For the fourth year in a row, Archie is headed to the state semifinals as it aims to win a third-straight title, and its fans won’t have to leave town to see their team this weekend.

ADRIAN — A bid to repeat as the state champion fell short Saturday afternoon for the Blackhawks as they struggled in a season-ending loss to West Platte.

The Lady Vikings came out firing on all cylinders to begin the season Friday night as they ran away with a victory over Sherwood. They won 51-23 to kick off the season with a commanding win.

ARCHIE — The Whirlwinds find themselves in familiar territory as they aim to a historic third-straight state championship. They beat Appleton City, 60-36, for the district title on Friday night.

What began as a back-and-forth shootout turned into another playoff win by Adrian where it shut out its opponent in the second half.

Since 2017, the Harrisonville boys soccer team competing in the state semifinals has become a tradition every four years like the Olympic Games or the World Cup.

ADRIAN — Senior Bryson Jacobs has big dreams when it comes to his javelin career, and last week he took a big step in making those come true.

ARCHIE — For the fourth year in a row, the Whirlwinds will host the district championship game, but getting there wasn’t easy Friday night.

In addition to scoring early and often Friday night, Adrian shut out Polo and earned another week of football this year.

Harrisonville soccer fans have one last chance to watch the boys team play without leaving town.

Riding a win streak into Friday’s district contest, Sherwood couldn’t keep momentum going and its season ended in a lopsided loss.

Drexel kept Friday night’s district semifinal game lower scoring than last time it played Appleton City, but unfortunately it wasn’t able to keep pace as the season came to an end.

Playing a team twice in three weeks is always tough, but after a narrow defeat the first time, Pleasant Hill was unable to avenge the loss Friday night when it mattered most.

CLEVELAND — The Midway School Board unanimously approved the high school football team changing from the traditional 11-man style to 8-man beginning next year.

Adrian and Archie once again earned a bye week to open the postseason, but they went about it in different ways leading up to this Friday’s contests.

For the second time in three years, Pleasant Hill got revenge on a rival and knocked them out of the playoffs.

For the first time in three years, Sherwood has advanced to the second round of the state football tournament.

Drexel is hoping to play spoiler this week and advance to its first district championship game in two years.

In the past 15 months, Pleasant Hill senior Avery Vander Veen has taken strides her coach has never seen before from an athlete.

In a flash, Midway’s hopes of winning a district title, let alone its first postseason game, were gone on the opening drive of the game.

The dreaded slow start that’s plagued Harrisonville throughout season was too much to overcome Friday night, and this time it resulted in a season-ending loss.

Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill survived close games Tuesday night and will now face each other in the Class 2 District 7 championship game on Thursday.

ODESSA — Despite an emotional week, which began with a tragedy, Harrisonville was just a handful of seconds away Friday night from a conference title and top seed in the district tournament.

Facing a familiar foe for a second time this season is nothing new for Justin Hamilton and his Pleasant Hill football team.

A three-game winning streak to end the regular season has helped Drexel move up in the district standings to where it will now be at home Friday when the postseason begins.