Week 4 Top of the Crown

1. Olathe South (3-0): The Falcons survived a tough game against Free State last week, and things don't get any easier this week as they travel to face Jordan Darling and SM East.  Look for the Lancers to have some success through the air as Free State handled the South secondary pretty well last week.
2. Lawrence Free State (2-1): Yes Free State fell last week, but that was truly any ones game until the final seconds.  I believe LFS is a legit contender this season in class 6A, and will make a deep run this season.  Kyle McFarland is a special quarterback and leader for the Firebirds. Free State will host Olathe North this week.
3. SM East (3-0): Jordan Darling has proved worth the hype so far this season, but the combined record of the SME opponents thus far is 2-7.  East has yet to play a real challenge and I'll be interested to see how Darling handles the pressure of Olathe South this week.
4. SM West (2-1): The Vikings had no problem taking out Olathe North this week 38-7, up next for West is a showdown at Olathe East.
5. Lawrence (2-1): The Lions jumped out to an early 20-6 lead over Olathe East this week, but fell apart late in the game and only won 28-20.  Strauss has continued to look impressive, but an injury to Tyrone Jenkins kept him out the second half.  Will the injury bug doom the Lions again this season?  Lawrence heads to SM North this week.
6. Olathe East (1-2): The Hawks need a big week four win as they host SM West, or OE could face the reality of being 1-3 to start the 2012 season.  The only good news for East is that they've played one of the toughest schedules in the league thus far as both losses came to teams ranked above them in the "top of the crown" rankings.
7. SM South (2-1): South had no problem offensively this week hanging 55 on SM North, but can the Raiders beat a decent opponent?  South has a good chance of starting 3-1 as they host SM Northwest this week.
8. Leavenworth (2-1): When was the last time Leavenworth started out 2-1?  The Pioneers are a legit threat to hang with some of the top teams this season and pull a few upsets. Led by Jason Randall and Judson Cole the Pioneers have some threats offensivly.  Up next for LV is a trip to CBAC to face a win less Olathe Northwest team.
9. SM Northwest (1-2):  The Cougars couldn't get anything going this week as they fell 17-7 at Leavenworth.  Turnover plagued Northwest as they had three alone in the first half.  Northwest can get things turned around this week with a big game at SM South.
10. Olathe North (0-3): Without Cole Murphy the Eagles struggled to compete with SM West falling 38-7 on Friday.  North still holds the leagues longest loosing streak at seven games. Up next is a trip to Free State.
11. Olathe Northwest (0-3):  The Ravens were crushed Friday by SM East 44-24 after East lead 34-7 at the half.  Olathe NW does have a potential threat in a passing game, but have yet to control someone defensively.  Up next they'll host Leavenworth.
12. SM North (0-3): An 0-9 season continues to look more realistic for the Indians after each week.  This week was a 55-28 blowout loss to SM South, and things wont get easier in week four as North hosts Brad Strauss and Lawrence High.


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I did a quick calculation of points for and points against for the Sunflower League some of these numbers are very surprising.  Here is the list: it'll list the rank of the team, total points for/against and average per game.

Points For:
1t. Olathe South 100/33
1t. Lawrence Free State 100/33
3. SM East 97/32
4. Lawrence 84/28
5t. SM South 72/24
5t. SM West 72/24
7. Leavenworth 61/20
8. SM North 57/19
9. Olathe East 48/16
10. SM Northwest 45/15
11. Olathe Northwest 38/12
12. Olathe North 28/9

Points Against:  Same things team  total points/avg per game
1. SM East 31/10
2. Leavenworth 40/13
3. Olathe East 42/14
4. Olathe South 48/16
5. SM West 49/16
6. Lawrence Free State 52/17
7. Lawrence 53/17
8. SM South 54/18
9. SM Northwest 73/24
10. Olathe North 93/31
11. Olathe Northwest 109/36
12. SM North 152/50