By Blake Chadwick
In the game of the night, Bishop Carroll took on Wichita Northwest in the annual battle of Tyler Road.
The Grizzlies came out firing on all cylinders with the two-headed monster of LJ Phillips and Cencere Thompson at running back.
Northwest was able to string its lead out to 31-9.
But the Golden Eagles flipped the switch as junior Jackson King led Carroll on a commanding 44-8 run en route to a 53-41 victory at home.
Highland Park ended a 65-game losing streak by beating KC Wyandotte 60-47.
Abilene ended a 25-game losing streak by beating Marysville 14-7.
Andover Central opened with a 35-13 over Buhler.
Andale looks to run the table again after a 63-14 win over Wellington.
Maize South beat Andover with a 44-16 win.
McPherson kicked the year off with a win against Great Bend 44-27 after taking a 27-7 lead in the first half.
Garden Plain got the game’s only points with 23 seconds remaining on a 6-yard run by Gage Lee for the 6-0 win over Conway Springs.
History is always a great thing to be a part of. Kingman beat Cheney 28-14 in what is believed to be the first time in 100 years.
Manhattan edged Derby with a 26-23 overtime win as Braxton Frey hit a 25-yard field goal. The loss snapped Derby’s 46-game home winning streak. Derby’s Dylan Edwards scored on a 68-yard run and a 27-yard run and finished with 191 rushing yards on 19 carries.
Garden City beat Heights 36-26 in a game that ended well after midnight due to a three-hour weather delay.
Circle got a 50-0 win to beat Labette County.
Clearwater won a close one against El Dorado 29-22.
Collegiate beat Rose Hill 28-6.
Goddard took care of business against Campus to win 56-35.
Hutchinson won 27-20 over Eisenhower.
Hesston beat Hoisington 21-13.
Halstead beat Smoky Valley 42-40.
Tonight’s scores
Abilene 14, Marysville 7
Andale 63, Wellington 14
Andover Central 35, Buhler 13
Argonia-Attica 41, Norwich 12
Bishop Carroll 53, Wichita Northwest 41
Canton-Galva 66, Little River 36
Central-Burden 50, Sedan 12
Chanute 38, Augusta 14
Chaparral 12, Medicine Lodge 6 OT
Circle 50, Labette County 0
Clearwater 29, El Dorado 22
Coffeyville 8, Mulvane 0 OT
Collegiate 28, Rose Hill 6
Cunningham 38, Ashland 30
Dodge City 34, Wichita West 6
Douglass 48, Belle Plaine 26
Ellsworth 14, Beloit 6
Eureka 42, Cherryvale 20
Garden City 36, Wichita Heights 26
Garden Plain 6, Conway Springs 0
Goddard 56, Campus 35
Goessell 42, Bennington 14
Halstead 42, Smoky Valley 40
Hesston 21, Hoisington 13
Hutchinson 27, Eisenhower 20
Inman 46, Marion 12
Kingman 28, Cheney 14
Maize South 44, Andover 16
Manhattan 26, Derby 23 OT
McPherson 44, Great Bend 27
Neodesha 37, Bluestem 0
Nickerson 28, Lyons 0
Oxford 20, Flinthills 0
Pratt 67, Larned 0
Pretty Prairie 44, Hutchinson Central Christian 34
Salina Central 52, Salina South 28
SE-Saline 38, Rock Creek 26
South Barber 36, Pratt Skyline 32
South Sumner County 58, Cedar Vale-Dexter 0
Sterling 40, Remington 14
Valley Center 21, Newton 17
Washburn Rural 49, Wichita East 42
Wichita Southeast 24, Wichita North 7