It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Highland Park Scots can now relate to. They took a serious blow against Shawnee Heights on Thursday, falling 56-20. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Highland Park in their matchups with Shawnee Heights: they've now lost five in a row.
Highland Park's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performance. Perhaps the best among them was Ja'Corey Robbinson, who rushed for 22 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 93 yards and a touchdown. Amari Taylor was another key contributor, rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Allen Baughman had a dynamite game for Shawnee Heights, rushing for 189 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Baughman is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryeki Tuley, who threw for 144 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
Highland Park's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Shawnee Heights, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-3.
Highland Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Shawnee Heights will take on Blue Valley Southwest at 7:00 p.m. on November 10th. Blue Valley Southwest is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
