High school football playoff wrapup

Tuesday’s games (Nov. 3)

4A bi-district playoffs
at Basehor
Jefferson West 41. Basehor-Linwood 27
• West picked up its first playoff win since 1998 by taking down Basehor-Linwood on the road to improve to 7-3. Senior Austin Siess scored on a 7-yard run and a 22-yard pass from senior quarterback Alex Baker, junior Ethan Mumaw scored on runs of 1, 9, and 60 yards and junior Grady Tichenor scored on an 11-yard pass from Baker, who added five extra points.

3A bi-district playoffs
at Rossville
Rossville 51, Oskaloosa 8
• The Bears got rolled on the road to finish the season 7-3.

2A bi-district playoffs
at Valley Falls
Valley Falls 40, Troy 8
• The Dragons improved to 6-4 on the season by rolling to a 32-0 halftime lead and holding on for the win. Junior quarterback Alex Lederer scored on runs of 64 and 45 yards and connected with senior Riley Bunde on a 12-yard scoring strike. Senior Chance Gier scored on an 8-yard run and added two 2-point conversion runs and senior Tyler Wynkoop scored on a 4-yard run with senior Logan Wynkoop scoring two 2-point conversions. Lederer ran 9 times for 168 yards and Gier ran 21 times for 83 yards. Bunde had 2 catches for 48 yards and Lederer and Tyler Wynkoop had interceptions on defense.


Saturday’s games (Nov. 7)

4A regional playoffs
at Meriden
Eudora 23, Jefferson West 16
• The Tigers couldn’t generate a second-half comeback as Eudora ended their season at 7-4. Siess scored on a 7-yard pass from Baker and Mumaw ran for a 16-yard touchdown. Baker also added a 31-yard field goal and an extra point.

St. Marys 42, Valley Falls 8
• The Dragons were down, 36-0, at the half en route to the loss to finish the season 6-5. A report on the game can be found elsewhere on the blog.

High school football scores from Oct. 29 games

Thursday’s games (Oct. 29)


Oskaloosa 42, McLouth 0
• The Bears had a 30-0 lead at half and rolled from there to finish the regular season 7-2 overall and 2-1 in district play. They were set to travel to Rossville Tuesday to play a 3A bi-district playoff game. That game hadn’t been played at press time. McLouth finished the season 1-8 overall and 0-3 in district play.

Holton 16, Jefferson West 13
• A report on this game can be found elsewhere on the blog.

Onaga 22, Valley Falls 16
• The Dragons dropped to 5-4 overall with the loss as Onaga took a 22-8 lead into the fourth quarter and held on to win. Senior Chance Gier scored on a 2-yard run for the Dragons while junior Alex Lederer scored on a 12-yard run. Senior Tyler Wynkoop added a 2-point conversion and Lederer connected with senior Mitchell Streeter on another 2-point conversion. Valley Falls was set to play host to Troy Tuesday night for a 2-1A bi-district game. That game hadn’t been played at press time.

Pleasant Ridge 47, JCN 0
• The Chargers finished the season 2-7 overall and 1-2 in district play.

Perry-Lecompton 55, Santa Fe Trail 2
• The Kaws finished the season 2-7 overall and 1-2 in district play. Senior Brad Phillips finished his high school career with a 4 touchdown night as he had three touchdown receptions of 45, 33, and 15 yards from sophomore Jeremy Immenschuh, plus a 27-yard scoring run. Sophomore Brandon Ball scored on a 6-yard blocked punt return, senior Shelby Politte scored on a 38-yard pass from Immenschuh, Immenschuh scored on a 6-yard run, and senior Brooks Christman scored on a 3-yard run. Senior John Mehl added seven extra-point kicks.

County football scores from Oct. 16 games

Friday’s games (Oct. 16)

Jefferson West 31, Hiawatha 14
• The Tigers moved to 5-2 with the win and 1-0 in district play.

Pleasant Ridge 36, Oskaloosa 22
• The Rams used a 14-0 third quarter to hold off the Bears and drop Oskaloosa to 5-2 overall and 0-1 in district play. Oskaloosa senior Brandon Barnes ran 27 times for 257 yards and two touchdowns, of 6 and 3 yards, plus added two 2-point conversions. Junior Levi Wade ran 15 times for 82 yards and a 7-yard score. Junior Mark Newell had 18 rushes for 85 yards.

