Howdy ho, kids! Everything good?

Ya know, nothing makes me happier than writing a blog wrap up from my week in HS football and watching 90s R&B video clips on YouTube.

And yes, this is just a cheap way to post a highly random yet genius Karyn White song. You can't listen to this without breaking out into the Running Man.

But as to not completely alienate my 17-and-under readership, let's move on to the week that was in preps football, shall we? On Thursday night, I went to the 'big' matchup of Rockhurst-Minnetonka (that's not a typo of Winnetonka, btw). Minnetonka is some team from Minnesota, eh. Which reminds me that Minnesota native Prince had some pretty decent 90s offerings but I can't post any YouTube links to his songs because he'll sue me.

So anyway, I understand that Minnetonka is a pretty good team. The Skippers (not the most intimidating nickname I've ever heard but let's play along) came to KC ranked fifth in the largest class of football by the Minnesota Associated Press. But they should really fire the dude who does their schedule. Last week, they played a team named Eden Prairie that was on a 33-game winning streak. Only to turn around on a short week and drive seven (!) hours to play the defending large class Missouri champs. That's just brutal. The only thing coming out of that is a ride on the L-train for two straight weeks.

So Minnetonka is honoring a two-year agreement with Rockhurst and got nothing out of the deal. Last year the Hawklets went up there and beat 'em, and on Thursday, the Skips got skunked in front of like 25 moms and dads. ... and on national TV. Fox Sports Network picked this game to broadcast, and let's be honest here and realize that all these networks are showing up this season for the Hawklets because of one Nathan Scheelhaase. Still... couldn't these guys pick a better game? Yeah, they're trying to showcase Scheelhaase but I'm certain FSN wanted something other than a running clock and a cameo appearance by sophmore backup QB Frank Arbanas. Plus, where's the drama and excitment in looking at empty stands and a match up between out-of-state teams? I don't have to use my bachelor's broadcast degree to say that ain't good TV.

But Rock's looking good going into districts. Coming off a 41-0 shutout at CoMo Hickman then this latest 38-7 victory. The running game was working so well, that one of my favorite WRs in the area, Keith Langtry, didn't really get a ball thrown his direction until the the second quarter. He ended up with 115 yards and 2 TDs. Langtry's fun to watch because of his athleticsm and awareness out there. The kid's got spiderman gloves for hands and he's always looking to make that extra move up field. I've yet to see him make the cardinal sin of taking his eyes off the pass while trying to make some spectacular cutback and dropping the ball because of it. ..which I witness a lot at this level.

On Friday night, I got to see another team looking mighty good heading into districts. Liberty. This game was held at the new District Activity Center at Staley High. Nice joint! Big, spacious press box, which is essentially all I care about, and good Oak Park people running it. They were too good, really. I was an annoying guest. They let me drink the last Coke in the fridge and I was sitting right next to the team's video coordinator and I'm certain that I messed up their shots by chatting up the camera guy. So if Keith Ross and his crew watches game tape and hears some girl saying 'WOW!' at least three times, they'll know it's me.

That's right, there were three plays when Liberty juniors Garrett White and Marcus Lucas made me audibly voice my surprise. Early in the game, White had three touches and two 80-yard touchdown runs. Seriously, how do you let a dude break off TWO runs like that before halftime? On virtually the same play? Then right before intermission, Lucas comes up with the best punt return I've seen all year. And he didn't even score. Lucas (6-5) can run fast for a big guy and so he's zipping along. Then he looked to be wrapped up near the OP 20 yard line, guys swarming around him and somehow he breaks free and drives with defenders hanging on him to the 6. Amazing.

But what's more amazing is Liberty's turnaround from a year ago. They started that season 0-4 then lost the ninth game of the season to Oak Park. But here they are, 6-1 and legit favorites to come out of districts for a playoff spot. I don't count them out. It's also stunning that this was the same defense that gave up 60 points to the Raymore-Peculiar PANTHERS but they were swarming the line of scrimmage and Oak Park's quick hitters. Disregard those 14 fourth-quarter points they gave up, the game wasn't that close.

Well, thanks for reading and enjoying Classic Karyn White with me. I also recommend "Romantic" and the next song I'm gonna kill at Karaoke night... "Super woman."

Till later, peeps.