{"id":22899,"date":"2019-12-18T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=22585"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:26:29","slug":"jim-wieners-sports-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=22899","title":{"rendered":"JIM WIENER\u2019S SPORTS ROUNDUP: Lutheran North Undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lutheran North\u2019s 6th State Championship Is First Undefeated<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jim Wieners<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; History was made Dec. 6\nat Faurot Field (at Memorial Stadium), on the University of Missouri campus in\nColumbia for Lutheran North Football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It took just over 20\nyears between winning their fifth State Football Championship (November 1999)\nand their sixth. Moreover, the Crusaders\u2019 sixth state Football Championship is\ntheir first undefeated title. Mike Russell coached Lutheran North\u2019s fist four\nwins (1981, 1988, 1989, and 1990), Jim Manion coached the 1999 team and Carl\nReed coaches the newly crowned undefeated champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lutheran North finished\nwith 14 wins, the most in school history, to go along with no losses. Lutheran\nNorth is in a three-way tie for ninth in state overall with Midway and North\nAndrew and is first among North County high schools, surpassing Hazelwood\nCentral with five, including a 1972 Hazelwood High co-championship with the now\ndefunct Kansas City Southwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The sixth State title\nfor Lutheran North is the 15th overall in all sports. Boys\u2019 Track and Field won\nfour, Girls Track and field won three and Boys Basketball won two. The 15\ntitles are the most by and Missouri Lutheran High School, and there area at\nleast eight Lutheran High Schools in Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lutheran North\u2019s undefeated season was due to Cardinal Ritter\nforfeitures, cancellation of the season, termination of the coaching state and\nan athletic director change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ritter originally won\nover Lutheran North Sept. 7 but decided to forfeit all games and cancelled the\nseason before the Crusaders\u2019 week-eight game against Farmington. Ritter used an\nineligible player, who was to serve a one-game suspension after an ejection in\nthe 2018 Class Three Final loss to Trinity Catholic, under a different name and\nnumber but reported photos showed the ineligible player and the player with the\ndifferent name and number (will not mention names) had the same tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; LUTHERAN NORTH 49, AVA 0 <\/strong>&#8212; in the game that\ntook only 109 minutes (1:49) the Crusaders had 12 possessions that included\nseven touchdowns a punt, an interception, and falling short on downs once.\nLutheran North had possession at the end each half. The Crusaders recover the\nfumble at halftime The Lutheran North defense held Ava to three first downs,\ntwo in the second half and 66 total yards (all rushing, two incomplete passes).\nLutheran North had only 16:51 possession time to 31:09 for Ava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Seven\nLutheran North players ran the ball 25 times for 207 yards and five touchdowns\nSenior Jalen Head ran the ball 10 times for 86 yards and two touchdowns. Senior\nRoni Rutledge-Carroll and sophomore Ali Wells each ran for a touchdown.\nSophomore quarterback Brian Brown completed nine passes for 171 yards and\ntouchdowns to junior Jerrell Carter and senior Cameron Griffin. On defense\njunior Travion for had eight total tackles while senior Antonio Doyle was\ncredited with seven and a half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lutheran North\u2019s 6th State Championship Is First Undefeated By Jim Wieners &nbsp;&nbsp; History was made Dec. 6 at Faurot Field (at Memorial Stadium), on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia for Lutheran North Football. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It took just over 20 years between winning their fifth State Football Championship (November 1999) and their sixth. 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