career rushing list with 1,755 yards and with 1,000 yards this year will become the career record-holder. He also has 32 touchdowns, which is fourth in school history.

JOEL HUTFLES, WETMORE 5-10, 180, senior QB/LB Hutfles has been a key figure in Wetmore’s return to high school football, stepping in as a freshman starter when the program re-started four years ago. He led the Cardinals to a 3-6 record last year, rushing for 677 yards and nine touchdowns and throwing for 501 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Hutfles was a second-team All-Twin Valley League pick on defense, making 115 tackles, including 10 for loss and 73 solo stops, and picking off four passes.

HUNTER KOCH, AXTELL 5-9, 170, senior WR/DB Called by Axtell coach Eric Detweiler “as dynamic a playmaker as we have had in a long time,” Koch was a threat any time he touched the ball. He earned first-team All-EightMan Division II honors at wide receiver last year, catching 71 passes for an eight-man-best 1,058 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Koch has amassed nearly 2,300 combined rushing, passing and receiving yards in his career with 44 touchdowns and also returned

Hunter Koch

Jon Lee

Lane Peter

Keller Snesrud

Daiken Stallbaumer

Drake Steinbrock

three kickoffs for touchdowns last year.

JON LEE, WAVERLY 5-11, 190, senior C/LB A fixture on Waverly’s offensive line and defense since his freshman season, Lee was a two-way first-team All-Lyon County League performer last year. He helped pave the way for a pair of 1,000-yard rushers and a Bulldog offense that averaged 52.8 points in an 8-2 season. Lee also led Waverly in tackles with 114 and had 5.5 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries.

LANE PETER, BLUE VALLEY-RANDOLPH 5-6, 150, senior RB/LB A four-year starter for Blue Valley-Randolph, Peter had to carry the load for the Rams a year ago when injuries decimated the backfield. Despite being a marked man, Peter produced nearly 1,100 all-purpose yards and 10 touchdowns. He also averaged 10.8 tackles and had four interceptions from his defensive back spot, but will move to linebacker this season.

A starter on two straight Eight-Man Division II state championship teams, Carter Bruna led Hanover in rushing last year and also was one of the team’s leading tacklers. [SUBMITTED]

KELLER SNESRUD, BURLINGAME 6-3, 280, senior NG/OL Snesrud was a leading figure for a Burlingame defense that posted seven shutouts a year ago in an 11-1 season. He ranked second on the team in tackles last year with 109, including 13 for loss, and was a first-team All-Lyon County League selection.

Snesrud will move into a starting role offensively this year. He also is a two-time state wrestling qualifier in Class 3-2-1A.

Hanover’s starting quarterback to replace record-setting signal caller Will Bruna. Stallbaumer handled the scrutiny with ease, throwing for 1,018 yards and 16 touchdowns while getting picked off just once in leading Hanover to its second straight Eight-Man Division II title. He also ran for 645 yards and was a first-team All-Division II pick. Stallbaumer is a defensive standout as well, collecting 10 interceptions as a sophomore and 13 in his career.

DAIKEN STALLBAUMER, HANOVER 6-2, 175 senior QB/DB All eyes were on Stallbaumer a year ago as he stepped in as

DRAKE STEINBROCK, CLIFTON-CLYDE 5-9, 180, senior RB/DB Pound for pound one of the

strongest players to suit up for Clifton-Clyde, Steinbrock led the Eagles with 723 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns despite playing only a half or less in most of the Eagles’ games. In one game he had just three carries and all three went for touchdowns. In his career, Steinbrock has run for 1,470 yards and 33 touchdowns and also has 76 tackles and three interceptions. He was first-team All-Twin Valley League on offense and second-team on defense last year and owns a max bench of 300 and clean of 305.

— Brent Maycock

C8 Thursday, August 30, 2018 The Topeka Capital-Journal

STATE FOOTBALL: 11 PLAYERS TO WATCH

Cooper Beebe

Josh Carter

Dylan Downing

Mason Fairchild

Breece Hall

Wyatt Hayes

Hunter Igo

Graham Mertz

Joe Michalski

Travis Theis

Lane Whisennand

COOPER BEEBE, KC PIPER 6-4, 325, senior OG/DT Beebe enters the 2018 season as one of the state’s top recruits, having already committed to Kansas State. The younger brother of former All-State Top 11 selection Colton Beebe, who is now at Minnesota, Beebe is a four-year starter for the Pirates and was a first-team All-Class 4A Division I selection last year.

JOSH CARTER, WICHITA NORTHWEST 5-10, 215, senior LB Plain and simple, Carter has been the heart and soul of Wichita Northwest’s defense the past two seasons. He blew up as a sophomore, making 131 tackles, including 92 solo stops and 13.5 tackles for loss. Last year, he had 143 tackles with 75 solos and 12 tackles for loss. Carter earned first-team All-Class 6A and second-team All-State honors and also is a standout wrestler for the Grizzlies DYLAN DOWNING, MIEGE 6-1, 229, senior LB A starter on three straight Class 4A Division I state championship teams at Miege, Downing became the team’s defensive leader a year ago on his way to Top 11 All-State honors. Downing racked up 142 tackles and had 14 tackles for loss and two interceptions. He also punted for the Stags, averaging 45.8 yards per punt with a long of 78 yards. Downing has offers from Cornell and Colgate.

Kansas’ No. 1 Division I prospect, Graham Mertz has offers from every major FBS power after leading Blue Valley North to the Class 6A state championship last year. [PHOTO COURTESY SPORTS IN KANSAS] the state last year, and Hall was a major reason why. In his first year as starter, Hall exploded onto the scene with a 192-yard game against Carroll in the season opener. He never slowed down and finished the season with 2,082 yards rushing and 32 touchdowns, earning Top 11 All-State and first-team AllClass 6A honors. The Iowa State commit has nearly 20 FBS offers and never ran for fewer than 123 yards in a game last year.

MASON FAIRCHILD, ANDALE 6-5, 252, senior TE/DL Fairchild played in only four games last year, but still managed to earn first-team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League honors on both sides of the ball for the Indians. He had 21 tackles and three receiving touchdowns in his limited duty, but enters his senior season as one of the state’s top recruits with offers already from Kansas, South Dakota, Southern Illinois, Central Missouri and Missouri Western.

WYATT HAYES, SCOTT CITY 6-0, 195, senior FB/DE Hayes followed up a strong sophomore season with a big junior year in leading Scott City to an 11-1 record. Offensively, he rushed for 1,161 yards and 17 touchdowns, while defensively he led the Beavers with 80 tackles and six sacks. A state wrestling champion and track and field champion, he helped lead Scott City to team state titles in both sports.

BREECE HALL, WICHITA NORTHWEST 6-2, 220, senior RB Wichita Northwest boasted arguably the best backfield in

HUNTER IGO, DERBY 5-11, 170 senior DB/QB When Derby lost starting

quarterback Grant Adler for the year early last season, it could have been disastrous. Instead, Igo moved over from defense and led the Panthers to their third straight Class 6A state championship game. Igo threw for more than 1,400 yards and ran for another 1,350 yards, accounting for 33 touchdowns.

With Adler back, Igo will spend most of his time on defense this year, where he averaged 12 tackles last year, though he could see some spot duty at quarterback as well.

GRAHAM MERTZ, BLUE VALLEY NORTH 6-3, 210, senior QB Mertz had big shoes to fill when he stepped into the starting quarterback job for Blue Valley North a year ago. He’ll leave even bigger ones for the Mustangs’ next quarterback when he graduates. Mertz’s first year as starting quarterback was a dream season as he threw for 3,684 yards and 45 touchdowns in leading the Mustangs to their first Class 6A state championship. The top

recruit in Kansas and one of the top quarterback recruits in the country, the Top 11 All-Stater and reigning Eastern Kansas League MVP has committed to Wisconsin, but has offers from almost every FBS powerhouse program in the country.

JOE MICHALSKI, AQUINAS 6-5, 275, senior OT Veteran coach Randy Dreiling has coached a lot of great linemen in his career, but he calls Michalski “simply the best offensive lineman I have ever coached.” A Top 11 All-State selection a year after helping Aquinas to a runner-up finish in Class 5A, Michalski was a dominant blocker. Strong (365 clean) and quick (4.8 40, 4.15 pro agility), Michalski is committed to Oklahoma State and is a two-time first-team All-Eastern Kansas League and Class 5A selection.

TRAVIS THEIS, PRATT 5-10, 192, senior RB/DB Theis burst onto the scene with a monster 2016 season, rushing for 1,975 yards and 24 touchdowns in leading Pratt to the Class 4A

Division II state title. He followed it up with a stellar junior season, rushing for 1,691 yards and 25 touchdowns in four fewer games, averaging 187.9 yards. The twotime first-team All-Class 4A II selection has run for 4,136 yards and 58 touchdowns in his career and also has 217 career tackles.

LANE WHISENNAND, ELKHART 5-10, 160, senior QB/CB Whisennand enjoyed a breakout junior season, breaking four school records while leading Elkhart to an 8-3 season.

Combining strength (schoolrecord 255 power clean for his weight class) and speed (4.5 in the 40), Whisennand led Class 2-1A in rushing with a schoolrecord 2,054 yards and 28 touchdowns. He also threw for 1,231 yards and 13 touchdowns, all in his first season playing quarterback. A two-time firstteam All-Hi-Plains League pick at cornerback as well, Whisennand is an All-State baseball player and in his youth was a champion bull rider.

— Brent Maycock

BEST OF KANSAS PREPS STATE RANKINGS SUPER 10 Team 1. Miege 2. Wichita Northwest 3. Derby 4. Free State 5. Aquinas 6. Blue Valley 7. Blue Valley North 8. Carroll 9. Olathe North 10. Manhattan

2017 record 13-0 10-2 11-2 10-1 11-2 8-4 9-4 12-1 7-4 8-2

CLASS 6A Team 2017 record 1. Derby 11-2 2. Free State 10-1 3. Blue Valley 8-4 4. Blue Valley North 9-4 5. Olathe North 7-4 Others — Campus 5-5, Garden City 8-3, Junction City 6-4, Manhattan 8-2, SM East 9-2, Topeka High 8-2.

Manhattan’s Kevontae McDonald (middle) helped lead the Indians to a share of the Centennial League title last year and is one of five returning starters offensively this year. [2017 CAPITALJOURNAL FILE PHOTO]

CLASS 5A Team 2017 record 1. Wichita Northwest 10-2 2. Aquinas 11-2 3. Carroll 12-1 4. Mill Valley 7-5 5. Wichita Heights 6-4 Others — DeSoto 10-2, Emporia 4-5, Great Bend 5-4, KC Schlagle 9-1, Kapaun 6-4, Maize 9-2, Maize South 9-2, St. James Academy 8-3.

CLASS 4A Team 2017 record 1. Miege 13-0 2. McPherson 10-2 3. Goddard 11-1 4. Pittsburg 8-3 5. Labette County 9-2 Others — Basehor-Linwood 7-3, Buhler 7-3, Fort Scott 8-3, Louisburg 6-3, Mulvane 6-4, Paola 7-3, Tonganoxie 9-1.

CLASS 3A Team 2017 record 1. Sabetha 13-1 2. Andale 12-1 3. Hesston 8-4 4. Scott City 11-1 5. Hayden 7-5 Others — Burlington 7-4, Columbus 7-3, Frontenac 9-4, Galena 11-2, Holcomb 12-1, Holton 7-4, Marysville 12-2, Perry-Lecompton 7-4, Pratt 7-2, Santa Fe Trail 6-3, Smoky Valley 9-2, Wellsville 9-2.

