The Olathe West Owls will square off against the Olathe East Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Olathe West is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 54 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Blue Valley West on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 42-12 loss at the hands of the Jaguars. While losing is never fun, the Owls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Jaguars are ranked 14th).
Although Olathe West took the loss, they still got scores from Eli Ables and Cameron Kruse.
Olathe West's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Gray Maffitt, Cole Purdy, and Brody Hale picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Olathe East didn't have too much trouble with Dodge City at home on Friday as they won 21-7. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Olathe West's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Olathe East, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Olathe West was taken down by Olathe East 42-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Olathe East's Jack Cornell, who threw for 183 yards and four touchdowns. Now that Olathe West 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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