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The El Dorado Wildcats head to play theCircle Thunderbirds this Friday in their sec-ond game of district play. The Wildcats arecoming off another tough loss this pastweek at the hands of Maize South, falling44-21 in their final home game of the sea-son.

"We know that they are in the same po-sition as we are heading into the game.They will be preparing and practicinghard all week and we plan to do the same,"said El Dorado head coach Dustin Dooley.

Although the Wildcats were beaten byMaize South they had arguably their bestrushing performance of the season. Tuck-er Sherman and quarterback Travis Housecombined for three rushing touchdownsagainst the Mavericks.

Sherman accounted for 140 yards on 28totes and was confident hitting the holes

that the Wildcat offensive line was open-ing for him.

El Dorado will need another strong per-formance from their line and Shermanwhich has help take the pressure off thepassing game.

For the Wildcats defense, winning thetakeaway battle and avoiding the big playare integral to the El Dorado chances atgrabbing a victory.

A big question for the Wildcats headingto Circle will be the availability of seniorcaptain and linebacker Trevor Crain. Crainwas injured in the game against MaizeSouth and was used sparingly throughoutthe rest of the contest.

Whether or not Crain is able to go, theWildcats need one of their best defensiveefforts of the season and full team effort forall for quarters this week.

Wildcats head to Towandalooking for first victoryJOSH PRIM | El Dorado Times

The Wildcats need a superb game from senior linebacker Trevor Crainin his final match up against rival Circle. PHOTO BY JOSH PRIM

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EL DORADO WILDCATSAug. 31 @ McPherson L 41-20Sept. 7 v. Clearwater L 26-6Sept. 14 @ Winfield L 35-13Sept. 21 v. Mulvane (HC) L 42-7Sept. 28 @ Buhler L 62-21Oct. 5 v. Rose Hill L 52-21Oct. 12 v. Maize South L 44-21Oc.t 19 @ CircleOct. 25 @ Hesston

CIRCLE THUNDERBIRDSAug. 31 @ Augusta W 31-14Sept. 7 Winfield L 42-18Sept. 14 Collegiate L 59-6Sept. 21 @ Andale L 62-6Sept. 28 Wellington L 36-12Oct. 5 @ Clearwater L 41-13Oct. 12 @ Hesston L 51-8Oct. 19 El Dorado Oct. 25 Maize South

EL DORADO RECORD 0-7

CIRCLERECORD 1-6

El Dorado Wildcats v. Circle ThunderbirdsGAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday LOCATION Circle High School, Towanda Kansas

ON OFFENSE TuckerSherman had a careergame last week versusMaize South. Expect theWildcats to feed the ballto him often.

ON DEFENSE Being con-sisten tacklers has been afocal point for the Wild-cats all season. Theyneed to be their strongestif the want a chance atthe playoffs.

FROM THE COACH "Ourkids are practicing hardand getting prepared forCircle. We are excited forthis game," said El Do-rado head coach DustinDooley.

ON OFFENSE Quarter-back Garrett Hutson andrunning back Drake Fox,Trey Davis and JustinWright have big play abil-ity.

ON DEFENSE In the T-Birds’ past six defeatsthey have allowed oppos-ing offenses at least 36points.

ODDS AND ENDS Lastseason the Thunderbirdsdefeated the Wildcats 41-23 in the final contest be-tween the two ButlerCounty rivals at GalenBlackmore Stadium.

TravisHouserushed fortwotouch-downs inthe lossto MaizeSouth. Hewill needto makemoreplays withhis legsthis week.PHOTO BY

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FLINTHILLS MUSTANGSAug 31 @ Cedar Vale/Dexter W 40-6 Sep 7 Central Burden L 46-0 Sep 14 @ Oxford L 53-6Sep 21 @ Madison/Hamilton L 59-6 Sep 28 Lebo L 74-54Oct 5 Burlingame W 62-12 Oct 12 @ Peabody-Burns W 50-36Oct 19 Centre Oct 25 @ Hartford

CENTRE COUGARSAug 31 Goessel W 36-28 Sep 7 @ Wakefield L 58-14 Sep 14 Lebo L 36-26Sep 21 Burlingame W 64-22Sep 28 @ Peabody-Burns L 62-28Oct 5 Cedar Vale/Dexter W 56-6Oct 12 Hartford W 46-0 Oct 19 @ Flinthills Oct 25 Madison/Hamilton

Flinthills Mustangs v. Centre CougarsThe 3-4 Flinthills Mustangs who have

won two straight ball games play host to theCentre Cougars this Friday in Rosalia.

The Cougars come to Rosalia with a 4-3record having won their last two gamesagainst Cedarvale/Dexter and Hartford.

The Mustangs will lean heavily on offensein the senior dynamic duo of quarterbackBarrett Simon and running back MichaelHinnen.

Simon has 880 yards passing this seasonand 9 touchdowns and has rushed to rush673 yards and nine more touchdowns.

Hinnen has accumulated 532 yards and 12touchdowns on the ground and 561 yards re-ceiving with 5 more touchdowns.

They will need big games on a Centre de-fense that has allowed just 6 points in theirpast two contests to allow the Mustangs achance at a third consecutive win.

