Tonight’s games (11-2)
Nov. 2, 2007 @ 11:39 p.m. by JoannaI can’t say I’m surprised by many of these games tonight.
Hutchinson took care of Maize 41-13, but at least the Eagles didn’t give up 70-plus. Maize receiver Brett Soft set single-season records in receiving yards and receptions.
Southeast beats Emporia. It’s the Buffaloes’ first playoff win in 24 years. Not bad. Joseph Randle and Trezz Tillman go 197 and 190. Even better.
Derby gets beat by Junction City. Not much of a surprise there, but there’s no doubt that the Panthers made huge strides. Yes, they’re back. They avoided a third-straight losing season, finishing 5-5.
Kapaun got beat by Salina Central. This is a game the Crusaders should have won, but three interceptions, a fumble and giving up more than 300 rushing yards to two backs isn’t good.
Bishop Carroll takes care of Newton. Once again, not a surprise. Carroll, as Duane wrote today, has quietly proven itself to be one of the state’s top teams. And now, a trip to Great Bend, where the Eagles lost last year in the semifinals.
Goddard beat Northwest. It was a dominant performance by the Lions. Northwest had 28 offensive yards in the first half, as Goddard led 19-0. Goddard gave Hutchinson one of its best games of the year, although they wouldn’t meet until the 6A semifinals. Goddard plays host to Junction City next week. A tough matchup.
The other football — Soccer:Â Heights lost in the semifinals, but Kapaun is playing for the 5A title. Of course, Kapaun faces St. Thomas Aquinas, which beat undefeated McPherson in the semifinals. Really, who’s surprised by Aquinas winning that game, even with 7 losses? Aquinas is such a strong program, I’d hate to face them at any time.
Onto my embarrassing moment of the night — One of the things that comes with this job is we don’t cheer for any teams, we don’t show bias (although we do want the team that won the first game in a volleyball match to win the second so it doesn’t go to three games, and that team that breaks a late tie is one we like because overtimes are not our favorite things to deal with. It’s a deadline thing.)
Anyway, I do try to think ahead to what teams I’m covering and not wear either teams’ colors. Why bring that on myself by even having someone think I’m biased toward one or another. Well, tonight I committed a major sin — I wore one team’s colors.
I showed up to the Salina Central-Kapaun game wearing maroon, the Mustangs’ colors. Now, we’re not talking a similar shade. I mean the exact color. Doh! I even had a person on the Kapaun sideline ask me if I was from Salina. Double doh!
Ah well, it didn’t change how I covered the game.
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:35 am
“Kapaun got beat by Salina Central. This is a game the Crusaders should have won, but three interceptions, a fumble and giving up more than 300 rushing yards to two backs isn’t good.”
Not sure why you thought they should have won. Salina Central and Kapaun have both had up and down seasons, but a Salina Central team hitting on all cylinders is much more powerful than a Kapaun team firing on all cylinders.
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November 3rd, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Goddard is too good. Logan Watkins will run all over the Blue Jays!
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November 3rd, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Yep, Kapaun “could” have won, but it’s hardly a game they “should” have won.
Why even say that about a team that turned the ball over four times and gave up 300 yards rushing to a team that used about three different plays?
If Central doesn’t fumble a couple of times early during drives where it was simply running straight up the gut, the game is over at halftime.
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November 3rd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Lets show’em what we got Lions! I gotta agree with Ty.
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November 3rd, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Mulvane Wins 11-0
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November 3rd, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Garden Plain 42 Hesston 0 FINAL. GP is unstoppable.
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November 4th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Did Kansas.com take a day off today or something? Haven’t seen any scores or stats.
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November 4th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Just like I said, Louisburg vs. Pittsburg - great game.
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November 4th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
GP 42-0 STATE!!! watch out Silver Lake wo only won 24-7…ahha
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November 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
who* ^
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November 4th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
OMG Im so scared to play the JUNCTION CITY BLUEJAYS, they are so GOOD, TY ZIMMERMAN is such a BEAST, I’m gonnna get ran over by JOSH HUBBARD AND ADAM MCCALISTER, and ill get so lucky if i get past them but i know i wont cuz if i do CHRIS TOOMBS will TRUCK me so hard. I’m gonna be so scared when im watching from the sidelines and COREY DELANEY is gonna be running all over us, IDK what im gonna do!
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November 4th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Dang Logan, I dont think i could agree with you more, those JUNCTION CITY BLUEJAYS are GOOD!!!
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November 4th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Goddard will obviously win this game because of their superior coach Roger Robben!
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November 4th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Goddard’s running game will be too much for Junction City. Especially since #90 for the Blue Jays will have to sit out for this game because he has a gay pride march to attend.
