West Platte senior Cohen Kite brings in a 25-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter in the Blue Jays’ 62-25 loss on Sept. 8.
WESTON - Going into the break trailing by one possession, the West Platte football team (1-2) had some hope to snap a 7-game losing streak to Mid-Buchanan but got outscored 35-6 in the second half on Sept. 8.
In the opening game of KCI Conference play, West Platte and Mid-Buchanan entered the night with identical records and it was competitive early. The Dragons struck first with a 3-yard run and the Blue Jays tied the game 7-7 on a 29-yard pass from Kane Cogan to Blaze Masoner with 6:24 on the first quarter clock.
In the closing two minutes of the first quarter, Mid-Buchanan ran into the end zone again to retake a 14-7 lead. West Platte responded when Cogan connected with his favorite early season target, Kohen Kite, for a 25-yard touchdown pass but the PAT was no good.
Mid-Buchanan was driving down the field when Jhett Chandler intercepted a pass and returned it 68 yards to the house. West Platte failed when it went for two as the Blue Jays led for the only time in the night, 19-14.
Nearly two quarters passed before the Blue Jays scored again as the Dragons took advantage of turnovers. West Platte forced another interception, but fumbled on the ensuing play and Mid-Buchanan took it the other way for six before adding another score late in the first half to be up 27-19 at the break.
Mid-Buchanan scored the only third quarter touchdown on a pass by Ian Wegenka before things got out of hand in the fourth quarter. On a kickoff following an 11-yard rushing touchdown by Wegenka, West Platte had another fumble that was picked up by Mid-Buchanan and taken the distance.
Trailing 48-19, West Platte finally put another touchdown on the board when Canton Wilkins brought in a 2-yard pass from Cogan. Mid-Buchanan put the game away with two more touchdowns late, coming out with a 62-25 victory.
Mid-Buchanan erupted for 439 yards on the ground and 174 yards through the air, while West Platte had 385 total yards of offense. Cogan completed 15 of his 27 pass attempts for 255 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions, along with eight rush attempts for 90 yards and a fumble.
Kite had 11 solo tackles and one pass break up, Masoner had four tackles and an interception and Will Shafer ended with five tackles and one sack. West Platte will look to get back to .500 with a win against University Academy Charter (3-0) on Sept. 15.