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Derrick Decker, a former standout for RoseHill, is on the Pittsburg State Gorillas’ roster.

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Where is he now?Derrick Decker plays for the Pittsburg State University Gorillas. He is listedas a tight end.

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What has he accomplished?Decker was a class 4A All-State performer at quarterback and defensiveback as a senio. He was named to the Kansas Top 11 (All-State, All-Class)squad as a defensive back

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While they certainly didn’t help them-selves in slowing down Rose Hill lastweek, the Orioles played a bit closerthan the score might indicate, despiteRose Hill scoring two touchdowns onpunt returns and controlling much of thefirst half.

“I told them, it comes down to effort.If you’re putting effort out there and notdwelling on mistakes, we had guys who’dmake a mistake and get mad at them-selves while the play is still going,” coachRoger Robben said last week. “We havegot to keep going. We cannot allow thatto happen. We’ve got to play hard the en-tire play.”

What shouldn’t go unnoticed is the im-provement the Orioles made in the sec-ond half, particularly defensively, wherethe front seven clamped down a littlemore than they had before.

“We made a few adjustments at half-time, which I think helped. And our guysare learning to make in-game adjust-ments, but we usually do better when wehave a little bit of time to communicatewith them. You have guys playing on bothsides, you don’t get a lot of time to com-municate with them. It’s pretty much onthe go,” Robben said.

The Orioles will need to put togethera strong effort for four quarters as theywill face another challenge in TrinityAcademy at home this week on seniornight. The Knights have a couple of big-time playmakers who can make a lot ofdefenses look bad.

With one loss in Districts already, Au-gusta pretty much will have to win if itwants any shot of making the playoffs.There is still a road game with Collegiatelooming in the regular-season finale.

Orioles face must-win against TrinityJEREMY COSTELLO | Augusta Gazette

Trae Goken plunges across the goal line for a 2-point conversion afterTristan Finch scored on a 17-yard TD run. PHOTO BY JEREMY COSTELLO


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TRINITY ACADEMYAug. 31 @ Chaparral 60-36 (W)Sept. 7 @ Belle Plaine 54-6 (W)Sept. 14 @ Cheney 28-14 (L)Sept. 21 v. Garden Plain 57-21 (L)Sept. 28 @ Conway Spr. 45-14 (L)Oct. 5 v. Douglass 42-14 (W)Oct. 12 v. Collegiate 28-17 (L)Oct. 19 @ AugustaOct. 25 @ Rose Hill

AUGUSTA ORIOLESAug. 31 v. Circle 31-14 (L)Sept. 7 @ Mulvane 68-21 (L)Sept. 14 @ Wellington 14-6 (W)Sept. 21 v. Clearwater 28-20 (L)Sept. 28 v. Andale 64-9 (L)Oct. 5 @ Ark City 49-0 (L)Oct. 12 @ Rose Hill 41-14 (L)Oct. 19 v. Wichita TrinityOct. 25 @ Wichita Collegiate

TRINITY ACADEMY

ON OFFENSETyler Burns is as fast a

running back as Augusta hasseen this season. Burns alsohits hard from the safety po-sition on defense. Trinityquarterback Matt Jones isbig and tough to bring down.Jones and Burns have beena deadly combination allseason, especially runningbehind a huge offensive linewith several seniors.

ON DEFENSEThe Knights have strug-

gled to keep teams fromracking up points. Trinity hasgiven up an average of nearly31 points per game.

RECORD 3-4, 0-1

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ON DEFENSEThe Orioles no doubt will

have to tackle better than theydid last week against Rose Hill.In the second half, the defensemade some adjustments, par-ticularly with its front seven,which did slow down Rose Hill,at least compared to the firsthalf. Trinity’s playmakers canpose problems if the Oriolesdon’t stay sound in their defen-sive techniques and schemes.

ON SPECIAL TEAMSThe Orioles need to improve

field position. They gave up 124yards in punt returns. The Ori-oles only managed 78 yards infive tries on kickoff returns.

RECORD 1-6, 0-1

Trinity Academy v. Augusta OriolesTHE MATCHUP GAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 LOCATION Hillier Stadium, Augusta High School

Augusta’s freshmen, such as Chandler Nusz (29) and Gan-non Marcotte, have made an impact on defense as they’vebeen getting varsity playing time. PHOTO BY JEREMY COSTELLO


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In district play, the second game isoften the most pivotal of the three, andAndover at Emporia will be no excep-tion. Both teams are 1-0 and whoeverwins Friday will be in the driver’s seatfor the top spot in the district.

“The way the system is set up, everygame is critical,” AHS coach MikeLee said. “Once you lose one, your pathgets tougher.”

Riding a five-game winning streak,the Trojans (6-1) will have their handsfull at Emporia, also 6-1 but rankedfourth in Class 5A. The Spartans losttheir first game of the season twoweeks ago and started a new winningstreak last week with a 48-27 win atNewton.

“Emporia is very athletic,” Lee said.“Their receivers, quarterback, andfullback are very good.”

Lee would be taking about receiverJerel Morrow (102 yards against New-ton), quarterback Braxton Marstall

(165 yards, TD) and fullback DylanJackson (261 yards, 5 TDs). With allthe offensive weapons at their dispos-al, the Spartans average 32.7 points pergame.