Valley Falls 36, Lyndon 14
• The Dragons improved to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in district play as they took a 30-14 halftime lead and held on to win. Senior Chance Gier had scoring runs of 44, 4 and 30 yards plus a 2-point conversion run. Senior Tyler Wynkoop had a 42-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion run and junior Alex Lederer had a 98-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion run. Gier had 11 carries for 161 yards and 3 scores, and Lederer had 8 carries for 102 yards and a score.

Jeff. Co. North 27, McLouth 0
• The Chargers did all their scoring in the second half to improve to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in district play. The Bulldogs dropped to 1-6 overall and 0-1 in the district. Junior Jeff Hale had touchdown runs of 5 and 28 yards, and senior Breck McMillan had a 5-yard touchdown run and a 16-yard scoring catch from Hale. Hale added three extra points. McMillan ran 13 times for 99 yards and a score while Hale had 12 carries for 74 yards and two scores.

Eudora 45, Perry-Lecompton 14
• The Cardinals outscored the Kaws, 31-7, in the second half to drop the Kaws to 1-6 overall and 0-1 in district play. Perry-Lecompton got scores from junior Trent Robb on a 5-yard pass from sophomore Jeremy Immenschuh and a fumble recovery by junior Cody Amerine in the end zone. Senior John Mehl added the extra points.

County football scores from Oct. 9 games

Friday’s games (Oct. 9)


Oskaloosa 55, Doniphan West 28
• The Bears improved to 5-1 as they took a 36-8 halftime lead en route to the easy win. Senior back Brandon Barnes scored on runs of 1, 11, 6, 7, and 31 yards plus an 80-yard kickoff return score. Junior back Mark Newell scored on a 37-yard run and junior quarterback Adam Bowser connected with senior Mitch Boucher for a 46-yard scoring pass. Barnes and Newell added 2-point conversion runs. Cody Green added an extra-point kick.

Jeff. West 59, Maur Hill Mt. Acad. 14
• The Tigers improved to 4-2.

Valley Falls 46, McLouth 14
• The Dragons improved to 3-3 and the Bulldogs fell to 1-5. A report on this game can be found elsewhere on the blog.

Troy 34, Jeff. Co. North 12
• The Chargers dropped to 3-3 with the loss.

Piper 34, Perry-Lecompton 14
•The Kaws dropped to 1-5 as the Pirates outscored them, 13-0, in the second half. Sophomore Jeremy Immenschuh scored on a 10-yard run and junior Trent Robb scored on a 2-yard run with sophomore Luke Kellum scoring a 2-point conversion for the Kaws.

County football scores for Oct. 2

Friday’s games (Oct. 2)

Wathena 20, Oskaloosa 14 (OT)
• The Bears suffered their first loss of the season to drop to 4-1. Wathena took a 14-0 halftime lead but Bears senior Brandon Barnes scored on a 1-yard run and added the 2-point conversion run to cut the lead to 14-8 in the third quarter. Barnes scored from 6 yards out to tie the game in the fourth quarter but coach Scott Whaley elected to go for the 2-point conversion rather than the go-ahead extra point kick. The run failed and the game went to overtime, where Wathena scored and held Oskaloosa off the board to get the win.

Jeff. Co. North 41, Jackson Heights 6
• The Chargers improved to 3-2 as they took a 27-0 halftime lead en route to the win. Sophomore Dalton Minor scored twice on a 9-yard pass from junior Jeff Hale and a 42-yard pass from senior Austin Gaspard. Senior Lucas Page scored on pass plays of 13 and 10 yards from Hale, and Gaspard scored on runs of 3 and 57 yards.

Jefferson West 26, Nemaha Valley 21
• A report on this game can be found elsewhere. The Tigers improved to 3-2.

Valley Falls 44, Horton 8
• The Dragons improved to 2-3 as they scored 28 unanswered points from the second quarter on. Senior Tyler Wynkoop scored on a 5-yard run, junior Alex Lederer scored on runs of 18 and 10 yards, plus a 17-yard pass to junior Alex Nottingham, and senior Chance Gier scored on runs of 11 and 5 yards. Gier added three 2-point conversion runs and Lederer ran for another. Gier had 18 carries for 149 yards while Lederer had 12 carries for 127 yards in the win.

Doniphan West 33, McLouth 0
• The Bulldogs fell to 1-4. Sophomore Shawn Dailey ran 25 times for 71 yards in the loss.

