The Central football team won at Park Hill Friday night, 24-6, to earn their first playoff birth since 1995.

The Indians improve to 6-4 and 4-1 in the Suburban League as they now get set for a Class 5 playoff game at Raytown South Wednesday night in the openinng round.

After a scoreless first quarter Friday night, central broke through with a 33-yard field goal from Sal Ingargiola to take a 3-0 lead with 7:48 to play before halftime.

The Indians then got a 28-yard touchdown run from Corey Jackson with 6:08 remaining in the second quarter before Park Hill closed the gap to 10-6 with a 19-yard TD pass from Tyler White to Jordan Wang with 1:12 left in the half.

Central took control of the game in the third quarter as they took the opening kickoff right down the field and QB Jacob Kaiser threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Nick Shores to go ahead 17-6.  Kaiser made his first career start as starting quarterback Darrin Dudley suffered a concussion last week against Staley.

The Indians capped off the scoring with a 70-yard interception return for the touchdown by Dre Irvin with nine seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Central held Park Hill to 37 yards in the second half and forced three turnovers in the game.

The Indians finished with 303 yards of the offense as Jackson ran the football 32 times for 213 yards.  Kaiser finished the game 3-6 for 51 yards and one touchdown.

Central travels to Raytown South Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. and you can hear the game on ESPN 1550.

Also Friday night, St. Joseph Christian hammered Southwest Livingston 68-26 to win the District 3 Championship.  The 10-0 Lions will entertain South Holt at Christian Field Friday at 7:00 p.m.  That game will also air on ESPN 1550.