Friday night football (Oct. 16): 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.
GAMES TO WATCH
Park Hill (7-1) at Truman (7-1)
On the opening night of the season, Park Hill was stopped at the goal line during the final minute of a seven-point loss to Blue Springs South. On the same evening, Truman suffered a 33-0 loss to Lee’s Summit.
Seven weeks later, Park Hill and Truman haven’t lost since. The two programs will ride seven-game winning streaks into a matchup tonight that will determine the Suburban Red Conference champion.
Expect a lot of rushing yards.
Park Hill averages 250 yards per game on the ground, and senior Zach Neal and sophomore Dorian Clayton have combined for 15 rushing touchdowns.
Truman tailback Jordan Salima has run for 1,525 yards, with quarterback Dean Clemons adding 819 yards on the ground.
Sam McDowell, smcdowell@kcstar.com
Mill Valley (5-1) at St. James Academy (6-0)
St. James Academy has faced a relatively easy schedule this season. That definitely changes this week.
The undefeated Thunder will play host to Kansas Class 5A top-ranked Mill Valley, which has only lost to Missouri powerhouse Staley. Mill Valley turned a few heads earlier this season when the Jaguars defeated Derby.
St. James Academy will counter with a stout defense that had held opponents to an average of 9.2 points per game with two shutouts. The Thunder most recently shut out Coffeyville-Field Kindley 48-0 with four touchdowns from quarterback Trey Keith.
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.
Blue Valley at Gardner Edgerton
Mill Valley at St James Academy
Pleasant Hill at Harrisonville
St. Thomas Aquinas at Blue Valley Southwest
Schlagle at Leavenworth
SM East at Harmon
Smithville at Cameron
Turner at Bonner Springs
KC AREA SCHEDULE: WEEK 9
(All times 7 p.m. unless noted)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
African Centered at Central
Appleton City at Orrick
Baldwin at De Soto
Basehor-Linwood at Piper
Belton at Winnetonka
Bishop Miege at Spring Hill
Blue Springs South at Lee’s Summit
Blue Valley at Gardner Edgerton
Blue Valley North at SM South
Blue Valley Northwest at Olathe South
Fort Osage at Raytown
Immaculata/Maranatha at Washington County
Kearney at Grandview
Labette County at Paola
Lansing at Washington
Lawrence Free State at Washburn Rural
Lee’s Summit North at Blue Springs
Lexington at Richmond
Liberty at Ruskin
Lone Jack at Archie
McLouth at Pleasant Ridge
Mill Valley at St. James Academy
Oak Grove at Excelsior Springs
Odessa at Grain Valley
Olathe North at Olathe East
Oskaloosa at Rossville
Ottawa at Eudora
Park Hill at Truman
Pittsburg at Blue Valley West
Pleasant Hill at Harrisonville
Prairie View at Osawatomie
Raymore-Peculiar at Lee’s Summit West
Raytown South at Platte County
Rockhurst at Jefferson City
St. Joseph Central at Park Hill South
St. Pius X at Pembroke Hill
St. Thomas Aquinas at Blue Valley Southwest
Santa Fe Trail at Bishop Ward
Schlagle at Leavenworth
SM East at Harmon
SM North at Wyandotte
SM West at SM Northwest
Sherwood at Midway
Smith-Cotton at Center
Smithville at Cameron
Staley at Oak Park
Sumner Academy at Louisburg
Tonganoxie at Atchison
Turner at Bonner Springs
University Academy at Polo
Warrensburg at O’Hara
West Platte at Lawson
William Chrisman at Van Horn
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Butler at Summit Christian, 1 p.m.
Hogan Prep at Cuba, 2 p.m.
Southwest ECC at Northeast, 1 p.m.
This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 7:29 PM with the headline "Friday night football (Oct. 16): Games to watch, 810 Varsity online games and KC area schedule."