Friday night lights in Missouri: Oak Park, Lee’s Summit, Liberty earn victories

Here’s a look at highlights from some big Missouri-side high school football games around the Kansas City metro on Friday night.

Oak Park 34, Fort Osage 0

A return home was what the doctor ordered for Oak Park as the host Northmen, who’d lost their last two road games, blanked Fort Osage.

Oak Park’s special teams helped set up the first score when BJ Gordon stopped Fort Osage on a fake punt attempt at the 28-yard line on fourth-and-2. On the next play, quarterback Antonio Johnson Jr. hit Emanuel Kok for a 26-yard TD pass.

The Northmen found the end zone on their next drive, with Donovan Ross hauling in a 43-yard scoring pass from Johnson Jr. with 9:28 to play in the first half.

The Northmen got a trio of scores in the second half to account for the final score.

The first scoring drive opened the third quarter and featured a trio of big plays. Johnson hit Ross for a 30-yard gain to move to midfield and running back Chris Friends had a 28-yard run. On the next play, Johnson hit Kok for a second TD.

Fort Osage, playing without Iowa State pledge Ryver Peppers, struggled on offense all night. At one point in the fourth quarter, the Fort Osage offense faced a fourth-and-31.

Oak Park remained perfect at home since the on-campus football stadium opened in 2022. The Northmen are now 11-0 at The Lumberyard.

Lee’s Summit 45, Lee’s Summit West 10

Lee’s Summit didn’t mess around with its crosstown rival on Friday night.

The Tigers, ranked No. 12 in the 810 Varsity Top 25, coasted to a 45-10 victory at Lee’s Summit West.

Lee’s Summit (4-1) got the scoring going via a pair of first-quarter TD passes from senior Brayden Layman. He found RJ Scott for 25 yards, and Brock Gordey for 20.

A field goal by Truman Britton was the extent of the Titans’ first-half scoring. A Preston Hatfield scoring run and 1-yard TD by Karsten Fiene, plus a two-point conversion by Jackson Ross, made it 26-3 Lee’s Summit.

Hatfield scored again midway through the third period on a 10-yard run.

Lee’s Summit will play at Park Hill South next Friday, while the Titans travel to Raymore-Peculiar.

Liberty 62, St. Joseph Central 34

Jaxon Hicks and Liberty enjoyed a fun ride back from St. Joseph after racking up some Madden-esque numbers.

The Blue Jays rolled up 62 points in a laugher at St. Joe Central. Hicks, the star senior tailback for No. 13 Liberty, amassed 309 yards and tied an LHS school record with six rushing TDs.

As a team, the Jays (4-1) piled up 420 yards on the ground.

Hicks opened the scoring with a 71-yard scoring scamper with 7:40 left in the first quarter. He later scored on runs of 2, 9 and 10 yards.

Then, when the Indians (3-2) had pulled with two touchdowns — it was 41-27 entering the final period — Hicks scored twice more on runs of 43 and 20 yards.

The Blue Jays play host to Park Hill (3-2) next Friday in Liberty.

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