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KSHSAA football playoffs
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Central Plains' Michael Laymon (13) pushes Grant Schoenrock (4) out of bounds on Friday night. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

8-MAN DIV. 2 PLAYOFFS

SATURDAY CHAMPIONSHIP NEWTON

Hanover 46, St. Francis 24

St. Francis 0 0 0 0 — 

Hanover 0 0 0 0 — 

SF—

H—

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—SF—Shadyron Blank Ben Busse; H—Jacob Jueneman, Colin Jueneman, Tyler Bonser, Keagan Dimler

PASSING—SF—Busse; H—J. Jueneman

RECEIVING—SF—Kobe Tice, Josiah Sims; H—Dimler

SEMIFINALS

St. Francis 44, Victoria 24

Hanover 74, Frankfort 26

QUARTERFINALS

Victoria 44, Grinnell-Wheatland 26

St. Francis 48, Caldwell 0

Hanover 46, Crest 0

Frankfort 46, Lebo 40

SECOND ROUND 

Victoria 50, Sylvan-Lucas 0

Grinnell-Wheatland 36, South Central 26

Caldwell 36, Central Plains 34

St. Francis 54, Bucklin 0 

Crest 64, Hartford 14

Hanover 52, Axtell 6

Lebo 56, Waverly 8

Frankfort 54, Beloit St. John's 43

FIRST ROUND WEST—Victoria 54, Norwich 6; Sylvan-Lucas 74, South Barber 24; South Central 34, Quinter 14; Grinnell-Wheatland 56, Minneola 20; Caldwell 68, Wilson 20; Central Plains 50, Peabody 0; St. Francis 54, Ingalls 0; Bucklin 74, Triplains 48

FIRST ROUND EAST—Crest 56, Wakefield 26; Hartford 62, St. Paul 12; Hanover 56, Osborne 6; Axtell 42, Thunder Ridge 40; Lebo 58, Chetopa 0; Waverly 66, Marais Des Cygnes 32; Beloit St. John's 50, Onaga 14; Frankfort 60, Downs Lakeside 14

8-MAN DIV. 1 PLAYOFFS

SATURDAY CHAMPIONSHIP NEWTON 

Little River 70, Wichita County 58

Wichita County 0 0 0 0 — 

Little River 0 0 0 0 — 

WC—

LR—

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—WC—Kayde Rietzke; LR—Jayden Garrison, Graham Stephens, Braxton Lafferty

PASSING—WC—Rietzke; LR—Garrison, Stephens

RECEIVING—WC—Sheldon Whalen; LR—Garrison, Stephens

SEMIFINALS

Wichita County 58, Hoxie 6

Little River 48, Madison 24

QUARTERFINALS

Wichita County 52, Argonia/Attica 0

Hoxie 58, Goessel 12

Little River 70, Chase County 26

Madison 34, Canton-Galva 24

SECOND ROUND 

Argonia/Attica 60, LaCrosse 14

Wichita County 68, Rawlins County 0

Goessel 54, Skyline 48, 2 OT

Hoxie 50, South Gray 0

Chase County 56, Sedan 18

Little River 46, Clifton Clyde 26

Madison 60, Oswego 0

Canton-Galva 56, Burlingame 6

FIRST ROUND WEST—Attica 48, Macksville 0; LaCrosse 60, Moundridge 40; Wichita County 68, Hill City 22; Rawlins County 22, Ness City 12; Skyline 52, Pretty Prairie 6; Goessel 60, Kinsley 14; Hoxie 42, Spearville 30;  South Gray 50, Oberlin 0

FIRST ROUND EAST—Sedan 58, Oxford 6; Chase County 66, Dexter 0; Clifton Clyde 46, Bennington 0; Little River 52, Washington County 0; Madison 59, West Elk 6; Oswego 54, Burden Central 8; Canton-Galva 46, Valley Falls 0; Burlingame 44, Lincoln 26