Emporia is also strong on defense.“Their linebackers are physical and

aggressive, and they're also very goodup front,” Lee said.

However, the Spartans do give upsome points; about 22 per game. New-ton moved the ball against them, rush-ing for nearly 300 yards and passingfor 100 more.

Andover could take advantage ofEmporia’s tendency to allow yards onthe ground. It all depends upon whois physically able to play, as the Trojanshave been pretty banged up. The mostcritical were Chase Ogden from earlyin the season and Mason Biberstein,who did not play last week against Val-ley Center.

The Trojans had one of their more

Trojans, No. 4Emporia clashin Districts

RANDY FISHER | Andover American

Andover and Emporia, which is ranked No. 4 in Class 5A, will play in a bat-tle of early unbeatens in district play Friday night. PHOTOS BY STEVE ADELSON

balanced attacks of the season againstthe Hornets. Cole Gumeringer hadperhaps his best day passing ever -- 8of 17 for 156 yards and a touchdown.Seven players carried the ball at leastonce, as Andover rushed for 149 yards.

Leading the way was freshman Eli Re-neoux with 45 yards on 13 carries in hisfirst action of the season.

“We'll have to play very well andmake very few mistakes,” Lee said ofwhat Andover will need to do to win.


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Sept. 7 v. Arkansas City 16-0 (L)Sept. 14 @ Eisenhower 38-8 (W)

Sept. 21 v. Independence 48-0 (W)Sept. 28 @ A. Central 17-14 (W)Oct. 5 v. Goddard 40-16 (W)Oct. 12 v. Valley Center 21-8 (W)Oct. 19 @ EmporiaOct. 26 v. Newton

EMPORIA SPARTANSAug. 31 Shawnee Heights 27-21 (W)Sept. 7 Manhattan 21-0 (W)Sept. 14 Highland Park 50-14 (W)Sept. 21 Seaman 21-19 (W)Sept. 28 Hayden 36-35 (W)Oct. 5 Topeka 40-26 (L)Oct. 12 Newton 48-27 (W)Oct. 19 AndoverOct. 26 Valley Center

ANDOVER

ON OFFENSEDespite a backfield decimated by injuries,

Andover seems to have someone ready tostep in. Freshman Eli Reneoux gained 45yards in his first action of the year againstValley Center. Andover rushed for 149 yards.ON DEFENSE

Valley Center to score on its first posses-sion of the game but nothing more, as An-dover allowed just 176 yards offense.Linebackers Logan Borovetz with 13 tackles(10 unassisted) and Alex Jackson with ninetotal helped stuff the Hornets. Miles Starkspicked off a pass as well.ON SPECIAL TEAMS

Special teams have been big for Andoverthe last two weeks. Miles Starks has re-turned two kickoffs for touchdowns of 73and 85 yards, and two punts for 63 yards.Toshi Hayashi has returned five punts for 127yards and three kickoffs for 61 yards.

RECORD 6-1, 1-0

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ON OFFENSEThe Spartans can move

the chains and light up theboard (32.7 ppg). FullbackDylan Jackson rushed for261 yards and five touch-downs last week. Emporiahad two TDs of more than50 yards, a 57-yard run anda 55-yard pass.

ON DEFENSEEmporia is prone to give

up yards – and points – aswell. Against Newton, theSpartans gave up 392yards total offense, includ-ing 282 yards rushing.They allow an average of22.3 points per game.

RECORD 6-1, 1-0

Andover Trojans v. Emporia SpartansTHE MATCHUP GAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 LOCATION Emporia High School


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LAWRENCE - Captain Optimistic could look at 10th-ranked Oklahoma’s sched-ule, see the Sooners’ match-up with Kansas University on Saturday is sandwichedbetween last week’s Red River Rivalry game against Texas and next week’s show-down with No. 5 Notre Dame and think, “Maybe OU will overlook the Jayhawks.”

Don’t count on it, said Sooners head coach Bob Stoops on Monday morning’sBig 12 coaches teleconference.

Stoops said his squad prepared the same every week no matter the opponent,and he expected that to be the case for Saturday’s 6 p.m. game against KU in Nor-man, Okla.

“Just like we did last week, just like we will next week,” Stoops said. “There’llbe one name up on the board, and that’ll be Kansas. That’s all we’re thinking about.”

It stands to reason the Sooners would be a little more fired up than normal thisweek coming off of last weekend’s 63-21 pasting of the Longhorns. Not only didthe victory — along with a West Virginia loss to Texas Tech — put OU right backin the Big 12 title race, but it also gave the surging Sooners an added dose of con-fidence.

Regardless, Stoops said that game was behind his team now.“I’ve been here 14 years, and we’ve always had a game after Texas,” he said. “And

through the years we’ve done pretty well.”Indeed. Stoops is 9-5 against UT, but undefeated in the weeks following the

Texas game during his 14 seasons, with an average margin of victory of 27 points.Five of those post-UT triumphs have come against Kansas.

