Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 31

Free State finishes its season 11-1

The game is over. Final score; Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 31. Free State ends its season 11-1.

1:51 Blake Lawrence breaks through the Free State defense for a 52-yard touchdown run. Kick was good. Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 31.

Ryan Murphy’s thrid down pass fell incomplete. On 4th and and 12 Murphy completed a pass to Chucky Hunter, but the Firebirds fell one yard short of the first down. Shawnee Mission West takes over on downs. Three minutes to play in the game Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 24.

Free State moves the ball inside the West 35-yard line.

On the next play Steffan fumbles the ball and Free State recovers.

Free State is stuffed on third and five. A delay of game penalty makes it fourth down. Murphy’s pass fell incomplete. The Vikings take over at the Free State 32 yard line.

FOURTH QUARTER

8:13 Shawnee Mission West leads by 10 after a 44-yard field goal from Jared Witter. Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 24

On the first play Free State fumbles the ball and Shawnee Mission West takes over deep inside Firebird territory.

The final quarter begins with Free State trailing by a touchdown. The Firebird defense holds and forces West to punt. Free State takes over. First down at the 28-yard line.

THIRD QUARTER

At the end of the third quarter Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 21.

On 3rd and 12 Shawnee Mission West calls a running play and is stuffed. Free State calls time out and forces West to punt into the wind.

Free State musters little offense on its next posession and punts it away. 1:22 to play in the third quarter Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 21.

A Blake Lawrence pass and a West run advances the ball to the Free State 25-yard line. Third down pass from Lawrence falls incomplete and Free State stuffs J.D. Steffan on fourth down. Free State takes over on downs.

Free State goes three and out and punts it from its own end zone. Shawnee Mission West takes over first and 10 at the 37-yard line

Free State holds and Shawnee Mission West punts it away. 7:00 to play in the third quarter.

Free State drove to midfield but a fourth down pass from Ryan Murphy fell incomplete. Shawnee Mission West takes over on downs.

10:39 Shawnee Mission West retakes the lead on an 8-yard touchdown pass from Blake Lawrence to David Leonard. Kick was good. Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 21.

Shawnee Mission West drives deep into Free State territory. A run up the middle by J.D. Steffan and a penalty gives Shawnee Mission West first and goal at the eight-yard lne.

Shwanee Mission West opens the second half with the ball first down at the 20-yard line.

Halftime stats:

Passing: Ryan Murphy 9-13-148 yards 1 TD

Receiving: Craig Rosenstengle 4-73 1 TD, Chucky Hunter 4-59

Rushing: J.D. Steffan 17-76 1 TD

At the half Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 14.

53 seconds to play in the half. On its next posession Free State drives to the West 43-yard line but could not convert on fourth down. Vikings take over.

SECOND QUARTER

2:13 The Firebirds answer right back scoring on a 30-yard pass from Ryan Murphy to Craig Rosenstengle. Christian Ballard scored the two-point conversion. Free State 14, Shawnee Mission West 14.

2:53 The Vikings strike again on a three-yard run by J.D. Steffan. Kick was good. Free State 6, Shawnee Mission West 14.

Tack on a 15-yard face mask penalty and the Vikings have the ball first down at the Free State 27-yard line.

Free State drives to the 40-yard line after a pass from Ryan Murphy to Chucky Hunter but fumbled it away on the next play. The Vikings take over at the Free State 40-yard line.

The Vikings drove inside the Free State five-yard line but fumbled it away. Free State takes over first down at their own five-yard line.

FIRST QUARTER

At the end of the first quarter Free State 6, Shawnee Mission West 7.

On its next possession Free State drives but a Ryan Murphy pass intended for Craig Rosenstengle is intercepted. West takes over.

4:22 On the first play after the missed field goal, a bad lateral by Free State is picked up by Shawnee Mission West for a touchdown. Kick was good. Free State 6, Shawnee Mission West 7

A 52-yard field goal fell just short and Free State takes over first and ten.

On its first possession Shawnee Mission West drove to the Free State 30 yard line, but a five-yard loss by West makes it fourth and 12 from the 36-yard line. Time out on the field.

8:37 The Firebirds captilize on an 80-yard drive. Brian Murphy scored on one-yard touchdown giving Free State the early lead. Kick was no good. Free State 6, SM West 0

Firebird QB Ryan Murphy leads the offense to the Shwanee Mission West goal line. Free State first and goal at the one-yard line.

The game is under way. Shawnee Mission West kicked off. The ball went out the back of the end zone for a touchback. Free State ball 1st and 10 at the 20-yard line.

The Firebirds play in tonight’s Class 6A state semifinal against Shawnee Mission West for the right to play in next weekend’s state championship game.

Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. at SM South District Stadium. Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 will carry a delayed telecast at 10:30 p.m.

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