BOYS
Central 64, Blue Springs 54
GIRLS
SAVANNAH INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Lafayette 41, Chillicothe 34
Category: High School
City High School Basketball Scores – Tuesday, November 29
BOYS
Lafayette 49, Benton 37
GIRLS
SAVANNAH INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Liberty North 50, Bishop LeBlond 36
Lafayette 56, Maryville 39
City High School Basketball Scores – Monday, November 28
BOYS
SAVANNAH INVITATIONAL
Winnetonka 60, Bishop LeBlond 52
GIRLS
SAVANNAH INVITATIONAL
Savannah 67, Bishop LeBlond 38
BELTON TOURNAMENT
Central 74, Center 38
Savannah pulls away to defeat Kearney; East Buchanan advances
The Savannah football team pulled away late Tuesday night against Kearney to win their Class 4 second round playoff game at Excelsior Springs High School, 37-16.
With the win, the Savages improve to 11-1 and will travel to Harrisonville for the Class 4 Quarterfinals on Saturday.
Savannah began the game Tuesday down 7-6 with 2:03 remaining in the first quarter as it was postponed from Monday night after two lightning delays.
It didn’t take long for the Savages to take the lead for good.
Savannah forced a turnover on downs and cashed in with a one-yard touchdown run from Blake McFadden.
After another Kearney punt, the Savages then pulled off a miracle as McFadden went back in punt formation and was about to get his punt blocked, but he pulled it down the threw to Tyler Wilt for a 76-yard TD that made the score 21-7.
Kearney made it 21-10 at halftime and then turned Savannah over on downs before driving 54-yards and pulling to within 21-16 after a Colby Davis one-yard run.
That was the score after three quarters and then it was all Savannah.
The Savages went up 24-16 early in the fourth quarter on a 34-yard field goal by Andy Myers and then McFadden found Wilt again from 23-yards away to go up 30-16.
Kearney turned the ball over on downs again and Myers put the game away with a 42-yard TD run with just over four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
McFadden finished the game 11-for24 for 241 yards and three touchdowns, and he ran for 47 more. Myers had 68 yards on the ground, while Blake Deal had four catches for 117 yards and Wilt added three receptions for 103.
The Savages had 386 yards of offense, and held Kearney to 274 and just just 79 in the second half.
Savannah will kickoff at Harrisonville at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Also Tuesday, East Buchanan advanced to the Class 1 Quarterfinals with an impressive 34-14 victory over West Platte at Missouri Western’s Spratt Stadium.
The Bulldogs improve to 11-1 and they play defending state champion Wellington-Napoleon Saturday at 1:30 p.m. int the Quarterfinals.
Area High School Football Scores – Monday, November 7
CLASS 4
Kearney 7 1st Quarter (Postponed until Tuesday at 6:00 PM)
Savannah 6
CLASS 3
Richmond 21 FINAL
Maryville 2
CLASS 2
Hamilton 0 1st Quarter (Postponed until Tuesday at 6:30 PM)
Lawson 0
CLASS 1
West Platte (Postponed until Tuesday at 7:00 PM
East Buchanan
Wellington-Napoleon 15 FINAL
South Harrison 14
Christian cruises past South Holt in playoff opener
The St. Joseph Christian football team had no trouble in its 8-man playoff opener Friday night as they defeated South Holt, 58-0.
The game was called at halftime as Christian improves to 11-0 on the season and they’ll play Mound City the semifinals next Friday.
The Lions dominated from the beginning as Justin Mays scored on a 43-yard run on the second play from scrimmage and went on to lead 44-0 after the first quarter.
Mays was Christian’s leading rusher in the game as he had 49 yards on three carries and two touchdowns.
The Lions had only 20 offensive plays and ran just five plays in their own territory as they finished with 148 yards because of many short fields.
South Holt had no first downs in the game and ended with minus-45 yards of the offense.
Jordan Morrison also had two touchdowns, while David Beard and Jacob Fjellman scored one, and Alex Maudlin threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Matt Dahlgren.
Christian will travel to Mound City next week after the Panthers defeated Southwest Livingston in their quarterfinals game, 62-38. You can hear the game on ESPN 1550.
Also Friday night in the 8-man quarterfinals, Worth County defeated Northwest Hughesville, 72-20, and Stanberry beat Hardin-Central 32-20.
Central loses playoff opener at Raytown South
The Central football team had its season come to an end Wednesday night in the opening round of the Class 5 playoffs as they lost at Raytown South, 8-0.
The Indians made their first playoff appearance since 1995 and struggle with the Cardinals and with the weather.
Playing in a pouring rain the entire night, Central managed only 68 yards of the offense and five first downs.
Raytown South had just 152 yards in the football games, but sophomore running back Cameron Henderson ended with 133 yards on 31 carries and one touchdown.
His seven-yard touchdown run came with 43 seconds left in the first quarter on a fourth and five play that proved to be the difference.