EIGHT-MAN DIVISION I Team 2017 record 1. Hoxie 12-1 2. Central Plains 9-2 3. Burlingame 11-1 4. Spearville 11-1 5. Clifton-Clyde 8-2 Others — Argonia-Attica 6-3, Atwood 8-1, Caldwell 9-2, Hodgeman County 10-3, Sedan 6-3, Solomon 5-4, South Central 9-2, St. Francis 7-2, Victoria 7-3, West Elk 10-1.

CLASS 2A Team 2017 record 1. Conway Springs 10-1 2. Silver Lake 12-1 3. Phillipsburg 12-1 4. Nemaha Central 10-1 5. Hoisington 7-4 Others — Chaparral 6-3, Cimarron 7-3, Garden Plain 7-2, Hoisington 7-4, Humboldt 7-3, Maur Hill 7-3, Norton 7-3, Osage City 9-3, Riley County 7-3,

CLASS 1A Team 2017 record 1. Smith Center 12-1 2. Centralia 8-3 3. Colgan 10-3 4. Elkhart 8-3 5. Olpe 9-3 Others — Ell-Saline 8-2, Jackson Heights 8-2, Jefferson North 10-1, LaCrosse 6-4, Lyndon 8-2, Plainville 8-4, Sedgwick 5-5, Valley Heights 7-2.

EIGHT-MAN DIVISION II Team 2017 record 1. Hanover 13-0 2. Osborne 9-2 3. Otis-Bison 10-2 4. Rock Hills 8-2 5. South Barber 9-2 Others — Axtell 6-4, Hutch Central Christian 10-1, Ingalls 8-3, Northern Valley 7-3, Pike Valley 11-1, Pretty Prairie 7-3, Satanta 7-2, St. Paul 11-2, Waverly 8-2.

The Topeka Capital-Journal Thursday, August 30, 2018 C9

STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES CLASS 6A BLUE VALLEY

Allen Terrell 8-4 A31 at Aquinas S07 Blue Valley North S14 Blue Valley Southwest S21 at Rockhurst, Mo. S28 at Blue Valley Northwest O05 Miege O12 at Mill Valley O19 Blue Valley West

BLUE VALLEY NORTH Andy Sims 9-4 A30 Miege S07 at Blue Valley S14 at Pittsburg S21 Blue Valley West S28 at Mill Valley O05 Blue Valley Southwest O12 at Blue Valley Northwest O19 St. James Academy

BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST

Clint Rider 2-7 A31 at St. James Academy S07 Harrisonville, Mo. S13 Aquinas S21 at Blue Valley Southwest S28 Blue Valley O05 at Blue Valley West O12 Blue Valley North O19 at Miege

BLUE VALLEY WEST

Josh Koerkenmeier 1-8 A31 Mill Valley S07 at Miege S14 St. James Academy S21 at Blue Valley North S27 Aquinas O5 Blue Valley Northwest O12 at Blue Valley Southwest O19 at Blue Valley

CAMPUS

Greg Slade 5-5 A31 at Dodge City S07 at Newton S14 Maize S21 Salina South S28 at Salina Central O05 Wichita Southeast O12 at Derby O19 Hutchinson

DERBY

Brandon Clark 11-2 A31 Garden City S07 Salina Central S14 at Newton S21 at Carroll S28 Salina South O05 at Hutchinson O12 Campus O19 at Maize

DODGE CITY

Dave Foster 3-6 A31 Campus S07 at Salina South S14 Wichita Heights S21 at Great Bend S28 Wichita West O05 at Hays O12 Garden City O19 at Liberal

FREE STATE

Bob Lisher 10-1 A31 at Olathe West S07 Olathe East S14 at SM North S21 SM West S28 Sedalia-Smith Cotton, Mo. O05 Olathe South O12 at SM East O19 Lawrence

GARDEN CITY

Brian Hill 8-3 A31 at Derby S07 Valley Center S14 at Hutchinson S21 Hays S28 Liberal O05 Wichita Northwest O12 at Dodge City O19 at Great Bend

GARDNER-EDGERTON Ryan Cornelsen 0-9 A31 at SM East S07 Olathe West S14 at Lawrence S21 Olathe East S28 at Olathe Northwest O05 SM North O11 at SM Northwest O19 SM West

HUTCHINSON

Mike Vernon 5-4 A31 at Wichita West S07 Maize S14 Garden City S21 at Salina Central S28 at Newton O05 Derby O12 Salina South O19 at Campus

JUNCTION CITY

Randall Zimmerman 6-4 A31 Hays S07 at Washburn Rural S13 at Topeka West S21 Topeka High S28 at Highland Park O05 Manhattan O12 at Seaman O19 Emporia

KC HARMON

Steven Jackson 0-9 A31 KC Turner S07 at KC Washington S14 KC Northeast, Mo. S21 Atchison S28 KC Schlagle O05 at Lansing O12 at KC Sumner O19 at KC Wyandotte

KC WYANDOTTE

Michael Lockett 1-7 A31 Open S07 at DeSoto S14 KC Sumner S21 at KC Schlagle S28 Atchison O05 at KC Washington O12 Open O19 KC Harmon

LAWRENCE

Steve Rampy 5-5 A30 at Olathe South S07 SM East S14 Gardner-Edgerton S20 at Olathe Northwest S28 SM Northwest O05 at SM South O12 Olathe North O19 at Free State

MANHATTAN

Joe Schartz 8-2 A31 Olathe Northwest S07 Topeka High S14 at Seaman S21 at Washburn Rural S28 Emporia O05 at Junction City O12 at Topeka West O19 Highland Park

OLATHE EAST

Jesse Owen 5-5 A31 Olathe North S07 at Free State S14 Olathe West S21 at Gardner-Edgerton S28 at SM North O04 SM West O12 Pittsburg O19 Olathe South

OLATHE NORTH

Chris McCartney 7-4 A31 at Olathe East S07 SM North S14 at SM West S21 at Columbine, Colo.

S28 at Olathe South O05 SM East O12 at Lawrence O19 Olathe Northwest

OLATHE NORTHWEST

Aaron Hafner 4-6 A31 at Manhattan S07 Olathe South S13 at SM East S20 Lawrence S28 Gardner-Edgerton O05 at SM Northwest O12 SM South O19 at Olathe North

OLATHE SOUTH

Craig Lewis 4-6 A30 Lawrence S07 at Olathe Northwest S14 SM Northwest S21 at SM South S28 Olathe North O05 at Free State O11 Olathe West O19 at Olathe East

SM EAST

Justin Hoover 9-2 A31 Gardner-Edgerton S07 at Lawrence S13 Olathe Northwest S21 at SM Northwest S27 SM South O05 at Olathe North O12 Free State O18 at Olathe West

SM NORTH

Zach Rampy 1-8 A31 SM South S07 at Olathe North S14 Free State S21 at Olathe West S28 Olathe East O05 at Gardner-Edgerton O11 at SM West O19 at Leavenworth

SM NORTHWEST

Bo Black 4-5 A30 at SM West S07 at Leavenworth S14 at Olathe South S21 SM East S28 at Lawrence O05 Olathe Northwest O11 Gardner-Edgerton O19 at SM South

SM SOUTH

Brett Oberzan 3-6 A31 at SM North S07 SM West S13 Lansing S21 Olathe South S27 at SM East O05 Lawrence O12 at Olathe Northwest O19 SM Northwest

SM WEST

Tim Callaghan 0-9 A30 SM Northwest S07 at SM South S14 Olathe North S21 at Free State S28 Olathe West O04 at Olathe East O11 SM North O19 at Gardner-Edgerton

TOPEKA HIGH

Walt Alexander 8-2 A30 Shawnee Heights S07 at Manhattan S14 Highland Park S21 at Junction City S27 Seaman O05 Washburn Rural O12 at Emporia O19 Topeka West

WASHBURN RURAL Steve Buhler 4-5 A31 at Emporia S07 Manhattan S14 at Hayden S21 Junction City S28 Topeka West O05 at Topeka High O11 at Highland Park O19 Seaman

WICHITA EAST

Ene Akpan 3-6 A31 Goddard S06 Wichita Northwest S14 at Kapaun S21 at Wichita South S28 Wichita North O05 at Liberal O12 at Wichita Southeast O19 Wichita West

WICHITA NORTH

Scott Moshier 0-9 A30 at Wichita South S07 at Liberal S14 Wichita Southeast S21 Wichita Heights S28 at Wichita East O05 Wichita West O12 at Carroll O19 at Maize South

WICHITA SOUTH

Paul Lopez 1-8 A30 Wichita North S07 Wichita Southeast S14 at Arkansas City S21 Wichita East S28 at Hays O05 Wichita Heights O12 at Wichita West O19 at Carroll

WICHITA SOUTHEAST

Erik Dobbins 1-8 A30 Kapaun S07 at Wichita South S14 at Wichita North S21 Liberal S28 at Wichita Heights O05 at Campus O12 Wichita East O19 Wichita Northwest

WICHITA WEST

Weston Schartz 5-4 A31 Hutchinson S07 at Kapaun S14 Carroll S20 Wichita Northwest S28 at Dodge City O05 at Wichita North O12 Wichita South O19 at Wichita East

CLASS 5A ANDOVER

Cade Armstrong 5-4 A31 Great Bend S07 at Maize South S13 at Eisenhower

S21 Kapaun S28 at Valley Center O05 Arkansas City O12 Andover Central O19 at Goddard

AQUINAS

Randy Dreiling 11-2 A31 Blue Valley S07 Blue Valley Southwest S13 at Blue Valley Northwest S21 Mill Valley S27 at Blue Valley West O05 at St. James Academy O12 Miege O19 Open

BLUE VALLEY SOUTHWEST

Anthony Orrick 3-6 A31 Lansing S07 at Aquinas S14 at Blue Valley S21 Blue Valley Northwest S28 St. James Academy O05 at Blue Valley North O12 Blue Valley West O19 at Mill Valley

CARROLL

Dusty Trail 12-1 A31 Wichita Northwest S07 at Wichita Heights S14 at Wichita West S21 Derby S28 at Great Bend O05 at Kapaun O12 Wichita North O19 Wichita South

DESOTO

Brian King 10-2 A31 at Leavenworth S07 KC Wyandotte S14 KC Turner S21 at Lansing S28 Spring Hill O05 Basehor-Linwood O12 at Shawnee Heights O19 at Pittsburg

EISENHOWER

Marc Marinelli 5-6 A31 at Salina Central S07 at Andover Central S13 Andover S21 Goddard S28 at Arkansas City O05 Maize South O12 Newton O19 at Valley Center

EMPORIA

Corby Milleson 4-5 A31 Washburn Rural S07 at Topeka West S15 at Parker Legend, Colo.

