Central 71, Ruskin 64
Bishop LeBlond 54, Excelsior Springs 33
GIRLS
BULLDOG CLASSIC @ KEARNEY
Benton 35, Lafayette 26
FAIRFAX TOURNAMENT
St. Joseph Christian 44, South Holt 34
WILLIAM JEWELL TOURNAMENT
Central 58
Park Hill South 52
NEOSHO TOURNAMENT
Lafayette 43
Neosho 34
U.S. BANK HOLIDAY INVITE @ ROLLA
Benton 61
Salem 69
BISHOP LEBLOND TOURNAMENT
St. Joseph Christian 45
Falls City (NE) 58
Bishop LeBlond 42
East Buchanan 40
GIRLS
PENN VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Lafayette 31
Notre Dame de Sion 53
BISHOP LEBLOND TOURNAMENT
Bishop LeBlond 23
Maryville 43
STATE FARM HOLIDAY HOOPS INVITE @ JEFFERSON CITY
Benton 47
Mount Mercy (NE) 31
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.
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.
CITY
@ Central 9 (1-1, 1-1 SUB)
Lee’s Summit West 45 (2-0, 1-0 SUB)
Benton 55 (2-0, 1-0 MEC)
@ Bishop LeBlond 0 (0-2, 0-2 MEC)
Lafayette 45 (2-0, 0-0 MEC)
@ Odessa 6 (0-2)
St. Joseph Christian 62 (2-0)
@ South Nodaway 8 (0-2, 0-1 PVC)
AREA
@ Savannah 49 (2-0, 1-0 MEC)
Excelsior Springs 24 (0-2)
Maryville 36 (2-0, 1-0 MEC)
@ Smithville 30 (1-1, 1-1 MEC)
Cameron 7 (0-2, 0-1 MEC)
@ Richmond 47 (2-0)
@ Chillicothe (1-0, 0-0 MEC)
Kirksville (0-1)
West Platte 36 (2-0, 1-0 KCI)
@ Lawson 30 (0-2, 0-1 KCI)
East Buchanan 40 (2-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ King City 27 (0-2, 0-1 GRC)
Mid-Buchanan 8 (1-1, 0-0 KCI)
@ Gallatin 13 (1-1, 0-0 GRC)
North Platte 28 (2-0, 0-0 KCI)
@ South Harrison 9 (1-1, 0-0 GRC)
Lathrop 10 (0-2, 0-1 KCI)
@ Plattsburg 13 (1-1, 1-0 KCI)
Polo 19 (1-1, 0-1 GRC)
@ Hamilton 47 (2-0, 2-0 GRC)
Maysville 0 (0-2, 0-1 GRC)
@ Princeton 46 (2-0, 2-0 GRC)
@ Albany 18 (0-2, 0-1 GRC)
Crest Ridge 47
@ Rock Port 0 (0-2)
Concordia 73
Trenton 41 (1-1)
@ Carrolton 0
8-MAN
Mound City 54 (2-0, 1-0 275)
@ West Nodaway 24 (0-2, 0-1 275)
Worth County 48 (2-0, 2-0 275)
@ Nodaway-Holt 0 (0-2, 0-1 275)
Stanberry 52 (2-0, 2-0 275)
@ Tarkio 12 (0-2, 0-2 275)
South Holt 14 (1-1, 1-0 275)
@ North Andrew 64 (1-1, 0-0 PVC)
North Nodaway 14 (1-1, 1-0 275)
@ DeKalb 62 (2-0, 0-0 PVC)
@ Stewartsville 0 (1-1, 0-0 PVC)
Hardin-Central 46 (2-0)