Week 9 Kansas City area standouts
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The regular season wrapped up with some shootouts games and a triple overtime game, a rarity at the high school level. Here’s some games and players that stood out. Game of the Week, Part I: Look no further than Ray-Pec’s…
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Continue ReadingThe regular season wrapped up with some shootouts games and a triple overtime game, a rarity at the high school level. Here’s some games and players that stood out.
Game of the Week, Part I: Look no further than Ray-Pec’s 43-40 win in triple overtime against Park Hill to end the regular season with five straight wins and a 7-2 record. The game ended with a 27-yard field goal by Trey Kudron that ended the marathon game. Both quarterbacks passed for touchdowns in the first two overtimes to keep the game going. Ray-Pec QB Zander Dombrowski Zander Dombrowski 6'0" | 180 lbs | QB Raymore-Peculiar | 2023 State MO was 16 for 29 for 249 yards and five TDs. The Blue Springs South transfer tossed two touchdowns to Jaidyn Doss Jaidyn Doss 6'0" | 200 lbs | WR Raymore-Pecuilar | 2023 State MO , who had seven catches for 80 yards. He also returned a punt 54 yards for a touchdown. Park Hill had a number of standouts as well, led by QB Kendrick Bell Kendrick Bell 6'3" | 175 lbs | QB Park Hill | 2023 State MO . He was 22 for 47 for 394 yards and five TDs. He spread the ball around to three different targets. TE Jake Powell Jake Powell 6'3" | 190 lbs | TE Park Hill | 2022 MO had seven catches for 107 yards and a score. James Noel James Noel 5'8" | 150 lbs | WR Park Hill | 2023 State MO and PJ Caldwell PJ Caldwell 6'0" | 180 lbs | ATH Park Hill | 2022 State MO each had two TDs for the Trojans. The game featured 150 plays and 933 yards of total offense.
Game of the Week, Part II: Another close game was Excelsior Springs pulling out a 41-40 win over Pleasant Hill, with the game ending on a fumble return for a touchdown with 2:37 left. QB Chance Moreland ran for 102 yards on 17 carries, but the star for Excelsior Springs was RB Amani Robinson Amani Robinson 5'11" | 200 lbs | RB Excelsior Springs | 2022 State MO , who had 202 yards on 28 carries and two TDs. Pleasant Hill’s Dylan Kauffman Dylan Kauffman RB Pleasant Hill | 2023 MO had 36 carries for 222 with three TDs. This game featured 147 plays and 926 yards of total offense between the two Missouri River Valley Conference foes.
Conference champs: For the second straight year the St. Pius X Warriors won the Midland Empire Conference, though there wasn’t much drama thanks to a 35-0 win over Savannah. The Warriors went 8-1 in the regular season with the lone setback coming to St. James (Kan.) Academy. QB Jack Mosh Jack Mosh 5'10" | 175 lbs | QB St. Pius X (KC) | 2022 State MO was 18 for 25 for 180 yards and 4 TDs in the win over Savannah. Reed McCann had nine catches for 97 yards and two of the touchdowns.
Efficient night: Sam Calvert had only three catches but each were big for Smithville in a 42-7 win over Winnetonka. The victory meant the Class 4 No. 1-ranked Warriors finished the year 8-0 and the senior played a big role in it as he had touchdown catches for 5, 10 and 15 yards in the second quarter. That turned a 14-7 lead into a 35-7 advantage. He finished with 3 catches for 30 yards. QB Andrew Hedgecorth Andrew Hedgecorth 5'10" | 170 lbs | QB Smithville | 2023 State MO was 9 for 14 for 111 yards for Smithville. Two other running backs had big nights as well. Lee’s Summit North’s Quincey Baker Quincey Baker 5'8" | 185 lbs | RB Lee's Summit North | 2023 State MO had only 22 yards but scored three TDs in a 38-6 win over Lee’s Summit West. Platte County’s Nate Walls ran for four touchdowns on 17 carries for 113 yards to help his state-ranked team close the regular season with a 39-3 against Lansing (Kan.).
5 TD night: Raytown running back Zahmari Gary Zahmari Gary 5'8" | 185 lbs | RB Raytown | 2022 State MO ran for 117 yards and four touchdowns, spanning 6, 19, 19 and 21 yards in a 56-7 win over Truman. He added two catches and had a 73-yard touchdown catch as well. Another 5-TD game came from Garrett Bayless Garrett Bayless 6'3" | 175 lbs | QB Odessa | 2022 MO . The Odessa QB threw two touchdowns and 220 yards, while running for 48 yards and 3 TDs, with scoring plays of 7, 15 and 10. That performance helped the Bulldogs get back in the win column after their 31-game winning streak ended last week.
Streak snapped: Warrensburg QB Luke Othic Luke Othic 5'10" | 170 lbs | ATH Warrensburg | 2022 MO has had a number of big games this year but he came up big in a 35-28 win over Oak Grove on Friday in a Missouri River Valley Conference game. That snapped a four-game losing streak, which includes three losses by a combined 16 points. Othic was 7 for 9 for 160 yards and a touchdown and then rolled up 130 yards on 18 carries and added three more touchdowns.