“Our season doesn’t begin and end with Texas,” Stoops said. “Never has.” OU DEFENSE DOMINANT

After an early-season slip-up against Kansas State, the Sooners (4-1 overall,

2-1 Big 12) have bounced back, thanks largely to the dominating play of their de-fense.

During the past three games, OU’s first-string D has given up just one touch-down. Stoops said Monday that his brother/defensive coordinator, Mike Stoops,had a lot to do with that.

“He believes in being very disciplined, very technique-oriented, being physi-cal,” Stoops said of his brother. “I think it’s always been our belief that you don’tplay great defense by trying to fool people or trying to blitz. Sometimes you blitzyourself right into trouble.”

Weis also has been impressed with the approach taken by OU’s defense.“It’s interesting to be able to watch a team that just lines up and plays,” Weis

said. “So many defenses are gadgets and gimmicks and pressure on every down,and these guys just line up, and they just try to rough you up. They just line upand try to smash you in the mouth. It’s kind of old-fashioned defense, and they’rereally good at it.”

STOOPS ON KU’S OFFENSEDuring his regular meeting with the local media Monday, Stoops was asked

for his thoughts on the KU offense. He made no mention of Weis’ move to turnto back-up QB Michael Cummings in place of starter Dayne Crist late in the gameSaturday against Oklahoma State.

“They do a really good job of getting a lot of different sets, combining the runwith the pass,” Stoops said. “Dayne Crist has thrown the ball well. They have goodbalance, and I see a lot of good players. Overall, they’ve been very competitive.”

Weis has not announced which quarterback will start at OU on Saturday, andhe said earlier this week that he planned to give Crist and Cummings equal repsduring practice to find out which guy gave KU the best chance against the Soon-ers.

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Troy Morrell is in his 13th season as headcoach for the Grizzlies in 2012. Morrell is133-16 at Butler. PHOTO BY JOSH PRIM

Head Coach FootballButler County CommunityCollege

What can you tell usabout your coachingphilosophy?

Coach each kid hard,but fair, to their abilityand skill every day. Themain goal is for eachkid to feel coached atthe end of every prac-tice and know that welove them. The things ittakes to be successfulare simple, they justaren't easy.

What have been your great-est challenges coaching thisteam?

Dealing with the numerousdistractions that our youthface these days. They arebeing pulled and influenced inso many ways, a lot of whichare negative, that it can behard at times to keep them fo-cused on their grades and ath-letics. Hopefully we areproviding a stable environ-ment that can help the kids tofocus on doing what they needto.

What is one of yourmore memorable mo-ments as a coach?

I have had many, but itwas really special makingthe playoffs last year. Thekids here had been so ac-customed to not experi-encing success on thefootball field, it was greatto see them enjoy the re-wards of all the hard workwe had asked of them.

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Aug. 31 v. Cheney 27-0 (L)Sept. 7 v. Wichita Trinity 47-6 (L)Sept. 14 @ Garden Plain 68-20 (L)Sept. 21 @ Bluestem 37-14 (W)Sept. 28 v. Haven 49-18 (L)Oct. 5 v. Independent 55-20 (L)Oct. 12 @ Conway Springs 53-13 (L)Oct. 19 v. DouglassOct. 25 @ Chaparral

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KEY ON DEFENSEThe Blue Dragons will have to

be ready for Douglass’ rushing at-tack. The Bulldogs had two 100-yard performers in Drew Chadic(25 carries, 110 yards) and AustinTitus (28 carries, 111 yards).Chadic also caught two passesfor 79 yards as the Bulldogs con-tinue to improve their passinggame. Chase Banister finishedwith 111 yards on six completions.

ON POINTBelle Plaine has given up 40 or

more points in five of its sixlosses this season. Douglass’ of-fense by far has had its highest-scoring stretch the past threeweeks.

RECORD 1-6, 0-1

Douglass Bulldogs v. Belle PlaineTHE MATCHUP GAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 LOCATION Belle Plaine High School

Douglass missed an important oppor-tunity in its hunt to get into the playoffs.The Bulldogs’ big loss to Chaparral in lastweek’s district opener means the Bulldogspretty much have to win out to get in.

That includes this week at Belle Plaine,which only has one win all season, but italso means beating powerhouse ConwaySprings in the finale.

The Bulldogs worked to tackle better inopen space last week, but it didn’t trans-late to the game as they were outmatchedagainst Trinity Academy. The Bulldogsshould have an athletic advantage againstthe Belle Plaine Dragons this week.

Coach Jeff Ast wants the Bulldogs toplay better on the lines as well, where

they’ve struggled as of late. He wants thedefense to attack downhill better. The of-fensive line needs to fire off the ballquicker and stay low to maintain leverage,which allows plays to develop.

Perhaps more than anything, Ast justwants consistency. The Bulldogs run avery similar game plan from week to weekas they’ve tried to focus on running thefootball and tackling well on defense. Butnow, in Districts, is when all the im-provements the team has made this sea-son need to come to fruition. Time is run-ning out.

Douglass returns home the final weekof the season for season night.