S21 Seaman S28 at Manhattan O05 Highland Park O12 Topeka High O19 at Junction City

GREAT BEND

Erin Beck 5-4 A31 at Andover S07 Hays S14 at Wichita Northwest S21 Dodge City S28 Carroll O05 Andover Central O12 at Liberal O19 Garden City

HAYS

Tony Crough 3-6 A31 at Junction City S07 at Great Bend S14 Liberal S21 at Garden City S28 Wichita South O05 Dodge City O11 Buhler O19 at Salina Central

HIGHLAND PARK Mike Foristiere 0-9 A31 Seaman S07 at KC Sumner S14 at Topeka High S21 at Topeka West S28 Junction City O05 at Emporia O11 Washburn Rural O19 at Manhattan

KC SCHLAGLE

Pat Hansen 9-1 A31 at Burleson, Texas S07 at Atchison S14 at Shawnee Heights S21 KC Wyandotte S28 at KC Harmon O05 KC Sumner O12 KC Washington O19 at Basehor-Linwood

KC SUMNER

Andrew Wright 4-4 A31 at Plattsburg, Mo. S07 Highland Park S14 at KC Wyandotte S21 at KC Washington S28 KC Northeast, Mo. O05 at KC Schlagle O12 KC Harmon O19 Atchison

KC TURNER

Julian Parks 4-6 A31 at KC Harmon S07 Shawnee Heights S14 at DeSoto S21 Leavenworth S28 at Basehor-Linwood O05 at Olathe West O12 Lansing O19 KC Washington

KC WASHINGTON

Scott Strenk 2-7 A31 at Atchison S07 KC Harmon S14 at Lincoln Prep, Mo. S21 KC Sumner S28 Shawnee Heights O05 KC Wyandotte O12 at KC Schlagle O19 at KC Turner

KAPAUN

Dan Adelhardt 6-4 A30 at Wichita Southeast S07 Wichita West S14 Wichita East S21 at Andover S28 at Wichita Northwest O05 Carroll O12 at St. James Academy O19 at Wichita Heights

LANSING

Dylan Brown 2-7 A31 at Blue Valley Southwest S07 Basehor-Linwood S13 at SM South S21 DeSoto S28 at Leavenworth O05 KC Harmon O12 at KC Turner O19 Shawnee Heights

LEAVENWORTH

Mark Littrell 3-6 A31 DeSoto S07 SM Northwest S14 at Basehor-Linwood S21 at KC Turner S28 Lansing O05 at Shawnee Heights O12 at Bonner Springs O19 SM North

LIBERAL

Jason Dunlap 6-3 A31 at Guymon, Okla.

S07 Wichita North S14 at Hays S21 at Wichita Southeast S28 at Garden City O05 Wichita East O12 Great Bend O19 Dodge City

MAIZE

Gary Guzman 9-2 A31 Valley Center S07 at Hutchinson S14 at Campus S21 Newton S28 at Goddard O05 at Salina South O12 Salina Central O19 Derby

MAIZE SOUTH

Brent Pfeifer 9-2 A31 at Wichita Heights S07 Andover S14 at Valley Center S21 Arkansas City S28 at Andover Central O05 at Eisenhower O12 Goddard O19 at Wichita North

MILL VALLEY

Joel Applebee 7-5 A31 at Blue Valley West S07 St. James Academy S14 at Miege S21 at Aquinas S28 Blue Valley North O05 at Pittsburg O12 Blue Valley O19 Blue Valley Southwest

NEWTON

Chris Jaax 3-6 A31 at Buhler S07 Campus S14 Derby S21 at Maize S28 Hutchinson O05 Salina Central O12 at Eisenhower O19 at Salina South

OLATHE WEST

TJ O’Neil 0-0 A31 Free State S07 at Gardner-Edgerton S14 at Olathe East S21 SM North S28 at SM West O05 KC Turner O11 at Olathe South O18 SM East

SALINA CENTRAL Mark Sandbo 0-9 A31 Eisenhower S07 at Derby S14 at Salina South S21 Hutchinson S28 Campus O05 at Newton O12 at Maize O19 Hays

SALINA SOUTH Sam Sellers 3-7 A31 at McPherson S07 Dodge City S14 Salina Central S21 at Campus S28 at Derby O05 Maize O12 at Hutchinson O19 Newton

SEAMAN

Glenn O’Neil 4-5 A31 at Highland Park S07 Hayden S14 Manhattan S21 at Emporia S27 at Topeka High O05 Topeka West O12 Junction City O19 Washburn Rural

SHAWNEE HEIGHTS Jason Swift 7-3 A30 at Topeka High S07 at KC Turner S14 KC Schlagle S21 Basehor-Linwood S28 at KC Washington O05 Leavenworth O12 DeSoto O19 at Lansing

ST. JAMES ACADEMY Tom Radke 8-3 A31 Blue Valley Northwest S07 at Mill Valley S14 at Blue Valley West S21 Miege S28 at Blue Valley Southwest O05 Aquinas O12 Kapaun O19 at Blue Valley North

TOPEKA WEST

Ryan Kelly 1-8 A31 at Hayden S07 Emporia S14 Junction City S21 at Highland Park S28 at Washburn Rural O05 at Seaman O12 Manhattan O19 Topeka High

VALLEY CENTER

Scott L’Ecuyer 5-4 A31 at Maize S07 at Garden City S14 Maize South S20 at Andover Central S28 Andover O05 Goddard O12 at Arkansas City O19 Eisenhower

WICHITA HEIGHTS

Dominick Dingle 6-4 A31 Maize South S07 Carroll S14 at Dodge City S21 at Wichita North S28 Wichita Southeast O05 at Wichita South O12 at Wichita Northwest O19 Kapaun

WICHITA NORTHWEST

Steve Martin 10-2 A31 at Carroll S06 at Wichita East S14 Great Bend S20 at Wichita West S28 Kapaun O05 at Garden City O12 Wichita Heights O19 at Wichita Southeast

CLASS 4A ABILENE

Steve Simpson 2-7 A31 at Clay Center S07 Concordia S14 Chapman S21 at McPherson S28 Colgan O05 at Coffeyville O12 Augusta O19 Ulysses

ANDOVER CENTRAL Tom Audley 5-6 A31 at Augusta S07 Eisenhower

S14 at Goddard S20 Valley Center S28 Maize South O05 at Great Bend O12 at Andover O19 Arkansas City

ARKANSAS CITY

Jon Wiemers 1-8 A31 Winfield S07 at Goddard S14 Wichita South S21 at Maize South S28 Eisenhower O05 at Andover O12 Valley Center O19 at Andover Central

ATCHISON

Jim Smith 4-5 A31 KC Washington S07 KC Schlagle S14 KC Piper S21 at KC Harmon S28 at KC Wyandotte O05 at Louisburg O12 Basehor-Linwood O19 at KC Sumner

AUGUSTA

Jason Filbeck 5-4 A31 Andover Central S07 at Circle S14 Buhler S21 at Wellington S28 Winfield O05 at McPherson O12 at Abilene O19 El Dorado

BALDWIN

Doug Kerr 6-4 A31 at Ottawa S07 KC Piper S14 at Louisburg S21 Eudora S28 at Paola O05 Bonner Springs O12 at Tonganoxie O19 Spring Hill

BASEHOR-LINWOOD Rod Stallbaumer 7-3 A31 Tonganoxie S07 at Lansing S14 Leavenworth S21 at Shawnee Heights S28 KC Turner O05 at DeSoto O12 at Atchison O19 KC Schlagle

BONNER SPRINGS Chad Eaddy 5-5 A31 Paola S07 at Eudora S14 Spring Hill S21 at Tonganoxie S28 Ottawa O05 at Baldwin O12 Leavenworth O19 at KC Piper

BUHLER

Steve Warner 7-3 A31 Newton S07 at El Dorado S14 at Augusta S21 Mulvane S28 McPherson O05 at Circle O11 at Hays O19 Winfield

CHANUTE

Chris Shields 5-5 A31 Circle S07 Pittsburg S14 at Iola S21 at Ottawa S28 at Independence O05 Fort Scott O12 Coffeyville O19 Labette County

CIRCLE

Logan Clothier 0-9 A31 at Chanute S07 Augusta S14 at Winfield S21 Rose Hill S28 at El Dorado O05 Buhler O12 Independence O19 at McPherson

COFFEYVILLE

Darin Wegner 4-5 A31 at Fort Scott S07 Columbus S14 at Labette County S21 Independence S28 at Mulvane O05 Abilene O12 Chanute O20 at KC Christ Prep

EL DORADO

Bill Shaw 4-5 A31 at Independence S07 Buhler S14 McPherson S22 at University Academy, Mo. S28 Circle O05 at Winfield O12 Mulvane O19 at Augusta

EUDORA

Sean Hayden 2-7 A31 at KC Piper S07 Bonner Springs S14 Tonganoxie S21 at Baldwin S28 Louisburg O05 at Ottawa O12 Paola O19 at Fort Scott

FORT SCOTT

Bob Campbell 8-3 A31 Coffeyville S07 at Paola S14 Independence S21 at Pittsburg S28 Labette County O05 at Chanute O12 Bolivar, Mo. O19 Eudora

GODDARD

Tommy Beason 11-1 A31 at Wichita East S07 Arkansas City S14 Andover Central S21 at Eisenhower S28 Maize O05 at Valley Center O12 at Maize South O19 Andover

INDEPENDENCE

Carl Boldra 2-7 A31 El Dorado S07 at Labette County S14 at Fort Scott S21 at Coffeyville S28 Chanute O05 KC Center, Mo. O12 at Circle O19 Rose Hill

KC PIPER

Rick Pollard 4-5 A31 Eudora S07 at Baldwin S14 at Atchison S21 Louisburg S28 at Tonganoxie O05 Paola O12 at Spring Hill O19 Bonner Springs

LABETTE COUNTY Sean Price 9-2 A31 at Pittsburg S07 Independence S14 Coffeyville S21 Winfield S28 at Fort Scott O05 at Wellington O12 Ulysses O19 at Chanute

LOUISBURG

Robert Ebenstein 6-3 A31 Spring Hill S07 at Tonganoxie S14 Baldwin S21 at KC Piper S28 at Eudora O05 Atchison O12 Ottawa O19 at Paola

MCPHERSON

Jace Pavlovich 10-2 A31 Salina South S07 at Winfield S14 at El Dorado S21 Abilene S28 at Buhler O05 Augusta O12 at Rose Hill O19 Circle

MIEGE

Jon Holmes 13-0 A30 at Blue Valley North S07 Blue Valley West S14 Mill Valley S21 at St. James Academy S28 Rockhurst, Mo. O05 at Blue Valley O12 at Aquinas O19 Blue Valley Northwest

MULVANE

Daniel Myears 6-4 A31 Andale S07 Clearwater S14 at Wichita Collegiate S21 at Buhler S28 Coffeyville O05 Rose Hill O12 at El Dorado O19 at Wellington

OTTAWA

S13 at Colgan S21 Parsons S28 at Columbus O05 at Galena O12 Frontenac O19 at Caney Valley

BELOIT

Brad Gober 6-3 Dist. 8 A31 Fairbury, Neb. S07 at Southeast-Saline S14 at Minneapolis S21 Colby S28 at Goodland O05 Scott City O12 Concordia O19 at Russell

BURLINGTON

John Petrie 7-4 Dist. 2 A31 Council Grove S07 at Olpe S14 Wellsville S21 Girard S28 at Prairie View O05 at Iola O12 Osawatomie O19 at Anderson County

CANEY VALLEY

Criss Davis 8-3 Dist. 1 A31 Cherryvale S07 Eureka S14 at Neodesha S21 at Columbus S28 Galena O05 at Frontenac O12 Parsons O19 Baxter Springs

CHAPMAN

Kurt Webster 1-8 Dist. 5 A31 Marysville S07 Wamego S14 at Abilene S21 at Clay Center S28 Rock Creek O05 at Smoky Valley O12 Hesston O19 at Halstead

CHENEY

Rob Hedrick 1-8 A31 Baldwin S07 at Spring Hill S14 at Paola S21 Chanute S28 at Bonner Springs O05 Eudora O12 at Louisburg O19 Tonganoxie

Shelby Wehrman 9-3 Dist. 6 A31 Garden Plain S07 at Conway Springs S14 Chaparral S21 at Clearwater S28 at Wichita Collegiate O05 Haven O12 at Wichita Trinity O19 Andale

PAOLA

CLAY CENTER

Mike Dumpert 7-3 A31 at Bonner Springs S07 Fort Scott S14 Ottawa S21 at Spring Hill S28 Baldwin O05 at KC Piper O12 at Eudora O19 Louisburg

PITTSBURG

Tom Nickelson 8-3 A31 Labette County S07 at Chanute S14 Blue Valley North S21 Fort Scott S29 at Ulysses O05 Mill Valley O12 at Olathe East O19 DeSoto

