My first thoughts on the football season are, we are finally underway. The regular season of football is of course only 9 weeks long but the wait to get to the regular season is like waiting for the ketchup to come out of the old glass bottle in the olden days. It takes to long!

Olathe North beating Rogers Heritage, Arkansas seemed like a terrific win for the state of high school football in Kansas. Salina Central losing to Lawton, Oklahoma makes it feel like a step back. So guess were even. I like it that some of our Athletic Directors like to step out of state to play these games.

Silver Lake over Holton is no surprise but the four turnovers by Holton to me was disappointing in such a big game.

Larned won Friday night over Hoisington in double overtime 21-20. Larned has had a tough road to hoe lately, although last year the Indians went 7-3. I have heard the Indians are getting more kids out for football than in the past so that is good. Lacrosse will be a tough test this Friday night.

Speaking of Lacrosse have you checked out that enrollment for the Leopards? In class 2-1A the Leopards are listed as having 60 kids in school from freshman through junior year. That is the very bottom of the classification. Actually Lacrosse could be playing 8-man division II. Got to admire Lacrosse. Maxpreps has the Lacrosse football roster with 33 kids on the team. Really gotta love a team like this. Go Leopards!

Speaking of Lacrosse makes me think of one of their old head coaches who now coaches at Hutch High, Coach C. Hutch only scored 2 points Friday night. The Salthawks almost laid an egg against Olathe South. Kind of confirms my feeling that the best football in the state is being played in the KC area, the Sunflower and EKL leagues. Hutch High will get better. New coaches, new teams there is always a learning curve.

In 8-man football the best of the best is Hanover. Anybody in 8-man going to make me eat my words?