3A FB Rankings

 3A Football Rankings by Capital-Journal after the first week of football:

Team …                         record

1. Nemaha Central (1) … 1-0
2. Phillipsburg (2) …         1-0
3. Silver Lake (3) …          1-0
4. Conway Springs (NR)   1-0
5. Marysville (NR) …         1-0

Others — Caney Valley 1-0, Chaparral 1-0, Galena 1-0, Garden Plain 1-0, Hesston 0-1, Hoisington 1-0, Marion 1-0, Maur Hill 1-0, Norton 1-0, Rossville 0-1, Sabetha 1-0.

Notes — Last year’s participants in the 3A state championship game — Rossville and Hesston — each had big holes to fill for tough opening tests with Marysville and Garden Plain, respectively. The challenges were too big for each as Marysville got seven total touchdowns from Jack Blumer in a 52-13 romp past Rossville and Garden Plain scored with 3:37 left to take a 28-24 win over Hesston.