Penney cruises in first postseason test

The #1 seeded Penney High School (Hamilton) Hornets had their quarterfinal game against Maysville in cruise control early on Friday night, scoring on their first play from scrimmage, and having running clock in the final two quarters, winning 43-0 at Alumni Field in action heard on KGOZ FM 101.7. 

The Hornets first play on offense came from the Maysville 37 yard line just over two minutes into the opening quarter.  Tom Johnson had the play-by-play call: 

Titus McBee added a 27 yard scoring run less than two minutes later, with a “Pick 6” with 7:02 remaining in the opening quarter sending the lead to 20-0: 

Isac Bales-Rodriguez had a pair of touchdown runs, one was a 15 yard burst late in the first quarter, and the other was a 70 yard run midway through the second quarter.  Antony Gault had a 14 yard run with 51 seconds remaining in the half for the final touchdown of the night.

Penney was four of six on PAT’s, with Tyler Thompson scoring a pair of two-point runs.  A successful two-point pass was mixed in with a failed two-point pass attempt, while the Hornets kicker was 1 for 2 on one-point attempts. 

The win sends Penney (6-4) into the Class 1, District 4 semifinals this Friday night (November 15th) to play KCI Conference rival West Platte at Alumni Field in Hamilton.  Kickoff will be at 7 o’clock, with pregame at 6:30 on KGOZ FM 101.7.  West Platte advanced with an impressive 49-19 victory over Polo. 

In other Class 1, District 4 action from Friday night, the #2 seeded Milan Wildcats, in action from Cal Hubbard Field on KTTN, were upset by #7 seeded North Platte 26-6, marking the second consecutive season Milan had its season end with a loss to the Panthers.  North Platte, with the victory, will move into the semifinal round and a Friday night trip to Unionville to play the Putnam County Midgets, as PC, in the quarterfinal round, beat Scotland County 14-7. 

Other scores from Friday, November 8, 2024: 

Class 1: 

St. Vincent 26, Louisiana 0 

Van-Far 54, Hayti 6

Crystal City 36, Malden 8

Charleston 50, Chaffee 14

Marionville 22, Miller 0 

Pierce City 20, Windsor 8

Adrian 55, Lincoln 14

Ash Grove 36, Cass-Midway 14

Tipton 69, Crest Ridge 0 

Salisbury 24, Marceline 13 

Westran 50, Cole Camp 8 

Harrisburg 16, Fayette 6 

Class 2: 

Pembroke Hill 49, Butler 6

KIPP KC Legacy 26, Holden 18 

Lafayette County (Higginsville) 42, South Callaway 12 

Tolton Catholic 37, Centralia 20 

Fair Grove 48, Thayer 26

Liberty (Mountain View) 42, Houston 0 

South Shelby 48, Macon 19 

Monroe City 48, Clark County 8 

Brookfield 28, Lawson 14 

Mid-Buchanan 20, East Buchanan 7 

Class 3: 

Maryville 35, Chillicothe 0 

Cameron 35, Richmond 20 

Odessa 52, Summit Christian 6

Oak Grove 24, St. Michael’s 23

Class 4: 

Savannah 11, Smithville 10 

Kearney 49, Van Horn 7 

8-Man: 

North Shelby 44, Knox County 42 

Paris 86, Schuyler County 46

Albany 54, King City 30 

Worth County 34, Platte Valley 30 

Rock Port 66, East Atchison 20 

Nodaway Valley 36, North Andrew 18 

Bishop LeBlond 76, DeKalb 28 

Plattsburg 56, St. Joseph Christian 48 

Wellington-Napoleon 39, Norborne/Hardin-Central 18 

Braymer 69, Santa Fe 14

Slater 32, Northwest (Hughesville) 30 

Concordia 49, Sweet Springs 6