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August 29,2009 Check Out previous Blogs
It wasn't a typical opening night
in some
respects. The temperature was actually comfortable, it was the earliest start ever -- a week prior to Labor Day, many players had experienced only a couple, if any, two-a-days due to the early starts of many school districts. Nevertheless, we were blessed with a wide variety of exciting bryan@prepcasts.com plays and games.
QB Derby begins...always featured on all levels of football is the QB. This weekly feature will highlight some of the best performances from a particular week of QB across the State.You'll know some of these names from last year but some will be highlighted for the first time. The tightness of the game sometimes impacts the selections for this Derby. Here goes for week 1... Justin Hinni (Washington)--rushes 19 times for 158 yards and 2 TD; passes 9 of 15 for 128 and 2 more TD's. He leads Bluejays past Ft Zumwalt North 32-10 after a 26-3 halftime lead. Brendan Weiler (Ste Genevieve-Soph)--21 of 44 for 244, two scores in passing game while rushing for 16 times and 80 and two more TD's as Ste Gen Dragons eased past Dexter 30-25. Weiler replaces All-State QB Kory Faulker for the Dragons. Davis Washko (Ft Zumwalt West)-- account for total yards with 228 rushing and 294 passing (11 of 20) as the Jags crush Howell Central 64-28. Washko succeeds standout TJ Moe at the QB slot for FZW. Moe has moved on to MIzzou to continue his career. Bobby Mahoney (Fox) - used pin-point accuracy in 10 of 14 performance as Warriors demonstrated that 08 wasn't a fluke. (see best rally of week)
Big Timber Falling... CBC upset the defending Class 5 Champion, Hazelwood East Spartans 37-27 on their home turf. CBC's offensive was led by Josiah Stanfield, who crossed the goal line once each quarter. The Cadets fell behind on the first play from scrimmage when Hasson Hamilton went 90 yards for the score for the Spartans. Capitalizing on field position in the middle of the game and a crunching, methodical rushing game in the 4th, the Cadets piled up over 200 yards rushing.
Best Rally of the Week... Affton Cougars trailed the Warrenton Warriors 24-7 at the halftime buzzer. Using the powerful running of Marcus Golden (who scored two 2nd half TD's), the Cougars shut down the Warriors completely in the 2nd half to pull out a huge 29-24 win.
Rally runner-up.. Carl Junction had a big 4th quarter as QB Matt Thompson led the way. The Bulldogs upended the Lamar Tigers 31-21. Taking a comfortable 21-7 lead into the final quarter, Carl Junction saw the lead and the momentum slip away as Lamar tied it at 21 early in the 4th. Thompson led the Bulldogs on an 8 play, 74 yard scoring drive to retake the lead for good.
Too long for a rally but... Trailing 24-12 at half to DeSoto, the Fox Warriors totally dominated the 2nd half as the outscored the Dragons 34-0 to post a final victorious score of 46-24. Bobby Mahoney pitched 4 scores and scored 2 himself in this terrific turn-around.
Some may argue that the defenses have started catching up to the wide open offensive sets, the passing games that keep scoreboard operators on their toes constantly. How about this rock-em-sock-em game... Like last year, this game was very physical, the Lafayette Lancers edged the Eureka Wildcats 14-7. Kyle Green led the Lancers with 22 carries for 117 yards. The win avenges the 08 Wildcat victory in this highly charged intra-district rivalry game. Run game ? There were some tremendous individual nights as well as some teams that preferred to keep it on the ground. How about.. Darrian Miller (Jr - Blue Springs) - 14 carries for 249; on his 3rd touch, he exploded for a 52 yard score leading Blue Spring past Lee Summit West Titans 48-13. Miller dazzled spectators on both sides of the field with his juke and jive moves, his extreme quickness and his raw power. On one player, Miller was dragging 5 defenders along as he chugged forward 13 yards for a first down. "Miller Time" isn't coming as a surprise to anyone on the West side of the STATE- he rushed for 1500+ yards last year !!
Caleb Sims (Wm Chrisman)--Christmas arrived early for the Bears...are maybe Sims arrived early as a transfer student! Sims set school records as he rambled for 337 yards on 43 carries in a wild 37-30 win over Ruskin. The win snapped a 9 game losing streak for the Bears and handed 1st year coach, Mark Simcox, his first win (guess so...it is the 1st game)
Liberty Bluejays went old-school on Friday. A punishing run game of the Bluejays rushed for 439 yards (total O was 530) in a convincing 42-6 victory over the Hickman Kewpies. Of the 51 running plays, 12 plays gained 14+ yards! The leading beneficiary of this outstanding line play was Garrett White who hung up 239 rushing yards.
Known more for its superb athletes of late, the Rock Bridge Bruins went to and stayed on the ground all night. The Bruins lugged the ball 46 times for 263 (167 in 2nd half) as they plowed by Lee Summit North 22-13. Rock Bridge was 1-9 in each of the previous 2 seasons, so 1-0 seems great (at least until Monday when practice begins for week #2)
Pin-ball scores of the weekend... Montgomery County 56 Orchard Farm 45 Dominic Thomas scored seven touchdowns for Montgomery County in this one !! No other stats available since all of the game statisticians are still compiling the info !! Ft Zumwalt West 64 Howell Central 28 -- The Jags roll up 294 passing and 374 rushing as they had posted 58 by the end of the 3rd !!
A game of inches usually refers to baseball...not so in Washington, MO where St. Francis Borgia culminated a celebration of 50 years of football by stopping St. Clair just a few inches from the tying the score with only 31 seconds on the clock. The Bulldogs fell short on the 2-pt attempt and Borgia held onto a 20-18 win. All of the coaches of the 50 years of Borgia football were honored in a pre-game ceremony.
Weirdest score of the weekend- Blair Oaks 12 Moberly 5
Two no-no's ?? yes folks, softball has started also. Maria Imhoff (Boonville) tossed a perfect 5 inning 11-0 win over Hannibal this week. A little west, Jackie Bishop struck out 14 on the way to her no-no for Kirksville. The Tigers shut out Moberly 9-0 in 7 innings.Bishop was an All-State hurler for the Smifinalist- Kirksville team last year.
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