Friday night football (Sept. 18): Games to watch, 810 Varsity online games and KC area schedule
FRIDAY’S GAMES TO WATCH
FORT OSAGE (4-0) AT STALEY (4-0)
Fort Osage senior Skylar Thompson is rated by recruiting websites as the top high school quarterback in Missouri.
Staley might just have the state’s best defense.
It’s no wonder the two teams are unbeaten and tied atop the Suburban White Conference standings.
Need more reasons to watch?
Fort Osage hasn’t lost a regular season game since Sept. 28, 2012. Its opponent on that night? You guessed it — Staley.
Staley, in coach Fred Bouchard’s final season, have been nothing short of overpowering defensively. Their first-string defense has yet to allow a touchdown this season. Eli Ross leads the team with 57 tackles.
“There’s a really good synergy among them right now,” Bouchard said after last week’s 21-0 win against Liberty North. “It’s a really good group. They rally to the ball.”
| Sam McDowell, smcdowell@kcstar.com
BISHOP MIEGE (2-0) at BLUE VALLEY (2-0)
It’s still relatively early, but the outcome of this game could dictate the rest of the season in the Eastern Kansas League.
Bishop Miege, the Kansas Class 4A Division I defending state champion, enters the game with a 15-game winning streak. Quarterback Carter Putz has stepped into the starting role with eight touchdowns this season. He completed 10-of-15 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns last week.
Blue Valley, meanwhile, had a scare when quarterback Colton McCumber was injured on the first snap of last week’s game. But the Tigers rebounded, sparked by four touchdowns from backup Matthew Dercher and came back to win the game.
| Kathleen Gier, kgier@kcstar.com
810 VARSITY ONLINE GAMES
810 Varsity will broadcast live high school events in the Kansas City area throughout the 2015-16 school year. Here are tonight’s games that can be watched online at 810Varsity.com.
Bishop Miege at Blue Valley
Blue Valley Southwest at Gardner-Edgerton
Bonner Springs at Basehor-Linwood
De Soto at St. James Academy
Excelsior Springs at Harrisonville
Lee’s Summit North at Lee’s Summit West
Park Hill at Park Hill South
SM Northwest at SM East
St. Joseph Lafayette at Smithville
Kansas City area high school football: Week 5
(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Atchison at Washington
Bishop Miege at Blue Valley
Blue Springs at Lee’s Summit
Blue Springs South at Rockhurst, 7:30 p.m.
Blue Valley Southwest at Gardner Edgerton
Blue Valley West at Blue Valley North
Bonner Springs at Basehor-Linwood
Derby at Mill Valley
De Soto at St. James Academy
Drexel at Midway
Eudora at Paola
Excelsior Springs at Harrisonville
Fort Osage at Staley
Grain Valley at Pleasant Hill
Harmon at Sumner Academy
Kearney at Ruskin
Lafayette County at Richmond
Lansing at Tonganoxie
Lathrop at Lawson
Lawrence at Lawrence Free State
Leavenworth at Olathe Northwest
Lee’s Summit North at Lee’s Summit West, 5:30 p.m.
Liberty North at Grandview
Louisburg at Piper
McLouth at Jackson Heights
North Kansas City at William Chrisman
Oak Park at Belton
Odessa at Oak Grove
O’Hara at Central
Olathe North at Olathe South
Park Hill at Park Hill South
Platte County at Winnetonka
Pleasant Ridge at Jefferson County North
Raytown at Raytown South
St. Joseph Central at Raymore-Peculiar
St. Joseph Lafayette at Smithville
St. Paul Lutheran at Lone Jack
St. Pius X at Center
SM Northwest at SM East
SM West at SM North
Spring Hill at Ottawa
Summit Christian at Skyline
Sweet Springs at Orrick
Trenton at Pembroke Hill
Truman at Liberty
Turner at Bishop Ward
West Platte at North Platte
Wyandotte at Schlagle
SATURDAY’S GAMES
East at Van Horn, 1 p.m.
Hogan Prep at Northeast, 1 p.m.
Oskaloosa at Maranatha/Immculata, 11 a.m.
Southwest ECC at African Centered, 4 p.m.
This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM with the headline "Friday night football (Sept. 18): Games to watch, 810 Varsity online games and KC area schedule."