SATURDAY 1A CHAMPIONSHIP HAYS

OLPE 14, OAKLEY 0

Olpe  0 7 7 0 — 14

Oakley 0 0 0 0 — 0

OLPE—Kynden Robert 2 pass from Damon Redeker (kick)

OLPE—Gabriel Castillo 13 pass from Redeker (kick)

SEMIFINALS

Oakley 9, Inman 0

Olpe 14, Lyndon 12

QUARTERFINALS

Oakley 20, Smith Center 0

Inman 46, Conway Springs 6

Olpe 1, Uniontown 0, forfeit

Lyndon 26, Centralia 14 

SECOND ROUND 

Smith Center 34, Ell-Saline 10

Oakley 27, Sedgwick 24

Conway Springs 14, Plainville 7

Inman 50, Remington 6

Olpe 53, Jackson Heights 0

Uniontown 45, NE Arma 0

Centralia 52, Wabaunsee 6

Lyndon 47, Jefferson North 22

FIRST ROUND WEST—Smith Center 7-1 bye; Ell-Saline 50, Elkhart 20; Sedgwick 54, Ellinwood 0; Oakley 50, Wichita Independent 3; Conway Springs 7-1 bye; Plainville 58, Sublette 0; Inman 61, Stanton County 0; Remington 56, Salina Sacred Heart 16

FIRST ROUND EAST—Olpe 8-0 bye; Jackson Heights 26, Central Heights 0; Arma Northeast 1, Valley Heights 0, forfeit; Uniontown 51, Troy 14; Centralia 7-1 bye; Wabaunsee 62, Pleasanton 18; Lyndon 52, Horton 6; Jefferson North 72, Northern Heights 0

SATURDAY 2A CHAMPIONSHIP SALINA

ROSSVILLE 27, HOISINGTON 20

Hoisington 0 0 6 14— 20

Rossville 7 7 6 7 — 27

R—Torrey Horak 4 run (Bo Reeves kick)—4:15

R—Bo Reeves 6 pass from Horak (Reeves kick)—4:07

H—Mason Haxton 17 run (run failed)—9:25

R—Horak 66 run (kick blocked)—1:10

H—Cole Steinert 32 pass from Mason Haxton (run failed)—10:28

R—Horak 1 run (Reeves kick)—7:51

H—Steinert 11 pass from Haxton (pass from Haxton)—5:39

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—H—51-176; Holt Hanzlick 18-75, Mason Haxton 14-67, Cole Steinert 8-27, Cade Mason 5-13, Hunter Morris 4-9, team 2-(-15); R—Torrey Horak 22-162, Tyree Sowers 6-59, Corey Catron 4-27, Woodrow Rezac 5-18, Kaiden Brown 1-3, team 2-(-2)

PASSING—H—M. Haxton4-10-1, 100; Hanzlick 0-1-0; R—Horak 8-18-2, 74

RECEIVING—H—Steinert 3-58, Dylan Richards 1-42; R—Sowers 2-33, Brown 1-14, Rezac 1-11, Parker Kenney 2-7, Bo Reeves 1-6, Corey Catron 1-3

SEMIFINALS

Hoisington 26, Beloit 0

Rossville 31, Nemaha Central 19

QUARTERFINALS

Beloit 32, Haven 26, 2 OT

Hoisington 28, Garden Plain 14 

Rossville 56, Pittsburg Colgan 7

Nemaha Central 7, Osage City 0

SECOND ROUND

Haven 26, Hutchinson Trinity 6

Beloit 1, Phillipsburg 0, forfeit

Garden Plain 25, Hillsboro 20

Hoisington 1, Cimarron 0, forfeit

Pittsburg Colgan 24, Wellsville 0

Rossville 53, Maur Hill 21

Osage City 1, Fredonia 0, forfeit

Nemaha Central 40, Silver Lake 30

FIRST ROUND WEST—Hutchinson Trinity 35, Chaparral 0; Haven 42, Kingman 21; Beloit 55, Hays TMP 14; Phillipsburg 49, Lakin 26; Garden Plain 52, Marion 6; Hillsboro 47, Belle Plaine 12; Hoisington 47, Ellis 0; Cimarron 28, Minneapolis 6

