The Shawnee Mission East Lancers will face off against the Olathe East Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shawnee Mission East will stroll in with a five game home winning streak (dating back to last season), but they should still watch out: the last time they lost at home was their September 8 matchup with Olathe East.
Shawnee Mission East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Shawnee Mission West at home to the tune of 40-7 on Thursday. With that win, the Lancers brought their scoring average up to 27.7 points per game.
Jack Reeves continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 79 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 30 yards and a touchdown. Shawnee Mission East also got a significant boost from Aiden Armstrong, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Shawnee Mission East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Shawnee Mission West only rushed for 113.
Shawnee Mission East didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gavin Baird and Brady Haughton. Shawnee Mission East got some further help from Kyler Schuessler: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Olathe East entered their game against Lawrence on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Olathe East took a 42-28 bruising from Lawrence. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Shawnee Mission East's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Olathe East, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2.
Shawnee Mission East suffered a grim 34-14 defeat to Olathe East in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Shawnee Mission East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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