It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Shawnee Heights can now relate to. They were outmatched by the St. James Academy Thunder and fell 57-28. While losing is never fun, the Thunderbirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Thunder are ranked sixth).
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When it comes to explaining why Shawnee Heights lost on Friday, don't look at Aiden Scott. Despite the final result, he threw for 224 yards and three TDs, and also rushed for 65 yards and one touchdown. Javon Williams was in the mix as well, providing the Thunderbirds with two scores.
Shawnee Heights didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Christian Labrador and Williams.
John Hornback produced another solid performance throwing for 227 yards and five TDs while completing 78.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 50 yards and one touchdown for St. James Academy. Those five passing touchdowns gave Hornback a new career-high. Alec Jett did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 101 receiving yards.
Shawnee Heights moved to 4-5 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for St. James Academy, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Shawnee Heights does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. James Academy, they will head out to square off against Spring Hill at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Thunder will need to watch out since the Broncos have now posted at least 31 points in their last six games.
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