ROSE HILL

Lee Weber 1-8 A31 Clearwater S07 Wichita Collegiate S14 at Andale S21 at Circle S28 Wellington O05 at Mulvane O12 McPherson O19 at Fort Scott

SPRING HILL

Jason Feeback 2-7 A31 at Louisburg S07 Ottawa S14 at Bonner Springs S21 Paola S28 at DeSoto O05 Tonganoxie O12 KC Piper O19 at Baldwin

TONGANOXIE

Al Troyer 9-1 A31 at Basehor-Linwood S07 Louisburg S14 at Eudora S21 Bonner Springs S28 KC Piper O05 at Spring Hill O12 Baldwin O19 at Ottawa

ULYSSES

Rick Cue 1-8 A31 at Colby S06 at Wheeler, Texas S07 Goodland S14 Hugoton S21 at Scott City S29 Pittsburg O12 at Labette County O19 at Abilene

WELLINGTON

Zane Aguilar 5-5 A31 at Wichita Collegiate S07 Andale S14 at Clearwater S21 Augusta S28 at Rose Hill O05 Labette County O12 at Winfield O19 Mulvane

WINFIELD

Linn Hibbs 2-7 A31 at Arkansas City S07 McPherson S14 Circle S21 at Labette County S28 at Augusta O05 El Dorado O12 Wellington O19 at Buhler

CLASS 3A ANDALE

Dylan Schmidt 12-1 Dist. 6 A31 at Mulvane S07 at Wellington S14 Rose Hill S21 at Haven S28 Wichita Trinity O05 Wichita Collegiate O12 at Clearwater O19 at Cheney

ANDERSON COUNTY Greg Welch 1-8 Dist. 2 A31 Wellsville S07 Parsons S14 at Santa Fe Trail S21 Iola S28 at Girard O05 at Osawatomie O12 Prairie View O19 Burlington

BAXTER SPRINGS Tim Parrish 4-5 Dist. 1 A31 Girard S07 Riverton

Ted Brown 7-4 Dist. 5 A31 Abilene S07 Marysville S14 at Wamego S21 Chapman S28 Smoky Valley O05 at Halstead O12 Rock Creek O19 at Hesston

CLEARWATER

Jeremy Scheufler 1-8 Dist. 6 A31 at Rose Hill S07 at Mulvane S14 Wellington S21 Cheney S28 at Haven O05 Wichita Trinity O12 Andale O19 at Wichita Collegiate

COLBY

Rees McKinney 6-4 Dist. 8 A31 Ulysses S07 at Hugoton S14 Holcomb S21 at Beloit S28 Concordia O05 at Russell O12 at Scott City O19 Goodland

COLUMBUS

Dan Grundy 7-3 Dist. 1 A31 Colgan S07 at Coffeyville S14 at Girard S21 Caney Valley S28 Baxter Springs O05 at Parsons O12 at Galena O19 Frontenac

CONCORDIA

Austin Kingsbury 4-5 Dist. 8 A31 Wamego S07 at Abilene S14 at Marysville S21 Russell S28 at Colby O05 Goodland O12 at Beloit O19 Scott City

FRONTENAC

Mark Smith 9-4 Dist. 1 A31 Richmond, Mo. S07 Colgan S14 at Commerce, Okla.

S21 Galena S28 at Parsons O05 Caney Valley O12 at Baxter Springs O19 at Columbus

GALENA

Beau Sarwinski 11-2 Dist. 1 A31 at Riverton S07 Girard S14 Prairie View S21 at Frontenac S28 at Caney Valley O05 Baxter Springs O12 Columbus O19 at Parsons

GIRARD

Neal Philpott 4-6 Dist. 2 A31 at Baxter Springs S07 at Galena S14 Columbus S21 at Burlington S28 Anderson County O05 Prairie View O12 at Iola O19 Osawatomie

GOODLAND

Chase Topliff 2-7 Dist. 8 A31 Holcomb S07 at Ulysses S14 at Scott City S21 Oakley S28 Beloit O05 at Concordia O12 Russell O19 at Colby

HALSTEAD

Jason Grider 4-6 Dist. 5 A31 at Nickerson S07 at Pratt S14 Lyons S21 Rock Creek S28 at Hesston O05 Clay Center O12 at Smoky Valley O19 Chapman

HAVEN

Mike Hill 2-7 Dist. 6 A31 at Lyons S07 Smoky Valley S14 at Hillsboro S21 Andale S28 Clearwater O05 at Cheney O12 Wichita Collegiate O19 at Wichita Trinity

HAYDEN

Bill Arnold 7-5 Dist. 3 A31 at Topeka West S07 Seaman S14 Washburn Rural S21 Santa Fe Trail S28 at Jefferson West O05 at KC Ward O12 Perry-Lecompton O19 at Wellsville

S14 Osawatomie S21 at Baxter Springs S28 Frontenac O05 Columbus O12 at Caney Valley O19 Galena

PERRY-LECOMPTON Mike Paramore 7-4 Dist. 3 A31 at Royal Valley S07 Holton S14 at Sabetha S21 Wellsville S28 at Santa Fe Trail O05 Jefferson West O12 at Hayden O19 KC Ward

PRAIRIE VIEW

HESSTON

Kyle Littrell 4-6 Dist. 2 A31 at Santa Fe Trail S07 Lincoln, Mo. S14 at Galena S21 Osawatomie S28 Burlington O05 at Girard O12 at Anderson County O19 Iola

HIAWATHA

Jamie Cruce 7-2 Dist. 7 A31 at Hoisington S07 Halstead S14 at Hesston S21 Larned S28 at Kingman O05 Hugoton O12 Holcomb O19 at Nickerson

Tyson Bauerle 8-4 Dist. 5 A31 Hillsboro S07 at Larned S14 Pratt S21 at Smoky Valley S28 Halstead O05 at Rock Creek O12 at Chapman O19 Clay Center Curtis Myers 2-7 Dist. 4 A31 Riverside S07 at Nemaha Central S14 Jefferson West S21 Holton S28 Sabetha O05 at Wamego O12 Royal Valley O19 at Marysville

HOLCOMB

Kent Teeter 12-1 Dist. 7 A31 at Goodland S07 Scott City S14 at Colby S21 at Nickerson S28 Larned O05 Kingman O12 at Pratt O19 Hugoton

PRATT

ROCK CREEK

Mike Beam 3-6 Dist. 5 A31 Riley County S07 St. Marys S14 at Rossville S21 at Halstead S28 at Chapman O05 Hesston O12 at Clay Center O19 Smoky Valley

ROYAL VALLEY

HOLTON

Jake Lott 4-5 Dist. 4 A31 Perry-Lecompton S07 at Jefferson West S14 Riverside S21 at Wamego S28 at Holton O05 Marysville O12 at Hiawatha O19 Sabetha

HUGOTON

Jordan Echer 4-5 Dist. 8 A31 Ellsworth S07 LaCrosse S14 Southeast-Saline S21 at Concordia S28 at Scott City O05 Colby O12 at Goodland O19 Beloit

IOLA

Garrett Michael 13-1 Dist. 4 A31 Nemaha Central S07 at Riverside S14 Perry-Lecompton S21 at Marysville S28 at Hiawatha O05 Holton O12 Wamego O19 at Royal Valley

Brooks Barta 7-4 Dist. 4 A31 Jefferson West S07 at Perry-Lecompton S14 Nemaha Central S21 at Hiawatha S28 Royal Valley O05 at Sabetha O12 Marysville O19 at Wamego Nick O’Loughlin 3-6 Dist. 7 A31 Scott City S07 Colby S14 at Ulysses S21 at Kingman S28 Nickerson O05 at Pratt O12 Larned O19 at Holcomb David Daugharthy 3-6 Dist. 2 A31 Parsons S07 at Wellsville S14 Chanute S21 at Anderson County S28 at Osawatomie O05 Burlington O12 Girard O19 at Prairie View

JEFFERSON WEST

Steve Johnson 2-7 Dist. 3 A31 at Holton S07 Royal Valley S14 at Hiawatha S21 KC Ward S28 Hayden O05 at Perry-Lecompton O12 Wellsville O19 at Santa Fe Trail

KC WARD

Eddie Minor 0-9 Dist. 3 A31 at Summit Christian, Mo. S07 Van Horn, Mo. S14 at Pembroke Hill, Mo. S21 at Jefferson West S28 Wellsville O05 Hayden O12 Santa Fe Trail O19 at Perry-Lecompton

KINGMAN

Curtis Albin 5-5 Dist. 7 A31 at Chaparral S07 Belle Plaine S14 at Conway Springs S21 Hugoton S28 Pratt O05 at Holcomb O12 Nickerson O19 at Larned

LARNED

Tad Remy 6-5 Dist. 7 A31 at Smoky Valley S07 Hesston S14 Hoisington S21 at Pratt S28 at Holcomb O05 Nickerson O12 at Hugoton O19 Kingman

MARYSVILLE

Dustin Heuer 12-2 Dist. 4 A31 at Chapman S07 at Clay Center S14 Concordia S21 Sabetha S28 Wamego O05 at Royal Valley O12 at Holton O19 Hiawatha

NICKERSON

John Wellman 7-3 Dist. 7 A31 Halstead S07 at Hoisington S14 Smoky Valley S21 Holcomb S28 at Hugoton O05 at Larned O12 at Kingman O19 Pratt

OSAWATOMIE

Rod Madden 2-7 Dist. 2 A31 Olpe S07 Santa Fe Trail S14 at Parsons S21 at Prairie View S28 Iola O05 Anderson County O12 at Burlington O19 at Girard

PARSONS

Kurt Friess 1-8 Dist. 1 A31 at Iola S07 at Anderson County

RUSSELL

SABETHA

SANTA FE TRAIL

Jayson Duncan 6-3 Dist. 3 A31 Prairie View S07 at Osawatomie S14 Anderson County S21 at Hayden S28 Perry-Lecompton O05 at Wellsville O12 at KC Ward O19 Jefferson West

SCOTT CITY

Jim Turner 11-1 Dist. 8 A31 at Hugoton S07 at Holcomb S14 Goodland S21 Ulysses S28 Russell O05 at Beloit O12 Colby O19 at Concordia

SMOKY VALLEY Tim Lambert 9-2 Dist. 5 A31 Larned S07 at Haven S14 at Nickerson S21 Hesston S28 at Clay Center O05 Chapman O12 Halstead O19 at Rock Creek

WAMEGO

Weston Moody 5-5 Dist. 4 A31 at Concordia S07 at Chapman S14 Clay Center S21 Royal Valley S28 at Marysville O05 Hiawatha O12 at Sabetha O19 Holton

WELLSVILLE

Brad Burkdoll 9-2 Dist. 3 A31 at Anderson County S07 Iola S14 Burlington S21 at Perry-Lecompton S28 at KC Ward O05 Santa Fe Trail O12 at Jefferson West O19 Hayden

WICHITA COLLEGIATE

Mike Gehrer 5-5 Dist. 6 A31 Wellington S07 at Rose Hill S14 Mulvane S21 at Wichita Trinity S28 Cheney O05 at Andale O12 at Haven O19 Clearwater

WICHITA TRINITY

Wes Miller 4-5 Dist. 6 A31 Conway Springs S07 at Chaparral S14 at Garden Plain S21 Wichita Collegiate S28 at Andale O05 at Clearwater O12 Cheney O19 Haven

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STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES CLASS 2A ATCHISON COUNTY Corey Thomas 0-9 Dist. 3 A31 Oskaloosa S07 at Jackson Heights S14 at Valley Heights S21 Pleasant Ridge S28 at Riverside O05 Maur Hill O12 Nemaha Central O19 at Horton

