Shawnee Mission East and Gardner-Edgerton are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Shawnee Mission East Lancers are taking a road trip to square off against the Gardner-Edgerton Trailblazers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Shawnee Mission East comes in on three and Gardner-Edgerton on ten.
Shawnee Mission East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Olathe North with a 39-34 victory on Friday. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Lancers, who until this match were averaging 16.75 points allowed.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Nate Phillips and he. Phillips rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries while he rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Jack Reeves's longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Shawnee Mission East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 423 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Gardner-Edgerton strolled past Lawrence with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 35-21.
Shawnee Mission East's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-1. As for Gardner-Edgerton, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Shawnee Mission East was taken down by Gardner-Edgerton 42-7 in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gardner-Edgerton's Bravin Powell, who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 110 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes. Now that Shawnee Mission East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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