{"id":22929,"date":"2019-11-26T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=22324"},"modified":"2019-11-26T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:25:35","slug":"jim-wieners-sports-roundup-another-state-semifinal-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=22929","title":{"rendered":"Jim Wiener\u2019s Sports Roundup: Another State Semifinal Try"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color:#ff6900\" class=\"tadv-color\">Lutheran North, Seeking First State Final Since \u201899, Hosts Lathrop<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"tadv-color\">By Jim Wieners<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is 20 years since Lutheran High School\nNorth (1999) in their last Missouri State High School Activities Football\nChampionship game and the Crusaders made four semifinal appearances since, only\nto lose each time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, Nov. 30, 1 p.m. at LaMothe Memorial Field, Lutheran North gets one more state semifinal try as the Crusaders host 2018 Class Two State Runner Up Lathrop in a battle of Class Two unbeatens. Lutheran North is 12-0, including a forfeit win over Cardinal Ritter, Sept. 7 in East St. Louis, Ill., while Lathrop, in northwest Missouri and northeast of Kansas City, is 13-0, in their third state semifinal and is making a nearly four-hour, 254-mile trip to Lutheran North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winner advances to the Show-Me Bowl\nClass Two State Championship Game Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. Lathrop or Lutheran North\nplays Ava, first-time semifinalist, or Clark County, third-time semifinalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0Lutheran North won five state titles, tying the North County combined record by Hazelwood High (1972 co-champions with the now-defunct Kansas City Southwest) and Hazelwood Central (1985 [undefeated], 1996, 2008 and 2009). Lutheran North won Class 3A titles in 1981, 1988, 1989 and 1990 while winning the Class 2A title in 1999. Lutheran North took Class 2A second place in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lutheran North went 130 miles, just under\ntwo hours, Nov. 15 to Scott City and the Crusaders rolled to a 57-8 Class Two\nQuarterfinal victory. The Crusaders enjoyed their trips down Interstate 55 to\nSoutheast Missouri and the boot heel during the 2010s as Lutheran North won two\ntimes over Caruthersville (64-7 in 2017 and 51-8 in 2018). In 2013, Lutheran\nNorth won at home over Caruthersville, 56-41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The win over Scott City was the second time\nthe Crusaders won over the Rams, including 47-21 in 1999. Leading 16-0 after\none quarter, Lutheran North broke the game wide open by scoring 26 points in\nthe second quarter (to eight for Scott City). However, the running clock rule\nstarted with 7:17 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Sophomore quarterback Bran Brown led the Lutheran North offense by completing 23 passes for 377 yards and four touchdowns, three of them the second quarter. About 11 Brian Brown passes were caught by senior Jordan Smith, for 202 yards and two touchdowns, the second coming in the third quarter prompting the running clock. Brown also threw second-quarter touchdown passes to sophomore Ali Wells, who ran for two touchdowns, and senior Cameron Griffin, to end the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Smith was in a pair of first-quarter two-point conversions, a pass to senior Itavyion Brown and a run. Senior Jalen Head rushed for a first-quarter touchdown and a second-quarter two-point conversion. Senior Roni Rutledge ran for a first-quarter touchdown, junior kicker Jacob fuller kicked fourth-quarter extra point and the Crusader defense, with six total tackles by junior Travion Ford, added a fourth-quarter safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Lutheran North won their third straight\nClass Two, District Two title with a 6-0 shut out of visiting Lift for Life\nAcademy Charter on Nov. 15. It is the second consecutive year Lutheran North\nshuts out Lift for Life in the Class Two, District Two Final (51-0 in 2018) and\nthe 25th District title since 1979. The six points scored, on a Smith one-yard,\nfourth-quarter touchdown run with 7:59 left, are the fewest since losing the\n2018 opener Aug. 24 at Illinois Class 7A State Champion LaGrange Park Nazareth\nAcademy (20-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Lutheran North\u2019s defense, with four quarterback sacks, was led by junior Chris Childs and sophomore Caldra Williford, with eight total tackles each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lutheran North, Seeking First State Final Since \u201899, Hosts Lathrop By Jim Wieners &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is 20 years since Lutheran High School North (1999) in their last Missouri State High School Activities Football Championship game and the Crusaders made four semifinal appearances since, only to lose each time. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, Nov. 30, 1 p.m. at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,37,9,16,17,39,20,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackjack-spanishlake","category-florissant-church-news","category-columnists","category-ferguson","category-florissant","category-flovalley-sports","category-hazelwood","category-school-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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