The Indians had a chance in the second quarter to the get on the scoreboard as they recovered a fumble at the Cardinals 20-yard line, but they lost yards and turned the ball over on downs.
And in the fourth quarter, Central got down to the Raytown South 34-yard line with under a minute to go, but they fumbled the ball away and the Cardinals ran the clock out.
Corey Jackson led the Indians with 71 yards on 19 carries, but Darrin Dudley had minus-16 yards and finished the game 1-for-2 for minus-one yard. Raytown South didn’t attempt a pass in the game because of the incliment weather.
Central ends its season 6-5 and Raytown South improves to 7-4 as they play at Staley Monday.
Area High School Playoff Scores – Wednesday, Nov. 2
Class 5
Raytown South 8
Central 0
Class 4
Savannah 35
Liberty North 14
Kearney 16
Platte County 3
Class 3
Maryville 41
Van Horn 0
Richmond 42
Chillicothe 8
Class 2
Lawson 39
Trenton 0
Hamilton 13
Hogan Prep 12
Class 1
Wellington-Napoleon 22
Polo 0
South Harrison 58
St. Mary’s 0
East Buchanan 48
Albany 8
West Platte 20
King City 6
Missouri State High School Football Rankings
Missouri high school rankings
Final regular-season rankings for Missouri high school football, as voted upon by a panel of 13 sportswriters and radio broadcasters, updated Nov. 1. First-place votes in parenthesis.
CLASS 6
Rank, Team Rec. Pts. Prev.
1. CBC (12) 10-0 129 1
2. Rockhurst (1) 9-1 114 2
3. Fort Zumwalt West 8-2 108 3
4. Blue Springs South 8-2 79 7
5. McCluer North 9-1 75 6
6. DeSmet 8-2 59 8
7. Lafayette 8-2 39 9
8. Rock Bridge 7-3 38 —
9. Jefferson City 8-2 27 4
10. Francis Howell 7-3 23 10
Dropped out: Blue Springs (7-3)
Also receiving votes: Blue Springs 14, St. Louis U. High (7-3) 9, Hickman (5-5) 1.
CLASS 5
Rank, Team Rec. Pts. Prev.
1. Staley (13) 10-0 130 1
2. Lee’s Summit West 9-1 114 2
3. Kirkwood 9-0 107 3
4. Parkway Central 9-1 88 4
5. Fort Osage 9-1 80 5
6. Webster Groves 8-1 64 6
7. Nixa 9-1 55 7
8. Glendale 8-2 35 8
9. Ozark 7-3 23 9
10. Hazelwood East 6-4 16 10
Also receiving votes: Summit (7-3) 4.
CLASS 4
Rank, Team Rec. Pts. Prev.
1. Webb City (13) 10-0 130 1
2. Union 10-0 109 2
3. MICDS 10-0 105 4
4. Harrisonville 9-1 88 5
5. Kearney 8-2 60 6
6. Bolivar 9-1 51 3
7. Hillcrest 9-1 48 8
8. Savannah 9-1 45 7
9. Farmington 9-1 42 9
10. Borgia 10-0 20 10
Also receiving votes: Helias (6-4) 14, Hannibal (7-3) 2, St. Charles West (9-1) 1.
CLASS 3
Rank, Team Rec. Pts. Prev.
1. Cassville (12) 10-0 127 1
2. Maryville (1) 9-1 113 2
3. Osage 10-0 104 3
4. Logan-Rogersville 9-1 87 4
5. Richmond 9-1 79 5
6. John Burroughs 9-1 71 6
7. Springfield Catholic 8-2 46 7
8. Dexter 9-1 44 8
9. Boonville 9-1 28 9
10. Lutheran North 8-2 9 10
Also receiving votes: Ste. Genevieve (8-2) 5, Van Horn (7-3) 1.
CLASS 2
Rank, Team Rec. Pts. Prev.
1. Centralia (10) 10-0 127 3
2. Hamilton (3) 10-0 118 2
3. Macon 9-1 100 1
4. Lafayette County 9-1 83 4
5. Lamar 9-1 73 5
6. Maplewood-RH 8-2 59 7
7. Caruthersville 9-1 58 6
8. Mountain View-Liberty 10-0 47 8
9. South Callaway 9-1 27 9
10. Fair Grove 10-0 12 —
Dropped out: Blair Oaks (8-2)
Also receiving votes: Blair Oaks 10, Lawson (8-2) 1.
CLASS 1
Rank, Team Rec. Pts. Prev.
1. Wellington-Napoleon (12) 10-0 129 1
2. Concordia 9-1 111 2
3. Valle Catholic (1) 9-1 105 3
4. Tipton 10-0 96 4
5. Salisbury 10-0 79 5
6. Miller 9-1 54 6
7. East Buchanan 9-1 44 7
8. Westran 8-2 42 8
9. Milan 10-0 28 9
10. Thayer 8-2 19 10
Also receiving votes: University Academy (7-3) 3, West Platte (7-3) 3, South Harrison (8-2) 2.
Central earns first playoff birth since 1995; Christian wins district title
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.