The Lee's Summit West Titans will face off against the Raymore-Peculiar Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lee's Summit West's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Blue Springs South on Friday. They were beaten by the Jaguars 37-0. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Jaguars are ranked second).
Meanwhile, Raymore-Peculiar was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell 31-22 to Staley. One positive for the Panthers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Dezephen Walker and Draivyn Colvin. Colvin had a great game and rushed for 219 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Walker was balling out in the loss, rushing for 184 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Raymore-Peculiar was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 65.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four matchups they've averaged 192.
Raymore-Peculiar wouldn't let Staley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Raymore-Peculiar can thank Dale Clark and Sean Martin for forcing both of them. Clark also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
This is the second loss in a row for Lee's Summit West and nudges their season record down to 3-6. As for Raymore-Peculiar, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Lee's Summit West beat Raymore-Peculiar 21-14 in their previous meeting on October 4th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Walker, who rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lee's Summit West still be able to contain Walker? There's only one way to find out.
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