It’s week three of the high school football season in Northeast Kansas and the 2012 campaign has been filled with parity. Staying in the win column has been a challenge with only two of eight Big 7 League teams 2-0, and just 4 of 13 schools in the Delaware Valley still unbeaten. In the Twin Valley, Centralia-Wetmore in the only undefeated 11-Man team while four 8-Man clubs remain without a loss.
At least one of the four DVL schools will suffer their initial loss tonight as Riverside battles Maur Hill/Mount Academy in Atchison. Meanwhile JCN and McLouth both take 2-0 records outside league play with home contests in week three.
Three of the 2-0 teams in the TVL face another unbeaten foe tonight as Frankfort plays at Veritas Christian, Blue Valley travels to Marmaton Valley, and in one of the best 8-Man games in the state, the B&B Falcons host Pretty Prairie. Clifton Clyde is 1-0 after a first week bye and host Pike Valley.
Centralia begins their quests for a 14th consecutive league title tonight with a home game against Washington County. Meanwhile, the other two TVL 11-Man teams also meet as Onaga searches for their first league win in seven years playing at Valley Heights.
In the Big 7, only Holton and Hiawatha are still perfect in the win column and will play next week. The Wildcats have won four straight undefeated league trophies and play tonight at Sabetha, who was the last Big 7 team to knock off the Cats. Hiawatha is off to their best start since 2005 with a pair of fourth quarter comebacks under their belt already this fall and travel to play Royal Valley.
Week three notes:
Jeff West
Sabetha
Perry Lecompton
Jackson Heights
Oskaloosa
looking to snap 12 game losing streak. matched their win total from 2011 and scored 52 points in a week two win at Oskaloosa. Those 52 points were more than the Cobras combined to score in their first 8 games last season. is 0-2 despite taking a lead into the fourth quarter in their first two games. The Kaws play at Santa Fe Trail who has yet to win a league tilt in the Big 7. will be without two senior starters as quarterback Nolan Keim is gone for the season with a knee injury and lead running back McKenzie McAfee is likely out a couple games with an injury. welcomes back two-way starters Cylus Tichenor and Bret Ricklefs after sitting out with suspensions last week.
