By James Jordan, Sumner Newscow — South Sumner made a statement at Wichita Independent, Belle Plaine got itself a victory, Argonia-Attica is back on track, Conway Springs wins its third straight, and Oxford loses a tough one against Central-Burden. Here’s a Sumner County football roundup of Friday’s game…

South Sumner’s Wrangler Jesina with the catch vs. Wichita Independent. (Courtesy photo from Donita Clausen)

South Sumner 74 Wichita Independent 28

Wichita Independent has been garnering lots of press after turning around its program this year. After winning just three games from 2017-2021, the Panthers were 5-0 going into Friday’s game.

But South Sumner crashed the party.

After a relatively close first half between two unbeaten teams, the South Sumner Outlaws scored 32 unanswered points in the third quarter on their way to a 74-28 win over Wichita Independent.

South Sumner led 14-6 after one quarter and 28-14 at the half.

Independent scored to open the third quarter and cut the deficit to 28-20.

Colby Irey with a lengthy gain for South Sumner. (Courtesy photo from Donita Clausen)

That touchdown came on a 47-yard run. South Sumner responded by returning the kickoff 50 yards for a touchdown to put the lead back at 36-20.

From there, it was all South Sumner. Outlaw quarterback Keiondre Smith scored three touchdowns to end the third quarter and give South Sumner a 60-28 lead. The Outlaws would add two touchdowns in the fourth to pick up a 46-point win.

South Sumner had 445 yards rushing on 54 plays and 85 yards passing. Wichita Independent had 216 yards rushing and 42 passing. Smith passed for 85 yards and had 224 yards rushing.

This was the most points South Sumner has scored this season, but that was due to the Outlaws playing a second half. In the previous five contests, the games were called at the half.

South Sumner is now 6-0 and has a huge opportunity to round out the regular season undefeated.

The Outlaws play at Argonia-Attica, in Attica Friday. Argonia Attica is 4-2. The Titans lost to Wichita Independent 64-18 two weeks ago.

Belle Plaine 41 Leon Bluestem 6

The Dragons got off the snide in a big way. Leon-Bluestem lost its 22nd straight.

Belle Plaine took a 7-6 first-quarter leadand then added two passing touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 21-6 into the locker room. The Dragons then scored a touchdown in the third quarter and two in the fourth to pick up its win.

Belle Plaine is 1-5 and will host Sedgwick next week which is 2-4.

Argonia-Attica 53 Udall 6

Argonia Attica took control early and then erupted for 24 points.

Dalton Morrison completed only two passes, but both went for touchdowns. One was to Damien Smith for eight yards, and the other to Noah Loreg for 27 yards.

Morrison had 157 yards rushing on 14 carries and two more touchdowns for the Titans.

Smith had 54 yards rushing and one touchdown. Wyatt Peterson added another toucdhown and had 69 yards rushing.

Noah Loreg had an interception on defense, and Argonia-Attica recovered two fumbles.

For Udall, William Dotis had a 22-yard catch for the team’s only score.

With the win Argonia-Attica snapped a two-game losing skid and is now 4-2. Next week the Titans host unbeaten South Sumner County.

Conway Springs 46 Sterling 8

Conway Springs won its third straight game Friday and is now 3-0 in district play. It shares the lead with Inman in District 7. The two are headed for a showdown in Conway Springs next week.

Cardinal quarterback Braden Kunz scored on a 53 yard run to start the game, and Conway Springs never looked back. Kunz scored again before the first quarter ended on a 65-yard run. Isaac Winter scored on a 37-yard run, and Conway Springs led 19-0 after one quarter.

Kunz scored on a 13-yard run in the second quarter. In the third, Nathan Berntsen scored on a five-yard run, and Taylor Wykes scored on a 24-yard run. Jose Robles rounded out the scoring for the Cardinals on a 38-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Sterling scored late in the game on a two-yard run by Zane Farney.

Kunz finished the game with 189 yards on 13 carries. Wykes had 53 yards and Jose Robles had 49.

Farney had 128 yards rushing for Sterling.

Conway Springs had 363 yards on 33 carries.

Next up is Inman, which beat Ellinwood 38-0 last week and Sterling earlier in the season 40-0. The

Teutons have not given up a touchdown in its last three games.

Central-Burden 60 Oxford 24

Earlier in the first half, Oxford was competitive against Central Burden. Kyan Morris scored on a 40-yard touchdown run to make it 6-6 with 9:10 left in the first.

Central-Burden then scored two touchdowns, but Morris got his second touchdown of the night on a 14-yard run to make it 22-12 with 4:49 left in the second quarter.

The Raiders added a touchdown before the half to make it 30-12.

Oxford travels to rival Udall this Friday.

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