By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Cair Paravel Latin and Topeka High head football coach Jason Filbeck both made a little bit of history with season-opening road victories Friday night.
Cair Paravel notched its first-ever 11-man victory in a 44-0 win at West Franklin while Filbeck posted his first victory at Topeka High in his debut with the Trojans as High rolled to a 52-19 win over Wichita West at Friends University.
CPLS dominated its 11-man debut from start to finish, using a 21-point second quarter to open up a 28-0 halftime advantage and adding its final two TDs in the fourth quarter.
Ben Roeder
The Lions scored the only points they would need midway through the opening quarter when senior Ben Roeder scored on a 4-yard run and CPLS standout senior quarterback Jase Pavlik ran for the 2-point conversion to give his team an 8-0 lead.
Roeder returned a punt return 73 yards for a TD to give Cair Paravel a 14-0 lead with eight minutes left in the first half and Chase Hastert added interception returns of 46 and 50 yards to put the Lions in control at the half.
Tobias Bonura added an 85-yard interception return and Pavlik hit Roeder for a 2-point conversion early in the fourth quarter before Roeder scored his third TD on a 3-yard rush (Pavlik run) to complete the Lions' scoring with six minutes left.
Topeka High rolled to a 52-19 road win over Wichita West Friday, giving Jason Filbeck a victory in his debut as the Trojans' head coach. [File photo/TSN]
The Trojans made sure Friday was a happy night Filbeck, who accepted the Topeka High job in the offseason after 10 years at Augusta, with High scoring the first 20 points and never looking back.
Topeka High never trailed after Zane Smith and Tevonte Ewing connected with a 7-yard TD pass with 7:33 left in the first quarter.
Smith threw his second touchdown pass with 4:31 left in the opening quarter and Ewing scored again to put the Trojans in front 20-0 early in the second quarter.
Later in the first half Ewing scored for the third time to give the Trojans a 26-6 lead and Smith hit Jayden Norman for a 90-yard TD to put High up 32-6 at the half.
Detrick Johnson put Topeka High up 46-6 at the 7:46 mark of the third quarter and the Trojans cruised the rest of the way.
Topeka High will host Wichita Heights in a non-league contest next Thursday at Hummer Sports Park while Cair Paravel will travel to Osage City next Friday.
Seaman coach Jared Swafford talks to his team after the Vikings' 35-18 season-opening win Friday at Piper. [Photo by Jason Brown/Seaman Athletics]
SEAMAN 35, PIPER 18 -- Seaman, which is coming off a 6-5 season last fall, opened its 2024 campaign with a 35-18 United Kansas Conference road victory at Piper.
The Vikings took a 7-0 lead on a TD pass from Max Huston to Conner Scholes and went up 14-3 at the 5:06 mark of the seocnd quarter on a short run from Kaden McKinney.
After Piper cut its deficit to 14-11, McKinney scored his second touchdown to give Seaman a 21-11 lead and the Vikings went up 28-11 before the Pirates got back within 10 points (28-18) late in the third quarter.
Seaman closed out the scoring with a touchdown pass from Huston to Bryer Finley with 3:20 left in the game.
Seaman will travel to Shawnee Mission East for a non-league contest next Friday.
HIGHLAND PARK 52, KANSAS CITY-WYANDOTTE 0 -- Highland Park, which is looking for its third straight winning season, opened his 2024 campaign with a dominating 52-0 Meadowlark Conference win over Kansas City-Wyandotte at Hummer Sports Park.
The Scots, coming off a 7-3 season last fall, will be on the road next Friday to face KC-Sumner Academy in a Meadowlark Conference game.
DE SOTO 56, TOPEKA WEST 6 -- Topeka West face a tough season-opening test Friday on the road, with De Soto rolling to a 56-6 United Kansas Conference decision over the Chargers.
Topeka West will play its home opener next Friday, hosting Shawnee Heights in a UKC contest at Hummer Sports Park.