BELLE PLAINE

CJ Madison 2-7 Dist. 5 A31 at Inman S07 at Kingman S14 Wichita Independent S21 Cherryvale S28 Neodesha O05 at Fredonia O12 Eureka O19 at Douglass

CENTRAL HEIGHTS Bob Risch 0-9 Dist. 2 A31 Lyndon S07 at Council Grove S14 Wabaunsee S21 at Oskaloosa S28 at Silver Lake O05 Osage City O12 at McLouth O19 West Franklin

CHAPARRAL

Justin Burke 6-3 Dist. 6 A31 Kingman S07 Wichita Trinity S14 at Cheney S21 Wichita Independent S28 at Remington O05 Garden Plain O12 Conway Springs O19 at Hutchinson Trinity

CHERRYVALE

Harry Hester 7-3 Dist. 5 A31 at Caney Valley S07 Bluestem S14 Erie S21 at Belle Plaine S28 Fredonia O05 at Douglass O12 Neodesha O19 Eureka

CIMARRON

HOISINGTON

OSAGE CITY

Andrew Gantenbein 9-3 Dist. 2 A31 Northern Heights S07 Lyndon S14 at Council Grove S21 at West Franklin S28 Oskaloosa O05 at Central Heights O12 at Silver Lake O19 McLouth

David Bowen 3-6 Dist. 8 A31 Smith Center S07 Ellis S14 at Plainville S21 Hoisington S28 at Phillipsburg O05 at Norton O12 Minneapolis O19 at Ellsworth

HORTON

OSKALOOSA

WEST FRANKLIN

PHILLIPSBURG

WICHITA INDEPENDENT

NORTHERN HEIGHTS

WABAUNSEE

HERINGTON

NESS CITY

Logan Wyrick 7-3 Dist. 1 A31 Neodesha S07 at Fredonia S14 Eureka S21 at Jayhawk-Linn S28 Erie O05 at Riverton O12 at Northeast-Arma O19 Southeast-Cherokee

J.B. Covington 12-1 Dist. 8 A31 at Ellis S07 Plainville S14 at Smith Center S21 at Norton S28 TMP-Marian O05 at Ellsworth O12 Hoisington O19 Minneapolis

HUTCHINSON TRINITY

PLEASANT RIDGE

Jordan Bell 6-4 Dist. 6 A31 at Marion S07 Inman S14 Ell-Saline S21 at Conway Springs S28 at Garden Plain O05 Wichita Independent O12 at Remington O19 Chaparral

JAYHAWK-LINN

Pat McCollim 4-6 Dist. 3 A31 at Jefferson North S07 Troy S14 McLouth S21 Atchison County S28 Nemaha Central O05 at Horton O12 at Maur Hill O19 Riverside

REMINGTON

Eric Swenson 1-9 Dist. 6 A31 Douglass S07 Sedgwick S14 at Belle Plaine S21 at Chaparral S28 Conway Springs O05 at Hutchinson Trinity O12 at Garden Plain O19 Remington

Greg French/Darwin Sweetman 3-6 Dist. 4 A31 at Osage City S07 at West Franklin S14 Mission Valley S21 at Yates Center S28 at Lyndon O05 Centralia O12 at Valley Heights O19 Wabaunsee

Jess Rutledge 1-8 Dist. 4 A31 KC Christ Prep S07 Mission Valley S14 at Central Heights S21 Jefferson North S28 at Hillsboro O05 Valley Heights O12 at Centralia O19 at Northern Heights

CLASS 1A

OAKLEY

Ryan Panko 3-7 Dist. 1 A31 Jayhawk-Linn S07 at Northeast-Arma S14 at Southeast-Cherokee S21 Northern Heights S28 at Bluestem O04 at Colgan O12 Uniontown O19 Pleasanton

Travis Desbien 5-4 Dist. 7 A31 at Osborne S07 WaKeeney S14 at Thunder Ridge S21 Clifton-Clyde S28 Stockton O05 at Lincoln O12 Victoria O19 at Washington County

EIGHT-MAN DIVISION I

HODGEMAN COUNTY

BLUESTEM

Jeremiah Fiscus 3-6 Dist. 2 A31 Eureka S07 at Cherryvale S14 Fredonia S21 at Pleasanton S28 Yates Center O05 at Olpe O12 Hillsboro O19 Marion

Randy Leach 8-2 Dist. 1 A31 at Yates Center S07 Uniontown S14 at Pleasanton S21 Humboldt S28 Southeast-Cherokee O05 at Northeast-Arma O12 Erie O19 at Riverton

Simon McKee 1-8 Dist. 6 A31 Sedgwick S07 at Ell-Saline S14 at Inman S21 Garden Plain S28 Chaparral O05 at Conway Springs O12 Hutchinson Trinity O19 at Wichita Independent

LAKIN

RILEY COUNTY

Larry Glatczak 8-3 Dist. 4 A31 Rossville S07 at Riley County S14 at St. Marys S21 Colgan S28 Troy O05 at Northern Heights O12 Wabaunsee O19 Valley Heights

RIVERSIDE

Shawn Seematter 10-3 Dist. 1 A31 at Columbus S07 at Frontenac S13 Baxter Springs S21 at Centralia S28 Abilene O04 Yates Center O12 Pleasanton O19 at Uniontown

COUNCIL GROVE

MAUR HILL

Jermaine Monroe 7-3 Dist. 3 A31 McLouth S07 at Oskaloosa S14 Jackson Heights S21 at Riverside S28 Horton O05 at Atchison County O12 Pleasant Ridge O19 at Nemaha Central

RIVERTON

Johnny Mallatt 1-8 Dist. 1 A31 Galena S07 at Baxter Springs S14 Springfield Christian, Mo. S21 at Erie S28 at Northeast-Arma O05 Humboldt O12 at Southeast-Cherokee O19 Jayhawk-Linn

CENTRALIA

COLGAN

ELKHART

Chris Hattabaugh 8-3 Dist. 8 A31 Cimarron S07 at Southwestern Heights S14 Sublette S21 at Clayton, N.M. S28 at Meade O05 Syracuse O12 at Stanton County O19 Open

ELL-SALINE

ROSSVILLE

Kelley Sayahnejad 3-7 Dist. 5 A31 at Wichita Independent S07 at Garden Plain S14 Marion S21 Neodesha S28 Eureka O05 Cherryvale O12 at Fredonia O19 Belle Plaine

Gary Freeman 0-9 Dist. 2 A31 at Maur Hill S07 Jefferson North S14 at Pleasant Ridge S21 Silver Lake S28 West Franklin O05 at Oskaloosa O12 Central Heights O19 at Osage City

Derick Hammes 2-7 Dist. 4 A31 at Centralia S07 Silver Lake S14 Rock Creek S21 at Riley County S28 Southeast-Saline O05 at St. Marys O12 at Council Grove O19 Mission Valley

Terry King 8-2 Dist. 5 A31 Sterling S07 Remington S14 at Hutchinson Trinity S21 Sedgwick S28 Inman O05 at Republic County O12 Sacred Heart O19 at Smith Center

ELLINWOOD

MINNEAPOLIS

SILVER LAKE

Jhon Haehn 2-7 Dist. 8 A31 at Republic County S07 Sacred Heart S14 Beloit S21 at Ellsworth S28 Norton O05 Hoisington O12 at TMP-Marian O19 at Phillipsburg

C.J. Hamilton 12-1 Dist. 2 A31 at St. Marys S07 at Rossville S14 Riley County S21 at McLouth S28 Central Heights O05 at West Franklin O12 Osage City O19 at Oskaloosa

Craig Amrein 3-6 Dist. 6 A31 Phillipsburg S07 at TMP-Marian S14 Ellinwood S21 at LaCrosse S28 at Syracuse O05 Oakley O12 at Plainville O19 LaCrosse

MISSION VALLEY

SOUTHEASTCHEROKEE

EUREKA

FREDONIA

Marc Svaty 3-6 Dist. 5 A31 at Erie S07 Humboldt S14 at Bluestem S21 Eureka S28 at Cherryvale O05 Belle Plaine O12 Douglass O19 at Neodesha

GARDEN PLAIN

Ken Dusenbury 7-2 Dist. 6 A31 at Cheney S07 Douglass S14 Wichita Trinity S21 at Remington S28 Hutchinson Trinity O05 at Chaparral O12 Wichita Independent O19 at Conway Springs

MOUNDRIDGE

HUMBOLDT

LYONS

Jason Nichols 3-6 Dist. 5 A31 at Bluestem S07 at Caney Valley S14 at Humboldt S21 at Fredonia S28 at Douglass O05 at Neodesha O12 at Belle Plaine O19 at Cherryvale

GOESSEL

Jeremiah Meeks 2-7 Dist. 5 A31 Goessel S07 Bennington S14 at Solomon S21 at Pratt-Skyline S28 Macksville O05 at St. John O12 at Central Plains O19 Little River

James Johnston 0-9 Dist. 7 A31 Haven S07 Hillsboro S14 at Halstead S21 at Sterling S28 at Ellinwood O05 Southwestern Heights O12 at Cimarron O19 Lakin

Sterling Hudson 2-7 Dist. 1 A31 Fredonia S07 at Neodesha S14 at Cherryvale S21 Riverton S28 at Humboldt O05 Southeast-Cherokee O12 at Jayhawk-Linn O19 Northeast-Arma

Joey Ybarra 4-6 Dist. 2 A31 at St. John S07 Hodgeman County S14 at South Gray S21 at Oxford S27 South Central O05 at Udall O12 at Argonia-Attica O19 Caldwell

Garrett Hiebert 2-7 Dist. 4 A31 at Moundridge S07 at Rural Vista S14 Wakefield S21 Solomon S28 at Herington O05 Canton-Galva O12 at Peabody O19 Bennington

Matt Biehler 10-1 Dist. 6 A31 at Wichita Trinity S07 Cheney S14 Kingman S21 Hutchinson Trinity S28 at Wichita Independent O05 Remington O12 at Chaparral O19 Garden Plain

ERIE

VALLEY HEIGHTS

MEDICINE LODGE

Tony Trimble 7-2 Dist. 4 A31 at Troy S07 Horton S14 Atchison County S21 at Republic County S28 Jackson Heights O05 at Wabaunsee O12 Northern Heights O19 at Centralia

CONWAY SPRINGS

Josh Homolka 6-3 Dist. 8 A31 at Russell S07 Republic County S14 at Sacred Heart S21 Minneapolis S28 at Hoisington O05 Phillipsburg O12 at Norton O19 TMP-Marian

MEADE

FLINTHILLS

Daniel Scribner 0-9 Dist. 1 A31 at Udall S07 Caldwell S14 Oxford S21 at Cedar Vale-Dexter S28 at Central-Burden O05 Sedan O12 at West Elk O19 Oswego

Justin Powell 5-5 Dist. 7 A31 Lakin S07 at Cimarron S14 Southwestern Heights S21 at Stanton County S28 Elkhart O05 at Sedgwick O12 Inman O19 at Sublette

Scot Koranda 2-7 Dist. 3 A31 at Hiawatha S07 Sabetha S14 at Royal Valley S21 Maur Hill S28 Atchison County O05 at Nemaha Central O12 Horton O19 at Pleasant Ridge

ELLSWORTH

Jeremy Neville 4-5 Dist. 1 A31 Southeast-Cherokee S07 at Jayhawk-Linn S14 Northeast-Arma S21 at Lyndon S28 Olpe O05 at Pleasanton O12 at Yates Center O19 Colgan

Mike Einspahr 3-6 Dist. 2 A31 at Mission Valley S07 Northern Heights S14 at Lyndon S21 Osage City S28 at McLouth O05 Silver Lake O12 at Oskaloosa O19 Central Heights

Steve Wagner 7-3 Dist. 4 A31 at Rock Creek S07 Centralia S14 at Silver Lake S21 Rossville S28 at Mission Valley O05 Council Grove O12 Southeast-Saline O19 at St. Marys