Bulldogs need win tokeep playoff hopesJEREMY COSTELLO | Augusta Gazette

Aug. 31 @ Garden Plain 54-0 (L)Sept. 7 v. Sunrise Acad. 22-20 (W)Sept. 14 @ Medicine Lodge 6-0 (W)Sept. 21 v. Independent 27-6 (L)Sept. 28 v. Bluestem 30-8 (W)Oct. 5 @ Trinity Academy 42-14 (L)Oct. 12 @ Chaparral 65-30 (L)Oct. 19 @ Belle PlaineOct. 25 v. Conway Springs

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tackle better in openspace. Trinity scored on apair of 51-yard TD runsafter breaking tackles.

ON SPECIAL TEAMSLast week’s game

against Trinity took a badswing for the Bulldogswhen the Knights re-turned a kickoff for atouchdown after Douglassscored on the openingpossession. The Bulldogsneed to be the ones mak-ing those momentum-swinging plays this week.

RECORD 3-4, 0-1


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Both Andover Central and Wichi-ta West come into Friday’s gamewith 0-1 records in district play,which makes this a pivotal game forboth. A win and next week you stillhave a shot at advancing to the play-offs. A loss and next week you will betrying to keep from ending the seasonwith another loss.

In years past, many teams mayhave considered a game against Wi-chita West almost as a “gimme.” Butnot this year. After winning just 17games in the 10 years since currentcoach Weston Schartz left the Pio-neers, this season he has them flirt-ing near the .500 mark with a 3-4record.

“Coach Schartz has somehow ac-

cumulated some talent there,” ACHScoach Tom Audley said. “It’s a wholedifferent deal. I knew when he tookthe job our district changed dramat-ically.”

Schartz has the 3-4 Pioneers run-ning first and passing second. Theyare averaging 160 yards rushing pergame and nearly five yards per carry.

West’s best chance of winning maydepend upon whether dual-threatquarterback Danny Jones returnsafter missing the last two games withan injury. Jones, the team’s third-lead-ing rusher, also has thrown for 374yards. In his absence, the Pioneershave mustered just 86 yards passing.

If the Jaguars are to snap their four-game losing streak – and maintain a

chance of continuing their string of 10consecutive playoff appearances --they will need to correct their propen-sity for mistakes that has plaguedthem all season.

“That’s been the issue we’ve beendealing with all year,” Audley said.“Until we get that fixed, we’re goingto keep struggling.”

Central needs to shore up its gameon both sides of the line. Last weekagainst Ark City, the Jaguars hadjust 219 yards total offense, including152 yards passing by Blake Meier and46 yards rushing by Lucas Milner. Bycontrast, the Bulldogs gained morethan 300 yards on the ground andthrew for 132.

“I think it’s a pretty good matchup,”

Key game for Central and‘different’ Wichita WestRANDY FISHER | Andover American

Audley said of Wichita West. “We havesome things we can do against them.We’re going to have to learn to stop therun, and the defense is going to have to get… off the field.”


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ANDOVER CENTRAL

Aug. 31 v. Wichita South 32-26 (W)Sept. 7 @ Wichita East 27-22 (L)Sept. 14 @ Wichita SE 24-6 (W)Sept. 21 v. Bishop Carroll 59-13 (L)Sept. 27 v. Wichita Heights 30-7 (L)Oct. 5 @ Wichita North 26-14 (W)Oct. 12 v. Kapaun 39-28 (L)Oct. 19 @ Andover CentralOct. 26 @ Ark City

WICHITA WEST

Aug. 31 v. Valley Center 25-19 (W)Sept. 7 @ Derby 48-0 (L)Sept. 14 v. Goddard 19-12 (W)Sept. 21 @ Maize South 33-21 (L)Sept. 28 v. Andover 17-14 (L)Oct. 5 @ Salina Central 26-0 (L)Oct. 12 v. Ark City 41-20 (L)Oct. 19 v. Wichita WestOct. 26 v. Kapaun @ Cessna Stadium

ANDOVER CENTRAL

ON OFFENSEThe last two weeks, Andover Cen-

tral has gained less than 250 yardsper game. It will need better produc-tion from running backs Lucas Milnerand Taylor Brown, who gained 70yards between them last week.ON DEFENSE

Ark City ran for more than 300yards last week. Wichita West is ca-pable of doing that as well if the Jags’defense doesn’t get better penetra-tion at the line of scrimmage.FROM THE COACH

Minimizing mistakes is the key to aCentral victory.

“That’s been the issue we’ve beendealing with all year. Until we get thatfixed, we’re going to keep struggling.”

RECORD 2-5, 0-1

WICHITA WEST

ON OFFENSETrevon Mitchell (613

yards) and Trez Patrick(549 yards, 140 carries)are the leading rushersfor West. Their passinggame has been nonexist-ent the past two weekswith starting quarter-back Danny Jones outwith an injury.ON DEFENSE

The Pioneers can bescored upon, as they areallowing an average of 28points and 219 yards pergame. Mitchell (34) andPatrick (28) are their twoleading tacklers on theseason.

