The Grand River Conference will recognize football tri-champions for the second consecutive year in its eastern division, despite Princeton having one loess GRC win than rivals Milan and South Harrison.
Princeton did not play in Week 3 due to a COVID-19 issued quarantine in the Trenton High School football program. Trenton is 0-7 on the season.
The GRC East unanimously voted to declare tri-champions this season, nodding to fairness in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Milan (8-1, 6-1), South Harrison (7-2, 6-1), and Princeton (6-2, 5-1) will share the title. Last season, South Harrison shared the GRC crown with Princeton and Gallatin, but it was South Harrison that won districts, advancing all the way to the Class 1 quarterfinals, where the Bulldogs season ended at Mid-Buchanan.
This past Friday night, South Harrison rolled to a victory at Trenton, in action heard on Hot Country Z 101.7, 48-16. South Harrison had a 47 yard touchdown run from Justice Cook to open the scoring, adding a 16 yard scoring run by Gradyn Linthacum, a pair of TD runs from senior quarterback Austin Lasher, and a nine yard scoring scamper by Brayden Sunderman for a halftime lead of 34-0.
Trenton outscored South Harrison 16-14 in the second half. South Harrison’s scores came on a 60 yard fumble return by Linthacum and a 15 yard run from Sunderman.
Trenton got on the board with a 56 yard touchdown by senior halfback Quincy Griffin with five seconds remaining in the third quarter. Tom Johnson had the play-by-play call:
THS added eight more points with 2:40 left, as Gabe Novak took a triple-option pitch from Coleman Griffin to score:
Payden McCullough added the two-point conversion. Trenton will open postseason play at Lexington this Friday night, October 30th on Hot Country Z 101.7. South Harrison, earning the #1 seed by virtue of a head-to-head win against Milan, will not play Putnam County in the quarterfinals, after the Midgets announced a lack of players due to COVID-19 quarantine issues. The Bulldogs will advance to the semifinal round, hosting either Penney or Gallatin on Friday, November 6th.
Linthacum had 90 yards rushing, Sunderman 89, and Lasher 72 for South Harrison. McCullough had 12 carries for 64 yards and Novak six carries for 45 yards for Trenton.
In the Princeton at Gallatin game, broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3, the Tigers earned a piece of the GRC title with a hard-earned 28-18 road win over the rival Bulldogs.
Head Coach Nathan Powell was a guest on Friday night’s Locker Room Show:
Milan’s rebound from the Week 7 loss at South Harrison has been decisively good, as the Wildcats hammered Maysville, 43-6, winning their last two regular season games by a combined score of 92-9. Here is head coach John Dabney:
Here is the scoreboard from Friday, October 23, 2020:
Putnam County 40, Polo 8
Cameron 27, Marshall 20
Chillicothe 34, Benton 14
St. Pius X 41, Savannah 6
Maryville 28, Lafayette 14
Richmond 32, Lexington 16
Higginsville 49, Carrollton 10
Knob Noster 42, Holden 0
Smithville 33, Winnetonka 7
Penney 40, Lawson 12
East Buchanan 59, North Platte 123
St. Michael 33, Lathrop 13
Mid-Buchanan 60, West Platte 6
Fayette 20, Knox County 0
Salisbury 48, Missouri Military Academy 46
Marceline 56, Harrisburg 8
Westran 33, Paris 6
Scotland County 28, Van-Far 14
Brookfield 54, South Shelby 10
Palmyra 19, Centralia 14
Macon 49, Clark County 28
Monroe City 46, Highland 6
Warrenton 29, Mexico 26
Battle 27, Hannibal 14
Capital City 13, Kirksville 7
Fulton 48, Sweet Springs 14
Albany 80, Pattonsburg 12
Stanberry 44, Worth County 14
Drexel 80, KC East 0
SW Livingston 84, King City 66
North Andrew 58, Schuyler County 0
South Holt / Nodaway-Holt 58, Northwest Nodaway 8
Rock Port 20, Mound City 14
Appleton City 72, Osceola 28
East Atchison 46, Platte Valley 0
Stewartsville-Osborn 57, DeKalb 12
North Shelby 64, Braymer 6
Jasper 60, Santa Fe 14
Norborne/Hardin-Central 60, Keytesville-Northwestern 14
Archie 74, Concordia 22