Alex Birney 2-7 Dist. 7 A31 LaCrosse S07 at Sublette S14 at Ellis S21 at Lakin S28 Lyons O05 Sterling O12 at Southwestern Heights O19 Cimarron

UNIONTOWN

Matt Johnson 3-6 Dist. 2 A31 at Atchison County S07 Maur Hill S14 at Jefferson North S21 Central Heights S28 at Osage City O05 McLouth O12 at West Franklin O19 Silver Lake

Chris Bamberger 7-3 Dist. 7 A31 at Meade S07 at Stanton County S14 Syracuse S21 Ellinwood S28 at Southwestern Heights O05 Cimarron O12 Sterling O19 at Lyons

DOUGLASS

MARION

Shaun Craft 8-3 Dist. 2 A31 Hutchinson Trinity S07 Sterling S14 at Douglass S21 at Inman S28 Sedgwick O05 Hillsboro O12 at Olpe O19 at Bluestem

Mark Friess 3-6 Dist. 3 A31 Jackson Heights S07 at Valley Heights S14 Troy S21 at Nemaha Central S28 at Maur Hill O05 Pleasant Ridge O12 at Riverside O19 Atchison County

Greg Koenig 7-3 Dist. 7 A31 at Elkhart S07 Meade S14 Stanton County S21 Southwestern Heights S28 at Sterling O05 at Lakin O12 Lyons O19 at Ellinwood

Nate Teichgraeber 6-3 Dist. 4 A31 at Burlington S07 Central Heights S14 Osage City S21 at Mission Valley S28 St. Marys O05 at Riley County O12 Rossville O19 at Southeast-Saline

TMP-MARIAN

Zach Baird 7-4 Dist. 8 A31 Pratt S07 Nickerson S14 at Larned S21 at TMP-Marian S28 Ellsworth O05 at Minneapolis O12 at Phillipsburg O19 Norton

MCLOUTH

Justin Duncan 6-4 Dist. 4 A31 West Franklin S07 at Wabaunsee S14 at Northern Heights S21 Council Grove S28 Riley County O05 at Southeast-Saline O12 St. Marys O19 at Rossville

NEMAHA CENTRAL Warren Seitz 10-1 Dist. 3 A31 at Sabetha S07 Hiawatha S14 at Holton S21 Horton S28 at Pleasant Ridge O05 Riverside O12 at Atchison County O19 Maur Hill

NEODESHA

John Black 5-5 Dist. 5 A31 at Humboldt S07 Erie S14 Caney Valley S21 at Douglass S28 at Belle Plaine O05 Eureka O12 at Cherryvale O19 Fredonia

NORTHEAST-ARMA

Phil Hobbs 0-9 Dist. 1 A31 at Pleasanton S07 Yates Center S14 at Uniontown S21 at Southeast-Cherokee S28 Riverton O05 Jayhawk-Linn O12 Humboldt O19 at Erie

NORTON

Lucas Melvin 7-3 Dist. 8 A31 at Plainville S07 Smith Center S14 at Oakley S21 Phillipsburg S28 at Minneapolis O05 TMP-Marian O12 Ellsworth O19 at Hoisington

ELLIS

HILLSBORO

Devin Metzinger 1-8 Dist. 2 A31 at Hesston S07 at Lyons S14 Haven S21 Sacred Heart S28 Wabaunsee O05 at Marion O12 at Bluestem O19 Olpe

INMAN

Jerrad Hanson 0-7 Dist. 1 A31 at Uniontown S07 Pleasanton S14 Yates Center S21 Northeast-Arma S28 at Jayhawk-Linn O05 at Erie O12 Riverton O19 at Humboldt

Lance Sawyer 0-9 Dist. 7 A31 Belle Plaine S07 at Hutchinson Trinity S14 Remington S21 Marion S28 at Ell-Saline O05 Sublette O12 at Meade O19 at Sedgwick

SOUTHEAST-SALINE

JACKSON HEIGHTS

Mitch Gebhardt 4-5 Dist. 4 A31 at Sacred Heart S07 Beloit S14 at Russell S21 St. Marys S28 at Rossville O05 Mission Valley O12 at Riley County O19 Council Grove

SOUTHWESTERN HEIGHTS Matt Bell 2-7 Dist. 7 A31 Syracuse S07 Elkhart S14 at Meade S21 at Cimarron S28 Lakin O05 at Lyons O12 Ellinwood O19 at Sterling

STERLING

Derek Schneider 6-2 Dist. 7 A31 at Ell-Saline S07 at Marion S14 Sedgwick S21 Lyons S28 Cimarron O05 at Ellinwood O12 at Lakin O19 Southwestern Heights

ST. MARYS

Myron Flax 5-5 Dist. 4 A31 Silver Lake S07 at Rock Creek S14 Centralia S21 at Southeast-Saline S28 at Council Grove O05 Rossville O12 at Mission Valley O19 Riley County

Caleb Wick 8-2 Dist. 3 A31 at Horton S07 Atchison County S14 at Maur Hill S21 Olpe S28 at Valley Heights O05 at Troy O12 Jefferson North O19 Lyndon

JEFFERSON NORTH Jeff Schneider 10-1 Dist. 3 A31 Pleasant Ridge S07 at McLouth S14 Oskaloosa S21 at Wabaunsee S28 KC Christ Prep O05 Lyndon O12 at Jackson Heights O19 at Troy

LACROSSE

Jon Webster 6-4 Dist. 6 A31 at Ellinwood S07 at Russell S14 Republic County S21 Ellis S28 at Sacred Heart O05 Plainville O12 Oakley O19 at Ellis

LYNDON

Brent Hoelting 8-2 Dist. 3 A31 at Central Heights S07 at Osage City S14 West Franklin S21 Uniontown S28 Northern Heights O05 at Jefferson North O12 Troy O19 at Jackson Heights

Jeff Hennick 1-8 Dist. 6 A31 Sublette S07 at Syracuse S14 Norton S21 at Goodland S28 at Smith Center O05 at Ellis O12 at LaCrosse O19 Plainville

OLPE

Chris Schmidt 9-3 Dist. 2 A31 at Osawatomie S07 Burlington S14 KC Christ Prep S21 at Jackson Heights S28 at Uniontown O05 Bluestem O12 Marion O19 at Hillsboro

PLAINVILLE

Grant Stephenson 8-4 Dist. 6 A31 Norton S07 at Phillipsburg S14 TMP-Marian S21 Smith Center S28 at Republic County O05 at LaCrosse O12 Ellis O19 at Oakley

PLEASANTON

Dustin Johnson 6-3 Dist. 1 A31 Northeast-Arma S07 at Southeast-Cherokee S14 Jayhawk-Linn S21 Bluestem S28 at Osceola, Mo. O05 Uniontown O12 at Colgan O19 at Yates Center

REPUBLIC COUNTY Faron Kraft 0-9 Dist. 5 A31 Minneapolis S07 at Ellsworth S14 at LaCrosse S21 Valley Heights S28 Plainville O05 Ell-Saline O12 at Smith Center O19 at Sacred Heart

SACRED HEART

Garrett Galanski 2-7 Dist. 5 A31 Southeast-Saline S07 at Minneapolis S14 Ellsworth S21 at Hillsboro S28 LaCrosse O05 Smith Center O12 at Ell-Saline O19 Republic County

SEDGWICK

Jeff Werner 5-5 Dist. 7 A31 Remington S07 at Wichita Independent S14 at Sterling S21 at Ell-Saline S28 at Marion O05 Meade O12 at Sublette O19 Inman

SMITH CENTER

Darren Sasse 12-1 Dist. 5 A31 at TMP-Marian S07 at Norton S14 Phillipsburg S21 at Plainville S28 Oakley O05 at Sacred Heart O12 Republic County O19 Ell-Saline

STANTON COUNTY Brett Kendrick 3-6 Dist. 8 A31 at Beaver, Okla.

S07 Lakin S14 at Cimarron S21 Meade S28 Sublette O05 Open O12 Elkhart O19 at Syracuse

SUBLETTE

Lance Carter 0-9 Dist. 7 A31 at Oakley S07 Ellinwood S14 at Elkhart S21 Syracuse S28 at Stanton County O05 at Inman O12 Sedgwick O19 Meade

SYRACUSE

Dustin Doze 3-6 Dist. 8 A31 at Southwestern Heights S07 Oakley S14 Lakin S21 at Sublette S28 Ellis O05 at Elkhart O12 Open O19 Stanton County

TROY

Derek Jasper 4-5 Dist. 3 A31 Valley Heights S07 at Pleasant Ridge S14 at Horton S21 KC Christ Prep S28 at Centralia O05 Jackson Heights O12 at Lyndon O19 Jefferson North

YATES CENTER

ARGONIA-ATTICA Luke Greenwood 6-3 Dist. 2 A31 at Hutch Central Christian S07 Central-Burden S14 Pratt-Skyline S21 at Caldwell S28 Udall O05 at Oxford O12 Medicine Lodge O19 at South Central

ATWOOD

Matt Smith 7-1 Dist. 8 A31 at Hitchcock County, Neb. S07 Quinter S14 at Tribune S21 WaKeeney S28 Oberlin O05 at Hoxie O12 Leoti O19 at St. Francis

BENNINGTON

Jay Macy 6-3 Dist. 4 A31 Wakefield S07 at Moundridge S14 Little River S21 at Canton-Galva S28 Solomon O05 at Peabody O12 Herington O19 at Goessel

BURLINGAME

Jeff Slater 11-1 Dist. 3 A31 Southern Coffey S07 at Colony-Crest S14 Marais des Cygnes Valley S21 at Chase County S28 Valley Falls O05 at Maranatha O12 Madison O19 at Lebo

CALDWELL

Sean Blosser 9-2 Dist. 2 A31 South Haven S07 at Flinthills S14 at Cedar Vale-Dexter S21 Argonia-Attica S28 Oxford O05 at South Central O12 Udall O19 at Medicine Lodge

CANTON-GALVA Shelby Hoppes 4-5 Dist. 4 A31 at Little River S07 Chase County S14 at Centre S21 Bennington S28 Peabody O05 at Goessel O12 Solomon O19 at Herington

CEDAR VALE-DEXTER KB Criss 4-5 Dist. 1 A31 at Altoona-Midway S07 at South Haven S14 Caldwell S21 Flinthills S28 at Sedan O05 West Elk O12 at Oswego O19 Central-Burden

CENTRAL-BURDEN

Anthony Blair 5-5 Dist. 1 A31 Oxford S07 at Argonia-Attica S14 Udall S21 at West Elk S28 Flinthills O05 at Oswego O12 Sedan O19 at Cedar Vale-Dexter

CENTRAL PLAINS Chris Steiner 9-2 Dist. 5 A31 at Ness City S07 Victoria S14 Kinsley S21 at Little River S28 St. John O05 at Pratt-Skyline O12 Moundridge O19 at Macksville

CHASE COUNTY

Brody Vandegrift 1-8 Dist. 3 A31 at Herington S07 at Canton-Galva S14 Peabody S21 Burlingame S28 Maranatha O05 at Lebo O12 Valley Falls O19 at Madison

CLIFTON-CLYDE

Russ Steinbrock 7-2 Dist. 7 A31 Wetmore S07 Valley Falls S14 at Wilson S21 at Hill City S28 Victoria O05 at Stockton O12 Washington County O19 at Lincoln

Tom Flax 3-6 Dist. 4 A31 Chase County S07 Centre S14 at Rural Vista S21 at Peabody S28 Goessel O05 at Solomon O12 at Bennington O19 Canton-Galva