RECORD 3-4, 0-1

Andover Central v. Wichita West

Andover Central will need to improve its run defensethis week against West. PHOTO BY STEVE ADELSON

THE MATCHUP GAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 LOCATION Andover District Stadium


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ROSE HILL ROCKETS

Aug. 31 @ Andale 41-27 (W)Sept. 7 v. Buhler 35-21 (L)Sept. 14 @ Circle 59-6 (W)Sept. 21 v. Wellington 42-6 (W)Sept. 28 @ Clearwater 38-35 (W)Oct. 5 v. Maize South 17-14 (W)Oct. 12 @ Trinity 28-17 (W)Oct. 19 v. Rose HillOct. 25 v. Augusta

WICHITA COLLEGIATE

Aug. 31 @ Buhler 26-21 (L)Sept. 7 @ Andale 28-23 (L)Sept. 14 v. McPherson 33-15 (L)Sept. 21 v. Winfield 28-12 (W)Sept. 28 @ Mulvane 20-13 (L)Oct. 5 @ El Dorado 52-21 (W)Oct. 12 v. Augusta 41-14 (W)Oct. 19 @ Wichita CollegiateOct. 25 @ Wichita Trinity

THE MATCHUP GAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 LOCATION Collegiate High School, Wichita

COLLEGIATE

ON OFFENSEMarkus Phox is the real

deal. Phox, the Spartans’leading receiver, is a deepthreat on every pass playand has tremendous speed.He and the Spartans aver-age 35 points per game.

ON DEFENSENothing comes easy

against the Spartans’ de-fense, which is solid againstthe pass. Collegiate will haveto limit Rose Hill’s big playson the ground and tacklewell by wrapping up. A lot ofRose Hill’s yardage lastweek against Augusta cameafter initial contact.

RECORD 6-1, 1-0

Rose Hill Rockets v. Collegiate SpartansROSE HILL

ON OFFENSEThe Rockets’ Garrett

Forsberg will need to haveanother monster gameafter his 184-yard perform-ance in last week’s districtopener. The Rockets didn’tneed to pass all that much,but when they did, BretWaddell has proven to be areliable go-to target.

ON SPECIAL TEAMSRose Hill’s Colton Mays

got into the end zone threetimes (one was called backon a penalty) returningpunts last week. Rose Hillwould love to see him takeanother one to the house.

RECORD 3-4, 1-0

Despite its ups and downs, the RoseHill Rockets have a chance to clinch aplayoff berth this week.

Their opponent? The Wichita Colle-giate Spartans.

That is no easy task. Collegiate has beenone of the highest-scoring teams in thearea and has a couple star players who willrequire all kinds of attention from RoseHill’s defense.

Still, the Rockets may be up to the task.Their defense has picked up its play the

past several weeks, giving up just less than17 points per game the past month. Theycan pressure the quarterbacks and con-trol the line of scrimmage. The Rocketshave speed and athleticism to keep upwith the Spartans, who attack the edgesand can turn a short pass or quick run intoa long touchdown at a moment’s notice.

Rose Hill also will be hoping that itsbrutal schedule this season will haveprepared them for this week’s challenge.

JEREMY COSTELLO | Augusta Gazette

Garrett Forsberg proved to be tough to stop against theOrioles last week. PHOTO BY JEREMY COSTELLO

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GAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday LOCATION Sedgwick High School, Sedgwick, KS

BLUESTEM LIONSAug. 31 @ Conway Springs L 76-6Sept. 7 v. Medicine Lodge W 12-0Sept. 14 v. Chaparral L 54-6Sept. 21 v. Belle Plaine L 37-14Sept. 28 @ Douglass L 30-8Oct. 5 @ NE Arma L 36-6Oct. 12 v. Remington L 40-6Oc.t 19 @ SedgwickOct. 25 @ Independent

SEDGWICK CARDINALSAug 31 Olpe W 35-7Sep 7 Marion W 45-6Sep 14 Salina Sacred Heart L 31-28Sep 21 Ell-Saline W 19-12Sep 28 Hutchinson Trinity W 31-14Oct 5 Moundridge W 52-7Oct 12 Wichita Independent W 46-0Oct 19 BluestemOct 25 Remington

Bluestem Lions v. Sedgwick CardinalsThe Lions head to Sedgwick this week after be-

ing beaten at home against previously winless Rem-ington 40-6.

Bluestem will try to right the ship and get backon track toward their second consecutive playoffberth against a tough Sedgwick team.

The Cardinals moved to 6-1 and opened districtplay with a 46-0 romp over Wichita Independent.

The Lions were plagued by turnovers againstRemington giving the ball away throughout the con-test leading to short fields for the Broncos that end-ed in points.

Bluestem must find a way to have sustained drivesthat end in points for the Lions against Sedgwick.

In all the Cardinal victories this season they haveallowed a maximum of 14 points to an opponent.Bluestem must go above and beyond that scoringplateau, winning the turnover battle to stand achance at a huge upset in the Kansas 3A footballranks.