FIRST ROUND EAST—Pittsburg Colgan 51, Eureka 7; Wellsville 28, Riverton 22; Rossville 53, Riverside 6; Atchison Maur Hill 56, Mission Valley 32; Osage City 47, Neodesha 7; Fredonia 47, West Franklin 20; Nemaha Central 50, Pleasant Ridge 6; Silver Lake 63, Republic County 6

SATURDAY 3A CHAMPIONSHIP HUTCHINSON

ANDALE 20, PERRY 0

Andale 0 12 8 0 — 20

Perry 0 0 0 0 — 0

A–Noah Meyer 15 run (run failed)–9:47

A–Eli Rowland 7 run (pass failed)–3:27

A–Rowland 3 run (Rowland run)–4:24

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—P—Thad Metcalfe 24-83; Dawson Williams 1-14; Reichen Rush 6-12; A—Rowland 29-147; Meyer 18-91; Wyatt Spexarth 1-2

PASSING—P—Metcalfe 10-18-4, 86; Williams 1-1-0, 20; A—Spexarth 1-3-1, 12

RECEIVING—P—Williams 5-27; Rush 3-14; Ben Stone 2-46; Hunter Hess 1-19; A—Rowland 1-12

SEMIFINALS

Andale 49, Wichita Collegiate0

Perry-Lecompton 22, Holton 9

QUARTERFINALS

Andale 42, Riley County 0

Wichita Collegiate 27, SE Saline 21 

Perry 49, Prairie View 14

Holton 42, Frontenac 6

SECOND ROUND 

Riley County 43, Scott City 14

Andale 53, Clearwater 0

SE Saline 20, Marysville 0

Wichita Collegiate 35, Cheney 20

Prairie View 13, Girard 12

Perry 20, Topeka Hayden 7

Frontenac 22, Burlington 6

Holton 49, Baldwin 8

FIRST ROUND WEST—Riley County 55, Smoky Valley 16; Scott City 24, Concordia 14; Andale 74, Larned 7; Clearwater 31, Holcomb 15; SE Saline 46, Clay Center 8; Marysville 45, Colby 21; Cheney 40, Halstead 34; Wichita Collegiate 50, Pratt 0

FIRST ROUND EAST—Girard 29, Columbus 18; Prairie View 44, Caney Valley 16; Topeka Hayden 42, Sabetha 6; Perry-Lecompton 35, Rock Creek 22; Burlington 56, Parsons 22; Frontenac 25, Galena 7; Holton 62, Santa Fe Trail 25; Baldwin 40, Jefferson West 12

FRIDAY 4A CHAMPIONSHIP HUTCHINSON

LENEXA ST. JAMES 56, ARKANSAS CITY 34

HUTCHINSON — Lenexa St. James halfback LaJames White scored five touchdowns and rushed for 264 yards to spark the Thunder past Arkansas City 56-34 to capture the 4A state football championship. White scored on runs of 1,6, 22, 67 and 83 yards.

St. James 13 22 7 14 — 56

Arkansas City 7 14 0 13 — 34

SJ—Tyler Claiborne 36 pass from Dakota Burritt (kick blocked)—9:57

AC—Wyatt Bahm 2 run (Cadon Clark kick)—8:39

SJ—LaJames White 6 run (Kirby kick)—2:48

AC—Gabriel Welch 3 run (Clark kick)—11:56

SJ—White 67 run (Kirby kick)—7:23

SJ—Burritt 1 run (Kirby kick)—3:33

SJ—White 22 run (Kirby kick)—3:16

AC—Welch 1 run (Clark kick)—1:00

SJ—White 83 run (Kirby kick)—1:54

SJ—White 1 run (Kirby kick)—9:01

AC—Hayes Manning 31 pass from Burritt (Clark kick)—5:16

AC—Lucas Barnes 53 pass from Welch (Clark kick)—3:44

AC—Clark 49 pass from Welch (kick failed)—0:54

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—SJ—39-316; James 22-264, Burritt 7-22, Jack Steinlage 3-19, Jackson House 3-15, Manning 1-1, Andrew Holton 1-(-3), team 1-(-2); AC—35-89; Bahm 14-65, welch 18-20, Owen Bucher 2-4,Clark 1-0

