Friday night football (Oct. 2): Games to watch, 810 Varsity online games and KC area schedule
Where’s your favorite high school football team playing this week? Check out The Star’s Friday and Saturday schedule, as well as two Friday game previews and a list of Friday games that 810 Varsity will be broadcast online.
FRIDAY’S GAMES TO WATCH
Staley (4-0) at Mill Valley (5-1)
Through four games, Mill Valley has passed every test.
The Jaguars have defeated two Kansas teams that advanced to last season’s state playoffs, including a season-opening 38-20 victory over Class 5A state runner-up St. Thomas Aquinas.
Staley will feature the toughest defense Mill Valley has faced, allowing 14 or fewer points in its victories and just 17 in a loss to Fort Osage.
Mill Valley has averaged 36.8 points per game and only one of its games was decided by seven or fewer points.
Mill Valley’s Logan Koch will be a player to watch. He has scored four touchdowns in the last two weeks. Teammate Tristan Milne also has two rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown in the Jags’ last two games.
| Kathleen Gier, kgier@kcstar.com
Kearney (5-1) at Platte County (5-1)
On their way to the Missouri Class 4 state semifinals last season, the Kearney Bulldogs set a reputation for having one of the best defenses in the state.
The offense has caught up in 2015.
Through five victories, Kearney is averaging 55.8 points per game — an astounding number based on a running game that accounts for 250 yards every Friday night. Marcus Harris has scored 12 rushing touchdowns.
Platte County had its offense clicking, too, but a season-ending injury to quarterback Justin Mitchell could certainly change that dynamic. Without Mitchell, Platte County lost its first game last week, 50-24 to Belton.
| Sam McDowell, smcdowell@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 Friday’s games that can be watched online at 810Varsity.com.
Gardner-Edgerton at St. Thomas Aquinas
Harrisonville at Oak Grove
Leavenworth at Olathe North
Liberty at Park Hill South
Lincoln Prep at St. James Academy
Maryville at Smithville
Piper at Bonner Springs
Staley at Mill Valley
Washington at Harmon
KC AREA SCHEDULE: WEEK 7
(All times 7 p.m. unless noted)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Atchison at Schlagle
Blue Springs at Raymore-Peculiar
Blue Valley North at Blue Valley
Blue Valley Southwest at Blue Valley Northwest
Columbia Battle at Lee’s Summit North
De Soto at Spring Hill
Eudora at Basehor-Linwood
Fort Osage at Oak Park
Gardner Edgerton at St. Thomas Aquinas
Grain Valley at Excelsior Springs
Grandview at Winnetonka
Harrisonville at Oak Grove
Immaculata/Maranatha Christian at Doniphan West
Kearney at Platte County
Lawrence Free State at SM East
Leavenworth at Olathe North
Lee’s Summit West at Blue Springs South
Liberty at Park Hill South
Lincoln Prep at St. James Academy
Lone Jack at Concordia
Louisburg at Baldwin
Marshall at Truman
Maryville at Smithville
McLouth at Oskaloosa
Mid-Buchanan at West Platte
North Kansas City at Raytown
O’Hara at St. Pius X
Olathe South at SM West
Orrick at Santa Fe
Osawatomie at Anderson County
Ottawa at Paola
Park Hill at Lee’s Summit
Penney at Lawson
Piper at Bonner Springs
Pleasant Hill at Odessa
Pleasant Ridge at Horton
Raytown South at Belton
Rockhurst at Columbia Hickman
Rich Hill at Midway
Richmond at Holden
Ruskin at St. Joseph Central
SM North at Olathe Northwest
SM South at Lawrence
Southwest ECC at East
Staley at Mill Valley
Sumner Academy at Wyandotte
Tonganoxie at Bishop Ward
Turner at Lansing
University Academy at Pembroke Hill
Warrensburg at Center
Washington at Harmon
William Chrisman at Liberty North
SATURDAY’S GAMES
African Centered at Summit Christian, 1 p.m.
Van Horn at Hogan Prep, 1 p.m.
This story was originally published October 1, 2015 at 4:16 PM with the headline "Friday night football (Oct. 2): Games to watch, 810 Varsity online games and KC area schedule."