By J. Long

Below are the all-league football selections for AV-CTL Division III.

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by joanna

Amidst all the end of the season football going on, I hope you didn’t miss our basketball previews in Saturday and Sunday’s papers. Check on varsitykansas.com for all of them.

Want to talk basketball or football or wrestling or swimming? Here’s your chance to get a topic going.

Want to talk about the Heights at East basketball on Friday night? Feel free.

Here are the final unofficial results of for the contest. Centralia’s win proved to shake things up a bit. I’ve also listed the overall top picks – which there weren’t any prizes for, but our top two pickers each won a category, so they’ll get something. I’ll be e-mailing folks this week to get them the prizes. In case I get dead e-mail addresses, I’ll move to the person in second place for the prizes.  Thanks for playing and hopefully it was fun keeping track of the games. Congrats to the winners (both on and off the field). (more…)

Below are the AV-CTL Divisions I and II, CPL and MCAA all-league football teams.

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Greater Wichita Athletic League

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by joanna

What a day of football across the state. If you were at a game, feel free to fill us in with your thoughts. Here are just a few quick thoughts of mine from all the games.

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by joanna

It’s the end of the fourth quarter, and Olathe North is at the Heights 14. Olathe North leads 28-3, and James Franklin is well over 200 rushing yards.

Olathe North’s defensive line is stifling Heights’ offense, consistently getting into the backfield on rushing plays.

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By Taylor Eldridge

3rd Quarter

Hutch looks to have locked this game up now up 35-14. Hutch took advantage of a short field and scored on a Deveon Dinwiddie 12-yard run. He has 10 runs for 175 yards, but that last run might have been his most impressive. He was wrapped up by three defenders it looked like for a short gain, but he somehow wiggled himself out of the tackle and ran in for the score. That has to be devastating for Gardner.

Gardner’s next drive was doomed from the start. Hutch squibbed it and GE took it, but ran backward and was tackled by Ben Heeney on its own 9. Three runs resulted in nothing and the punt was shanked. Now its Hutch ball on the GE 15 looking to put this game away.

Gardner’s first drive ends on a deep pass that was intercepted by Hutch’s James Jones. The Salt Hawks take advantage a few plays later when Deveon Dinwiddie takes a toss out left for a 59-yard touchdown run. It’s Hutch 28-14.

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by joanna

1:25: James Franklin from Olathe North scores 3 plays into the game, just over a minute in. 7-0 Olathe North.

1:20 p.m. — We’re finally kicking off here, Heights to Olathe North. Let’s get this game going!

12:30 p.m. – Couple places you can get your info on this game:

Follow me here on the blog or on Twitter (@joannachadwick) or on varsitykansas.com. Also, KGSO, 1410-AM is broadcasting the game.

Not sure why 5A is on TV and not 3A or 6A, but at least we’ve got you covered if you’re not here. Enjoy!

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by joanna
State championships are almost here, so feel free to make your picks.
Check out varsitykansas.com for previews on Classes 6A through 2-1A, as well as a story on Heights (by myself) and on Hutchinson’s Josh Smith. Saturday’s paper will have a column by myself and my picks, as well as a story from J. Long on Collegiate and Bill Messamore.

So who are you picking? What are your predicted scores? Why will the teams you chose win?