September 1, 2007                                             Check Out Previous Blogs

The opening of the 2007 season saw some wild, uncontrollable scoring, take a look...

...Over a 1000 yards of offense, come on ! Well there were 1048 yards of total offense during the Jeff City-Springdale, Ark game won by the Jays 57-33. The Jays raced around for 525 yards of rushing offense as Desmond Wilson led the way with 303 yards. Wilson fell just 7 yards short of tying Jay legend, George Shorthose for the all-time single game record for the Jays. I suppose that all the over-heated calculators had to be cooled down during the haftime break as it was 34-33 a the halftime buzzer.

...St Clair was up 24-7 and feeling good. The Timberland Wolves outscored the Bulldogs 34-7 in 2nd half as Montee Ball crossed the goal line 4 times. Timberland walked off a 55-38 victor in a non-league game.

...Fair Grove's Soph running star, Caleb Schaffitzel, opened the season with 6 scores as his team crushed Osceola 40-21. Last season as a Freshman, Schaffitzel romped for 1300 yards. On Friday, Schaffitzel gobbled up 240 yards on 26 carries.

...Lee Summit West did it the ol' fashioned way and ground it out. The Titans rushed for 386 yards their way to a 35-3 spanking of the Ozark Tigers.

...stats are still being compiled from the Union shootout over the Borgia Knights. The 58-56 Union victory has all the statisticians tied up all weekend unraveling these incredible stats !

STATEMENT TIME...

...DeSmet Spartans totally shut down the highly touted Rock Bridge Bruins 33-0. Wes Kemp provided 3 TD receptions to lead the Spartans. Look for the Spartans to be ranked this week in statewide polls.

...Pattonville Pirates jumped out to a 14-0 halftime lead, saw the NorthStars tie them at 14 in 3rd quarter and then took control again in final quarter as the Pirates knocked off the defending Suburban North Champions 21-14.

...Either it was a Super or a heartbreak ending, depends which side you were on...

...WG drove down inside the 2 yard line late in the game. After a two attempts (including a controversial 2nd attempt), the Belleville East Lancers hung onto a thrilling 14-12 victory over the Statesman.

...Glendale's pass at the final buzzer fell incomplete and saw their chances end for an victory over Camdenton fall aside also. The Lakers 16-10 win continues their winning steak over the Falcons that began in 1991 !

...Fox Warriors shot out to a quick led, saw the Knights of Farmington chip away to gain the lead early in the 4th. When Fox scored with 2 min remaining, the Warriors smelled upset only to see their hopes dashed by a FG in the waning seconds to give Farmington a 28-26 win !

...what ?? A shutout ?

...Jackson Indians closed the door on the potent Howell Central offense that averaged 30+ ppg last year.  Jackson's 8-0 victory seems reminiscent of scores of yester year !

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