Marc Cowles 5-5 Dist. 6 A31 Central Plains S07 at Macksville S14 St. John S21 at South Gray S28 Kinsley O05 at Spearville O12 at Kiowa County O19 Hodgeman County

HILL CITY

OBERLIN

Matt Housman 10-3 Dist. 6 A31 at Dighton S07 at Medicine Lodge S14 South Central S21 Kiowa County S28 South Gray O05 at Kinsley O12 Spearville O19 at Ness City

HOXIE

Lance Baar 12-1 Dist. 8 A31 at Tribune S07 Osborne S14 at Quinter S21 Leoti S28 at St. Francis O05 Atwood O12 at Oberlin O19 WaKeeney

KINSLEY

Joe Dreher 2-6 Dist. 8 A31 at Quinter S07 Dighton S14 at Sharon Springs S21 St. Francis S28 at Atwood O05 WaKeeney O12 Hoxie O19 at Leoti

OSWEGO

Matt Fowler 1-8 Dist. 1 A31 at Chetopa S07 at Marmaton Valley S14 Altoona-Midway S21 Sedan S28 at West Elk O05 Central-Burden O12 Cedar Vale-Dexter O19 at Flinthills

OXFORD

Shawn Burkes 5-4 Dist. 2 A31 at Central-Burden S07 Sedan S14 at Flinthills S21 Medicine Lodge S28 at Caldwell O05 Argonia-Attica O12 South Central O19 at Udall

PEABODY

Kyle Burkhart 0-9 Dist. 6 A31 Macksville S07 at St. John S14 at Central Plains S21 Spearville S28 at Ness City O05 Hodgeman County O12 at South Gray O19 Kiowa County

Kody Tegtmeier 2-7 Dist. 4 A31 at Centre S07 Little River S14 at Chase County S21 Herington S28 at Canton-Galva O05 Bennington O12 Goessel O19 at Solomon

KIOWA COUNTY

PRATT-SKYLINE

Tye Remy 4-5 Dist. 6 A31 Minneola S07 at Pratt-Skyline S14 Pretty Prairie S21 at Hodgeman County S28 Spearville O05 at South Gray O12 Ness City O19 at Kinsley

LEBO

Andrew Nation 2-7 Dist. 5 A31 at Burrton S07 Kiowa County S14 at Argonia-Attica S21 Moundridge S28 at Little River O05 Central Plains O12 Macksville O19 at St. John

S07 Sylvan-Lucas S14 at Osborne S21 Washington County S28 at Hill City O05 Clifton-Clyde O12 Lincoln O19 at Victoria

UDALL

Wyatt Williams 5-5 Dist. 2 A31 Flinthills S07 West Elk S14 at Central-Burden S21 at South Central S28 at Argonia-Attica O05 Medicine Lodge O12 at Caldwell O19 Oxford

VALLEY FALLS

Nick Cummings 0-9 Dist. 3 A31 Onaga S07 at Clifton-Clyde S14 Washington County S21 at Lebo S28 at Burlingame O05 Madison O12 at Chase County O19 Maranatha

VICTORIA

Doug Oberle 7-3 Dist. 7 A31 Otis-Bison S07 at Central Plains S14 Macksville S21 at Lincoln S28 at Clifton-Clyde O05 Washington County O12 at Hill City O19 Stockton

WAKEENEY

Pat Haxton 2-7 Dist. 8 A31 Stockton S07 at Hill City S14 Triplains-Brewster S21 at Atwood S28 Leoti O05 at Oberlin O12 St. Francis O19 at Hoxie

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Doug Thompson 0-9 Dist. 7 A31 Doniphan West S07 Thunder Ridge S14 at Valley Falls S21 at Stockton S28 Lincoln O05 at Victoria O12 at Clifton-Clyde O19 Hill City

WEST ELK

Chris Haag 10-1 Dist. 1 A31 at Marmaton Valley S07 at Udall S14 St. Paul S21 Central-Burden S28 Oswego O05 at Cedar Vale-Dexter O12 Flinthills O19 at Sedan

EIGHT-MAN DIVISION II ALTOONA-MIDWAY Robert Dickinson 2-7 Dist. 1 A31 Cedar Vale-Dexter S07 Maranatha S14 at Oswego S21 at Chetopa S28 St. Paul O05 at Southern Coffey O12 Marmaton Valley O19 at Colony-Crest

AXTELL

Brian Hadley 4-5 Dist. 3 A31 Waverly S07 at Marais des Cygnes Valley S14 Chetopa S21 Valley Falls S28 at Madison O05 Chase County O12 at Maranatha O19 Burlingame

Mick Holt 6-3 Dist. 1 A31 at St. Paul S07 at Oxford S14 Marmaton Valley S21 at Oswego S28 Cedar Vale-Dexter O05 at Flinthills O12 at Central-Burden O19 West Elk

SEDAN

Eric Detweiler 6-4 Dist. 3 A31 at Beloit-St. John’s S07 at Blue Valley-Randolph S14 Onaga S21 Pike Valley S28 Wetmore O05 Hanover O12 at Frankfort O19 at Doniphan West

LEOTI

Steve Tiernan 5-4 Dist. 4 A31 Rural Vista S07 at Wakefield S14 Moundridge S21 at Goessel S28 at Bennington O05 Herington O12 at Canton-Galva O19 Peabody

SOLOMON

BELOIT-ST. JOHN’S

SOUTH CENTRAL

BLUE VALLEY-RANDOLPH

Brant Douglas 3-6 Dist. 8 A31 at Pretty Prairie S07 Sharon Springs S14 Logan-Palco S21 at Hoxie S28 at WaKeeney O05 St. Francis O12 at Atwood O19 Oberlin

LINCOLN

Dustin Patee 1-8 Dist. 7 A31 at Tescott S07 at Wilson S14 Sylvan-Lucas S21 Victoria S28 at Washington County O05 Hill City O12 at Stockton O19 Clifton-Clyde

LITTLE RIVER

Chad Lafferty 7-3 Dist. 5 A31 Canton-Galva S07 at Peabody S14 at Bennington S21 Central Plains S28 Pratt-Skyline O05 at Macksville O12 St. John O19 at Moundridge

MACKSVILLE

Chet Skinner 7-3 Dist. 5 A31 at Kinsley S07 Ness City S14 at Victoria S21 St. John S28 at Moundridge O05 Little River O12 at Pratt-Skyline O19 Central Plains

MADISON

Alex McMillian 5-4 Dist. 3 A31 Marais des Cygnes Valley S07 at Waverly S14 Hartford S21 at Maranatha S28 Lebo O05 at Valley Falls O12 at Burlingame O19 Chase County

MARANATHA

Bryan Burdette 2-7 Dist. 3 A31 at KC East S07 at Altoona-Midway S14 Colony-Crest S21 Madison S28 at Chase County O05 Burlingame O12 Lebo O19 at Valley Falls

Billy Nichols 9-2 Dist. 2 A31 at Bucklin S07 Spearville S14 at Hodgeman County S21 Udall S27 at Medicine Lodge O05 Caldwell O12 at Oxford O19 Argonia-Attica

SOUTH GRAY

Jesse Hodgson 7-2 Dist. 6 A31 at Ingalls S07 at Satanta S14 Medicine Lodge S21 Ness City S28 at Hodgeman County O05 Kiowa County O12 Kinsley O19 at Spearville

SPEARVILLE

Travis Callaway 11-1 Dist. 6 A31 Satanta S07 at South Central S14 Ingalls S21 at Kinsley S28 at Kiowa County O05 Ness City O12 at Hodgeman County O19 South Gray

ST. FRANCIS

Nick Fawcett 7-2 Dist. 8 A31 Sharon Springs S07 at Tribune S14 Dighton S21 at Oberlin S28 Hoxie O05 at Leoti O12 at WaKeeney O19 Atwood

ST. JOHN

Mike Joiner 2-7 Dist. 5 A31 Medicine Lodge S07 Kinsley S14 at Ness City S21 at Macksville S28 at Central Plains O05 Moundridge O12 at Little River O19 Pratt-Skyline

STOCKTON

Phil Conyac 1-8 Dist. 7 A31 at WaKeeney

Keith Kresin 5-4 Dist. 4 A31 Axtell S07 Linn S14 Tescott S21 at Southern Cloud S28 at Pike Valley O05 at Frankfort O12 Lakeside O19 at Rock Hills

Matt Schreiber 1-8 Dist. 3 A31 at Rock Hills S07 Axtell S14 at Wetmore S21 Hanover S28 at Frankfort O05 Onaga O12 at Doniphan West O19 Lakeside

BUCKLIN

Brad Estes 1-7 Dist. 8 A31 South Central S07 at Otis-Bison S14 Chase S21 at Ingalls S28 at Fairfield O05 Stafford O12 at Satanta O19 Minneola

BURRTON

Chris Jensen 1-8 Dist. 7 A31 Pratt-Skyline S07 Pretty Prairie S14 at Fairfield S21 Hutch Central Christian S28 at South Haven O05 Norwich O12 at South Barber O19 at Chase

CENTRE

Kelly Steiner 5-3 Dist. 2 A31 Peabody S07 at Herington S14 Canton-Galva S21 at Hartford S28 Waverly O05 at Wakefield O12 Rural Vista O19 at Marais des Cygnes Valley

CHASE

Brent Schneider 2-7 Dist. 8 A31 at Sylvan-Lucas S07 Ingalls S14 at Bucklin S21 Stafford S28 at Satanta O05 Minneola O12 at Otis-Bison O19 Burrton

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STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES CHETOPA

Jaunc Bradshaw 0-9 Dist. 1 A31 Oswego S07 Open S14 at Lebo S21 Altoona-Midway S28 Southern Coffey O05 at Colony-Crest O12 St. Paul O19 at Marmaton Valley

COLONY-CREST

Brandt Miller 4-5 Dist. 1 A31 at Hartford S07 Burlingame S14 at Maranatha S21 St. Paul S28 at Marmaton Valley O05 Chetopa O12 at Southern Coffey O19 Altoona-Midway

DIGHTON

Ken Simon 7-2 Dist. 6 A31 Hodgeman County S07 at Oberlin S14 at St. Francis S21 Tribune S28 at Triplains-Brewster O05 Sharon Springs O12 at Quinter O19 Wheatland-Grinnell

DONIPHAN WEST

Jeff Savage 6-4 Dist. 3 A31 at Washington County S07 Hanover S14 at Frankfort S21 at Onaga S28 Linn O05 at Wetmore O12 Blue Valley-Randolph O19 Axtell

FAIRFIELD

Heath Hewitt 0-9 Dist. 7 A31 at Wheatland-Grinnell S07 South Barber S14 Burrton S21 at Pretty Prairie S28 Bucklin O05 Hutch Central Christian O12 at South Haven O19 Norwich

FRANKFORT

Nick Anderson 4-5 Dist. 3 A31 at Linn S07 Onaga S14 Doniphan West S21 at Wetmore S28 Blue Valley-Randolph O05 Beloit-St. John’s O12 Axtell O19 at Hanover

HANOVER

Matt Heuer 13-0 Dist. 3 A31 at Pike Valley S07 at Doniphan West S14 Rock Hills S21 at Blue Valley-Randolph S28 Onaga O05 at Axtell O12 Wetmore O19 Frankfort

LOGAN-PALCO

MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY

HARTFORD

Colton Barrett 2-7 Dist. 2 A31 Colony-Crest S07 at Southern Coffey S14 at Madison S21 Centre S28 Wakefield O05 at Marais des Cygnes Valley O12 Waverly O19 at Rural Vista

HUTCH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN

Derron Reddick 4-5 Dist. 2 A31 at Solomon S07 Goessel S14 Herington S21 at Wakefield S28 Marais des Cygnes Valley O05 at Waverly O12 at Centre O19 Hartford

