Brady McMillan scored on a 9-yard run with 2:44 left Friday, and Macklin Bolling’s extra point gave West Platte a 20-13 win over East Buchanan.
East Buchanan’s Landon Smith scored on runs of 29 yards in the first quarter and 7 yards in the fourth. Smith’s second touchdown tied the game at 13, but the extra-point attempt was blocked.
McMillan’s late score capped a game in which he rushed 27 times for 138 yards and two touchdowns. He also scored on an 18-yard run late in the first quarter. Mark Sanders put West Platte ahead 13-7 with a 4-yard touchdown run in the second quarter; the extra-point attempt failed.
West Platte’s Boyd Leininger intercepted a pass and returned it 19 yards. Sanders finished with 108 rushing yards and completed 7 of 10 passes for 102 yards. Blaze Masoner caught four passes for 85 yards and surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards during the game.
West Platte outgained East Buchanan 348-234 and had 24 first downs to East Buchanan’s 12. The Bluejays rushed for 247 yards.









