The Van Horn football team’s losing streak comes to an end

The Van Horn losing streak is over.

One touchdown was enough for Van Horn to defeat Kansas City (Kan.) Wyandotte 6-0 at Truman Friday night.

The loss snapped a 21-game Van Horn losing streak. Wyandotte was opening the season.

The win was the first for the Falcons since becoming a member of the Independence School District.

GRAIN VALLEY 48, JEFFERSON CITY BLAIR OAKS 8: Jeremy Maynard was on target.

He completed 10 of 17 passes for 325 yards and three touchdowns in leading Grain Valley to a 48-8 victory over Jefferson City Blair Oaks Friday night.

“Our defense played exceptionally well,” Grain Valley coach Forrest Rovello said. “Blair Oaks is a good football team. We couldn’t establish the run, but we could pass the ball.

“The special teams broke down several times, but all in all it was a good performance. There are still a lot of things we need to improve upon before we get into conference play.”

The Eagles, in bouncing back from a 14-13 opening season loss to Platte County, led 21-0 after one quarter.

Riley Williams ran 3 yards and Ryan Nace 15 yards and Maynard passed 61 yards to Zach Hoover for the first-quarter touchdowns. Shay Parra kicked one extra point and Williams ran for a two-point conversion.

In the second quarter, Maynard passed 50 yards to Williams and 93 yards to Hoover and ran 10 yards for a TD as the Eagles boosted their lead to 42-0 at halftime. Parra kicked three extra points.

Zac Stockman scored on a 1-yard run and ran for the two-point conversion for the eight Blair Oaks points in the third quarter.

Dylan Farrell scored the final Grain Valley touchdown later in the quarter.

Hoover caught three passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns.

OAK GROVE 31, HOLDEN 28: Pressure didn’t faze Zach Leaman Friday night.

Leaman booted a 40-yard field goal with 28 seconds remaining to help Oak Grove edge Holden 31-28 in a non-conference game at Oak Grove. Leaman also was 4-for-4 with extra points.

“I was very confident that he could make it,” Oak Grove coach Pete Carpino said. “He makes them from that distance consistently in practice. If there was pressure involved, it didn’t bother him.”

Carpino said an interception by Taylor Brinegar with 2:11 left was critical in helping the Panthers register a come-from-behind win.

“It was a total team effort in the truest sense of the word,” Carpino said. “We came up with some big plays when we needed them. There were times when our guys could have let the game get away from us.”

Holden took a 28-21 lead in the fourth quarter when Max Mickey broke loose on a 57-yard run.

Before Leaman and Brinegar’s heroics, Zach Taylor capped an Oak Grove drive with a 2-yard run at the 6:45 mark to help Panthers tie the score at 28-28.

Taylor also was involved in two other Oak Grove scores.

He fired an 11-yard scoring strike to Chase Tryon and then scored on a 1-yard run to give the Panthers a 14-0 advantage.

The remaining Oak Grove was made by Dylan Stiegemeyer on a 41-yard run in the third quarter.

LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH 31, RAYTOWN 13: Lee’s Summit North broke to a 21-0 first-half lead and went on to defeat visiting Raytown.

Montereal Robinson scored on runs of 19 and 14 yards and Michael Hopfinger took a pass from Pete Haggard for first-half North touchdowns. Andrew Baggett kicked three extra points.

Haggard passed 15 yards to Cole Giannol and Baggert kicked an extra point and 15-yard field goal to complete the North scoring in the second half. Josh Hall ran 7 yards and Dejaun Burnett 2 yards for Raytown TDs. Jelvon Tolliver kicked an extra point.

North improved  to 1-1 while Raytown dropped to 0-2.

RAYTOWN SOUTH 42, GRANDVIEW 12: Jamaal Cox rushed for 106 yards on 12 carries and scored a touchdown to lift Cardinals (1-1) to a non-conference triumph over the Bulldogs (1-1) at Raytown.

“It was nice to bounce back after losing last week to Blue Springs South,” South coach David Allie said. “Going in, we were concerned about Grandview. They had a nice win over O’Hara in their opener.”

After taking a 2-0 lead in the first quarter, the Cardinals were consistent in the final three quarters by scoring 12, 14 and 12 points, respectively.

LEE’S SUMMIT WEST 30, ST. JOSEPH CENTRAL 0: Lee’s Summit West opened Suburban Middle Six play with an impressive home victory over St. Joseph Central.

Seventeen first-quarter points helped West improve to 2-0. Danae Session ran 9 yards and Luke Knott ran 35 yards for scores. Darik Geha kicked a 29-yard field goal and an extra point.

In the third quarter Marcus Strickland scored on a 2-yard run. Session posted his second TD on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter and Geha added the 30th point.