Perry-Lecompton 21, Lansing 19
•The Kaws improved to 1-4 as they held off the Lions in the second half. Junior Trent Robb scored on a 1-yard run while senior Brad Phillips scored on a 4-yard run and sophomore Jeremy Immenschuh made a 34-yard scoring pass to sophomore Luke Kellum. Senior John Mehl added three extra points.

County football scores for Sept. 25 games

Oskaloosa 8, Troy 0
• The Bears posted their second straight shutout to improve to 4-0. Junior Mark Newell scored the only touchdown of the game on a 2-yard run in the second quarter. The other 2 Oskaloosa points came on a safety. Senior Brandon Barnes had 105 rushing yards in the win for the Bears.

Jeff. Co. North 40, Immaculata 19
• The Chargers improved to 2-2.

Jefferson West 28, ACCHS 0
• The Tigers evened their record at 2-2 with the shutout.

Pleasant Ridge 40, Valley Falls 22
• The Dragons fell to 1-3 as Ridge led, 28-22, at the half and pulled away in the second half. Senior Riley Bunde scored on receptions of 36 and 63 yards from junior quarterback Alex Lederer and senior Chance Gier scored on a 54-yard run. Gier scored two 2-point conversions as well, and had 103 rushing yards in the game, which was delayed to Saturday by weather.

Wathena 41, McLouth 8
• The Bulldogs fell to 1-3. The Bulldogs’ score came on a 55-yard kickoff return by E.J. Field. Cody McHenry added the 2-point conversion.

Atchison 24, Perry-Lecompton 21
• A report on this game can be found elsewhere on the blog. The Kaws fell to 0-4.

County football scores for Sept. 18 games

Friday’s games (Sept. 18)

Oskaloosa 39, Jackson Heights 0
• The Bears took a 20-0 halftime lead en route to the shutout win to keep rolling at 3-0. Senior Brandon Barnes had 16 carries for 108 yards and a 10-yard touchdown run. Junior Mark Newell had 17 carries for 94 yards and touchdown runs of six and two yards. Junior Levi Wade had a three-yard touchdown run and an eight-yard touchdown score from junior Adam Bowser. Wade added a 2-point conversion run and senior Cody Green kicked an extra point. Senior Andy Gritz also scored on a 47-yard run.

Valley Falls 44, Jeff. Co. North 8
• A report on this game can be found below on the blog. Both teams are now 1-2.

Royal Valley 47, Jefferson West 19
• The Tigers were outscored, 34-0, in the second and third quarters as they fell to 1-2.

Troy 35, McLouth 0
• The Bulldogs were shut out for a second straight week to fall to 1-2. Marc Walbridge was 4-for-9 passing for McLouth for 35 yards.

Tonganoxie 14, Perry-Lecompton 0
• Perry-Lecompton was shut out to fall to 0-3 on the season.

County football scores for Sept. 11 games

Friday’s games (Sept. 11)

Oskaloosa 50, Immaculata 20
• The Bears surged to a 30-0 first-half lead en route to the easy win to move to 2-0. Senior Brandon Barnes had touchdown runs of 57 and 93 yards and a 10-yard TD catch from junior Adam Bowser. Junior Mark Newell had TD runs of 3 and 64 yards, junior Levi Wade had a 15-yard TD run and Bowser snuck in a TD run of 1 yard. Senior Mitch Boucher had two 2-point conversion runs while Barnes had another. Senior Cody Green added two extra-point kicks. Barnes finished with 23 carries for 291 yards and 2 TDs while Newell had 13 carries for 118 yards and 2 TDs.

Jeff. Co. North 7, Doniphan West 6
• The Chargers improved to 1-1 as they scored on a 23-yard pass from junior Jeff Hale to senior Austin Gaspard in the fourth quarter, with Hale adding the winning extra-point kick.

Jefferson West 21, Sabetha 13
• The Tigers improved to 1-1 with the win.

Jackson Heights 22, McLouth 0
• The Bulldogs dropped to 1-1 with the blanking at the hands of the Cobras. Sophomore Alex Courtney had 16 carries for 62 yards in the loss.

Bishop Ward 25, Perry-Lecompton 15
• The Kaws held a 7-6 halftime lead but were outscored, 19-8, in the second half to fall to 0-2. Sophomore quarterback Jeremy Immenschuh had touchdown passes of 10 yards to Cody Amerine and 29 yards to Ethan Moe, plus a 2-point conversion pass to junior Trent Robb. Senior John Mehl added an extra-point kick.