Blue-stem'sDylanEmmonsmakes atacklefor theLionsagainstthe Dou-glassBulldogs.PHOTO BY

KENT BUSH


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CIRCLE THUNDERBIRDSAug. 31 @ Augusta W 31-14Sept. 7 Winfield L 42-18Sept. 14 Collegiate L 59-6Sept. 21 @ Andale L 62-6Sept. 28 Wellington L 36-12Oct. 5 @ Clearwater L 41-13Oct. 12 @ Hesston Oct. 19 El Dorado Oct. 25 Maize South

EL DORADO WILDCATSAug. 31 @ McPherson L 41-20Sept. 7 v. Clearwater L 26-6Sept. 14 @ Winfield L 35-13Sept. 21 v. Mulvane (HC) L 42-7Sept. 28 @ Buhler L 62-21Oct. 5 v. Rose Hill L 52-21Oct. 12 v. Maize South L 44-21Oc.t 19 @ CircleOct. 25 @ Hesston

CIRCLE T-BIRDSRECORD 1-6

EL DORADORECORD 0-7

Circle Thunderbirds v. El Dorado WildcatsGAME TIME 7 p.m. Friday LOCATION Circle High School, Towanda Ks

Thunderbirds host Wildcatsin Butler County showdown

Can quarterback Garrett Hutson guide the T-Birds to a victory overrival El Dorado in his first start against the Wildcats? PHOTO BY JOSH PRIM

The Circle Thunderbirds look to end theirsix-game losing streak and grab their sec-ond win of the season when they host theirin-county rival in the El Dorado Wildcats.

Circle dropped its first game in districtplay to Hesston last Friday on the road,falling 51-8.

The Thunderbirds will try to break thecurrent offensive funk that has seen the Cir-cle offense only reach double digit scoringin three of their six defeats. Circle managedonly 8 points against new district foe Hes-ston.

The turn this week is dependent on theplay of quarterback Garrett Hutson whohas shown flashes of excellence with hisplay coming from his legs and big passesunder pressure.

The T-Bird trio of running backs ac-counted for just 48 yards on 16 carries com-

bined against the Swathers. The Circlebacks need a breakout game to get the ballrolling offensively for the T-Birds.

On defense, Circle surrendered morethan 400 yards of total offense to theSwathers with 205 yards coming from therun. The Circle run defense will be testedwhen they face the Wildcats and runningback Tucker Sherman who had his bestrunning effort of his career last weekagainst Maize South.

Though the Circle defense was beaten onthe run it was the pass that doomed theThunderbirds at Hesston.

The Thunderbird secondary gave up 5passing touchdowns to the Swathers in thefirst half last week en route to their big de-feat. The T-Bird secondary will be lookingfor a game of redemption and bounceback after being embarrassed at Hesston.


ON OFFENSE Wide Re-ceiver Trevor Crain is duefor a big game especiallyin his finale contestagainst Circle.

ON DEFENSE El Doradowill try to slow the T-Birdrushing attack forcingCircle to beat them withthe pass game.

ODDS AND ENDS Thisgame is paramount toboth schools’ future ofgoing on into the Kansasstate playoffs. Do or Diefor both squads thisweek.

ON OFFENSE The run-ning back trio of DrakeFox, Trey Davis and JustinWright have to find a wayto break through the ElDorado defense.

ON DEFENSE Slowingthe El Dorado air attackand not allowing the Wild-cats to have sustainedlong drives that end inpoints is key for a T-Birdvictory.

FROM THE COACH “Ourkids continue to put inthe effort week in and outand they will be preparedfor El Dorado,” said HeadCoach Bob Pool. The Circle defense will need a high flying effort this Friday to give them a

shot at a third straight playoff appearance. PHOTO BY JOSH PRIM



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MANHATTAN - Following a hard-fought 27-21 win at No. 25 IowaState last weekend, Kansas State will face its third straight ranked op-ponent on the road when the Wildcats travel to No. 15 West Virginia onSaturday. The matchup between the 6-0 Wildcats and the 5-1 Moun-taineers will be featured as FOX’s College Football Game of the Week witha 6 p.m. (CT) kickoff from Milan Puskar Stadium. Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Charles Davis (analyst) and Julie Alexandria will have the callon FOX. Wyatt Thompson will call the action for the K-State Sports Net-work with Stan Weber providing color analysis and Matt Walters on thesidelines.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE WILDCATSThe Wildcats, who are 6-0 and ranked as high as No. 3 in this week’s

national polls, are averaging 248.5 yards per game on the ground on of-

fense, have not yielded more than 21 points in a game all season on de-fense and are also holding steady as the nation’s least-penalized unit at22.2 yards per game. Last time out, K-State fought through some adversityand came out of Ames, Iowa, with a 27-21 win for its second straight roadvictory over a ranked opponent and third straight dating back to last year.Quarterback Collin Klein ran for 105 yards and three touchdowns andthrew for 187 more on 16-of-24 aim as the senior signal caller contin-ues to provide consistent performances week in and week out. In fact,Klein now leads the nation with seven three-plus rushing touchdowngames for his career, while his 30 rushing scores in goal-to-go situationssince 2011 are also the most in the NCAA. Klein continues to lead theteam to victory as he is 17-4 in his career as the starting quarterback, in-cluding an 11-3 mark in Big 12 play. Helping Klein lead the charge of-fensively is Hubert, who has rushed for 100 or more yards four times thisseason. Hubert, who is third in the Big 12 and 31st nationally with 101.0yards per game, ran for 79 yards against Iowa State last weekend. Kleinchecked in at No. 4 in the league’s rushing charts this week with his 85.0yards per game. The Wildcat defense has been salty against the run, yield-ing just 102 yards per game on the ground, while senior linebacker ArthurBrown continues to put up All-America numbers. Through six games,Brown ranks among the Big 12 leaders with 47 tackles, while the defensehas forced 14 turnovers in six games to give the squad a Big 12-best plus-10 turnover margin.margin.

