The last area team to play in a state championship game was Wellsville, which lost to Beloit in the Class 3A title game in 1996.

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The lowest possible score of a football game is 2-0, with one safety being recorded. It’s actually not too rare — Basehor-Linwood beat Santa Fe Trail, 2-0, last year.

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A standard 11-man football field measures 100 yards long and approximately 53 yards wide. An 8-man football field measures 80 by 40.

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Olathe Northwest’s opening took hundreds of students away from Olathe North. Because of this, Olathe North dropped down to Class 5A for at least the next two seasons, despite the fact its football team won seven of the last eight 6A state championships. The Eagles still will compete in the Sunflower League.