ACCHS 21, Valley Falls 20
• The game was tied at halftime and was decided in a 7-6 fourth quarter going in favor of the visiting Tigers to spoil Valley Falls’ homecoming and drop the Dragons to 0-2. Sophomore Taylor Anderson scored on a 1-yard run, senior Chance Gier scored on a 6-yard run and junior Alex Lederer scored on a 5-yard run for the Dragons. Gier added a 2-point conversion run.

County football scores for Sept. 3-4

The Perry-Lecompton Kaws matched Holton touchdown for touchdown to end the first quarter tied at 14 Friday night, but it was the last time the Kaws would cross the goal line. Holton’s defense dug in and the Wildcats scored 7 points the next three quarters to end 35-14. Sophomore Jon Denton is the ball carrier for the Kaws in this photo. The two schools were meeting again for the first time with new ball teams after the Kaws’ powerhouse team dominated the Wildcats in last fall’s 4A state semifinal on Perry-Lecompton’s march to state. Photo by Clarke Davis

Thursday’s game (Sept. 3)
McLouth 18, Immaculata 13
• The Bulldogs led, 12-0, after a quarter and held off the Raiders in the second half to win their season opener. The running game was a key for McLouth in the win as sophomore Alex Courtney ran 25 times for 79 yards and 2 touchdowns and senior E.J. Field ran 12 times for 105 yards and a score. Freshman Marc Walbridge was 4-for-11 passing for 63 yards in the win.

Friday’s games (Sept. 4)
Oskaloosa 24, Valley Falls 21
• A report on this game can be found below.

Holton 35, Perry-Lecompton 14
• In a rematch of last season’s season opener and also the 4A state semifinal, the Kaws and Wildcats were tied after the first quarter, 14-14, but it was all Holton thereafter as the Kaws got out to an 0-1 start. Sophomore Jeremy Immenschuh had a 16-yard touchdown pass to senior Brad Phillips and junior Trent Robb had an 11-yard TD run with senior John Mehl adding both extra-point kicks. The Wildcats outgained Perry-Lecompton, 378-91 yards on the ground. Immenschuh was 10-for-21 passing for 92 yards. Robb led the way on the ground for the Kaws with 12 rushes for 47 yards. Phillips had 5 catches for 51 yards.

Wathena 28, JCN 6
• North avoided a shutout on a fourth-quarter 25-yard scoring pass from junior Jeff Hale to senior Lucas Page. JCN is 0-1.

Abilene 35, Jefferson West 7
• West fell to 0-1 as the Tigers’ only score came on a 9-yard run by senior Austin Siess in the third quarter. Alex Baker added the extra-point kick.

County football scores from Oct. 24, 2008

Oskaloosa, 41, vs. Jefferson County North, 0
Pleasant Ridge, 48, vs. McLouth, 6
Atchison, 35, vs. Jefferson West, 14
Baldwin, 35, vs. Perry-Lecompton, 28
Valley Falls, 54, vs. Immaculata, 6

Football scores for Jefferson County teams Friday, Oct. 3

McLouth, 10, vs. Doniphan West, 52
Perry-Lecompton, 28, vs. Lansing, 36
Wathena, 21, vs. Oskaloosa, 14
Nemaha Valley, 35, vs. Jefferson West, 22
Jackson Heights, 29, vs. Jefferson County North, 28
Valley Falls, 18, vs. Horton, 6.

County football scores from Friday, Sept. 26

Jefferson West, 53, vs. Atchison County, 0
Jefferson County North, 21, vs. Immaculata, 7
Pleasant Ridge, 48, vs. Valley Falls, 18
Wathena, 48, vs. McLouth, 8
Troy, 44, vs. Oskaloosa, 20
Perry-Lecompton, 21, vs. Atchison, 7

High School Football Scores Sept. 19, 2008

Oskaloosa, 28, vs. Jackson Heights, 6
McLouth, 19, vs. Troy, 61
Perry-Lecompton, 56, vs. Tonganoxie, 7
Valley Falls, 42, vs. Jefferson County North, 6
Jefferson West, 33, vs. Royal Valley, 28

High School football scores from Friday, Sept. 12

Doniphon West, 39, vs. Jefferson County North, 0
Perry-Lecompton, 18, vs. KC Ward, 3
Jackson Heights vs. McLouth, Postponed
Immaculata, 8, vs. Oskaloosa, 44
Jefferson West, 0, vs. Sabetha, 6
Atchison County, 12, vs. Valley Falls, 14