Friday night football (Oct. 30): 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
Blue Springs (5-5) at Raymore-Peculiar (6-4)
Only a month ago, these pair of Suburban Gold Conference squads were trying to dig themselves out of early-season slides. Blue Springs lost its first four games of the season. Raymore-Peculiar, meanwhile, lost four of its first seven.
But that’s in the past.
On Friday, thanks to recent multi-week winning streaks, they match up with a trip to a Missouri Class 6 district championship on the line.
While Blue Springs tailback Tresten Spruell has emerged as an offensive weapon, the Wildcats have shown their greatest improvement on the defensive side of the football. After allowing 34.8 points per game over the first six weeks, they have trimmed that number to 18.3 over the past four games — all victories.
Blue Springs defeated Raymore-Peculiar 21-14 on Oct. 2. Raymore-Peculiar has responded with three straight wins.
Sam McDowell, smcdowell@kcstar.com
Olathe Northwest (6-2) at Olathe North (7-1)
In a Kansas Class 6A District 4 game, Olathe Northwest and Olathe North each enter Friday night’s game with 1-1 records in district play, with a loss to Lawrence and a victory against Olathe East.
Olathe Northwest is enjoying the program’s most successful season, which includes victories in five of its last six games. That streak alone would have tied their win total from last year, but coach Chip Sherman and the Ravens are looking for more.
Olathe North is coming off its first loss of the season, a heartbreaking setback on a last-second touchdown drive by Lawrence. The Eagles are led by veteran players Vinnie Shabazz, Isaiah Simmons and Matt Wright.
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 Friday night’s games that can be watched online at 810Varsity.com.
Bonner Springs at St. James Academy
Leavenworth at Lansing
Lee’s Summit West at Kickapoo
Olathe Northwest at Olathe North
Olathe South at Gardner-Edgerton
Platte County at Smithville
Raytown South at Harrisonville
Savannah at Kearney
St. Thomas Aquinas at Pittsburg
KC AREA SCHEDULE: WEEK 11
(All times 7 p.m. unless noted)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Atchison at Piper
Basehor-Linwood at Tonganoxie
Bishop Ward at Prairie View
Blue Valley North at SM West
Blue Valley Northwest at Blue Valley
Blue Valley Southwest at Blue Valley West
Bonner Springs at St. James Academy
De Soto at Ottawa
Eudora at Baldwin
Immaculata/Maranatha at Onaga
Lawrence at Olathe East
Leavenworth at Lansing
Mill Valley at Turner
Olathe Northwest at Olathe North
Olathe South at Gardner Edgerton
Osawatomie at Santa Fe Trail
Paola at Fort Scott
St. Thomas Aquinas at Pittsburg
SM South at SM Northwest
Spring Hill at Louisburg
Sumner Academy at Bishop Miege
Topeka at Lawrence Free State
Washington at Schlagle
Wyandotte at Harmon
MISSOURI DISTRICTS
Class 6
Jefferson City at Blue Springs South
Lee’s Summit West at Kickapoo
Blue Springs at Raymore-Peculiar
Class 5
Belton at Smith-Cotton
Raytown at Fort Osage
William Chrisman at Truman
St. Joseph Central at Staley
Liberty North at Park Hill
Class 4
Raytown South at Harrisonville
Grandview at Center
Savannah at Kearney
Platte County at Smithville
Class 3
O’Hara at Odessa
Oak Grove at Hogan Prep
Lincoln Prep at Maryville
Richmond at Chillicothe
Class 2
Cole Camp at Lafayette County
Bishop LeBlond at East Buchanan
Lexington at Brookfield
Class 1
Adrian at Midway
North Platte at Wellington-Napoleon
Mid-Buchanan at West Platte
SATURDAY’S GAMES
MISSOURI DISTRICTS
Class 2
Butler at Summit Christian, 1 p.m.
This story was originally published October 29, 2015 at 6:29 PM with the headline "Friday night football (Oct. 30): Games to watch, 810 Varsity online games and KC area schedule."