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Blue Springs, MO —
Can you say déjà vu?
Lee’s Summit West football coach Royce Boehm certainly can.
Four years ago, when his Class 5 Titans team visited Peve Stadium, Blue Springs coach Kelly Donohoe called for a surprise two-point conversion in the closing seconds to edge Boehm’s squad by a point in regulation.
The two area powers met up Friday night at Peve Stadium, and the Class 6 No. 2 Wildcats scored a touchdown with just 30 seconds left in regulation to make the score 28-27 in favor of the Titans.
“You bet I remember 2008,” said Boehm, who watched the Wildcats’ Blane Howell kick the game-tying extra point to send the game into overtime. “I was watching Kelly’s body language. I didn’t think he was going for the fake 2-point attempt, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if they would have gone for two because his running game was so effective all night.”
The Class 5 No. 2 Titans had the ball first in overtime and quarterback Thomas Ganaden teamed with Austin Burau for a 10-yard touchdown to make the score 35-28.
The Wildcats’ Wylson Lamb then threw four incomplete passes and the class of Class 5 claimed its first victory over the Class 6 power to set off a wild on-field celebration.
“That team is going to be the Class 6 state champion and I’m hoping we can do the same thing in Class 5,” Boehm said, after the Titans improved to 4-0. “This was a great game. We shot ourselves in the foot a few times, but we managed to overcome some mistakes, regroup at the half and come out strong in the second half.”
The score was tied 7-all at the half as Ganaden hit Michael Holt for a 30-yard score and Blue Springs’ DaShaughn Terry scored on a 10-yard run.
The Titans threw everything at 3-1 Blue Springs but the kitchen sink in the second half, using Austin Burau, Monte Harrison and Ryan Williams as part of a Wildcat offense that saw each of them play quarterback.
Harrison broke free for a 66-yard run that set up a 4-yard Burau run for a touchdown and Harrison scored on a 63-yard run.
“We expected those Wildcat packages,” Donohoe said, “but we didn’t execute as well as they did. That’s a great football team that’s going to beat up on Class 5 teams the rest of the season.”
West took a 21-14 lead into the fourth period but Dalvin Warmack, who scored on a 1-yard run in the third period, scored on an 11-yard run to make it 21-all with 8:13 left to play.
Can you say déjà vu?
Lee’s Summit West football coach Royce Boehm certainly can.
Four years ago, when his Class 5 Titans team visited Peve Stadium, Blue Springs coach Kelly Donohoe called for a surprise two-point conversion in the closing seconds to edge Boehm’s squad by a point in regulation.
The two area powers met up Friday night at Peve Stadium, and the Class 6 No. 2 Wildcats scored a touchdown with just 30 seconds left in regulation to make the score 28-27 in favor of the Titans.
“You bet I remember 2008,” said Boehm, who watched the Wildcats’ Blane Howell kick the game-tying extra point to send the game into overtime. “I was watching Kelly’s body language. I didn’t think he was going for the fake 2-point attempt, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if they would have gone for two because his running game was so effective all night.”
The Class 5 No. 2 Titans had the ball first in overtime and quarterback Thomas Ganaden teamed with Austin Burau for a 10-yard touchdown to make the score 35-28.
The Wildcats’ Wylson Lamb then threw four incomplete passes and the class of Class 5 claimed its first victory over the Class 6 power to set off a wild on-field celebration.
“That team is going to be the Class 6 state champion and I’m hoping we can do the same thing in Class 5,” Boehm said, after the Titans improved to 4-0. “This was a great game. We shot ourselves in the foot a few times, but we managed to overcome some mistakes, regroup at the half and come out strong in the second half.”
The score was tied 7-all at the half as Ganaden hit Michael Holt for a 30-yard score and Blue Springs’ DaShaughn Terry scored on a 10-yard run.
The Titans threw everything at 3-1 Blue Springs but the kitchen sink in the second half, using Austin Burau, Monte Harrison and Ryan Williams as part of a Wildcat offense that saw each of them play quarterback.
Harrison broke free for a 66-yard run that set up a 4-yard Burau run for a touchdown and Harrison scored on a 63-yard run.
“We expected those Wildcat packages,” Donohoe said, “but we didn’t execute as well as they did. That’s a great football team that’s going to beat up on Class 5 teams the rest of the season.”
West took a 21-14 lead into the fourth period but Dalvin Warmack, who scored on a 1-yard run in the third period, scored on an 11-yard run to make it 21-all with 8:13 left to play.
The Titans then made it 28-21 on Harrison’s big 66-yard run.
The Wildcats fought back to knot the score on a 75-yard drive with just 2:59 left in the game. Warmack scored on a shovel pass from Wylson Lamb with 30 seconds left to set up the intriguing end to regulation.
“I’ll be honest with you,” Donohoe said, “we got pretty beat up and lost a couple of key secondary players to injuries, and if we would have scored a touchdown in overtime, we would have gone for the 2-point conversion to win it.”
When asked why he had Lamb throw the ball four times in overtime, the coach was honest and to the point.
“We were going after them on the first throw, then we just didn’t get the ball where it needed to be. I thought there was pass interference on one pass, but that’s part of the game, and on fourth-and-10, we needed to go long again and it didn’t work out.
“This loss shows the guys they need to be ready to play no matter who we’re playing. Everyone was all fired up for Rockhurst last week, now, they know we better be fired up for every opponent.”
Defensive lineman Jason Young agreed with his coach."
“This game has already passed, it’s over,” said Young, who had three sacks. “That’s a great Lee’s Summit West team, I have nothing but respect for them. But we learned a lesson tonight. We better be ready to play every Friday night and we weren’t ready tonight.”
Terry agreed, adding, “We were not focused. Maybe this loss will wake us up. We weren’t the same team that beat Rockhurst last week. West is a great team, and we came close to getting a win, but close isn’t good enough. We need to be focused and punish the rest of the teams we face this season.”
Warmack finished with 26 carries for 124 yards and three touchdowns. Lamb was 17 of 27 for 170 yards and a score and he carried the ball 17 times for 82 yards.
