By Blake Chadwick
Kapaun and Wichita Northwest squared off in the heavyweight battle of unbeatens in Week 4 in the City League.
Northwest started off the game with a 21-0 first quarter, setting the Grizzlies up for what looked to be the road to an easy win.
Kapaun had other plans, as the Crusaders slowly cut the lead to 14, and then seven and eventually tied the game up at 28. From that point on, they went back and forth the rest of the second half.
“This was the craziest game I have been a part of,” Kapaun senior receiver Rocco Keller said. “We just kept our composure and we knew we had a good chance to come back the whole game. We just had to trust each other.”
The two fought until the end, with Kapaun coming out on top 43-42 in overtime.
“When we won, it didn’t feel real. Seeing all of our supporters in the student section was amazing – we ran to them and enjoyed some time with them,” Keller said.
In another big-time battle, this time in the AVCTL between undefeated Maize and the 2-1 Derby Panthers, the Maize Eagles came out on top in a huge win for league contention and Class 6A contention.
The Eagles started off really fast with a 14-0 lead, but the Panthers battled back to take a 21-14 lead. Maize score again to tie things up at halftime.
After halftime, it was all Maize as the Eagles were rolling en route to a 42-21 win to move them to 4-0.
Andale dominated Wichita Collegiate once again with a 54-7 win to move to 4-0.
In one of the most impressive stat lines of the early season, Trinity Catholic quarterback Drew Dechant helped lead his team to a 48-6 win over South Sumner. The quarterback was 4-4 for 145 yards and three touchdowns, as well as rushing for 152 yards on only four attempts. Trinity is 3-1.
Great Bend continued its winning ways by beating Wichita North 75-8 to stay undefeated.
Sterling also stayed undefeated after a 43-8 win over Ellinwood. Senior running back Zane Farney surpassed the 5,000-yard rushing mark tonight.
Haven moves to 4-0 after a 31-20 win over Douglass.
Salina Central stays undefeated with a 49-20 win over Eisenhower.
Scores
Andale 54, Wichita Collegiate 7
Andover Central 27, Valley Center 16
Argonia-Attica 30, Norwich 6
Bishop Carroll 47, Wichita South 20
Bluestem 40, Central Heights 6
Buhler 42, Circle 20
Cedar Vale-Dexter 28, Sedan 22
Cheney 41, Clearwater 6
Ell-Saline 46, Canton-Galva 0
Ellsworth 50, Lyons 3
Eureka 34, Humboldt 6
Flinthills 58, Northern Heights 14
Garden Plain 46, Belle Plaine 7
Goddard 36, Newton 17
Great Bend 75, Wichita North 8
Haven 31, Douglass 20
Hesston 55, Nickerson 12
Hillsboro 22, Halstead 13
Hoisington 72, Southwestern Heights 0
Hutchinson 35, Salina South 13
Hutchinson Trinity 48, South Sumner 6
Inman 54, Remington 0
Kapaun 43, Wichita Northwest 42 OT
Little River 52, Goessel 6
Madison 46, Yates Center 0
Maize 42, Derby 21
Maize South 34, Campus 26
Marion 42, Sedgwick 8
McPherson 46, Winfield 27
Medicine Lodge 28, Conway Springs 13
Minneola 42, Cunningham 40
Mulvane 26, Augusta 23
NE-Arma 26, Central-Burden 20
Oswego 49, West Elk 0
Peabody-Burns 58, Pawnee Heights 26
Phillipsburg 40, Beloit 28
Pratt 35, Chaparral 0
Pratt Skyline 46, Udall 0
Rock Creek 28, Abilene 14
Rose Hill 78, El Dorado 0
Salina Central 49, Eisenhower 20
South Central 58, Kiowa County 6
Salina Sacred Heart 26, Valley Heights 16
Southeast-Saline 58, Kingman 6
Sterling 43, Ellinwood 8
Victoria 54, Pretty Prairie 0
Wichita East 57, Wichita West 0
Wichita Southeast 35, Wichita Heights 14
Wichita Trinity 36, Smoky Valley 16
