The Shawnee Mission West Vikings will venture away from home to face off against the Blue Valley West Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shawnee Mission West has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with six straight losses, while Blue Valley West will come in with seven straight wins.
Shawnee Mission West's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Olathe Northwest on Thursday. They were outmatched by the Ravens at home and fell 45-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Ravens are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, Blue Valley West didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against St. James Academy on Friday, but they still walked away with a 27-21 victory.
Tate Nagy and Wayne Carter were among the main playmakers for Blue Valley West as the former threw for 196 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes and the latter gained 106 total yards and a touchdown.
Blue Valley West's defense stepped up as well, laying out Francis Menghini. three times. Leading the way was Jack Sells with two sacks. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Shawnee Mission West's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Blue Valley West, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Shawnee Mission West suffered a grim 38-18 defeat to Blue Valley West in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Can Shawnee Mission West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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