K-State Faces KeyRoad Test at WestVirginia

TEAM Kansas City Chiefs

CLASS Anatomy because I want to bea chiropractor

MOVIE Friday Night Lights

ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio

TV SHOW The Voice

BAND/MUSICIAN The Fray

FAVORITES:

CAMERONHURLEY

Cameron Hurley is a senior wide receiverand defensive back for the Jaguars.

Want to nominate an athlete?We want to know about him. Please Contact [email protected].

CLASS Senior | POSITION Wide receiver, defensive back TEAM Andover Central High School

What first inspiredyou to play foot-ball?

Just being around myfriends (in thirdgrade). They all talkedabout it. I thought itwas OK that everyonewanted to play foot-ball.

What is the tough-est/most importantlesson you’velearned while play-ing football?

I don’t know as muchas I think I do.

What is your fa-vorite memory ofplaying football?

Probably last yearwhen we beat An-dover 40-6.


THURSDAY, October 18, 2012BUTLE

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BUTLER GRIZZLIESAug. 25 at Dodge City W 72-12Sep. 1 Blinn W 28-10Sep. 8 Fort Scott W 60-14Sep. 15 at Independence W 84-7Sep. 22 at Highland W 61-0Sep. 29 Air Force Prep W 49-6Oct. 6 Garden City W 84-13Oct. 20 Coffeyville Oct. 27 at Hutchinson

COFFEYVILLE RED RAVENSAug 25 @ Hutchinson L 58-26Sep 1 Trinity Valley L 35-7Sep 8 @ Air Force Prep W 29-23Sep 15 @ Fort Scott W 34-28(2OT)Sep 22 Independence W 38-19Oct 6 Highland W 7-3Oct 14 Dodge City W 52-13Oct 20 @ ButlerOct 27 @ Garden City

BUTLER GRIZZLIESRECORD 7-0

COFFEYVILLERECORD 5-2

#2 Butler Grizzlies v. Coffeyville Red RavensGAME TIME 7 p.m. Saturday LOCATION BG Products Veterans Sports Complex El Dorado Kansas

#2 ranked Grizzlies face familiarfoe in Red Ravens at home finaleJOSH PRIM | El Dorado Times

The number two ranked team in the na-tion in the Butler Grizzlies head intotheir third consecutive and final homegame of the regular season as they hostconference rival the Coffeyville RedRavens.

Butler is coming off of their bye weekand the Ravens are coming off a 52-13 vic-tory over Dodge City moving Coffeyville to5-2 on the season having won five con-secutive ball games.

Butler comes into Saturday's tilt scoringin every way possible leading to 438points and a 7-0 record. During that spanthe Grizzlies have allowed their opponentsto score an astonishing 62 points.

The Grizzly rushing attack has averageda mere 244 yards a game thus far into theseason, a perfect picture of the immacu-late play of the veteran Butler offensive linewhich game after game opens up running

lanes in opposing defenses for their speedybacks.

Against Coffeyville, the Grizzlies willonce again force the Red Ravens’ defenseto try and stop their run attack. When thathappens quarterback Billy Cosh shouldhave the sufficient amount of time to findone of his top receivers in Javess Blue, Ja-cob Hurla, Dawson Elliot and Chris Fields.

Now on to the Butler bruisers or shouldI say defense. The Grizzly defense has got-ten nastier as the season has gone on thriv-ing on tackles for losses and defensive take-aways that have ended in points.

So far the Grizzlies defense has 15 fum-ble recoveries, 11 interceptions, 24 sacksand four defensive touchdowns.

The task is to shut down Coffeyvillequarterback and playmaker AJ Derbywho threw three touchdowns and ran fortwo more last week against Dodge.

Butler running back Derrick Thomas continues to push for more carriesas he had a solid game against Garden City. PHOTO BY JOSH PRIM

ON OFFENSE The Griz-zlies will run the ball untilCoffeyville stops them.Billy Cosh will sprinkle insome play action whichcan lead to highlight reelplays downfield.

ON DEFENSE Goingagainst the Red Ravens isalways a game of pridefor the Butler defense.They will be looking topitch a shut out thisweek.

ODDS AND ENDS TheGrizzlies have gone 30-34 this season in redzone scores for an 88%scoring conversion.

ON OFFENSE Quarter-back AJ Derby scored fivetouchdowns last week atDodge and will be in theeye of the Butler defense.

ON DEFENSE In theirpast five victories the RedRavens defense has al-lowed a maximum of 28points to a single oppo-nent.

ODDS AND ENDS Lastseason the Red Ravenswere defeated by theGrizzlies 41-3 at GalenBlackmore Stadium.

Wide receiver Javess Blue continues to lead the Grizzlies in receptions, re-ceiving yards and receiving touchdowns. PHOTO BY JOSH PRIM


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