The 2007 MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl kicked off in St. Louis at the Edward Jones Dome Friday and Kansas City schools were ready. Lawson started the day with a 38-17 win over Blair Oaks. The score was 21-17 at the start of the 4th quarter, but Lawson took advantage of 4th quarter Blair Oaks turnovers to pull away. The Cardinals finished the season 14-0 and captured the school's first state football title.
Lee's Summit West's game against Parkway Central in Class 4 never had that same level of drama. The Titans were in control from the start of a 35-0 shutout win to finish 14-0 Class 4 State Champions.
Rockhurst struggled against Mehlville and trailed 9-7 at the half. But in the 4th quarter the Hawklet's physical superiority was evident on a couple of scoring drives and eventually won 28-9. The Hawklets also finish unbeaten at 13-0 and won their first state title since 2002.
Saturday six local teams are in action.
Orrick won the Class 1 state title with a 20-8 win.
Olathe South was tied with Hutchinson 14-14 at halftime in the Kansas Class 6-A title game. But Hutch turned it on in the second half and won their fourth straight state title 37-14.
However, good news in Class 5-A as Blue Valley West gets the area's fifth state title for the weekend with a 31-19 win over Wichita Bishop Carroll. The Jaguars won their first football state title with a 13-0 record.
In Class 4-A the news wasn't so good as Louisburg suffered their first loss of the season to unbeaten Andale 31-14.
At the Show-Me Bowl, Harrisonville has won their fourth state title in five years with a convincing 49-14 win over MICDS.
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