West Platte closed its regular season with a 48-28 win over Lathrop on Friday, Oct. 23, in Lathrop, finishing 7-2 and earning the No. 3 seed in Class 2 District 8. 

The Bluejays will host sixth-seeded Trenton at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in a district quarterfinal at West Platte High School. A win would advance West Platte to a Nov. 6 semifinal against second-seeded Brookfield. 

West Platte built a 28-6 halftime lead. Mark Sanders broke loose for a 54-yard touchdown run and threw two touchdown passes to Blaze Masoner. Brady McMillan added two second-quarter rushing touchdowns.

Lathrop scored to open the second half, but McMillan answered with a 42-yard touchdown run. He finished with 195 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Sanders ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and completed all three of his passes for 88 yards.

Lathrop cut the lead to 41-28 on a 65-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Sanders scored on a 1-yard run with 2:49 remaining to close out the win.