KC area high school football schedule for Sept. 5-6

Here are three games in the spotlight on Friday’s Kansas City area high school football schedule:

Fort Osage is ranked as the top team in Missouri Class 5, but a victory against Blue Springs last week proved it may be the best football team in the state — regardless of class. The Indians knocked off the two-time defending Class 6 state champions 35-21.

This would be a bad time for a letdown.

Lee’s Summit possesses one of the best offenses in the state. Quarterback Drew Lock already has seven touchdowns in two weeks. And while Hunter Allee has emerged as his favorite early-season target, Lock has shown a willingness to spread the ball around to a variety of receivers.

All eyes will be on the quarterbacks Friday. Fort Osage signal-caller Skylar Thompson, another pass-first threat, scored four touchdowns last week.

SM East enters this season with a big chip on its shoulder. They lost just once in the regular season last year and advanced to the Kansas Class 6A state championship game in coach Dustin Delaney’s first year at the helm. But the Lancers lost that game to Derby and are perhaps the squad most anxious to get things going this season. They return most of their starters from that team and a healthy Gunnar Englund at quarterback.

Gardner Edgerton also had a strong season last year. The Trailblazers, like the Lancers, posted an 8-1 record in the regular season. They then suffered a first-round playoff loss to Olathe East. They face a stiff challenge after graduating quarterback Jared Hobby and running back Traveohn Wrench, the Eastern Kansas League Offensive Player of the Year.

Liberty North and Kearney have flip-flopped classifications, but not much else has changed for two programs that were within one game of playing for a state championship last season.

At least not yet.

A year after reaching the Missouri Class 5 semifinals, Kearney has outscored its first two opponents 91-7. Quarterback Johnny Weidmaier pilots an efficient passing game — he had three touchdowns in a win against Liberty on Friday — while Reagan Frakes has taken the reigns of a successful running game.

But that duo will be heavily tested Friday night against Liberty North.

In two games, Liberty North has yet to allow a point. The Eagles, who played in the Class 4 semifinals last season, shut out Raytown and Blue Springs South in their first two weeks as a Class 5 program. Not a bad introduction.

The Liberty North secondary has been a nightmare for opposing quarterbacks. The Eagles have picked off 10 passes in two weeks.

810 Varsity will broadcast live high school events in the Kansas City area throughout the 2014-15 school year. Here are the Friday night football games that can be watched online on 810Varsity.com

Belton at Park Hill

Bishop Miege at Blue Valley Northwest

Eudora at Bonner Springs

Fort Osage at Lee's Summit

Great Bend at Leavenworth

Lansing at Piper

Lee's Summit West at Winnetonka

SM East at Gardner Edgerton

SCHEDULE — WEEK 3

(Game times 7 p.m. unless noted)

FRIDAY

Atchison at Pleasant Ridge

Baldwin at Basehor-Linwood

Belton at Park Hill

Bishop Miege at Blue Valley Northwest

Blue Springs at Blue Springs South

Blue Valley at SM Northwest

Blue Valley North at Blue Valley Southwest

Center at Pembroke Hill

Clinton at O’Hara

Eudora at Bonner Springs

Fort Osage at Lee’s Summit

Garden City at Olathe East, 8 p.m.

Grandview at Grain Valley

Great Bend at Leavenworth

Harmon at De Soto

Harrisonville at Bolivar

Hays at Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jefferson County North at McLouth

Kearney at Liberty North

Lansing at Piper

Lee’s Summit West at Winnetonka

Liberty at Raymore-Peculiar

Lone Jack at Crest Ridge

Louisburg at Ottawa

Maur Hill at Immaculata

Midway at Adrian

North Kansas City at Lee’s Summit North

Northeast at Lexington

Oak Grove at Lincoln Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Odessa at Carrollton

Olathe North at Rogers Heritage (Ark.), 7:30 p.m.

Olathe South at Hutchinson

Osawatomie at Frontenac

Park Hill South at Raytown South

Perry-Lecompton at Tonganoxie

Platte County at Ruskin

Plattsburg at Lawson

Pleasant Hill at St. James Academy

Raytown at Oak Park

Richmond at Excelsior Springs

Rockhurst at Bentonville (Ark.), 7:30 p.m.

St. Paul Lutheran at Orrick

St. Pius X at Nevada

St. Thomas Aquinas at Mill Valley

Savannah at Smithville

Schlagle at Topeka

SM East at Gardner Edgerton

SM North at SM South

Sherwood at Van Horn

Southwest ECC at Wentworth

Spring Hill at Paola

Staley at William Chrisman

Sumner Academy at Bishop Ward

Truman at St. Joseph Central

Turner at Washington

Valley Falls at Oskaloosa

West Platte at East Buchanan

Wyandotte at Topeka West

SATURDAY

African Centered at University Academy, 2 p.m.

East at Hogan Prep, 1 p.m.

Higginsville at Central

Knob Noster at Summit Christian, 1 p.m.

Oswego at Maranatha Christian

This story was originally published September 4, 2014 at 7:21 PM with the headline "KC area high school football schedule for Sept. 5-6."