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Area High School Football Schedule – Friday, August 31

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CITY
Lee’s Summit North (1-0, 0-0 Suburban Red)
@ Central (0-1, 0-0 Suburban Red)

Center (0-0)
@ Lafayette (1-0, 0-0 MEC)

Benton (0-1, 0-0 MEC)
@ Excelsior Springs (1-0)

East Buchanan (1-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ Bishop LeBlond (0-1, 0-0 MEC)

North Andrew (0-1, 0-1 GRC)
@ St. Joseph Christian (0-1, 0-1 GRC)

AREA
Savannah (0-1, 0-0 MEC)
@ Pleasant Hill (1-0)

Harrisonville (0-1)
@ Maryville (0-1, 0-0 MEC)

Chillicothe (0-1, 0-0 MEC)
@ Kirksville (0-1)

Cameron (1-0, 0-0 MEC)
@ Kansas City East (0-1)

St. Piux X (0-1, 0-0 MEC)
@ St. Michael the Archangel (0-1)

Maysville (0-1, 0-0 GRC)
@ Mid-Buchanan (1-0, 0-0 KCI)

Hamilton (1-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ Gallatin (1-0, 0-0 GRC)

Princeton (0-1, 0-0 GRC)
@ North Platte (0-1, 0-0 KCI)

West Platte (1-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ South Harrison (0-1, 0-0 GRC)

Lathrop (1-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ Hogan Prep (1-0)

Lawson (1-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ Lafayette County (1-0)

Sumner Academy (0-0)
@ Plattsburg (0-1, 0-0 KCI)

Lexington (1-0)
@ Trenton (0-1, 0-0 GRC)

Mark Twain (1-0)
@ Milan (1-0, 0-0 GRC)

Polo (0-1, 0-0 GRC)
@ Slate (1-0)

8-MAN
Stanberry (1-0, 1-0 GRC)
@ Albany (1-0, 0-0 GRC)

Northwest Hughesville (0-1)
@ King City (1-0, 1-0 GRC)

Worth County (1-0, 0-0 GRC)
@ Bedford (IA)

Pattonsburg (1-0, 1-0 GRC)
@ Braymer (0-1, 0-1 GRC)

South Holt / Nodaway Holt (0-1, 0-0 275)
@ Southwest Livingston (1-0, 1-0 275)

Stewartsville (1-0, 1-0 275)
@ Mound City (1-0, 1-0 275)

Chillhowee (0-1)
@ DeKalb (0-1, 0-1 275)

Rock Port (1-0, 1-0 275)
@ Platte Valley (0-1, 0-1 275)

East Atchison (0-1, 0-1 275)
@ North-West Nodaway (0-1, 0-1 275)

Area High School Football Schedule – Friday, August 24

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CITY (2017 RECORD)
Central (4-7, 2-3 Suburban Red)
@ Smithville (9-2, 6-1 MEC)
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Lafayette (9-3, 5-2 MEC)
@ Clinton (2-8)

Winnetonka (1-9)
@ Benton (2-8, 2-5 MEC)

Bishop LeBlond (2-8, 1-6 MEC)
@ Putnam County (4-7)

St. Joseph Christian (5-6, 2-5 GRC)
@ Pattonsburg (5-6, 3-4 GRC)

AREA
Grain Valley (9-3)
@ Savannah (3-7, 3-4 MEC)

Maryville (13-2, 5-2 MEC)
Blair Oaks (13-1) at William Jewell

Marshall (0-10)
Chillicothe (10-2, 6-1 MEC)

Kansas City Northeast (1-9)
Cameron (0-10, 0-7 MEC)

Odessa (6-5)
@ St. Piux X (5-6)

South Harrison (5-6, 3-3 GRC)
@ East Buchanan (11-3, 6-1 KCI)

Mid-Buchanan (1-9, 1-6 KCI)
@ Princeton (12-1, 6-0 GRC)

Gallatin (6-4, 5-2 GRC)
@ North Platte (2-8, 2-5 KCI)

Lone Jack (1-9)
@ West Platte (2-9, 0-7 KCI)

Oak Grove (3-7)
Lawson (6-5, 5-2 KCI)

Trenton (4-6, 3-3 GRC)
@ Lathrop (9-3, 5-2 KCI)

Plattsburg (7-5, 3-4 KCI)
@ Milan (2-8, 2-4 GRC)

Maysville (1-9, 0-6 GRC)
@ Hamilton (10-2, 6-1 KCI)

Christ Prep Academy (Lenexa, KS)
Polo (5-5, 3-3 GRC)

8-MAN
King City (8-3, 4-2 GRC)
@ North Andrew (7-4, 4-2 GRC)

Braymer (2-9, 0-7 GRC)
@ Stanberry (10-2, 6-1 GRC)

South Holt / Nodaway Holt (5-6, 4-4 275)
@ Worth County (13-0, 7-0 GRC)

DeKalb (1-9, 1-7 275)
@ Rock Port (9-1, 8-0 275)

Mound City (8-2, 7-1 275)
@ Platte Valley (0-10, 0-8 275)

North-West Nodaway (2-8, 2-6 275)
@ Stewartsville (4-5, 4-4 275)

Southwest Livingston (6-4, 4-4 275)
@ East Atchison (7-4, 6-2 275)

Lafayette announces McDowell as head football coach

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Eric McDowell. Photo courtesy SJSD.

