The high school football season kicked off across Kansas on Friday night and didn't disappoint with several great games. The Frankfort Wildcats welcomed the Onaga Buffaloes to 8-man football to start the season and both teams made it interesting but in the end Frankfort came from behind to secure the 42-34 win. 

The inaugural 8-man football season for Onaga started off strong in the contest against Frankfort as the Buffaloes received to start the game put together a strong drive cumulating in a three-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion to make it 8-0 with 9:30 left in the first quarter. Frankfort not to be out down answering with a scoring drive of their own on their first offensive series punching it in with a 10-yard run by Lane Rogers at the 7:19 mark in the first quarter but Onaga still clung to the lead after the two-point conversion failed. 

The Wildcats then pounced on an early opportunity as Onaga fumbled on the first offensive play of the second drive and Frankfort set up shop on the Buffalo 30-yard line and with just under five minutes left in the first the Wildcats took their first lead 12-8, scoring on a 24-yard run by Adam Kenworthy. That lead lasted only a little over one minute twenty seconds of game time for Frankfort as Onaga recovered from the turnover getting a 65-yard kickoff return from Kufahl to set up the Buffaloes with first and goal on the five. On third down Logan Marten rolled out to the right and found Kufahl for a five-yard connection for touchdown and the Buffaloes regained the lead 14-12 with 3:21 left in the first quarter. 

Onaga grew the lead to eight by the end of the first quarter as they pinned Frankfort back on offense and took advantage of short field situations to the tune of more scoring drives. Another three-yard touchdown run by Kufahl made it 20-12 after one quarter for Onaga on the road. Teams traded touchdowns in the second quarter as Kenworthy found paydirt for Frankfort from three-yards out, while Brendan Melvin busted out a 64-yard touchdown run for Onaga and with the two-point conversion the Buffaloes went into halftime up 28-18. 

Coming out of the half Frankfort got back into a groove on offense and open things up scoring just less than two minutes into the second half on a 46-yard scamper from Kenworthy making it 28-24 after the two-point conversion was unsuccessful. The scoring would subside in the third until Onaga had Logan Marten punch it in from four yards out with 21 seconds left to go in the third to push the lead back to 10 points 34-24 entering the final frame. 

The fourth quarter belonged to the home team as Frankfort had Kenworthy score a four-yard touchdown to draw with four points again and with 5:56 left in the contest the Wildcats scored on a fourth and goal from the one by another Kenworthy run to take first lead since early in the first quarter. Up 36-34 Frankfort jumped on another Onaga fumble and took advantage of the turnover scoring again as Rogers found the endzone for a 44-yard touchdown run but the two-point conversion failed making 42-34 with 2:19 left in the game giving Onaga another opportunity. The Buffaloes last opportunity to mount a late drive fell short and the Wildcats came from behind to earn the 42-34 win. 

Frankfort in the win ran the ball for over 400 yards with the duo of Kenworthy and Rogers leading the charge. Adam finished the game with 224 yards on 33 carries with five touchdowns, while Rogers added 182 yards on 25 carries with two touchdowns earning the duo Community National Bank "Players to Bank On" honors on KMZA, helping Frankfort start the season 1-0. 

Onaga with the loss starts their first 8-man season 0-1 and were led by Marten in the loss who ran for 108 yards on 14 carries with a touchdown, while Kufahl had 60 yards on 16 carries with two touchdowns and a receiving touchdown from Marten. 

Both teams turn their attention to week two action as Frankfort travels to Clifton-Clyde for a League showdown, while Onaga will be at home hosting Rural Vista.