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November 5th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Wow! Didn’t see those Hesston and Newton performances coming. Nice work GP and BC. They are better than I gave them credit. Looks like the ol’ Reality Check was wrong-o.
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November 5th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Mulvane over Ulysses this week.
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November 5th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Smith Center is legit. They could hang with almost any other team in the state. (Besides Hutch).
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November 5th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Six of Smith Center’s opponents are under .500.
Smith Center has a nice team, a wonderful program, but they’re not going to run around beating the bigger teams in the state.
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November 5th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I think proclaiming Smith Center as only worse than Hutch in the state is a bit much. They haven’t been touched in 2A, but Hesston smacked them when they were in 3A. I think they would be a pretty good 3A team, but that is about it.
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November 5th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN JOHANNA?!?!?! I NEED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS KNOWLEDGE TO GET THROUGH THE LONG SCHOOL DAYS. COMEBACK!
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November 5th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Come on guys, we all know JC is good, i mean i live in Goddard but i know a good team when i see them and dang, those BLUEJAYS are BEAST, i know im sitting on the JC side cuz i dont wanna be on the losing side once JC stomps on us on Friday, their student section is so beast, DID YOU SEE HOW BAD THEY DID DERBY!!!! and derby is better then us! My mom doesnt even want me going to the game cuz she doesnt want me watching the spanking JC is gonna hand us. did you know they beat HAYDEN, yea i said it HAYDEN, JC is just to good all around. That Colby Kamm and Ty Zimmerman are unstoppable, they have to many weapons! Geez guys im sure glad are town is called GODdard cuz we are gonna need to PRAY as much as we can before we play the JAYS!!
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November 5th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Junction City will win because they have more minorities.
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November 5th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Okay big school fan’s get off of your high horses on bashing the small schools. The reality is big schools can’t hang with the dedication of the small schools. and yes, small schools with incredible programs can hang with the big schools. We may not see it a lot in FB, but 1A Centralia beat 4A and #5 ranked Holton at volleyball. It will happen repeatedly this year at basketball, and if there were more opportunities, you would see it in football. Again, that is only the small schools with powerhouse programs.
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November 6th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Don’t bring volleyball to a football fight.
And nobody “bashed” anybody. So pack up the chip on your shoulder and move on.
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November 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
YO Wuz wit all dis hatred main! Can’t eaglenator and 1moreTime just get along. Shoot main, dis all be some kind of crazy!
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November 6th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
The only BIG DIFFERENCE that I see with regards to the BIG SCHOOL / little school scenario is the following.
1. It’s a lose-lose proposition for the Big Schools, ask schools like Garden City and Dodge and Liberal that have lost to the likes of Ulysses in the past. Just an example.
2. The BIG SCHOOLS can or do “PLATOON” (allow kids to play only on offense or defense specifically) and the small schools kids typically play both ways. This could allow for a bigger school to wear a smaller school out (THEORETICALLY) inthe second half specifically in the fourth quarter.
This is only Theory and When Ulyssses beat Garden and Liberal a few years ago, Ulysses had kids playing both ways, but not 100% both ways…… We’ve seen some smaller schools platoon, in fact I’m not sure during Collegiates good days if all of their good players played both ways….
Makes for a good argument…..
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November 9th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Why isn’t hutch ranked in the nation is my question?
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November 11th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Wow maybe all you JC fans should wait until AFTER we beat the hell out of you to comment on how GREAT your team is. Well looks like you’ll be sittin this one out. Dont cry too hard.
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November 14th, 2007 at 8:35 am
I’m pretty sure Goddard fans were talking so much crap BEFORE the Maize/Goddard game. Maybe all you Goddard fans should wait till AFTER the game is over to say how great your team is!
36-35 2 OT!
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November 14th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Ok dude, time to let that one go what was your season record this year? Crap. Where did you go with that win? Oh yeah Hutchinson wiped the field with eagles. 78-14. We only lost by 14. If we were to play again you wouldn’t stand a chance and you know it. I’m pretty sure your seasons over so have a seat “EAGLENATOR” maybe you guys should stick to golf or whatever sport you actually play well because it sure as hell aint football. GO BLUE OR GO HOME FRIDAY!!!
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November 14th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
In what MAJOR sport has Goddard beat Maize in this year? That’s right none. Soccer: 2-1, Maize. Football: 36-35 2 OT. Maize
Basketball won’t even be close (except girls, but were taking MAJOR sports here). Wrestling: The only thing Goddard will beat Maize at.
Baseball: 3 legit pitchers but THAT’S IT! That right there is worthy of saying: OH MY GODDARD!
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November 16th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Eat it EAGLENATOR!!!
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November 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Great comeback! NOT! On October 5, 2007. Goddard got to eat a nice 36-35 2 OT DEFEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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