Shawnee Mission South and Shawnee Mission North are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Shawnee Mission South Raiders' and the Shawnee Mission North Bison will meet in a classic North v. South matchup at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Shawnee Mission South and three for Shawnee Mission North.
Shawnee Mission South is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Olathe West on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Shawnee Mission South was dealt a 60-27 defeat at the hands of Olathe West. The Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-13.
Despite the loss, Shawnee Mission South got top-tier performance from Marquan Washington, who rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Washington really tore up the turf during one magnificent 89-yard run.
Even though they lost, Shawnee Mission South was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Shawnee Mission North entered their matchup against Lawrence Free State on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Shawnee Mission North fell just short of Lawrence Free State by a score of 24-21. While losing is never fun, the Bison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Firebirds are ranked 11th).
Shawnee Mission South's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Shawnee Mission North, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-5.
Shawnee Mission South and Shawnee Mission North were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but Shawnee Mission South suffered an agonizing 43-42 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shawnee Mission North's Alex Casares, who rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes. Now that Shawnee Mission South knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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