PASSING—SJ—Burritt, 8-15-1, 170; AC—Welch 30-39-1, 285; Clark 1-1-0,43

RECEIVING—SJ—Claiborne 4-93, Manning 2-34, Jacob Boone 1-32, Kirby 1-11; AC—Clark 12-113,Barnes 4-107, Haden O'Toole5-39,Devon Watkins 4-29, Lance Blubaugh 3-25, Bucher 3-15

SEMIFINALS

Arkansas City 28, McPherson 27

Lenexa St. James 36, SM Miege 35, OT

QUARTERFINALS

McPherson 27, Buhler 21

Arkansas City 32, Wamego 20

Lenexa St. James 56, Basehor 35 

SM Miege 30, Tonganoxie 7

SECOND ROUND 

McPherson 52, Augusta 20

Buhler 42, Rose Hill 8

Arkansas City 33, Andover Central 28

Wamego 21, El Dorado 18

St. James 45, Paola 35

Basehor 19, Eudora 12

SM Miege 63, Fort Scott 12

Tonganoxie 49, Lansing 10

FIRST ROUND WEST—McPherson 78, Abilene 14; Augusta 50, Ulysses 8; Rose Hill 30, Mulvane 13; Buhler 47, Circle 0; Andover Central 49, Great Bend 7; Arkansas City 27, Wellington 6; El Dorado 46, Winfield 14; Wamego 49,. Independence 21

FIRST ROUND EAST—Paola 1, Ottawa 0, forfeit; Lenexa St. James 41, Louisburg 19; Basehor 35, Atchison 16; Eudora 16, KC Piper 15; Fort Scott 48, Bonner Springs 22; SM Miege 64, Chanute 17; Tonganoxie 48, Labette County 28; Lansing 48, Coffeyville 6

5A CHAMPIONSHIP PITTSBURG

MILL VALLEY 49, WICHITA NORTHWEST 35

PITTSBURG — Mill Valley quarterback Cooper Marsh threw three touchdown passes and rushed for three scores to spark the Jaguars to back-to-back 5A state football championships.

Tyler Reishus, Kendrick Jones and Quentin Wittenauer caught touchdown passes. Marsh scored on 1. 3 and 3-yard touchdown runs. 

Wichita NW 0 14 14 7  — 35

Mill Valley 14 7 14 14 — 49

ML—Tyler Reishus 91 pass from Cooper Marsh (Chris Tennant kick)—4:35

ML—Marsh 1 run (Tennant kick)—1:26

NW—L.J. Phillips 36 run (Carson Arndt kick)—8:50

ML—Marsh 3 run (Tennant kick)—6:23

NW—Phillips 1 run (Arndt kick)—3:11

NW—Kaleb Coleman 76 pass from Geremiah Moore (Arndt kick)—11:29

ML—Kendrick Jones 50 pass from Marsh (Tennant kick)—8:57

ML—Quinten Wittenauer 27 run (Tennant kick)—3:05

NW—Julius Bolden 1 run (Arndt kick)—1:52

NW—Moore 25 run (Arndt kick)—8:21

ML—Marsh 3 run (Tennant kick)—5:08

ML—Wittenauer 22 pass from Marsh (Tennant kick)—3:14

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—NW—50-253; Moore 18-109, Phillips, 11-68, Bolden 19-88, Mason Ross 2-(-12); MV—49-191; Marsh 24-134, Whittenauer 21-65, team 4-(-8)

