In Kansas 3A football, the Silver Lake Eagles (Topeka, KS area) bested the Conway Springs Cardinals (Wichita, KS area)27-21. This was the fifth time in the last ten years that these two schools have met for the 3A Championship, and the first time that Silver Lake had emerged victorious (although they have won the championship against other teams in other years). Needless to say, both of these teams are ghostly white. Here is a
picture gallery of the game,and even better, take a look at
this article and the embedded sideline-level game highlights. Silver Lake is wearing the white jerseys, Conway Springs the red.
Conway Springs is more of a traditional power running game team, having piled up 4,990 rushing yards in 13 games(!) vs only 700 yards passing. In this game, Silver Lake held Conway Springs to only 178 yards on the ground in an extremely
well-played game. Much better viewing than your typical NFL blackfest. Conway Springs RB
Brian Doffing piled up 1,782 yards rushing this season on just 186 attempts. The good news is that he's only a junior and will be back next year. He's got good size, 5'11", 185# and looks good on film. I'd like to see his 40 and ss times.
Of course, like I noted above in my 4A comments, lower-tier schools are dismissed as low-level competition, which I think is bogus. A great player is a great player, whether they play for Class 6A Wichita Heights or Class 2A Meade. So, if LaDanian Tomlinson had played for Class 2A Bushland, TX he would not have been any good? That is essentially the argument that is made when dismissing lower-level school talent.