OTIS-BISON

LINN

CLASS 5A Carnie Smith Stadium, Pittsburg

SATANTA

Travis Starr 10-2 Dist. 8 A31 at Victoria S07 Bucklin S14 Stafford S21 at Satanta S28 at Minneola O05 South Barber O12 Chase O19 at Ingalls

Justin Helton 7-2 Dist. 8 A31 at Spearville S07 South Gray S14 at Minneola S21 Otis-Bison S28 Chase O05 at Ingalls O12 Bucklin O19 at Stafford

MINNEOLA

PIKE VALLEY

SHARON SPRINGS

Reigo Hahn 1-7 Dist. 8 A31 at Kiowa County S07 at Stafford S14 Satanta S21 Norwich S28 Otis-Bison O05 at Chase O12 Ingalls O19 at Bucklin

Jeremy Miller 11-1 Dist. 4 A31 Hanover S07 at Tescott S14 Southern Cloud S21 at Axtell S28 Beloit-St. John’s O05 at Lakeside O12 Rock Hills O19 at Linn

Kevin Ayers 3-6 Dist. 6 A31 at St. Francis S07 at Leoti S14 Oberlin S21 Wheatland-Grinnell S28 Quinter O05 at Dighton O12 Tribune O19 at Triplains-Brewster

NORTHERN VALLEY

PRETTY PRAIRIE

SOUTH BARBER

Chuck Fessenden 7-3 Dist. 5 A31 Alma, Neb. S07 Triplains-Brewster S14 at Wheatland-Grinnell S21 at Thunder Ridge S28 Wilson O05 at Sylvan-Lucas O12 Osborne O19 at Logan-Palco

Ron Smith 4-5 Dist. 4 A31 Frankfort S07 at Beloit-St. John’s S14 Lakeside S21 at Rock Hills S28 at Doniphan West O05 Tescott O12 at Southern Cloud O19 Pike Valley

RURAL VISTA

Gavin Cole 6-3 Dist. 1 A31 West Elk S07 Oswego S14 at Sedan S21 at Southern Coffey S28 Colony-Crest O05 at St. Paul O12 at Altoona-Midway O19 Chetopa

NORWICH

Mike Wilmott 5-4 Dist. 7 A31 Stafford S07 at Hutch Central Christian S14 South Haven S21 at Minneola S28 South Barber O05 at Burrton O12 Pretty Prairie O19 at Fairfield

STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SITES CLASS 6A Welch Stadium, Emporia

OSBORNE

MARMATON VALLEY

Vestal Teeter 7-3 Dist. 8 A31 South Gray S07 at Chase S14 at Spearville S21 Bucklin S28 at Stafford O05 Satanta O12 at Minneola O19 Otis-Bison Drew Duskie 3-6 Dist. 4 A31 Thunder Ridge S07 Rock Hills S14 at Linn S21 Tescott S28 at Southern Cloud O05 Pike Valley O12 at Beloit-St. John’s O19 at Blue Valley-Randolph

Brock McMillan 8-2 Dist. 4 A31 Blue Valley-Randolph S07 at Lakeside S14 at Hanover S21 Linn S28 at Tescott O05 Southern Cloud O12 at Pike Valley O19 Beloit-St. John’s

Brandon Wise 9-2 Dist. 5 A31 Hill City S07 at Hoxie S14 Stockton S21 at Sylvan-Lucas S28 Logan-Palco O05 at Wilson O12 at Northern Valley O19 Thunder Ridge

INGALLS

ROCK HILLS

Ben Kolterman 1-8 Dist. 3 A31 at Valley Falls S07 Frankfort S14 at Axtell S21 Doniphan West S28 at Hanover O05 at Blue Valley-Randolph O12 Tescott O19 Wetmore

Lewis Whitson 1-8 Dist. 2 A31 at Madison S07 Lebo S14 at Burlingame S21 Waverly S28 at Rural Vista O05 Hartford O12 at Wakefield O19 Centre

Lee Smith 10-1 Dist. 7 A31 Argonia-Attica S07 Norwich S14 at South Barber S21 at Burrton S28 Pretty Prairie O05 at Fairfield O12 at Stafford O19 South Haven

LAKESIDE

ONAGA

Mike Jenner 6-3 Dist. 5 A31 at Triplains-Brewster S07 Wheatland-Grinnell S14 at Leoti S21 Wilson S28 at Osborne O05 Thunder Ridge O12 at Sylvan-Lucas O19 Northern Valley

Steve Puetz 7-3 Dist. 7 A31 Leoti S07 at Burrton S14 at Kiowa County S21 Fairfield S28 at Hutch Central Christian O05 South Haven O12 at Norwich O19 South Barber

Matt Cantrell 9-2 Dist. 7 A31 Cherokee, Okla.

S07 at Fairfield S14 Hutch Central Christian S21 at South Haven S28 at Norwich O05 at Otis-Bison O12 Burrton O19 at Pretty Prairie

QUINTER

SOUTH HAVEN

Micah Roehl 0-8 Dist. 6 A31 Oberlin S07 at Atwood S14 Hoxie S21 at Triplains-Brewster S28 at Sharon Springs O05 Wheatland-Grinnell O12 Dighton O19 at Tribune

Cody Wolf 2-7 Dist. 7 A31 at Caldwell S07 Cedar Vale-Dexter S14 at Norwich S21 South Barber S28 Burrton O05 at Pretty Prairie O12 Fairfield O19 at Hutch Central Christian

SOUTHERN CLOUD

THUNDER RIDGE

Rick Hatfield 2-7 Dist. 4 A31 at Wilson S07 at Wetmore S14 at Pike Valley S21 Beloit-St. John’s S28 Lakeside O05 at Rock Hills O12 Linn O19 at Tescott

Joel Struckhoff 2-7 Dist. 5 A31 at Lakeside S07 at Washington County S14 Hill City S21 Northern Valley S28 Sylvan-Lucas O05 at Logan-Palco O12 Wilson O19 at Osborne

SOUTHERN COFFEY

TRIBUNE

Trevor Smith 2-7 Dist. 1 A31 at Burlingame S07 Hartford S14 at Waverly S21 Marmaton Valley S28 at Chetopa O05 at Altoona-Midway O12 Colony-Crest O19 at St. Paul

Kyle Finder 4-5 Dist. 6 A31 Hoxie S07 St. Francis S14 Atwood S21 at Dighton S28 at Wheatland-Grinnell O05 Triplains-Brewster O12 at Sharon Springs O19 Quinter

ST. PAUL

TRIPLAINSBREWSTER

Keith Wiatrak 11-2 Dist. 1 A31 Sedan S07 Wichita Life Prep S14 at West Elk S21 Colony-Crest S28 at Altoona-Midway O05 Marmaton Valley O12 at Chetopa O19 Southern Coffey

STAFFORD

Brett Gfeller 0-9 Dist. 6 A31 Logan-Palco S07 at Northern Valley S14 at WaKeeney S21 Quinter S28 Dighton O05 at Tribune O12 at Wheatland-Grinnell O19 Sharon Springs

WAKEFIELD

WHEATLANDGRINNELL

Todd Flinn 3-5 Dist. 6 A31 Fairfield S07 at Logan-Palco S14 Northern Valley S21 at Sharon Springs S28 Tribune O05 at Quinter O12 Triplains-Brewster O19 at Dighton

WILSON

Tony Brokes 1-8 Dist. 5 A31 Southern Cloud S07 Lincoln S14 Clifton-Clyde S21 at Logan-Palco S28 at Northern Valley O05 Osborne O12 at Thunder Ridge O19 Sylvan-Lucas

SIX-MAN ASHLAND Ben Fox 1-8 A31 at Natoma S07 Western Plains S14 Open S21 Pawnee Heights S28 at Moscow O05 Fowler O12 Rolla O19 at Deerfield

Taylor Bauman/Robert Hall 4-5 Dist. 8 A31 at Norwich S07 Minneola S14 at Otis-Bison S21 at Chase S28 Ingalls O05 at Bucklin O12 Hutch Central Christian O19 Satanta

Chris Freeman 6-3 Dist. 2 A31 at Bennington S07 Solomon S14 at Goessel S21 Rural Vista S28 at Hartford O05 Centre O12 Marais des Cygnes Valley O19 at Waverly

Chris Walden 6-2 A31 Fowler S07 Rolla S14 at Pawnee Heights S21 Golden Plains S28 at Western Plains O05 Open O12 Natoma O19 at Weskan

SYLVAN-LUCAS

WAVERLY

DEERFIELD

Ben Labertew 8-2 Dist. 5 A31 Chase S07 at Stockton S14 at Lincoln S21 Osborne S28 at Thunder Ridge O05 Northern Valley O12 Logan-Palco O19 at Wilson

TESCOTT

Daymon Walker 1-8 Dist. 4 A31 Lincoln S07 Pike Valley S14 at Beloit-St. John’s S21 at Lakeside S28 Rock Hills O05 at Linn O12 at Onaga O19 Southern Cloud

Mike Hevel 8-2 Dist. 2 A31 at Lebo S07 Madison S14 Southern Coffey S21 at Marais des Cygnes Valley S28 Centre O05 Rural Vista O12 at Hartford O19 Wakefield

WETMORE

Rick Schnacker 3-6 Dist. 3 A31 at Clifton-Clyde S07 Southern Cloud S14 Blue Valley-Randolph S21 Frankfort S28 at Axtell O05 Doniphan West O12 at Hanover O19 at Onaga

CHEYLIN

Brett Smith 0-8 A31 at Golden Plains S07 Open S14 at Natoma S21 Moscow S28 at Rolla O05 Pawnee Heights O12 at Fowler O19 Ashland

FOWLER

Craig Maynard 2-5 A31 at Cheylin S07 Natoma S14 at Western Plains S21 Rolla S28 at Pawnee Heights O05 at Ashland O12 Deerfield O19 at Moscow

GOLDEN PLAINS Travis Smith 5-3 A31 Deerfield S07 Moscow S14 at Rolla S21 at Cheylin S28 Natoma O05 at Weskan O12 Open O19 Western Plains

MOSCOW

Brett Harp 3-4-1 A31 Follett, Texas S07 at Golden Plains S14 Weskan S21 at Deerfield S28 Ashland O05 Rolla O12 at Pawnee Heights O19 Fowler

NATOMA

Cody Dunlap 0-6 A31 Ashland S07 at Fowler S14 Deerfield S21 Weskan S28 at Golden Plains O05 Western Plains O12 at Cheylin O19 Open

PAWNEE HEIGHTS Jeff Chambers 7-0 A31 Western Plains S07 at Weskan S14 Cheylin S21 at Ashland S28 Fowler O05 at Deerfield O12 Moscow O19 at Rolla

ROLLA

Jon Schnable 2-7 A31 at Weskan S07 at Cheylin S14 Golden Plains S21 at Fowler S28 Deerfield O05 at Moscow O12 at Ashland O19 Pawnee Heights

WESKAN

Brett Clow 6-3 A31 Rolla S07 Pawnee Heights S14 at Moscow S21 at Natoma S28 Open O05 Golden Plains O12 at Western Plains O19 Cheylin

WESTERN PLAINS

Charles Packard 0-5 A31 at Pawnee Heights S07 at Ashland S14 Fowler S21 Open S28 Cheylin O05 at Natoma O12 Weskan O19 at Golden Plains

All state championship football games will be played Nov. 24

CLASS 4A Hummer Sports Park Football Stadium, Topeka

CLASS 3A HCC-Gowans Stadium, Hutchinson

CLASS 2A USD 305 District Stadium, Salina

CLASS 1A Fort Hays StateLewis Field, Hays

8-MAN DIVISION I Fischer Field, Newton

8-MAN DIVISION II Fischer Field, Newton

C12 Thursday, August 30, 2018 The Topeka Capital-Journal