PASSING—NW—Moore 10-14-0, 197; Ross 1-6-0, 12; MV—Marsh 7-16-1, 255

RECEIVING—NW—Trenton Salsbury-Smith 6-93, Coleman 1-76, Jalen Martin 3-24, Bolden 0-10, Ross 1-6; MV—Reishus 1-91, Jones 3-90, Jacob Hartman 1-40, Wittenauer 1-22, Jared Napoli 1-12

SEMIFINALS

Wichita Northwest 41, Wichita Carroll 21

Mill Valley 42, St. Thomas Aquinas 7

QUARTERFINALS

Wichita Northwest 26, Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 14

Wichita Carroll 49, Maize High 35

St. Thomas Aquinas 32, Blue Valley SW 7

Mill Valley 16, DeSoto 13

SECOND ROUND 

Wichita NW 69, Wichita Heights 0

Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 38, Goddard 15

Wichita Carroll 42, Hutchinson 28 

Maize High 59, Maize South 27

Blue Valley SW 27, Topeka Seaman 21

St. Thomas Aquinas 48, Pittsburg 13

DeSoto 56, Leavenworth 31 

Mill Valley 51, Spring Hill 0

FIRST ROUND WEST—Wichita Northwest 68, Salina Central 12; Wichita Heights 28, Andover 22; Wichita Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 74, Salina South 0; Goddard 28, Goddard Eisenhower 26;  Hutchinson 46, Newton 41; Wichita Carroll 1, Valley Center 0, forfeit; Maize High 55, Liberal 0; Maize South 33, Hays High 12

FIRST ROUND EAST—Topeka Seaman 7-1 bye; Blue Valley SW 36, Emporia 14; St. Thomas Aquinas 4-3 bye; Pittsburg 4-4 bye; DeSoto 7-1 bye; Leavenworth 62, Topeka West 15;  Mill Valley 5-2 bye; Spring Hill 34, Shawnee Heights 6

6A CHAMPIONSHIP OLATHE

DERBY 56, BLUE VALLEY NORTH 31

Derby (9-2) 14 28 7 7 — 56

BV North (7-3) 14 7 3 7 — 31

D—Dylan Edwards 18 pass from Lem Wash (kick)

D—Wash 13 run (kick)

D—

D—

D—

D—

D—

BVN—

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—D—Dylan Edwards, Lem Wash; BVN—

PASSING—D—Wash; BVN—

RECEIVING—D—Reid Liston, Drake Thatcher; BVN—

SEMIFINALS

Derby 62, Junction City 27

Blue Valley North 30, Olathe North 20

QUARTERFINALS

Derby 40, Lawrence 20

Junction City 49, Wichita East 42

Olathe North 28, Blue Valley 21

BV North 30, SM Northwest 6 

SECOND ROUND

WEST—Lawrence 1, Dodge City 0, forfeit

Derby 48, Gardner-Edgerton 28

Junction City 70, Washburn 25 

Wichita East 20, Manhattan 7

EAST—Olathe North 38, Olathe NW 17 

Blue Valley 24, BVNW 7

SMNW 26, Olathe West 14 

BV North 31, Olathe East 21

FIRST ROUND WEST—Lawrence 66,. Wichita North 6; Dodge City 35, Topeka High 0; Derby 62, Wichita Southeast 0; Gardner Edgerton 37, Wichita South 13; Junction City 42, Lawrence Free State 21; Washburn Rural 21, Wichita West 3; Wichita East 46,. Campus 6; Manhattan 21,  Garden City 20

FIRST ROUND EAST—Olathe North 6-1 bye; Olathe Northwest 42, SM West 0; Blue Valley NW 42, SM East 14; Blue Valley 38, BV West 7; SM Northwest 5-1 bye; Olathe West 21, Olathe South 11; Olathe East 41, SM South 6; BV North 47, SM North 13