The St. Joseph School District announces Eric McDowell as the new head football coach at Lafayette High School, pending Board of Education approval.

McDowell has been with the district since 2005. He started his career in education at Mid‐Buchanan High School where he was a science teacher, assistant football coach and head wrestling coach. He joined the SJSD in 2005 as a biology teacher at Benton High School and assistant football coach. Most recently, McDowell was the assistant football coach and defensive coordinator for Lafayette’s football program. He also teaches physical education at Lafayette.

McDowell has a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Missouri Western State University and a master’s in education administration from William Woods University.

McDowell is replacing Bart Hardy who was recently selected to fill an open assistant principal position at Lafayette.

The Board of Education is expected to approve the position at the next meeting on June 11, 2018.

– SJSD Press release –

Central, Lafayette & Christian win district baseball championships

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CLASS 5 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
Central 3 (19-6)
Park Hill South 1

CLASS 4 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
Lafayette 1 (18-7)
Chillicothe 0

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
Plattsburg 17
Bishop LeBlond 6 (9-13)

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Joseph Christian 9 (10-11)
East Atchison 3

SECTIONAL SCHEDULE
MONDAY, May 21
Class 1 – St. Joseph Christian vs. Green City

TUESDAY, May 22
Class 5 – Central vs. Liberty
Class 4 – Lafayette vs. Excelsior Springs

Ryan Madison steps down as Lafayette girls’ basketball coach

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Lafayette High School is already in search of new boys’ basketball coach and now they will have to look for a girls’ basketball coach as well.

Ryan Madison has stepped down as the head coach of the Fighting Irish to become the head girls’ basketball coach at Bolivar High School.

Madison spent eight years on the northside and he led the Lafayette girls to six consecutive winning seasons. They made two appearances in the district championship game and Madison finished 124-82 with the Irish and was 29-27 in MEC play.

Madison will take over a Bolivar team that went 17-9 this past season and lost to West Plains in the district semifinals.

Ryan Nichols, who spent just two years as they boys’ basketball coach at Lafayette, stepped down earlier this month to take the boys’ basketball job at West Platte High School.

Nichols leaving Lafayette to take over West Platte boys’ basketball program

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Lafayette High School is now in search of a new boys’ basketball coach as Ryan Nichols has stepped down as the head coach of the Fighting Irish after just two seasons.

Nichols is leaving Lafayette to become the head boys’ basketball coach at West Platte High School.

Nichols came to LHS in 2016 after Chris Neff resigned to take the head boys’ basketball job at Staley High School.  Nichols spent the previous four years at Oak Park High School and also coached at DeKalb for three years.  He went 36-19 overall in his two season at Lafayette and 12-2 in MEC play.  The Fighting Irish captured two district championships but lost to Kearney in the Class 4 Sectional both seasons.

Nichols will try and turn around a West Platte program that struggled in 2017-2018 as the Blue Jays went just 3-20.

Benton girls, Lafayette boys each lose to Kearney in Class 4 sectionals

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The Benton girls and Lafayette boys basketball teams each suffered a loss to Kearney in the Class 4 Sectionals at Liberty North High School Tuesday night.

Benton fell to Kearney 48-43 as the Cardinals end their season 23-3. Lafayette finishes the season 21-8 after losing to the Bulldogs 70-65.

In the girls game, Benton struggled early and fell behind 19-4 after the first quarter. The Cardinals trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half before pulling to within eight points, 24-16, at halftime.

Kearney extended its season to 34-20 after three quarter before Benton rallied and got within three points with 30 seconds to go, but that was as close as they’d get.

Gabby Fuller led the Cards with 13 points and Mia Henderson added 12.

The Lafayette boys played a back-and-forth game with Kearney for nearly three quarters. The Fighting Irish led 17-15 after one, trailed 30-29 at halftime and then Kearney took the lead for good midway through the third quarter.

The Bulldogs led 51-46 after three and extended their lead to as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter. Lafayette never got closer than four the rest of the way as they lost 70-65.

Diego Bernard led the Irish with 25 and Ike Book scored 22 points.

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