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--Blue Jays Muzzle East Buchanan Bulldogs

A week after a tough loss to the Lawson Cardinals the West Platte Blue Jays returned home for their annual Homecoming game against an East Buchanan team, winners of their three previous conference games.  The night belonged to the Blue Jays as they delighted their fans with a 50-7 win.
Coach Taylor Gallagher  praised the team saying “Really proud of our kids.  They showed up focused and energized coming off a tough game last week.  Their willingness to keep working, keep improving, and keep fighting was on display.”
The game’s action showed the Blue Jays clicking on all fronts.  After stopping the Bulldogs’ first drive and forcing them to punt the Blue Jays fumbled the ball away on their first drive.  
Again the Blue Jays defense stopped the Bulldogs.  On their second punt in the first quarter Alex Kinslow returned the ball 76 yards for a touchdown.  Joe Blake kicked the extra point and the Blue Jays led 7-0.
In the second quarter the Blue Jays scored the first of three touchdowns when quarterback Jhett Chandler scored on a 4 yard run.  With Joe Blake’s point after the Blue Jays led 14-0.  The Bulldogs got onto the scoreboard for their only points in the game with a two yard run and with a successful point after, cutting the Blue Jays’ lead to 14-7.  
After a touchback the Blue Jays started on their own 20 yard line.  After a three yard gain on the first play Jhett Chandler’s pass to Blaze Masoner went for a 77 yard touchdown on a catch and run.  The extra point attempt was no good as the Blue Jays increased their lead to 20-7.  Later in the first half Chandler scored on a one yard run.  A two point conversion pass failed and the Blue Jays took a 36-7 lead into halftime.
The Blue Jays’ drive in the 3rd quarter stalled short of the goal line.  Joe Blake kicked a 24 yard field goal as West Platte increased its lead to 29-7.  Brady McMillan scored on a one yard run and with a Joe Blake extra point the Blue Jays lead was 36-7.  
The next Bulldog drive was stopped when Blaze Masoner intercepted an East Buchanan pass and returned it to the one yard line.  After the Blue Jays lost three yards trying to score, Canton Wilkins ran it in a 4 yard touchdown.  With Blake kicking the extra point the Blue Jays led 43-7.
Both teams played mostly reserves in the fourth quarter. Macklin Bolling scored on a one yard run and with the Joe Blake kicked the extra point for a game finish of 50-7.
Blaze Masoner had a great night with 62 return yards - 51 on interception and 11 on a punt return - 148 on 4 pass receptions for 210 total yards and one tuchdown.  
Alex Kinslow had 89 yards on punt returns  and one touchdown plus one pass reception for 14 yards for 103 total yards.  Quarterback Jhett Chandler had 132 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns and was 6 of 8 passing for 166 yards and one touchdown.  
Brady McMillan rushed 7 times for 39 yards and one touchdown, Macklin Bolling rushed 4 times for 35 yards and one touchdown, and Canton Wilkins rushed 4 times for 25 yards and one touchdown.  Joe Blake was 1 for 1 in field goals and kicked 5 extra points plus caught one pass for 4 yards.
Alex Allison led the Blue Jays with 10 tackles, Jaxon Davis had 8 tackles, Mason McGivern and Canton Wilkins had 7 each, James Schulte had 6, Brady McMillan 4, and Blaze Masoner 3 plus an interception.

By: Conservation Agent Aaron Post
For the past several years, hunters were prohibited from transporting a deer killed in a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone out of that zone.  Only quartered out or boned out meat could be transported out of the zone.  A whole deer could only be transported out of the CWD Zone it was killed in if it was delivered to a licensed taxidermist or commercial processor within 48 hours.  
This regulation was implemented to slow the spread of CWD by ensuring that the high-risk parts (brain and spinal column) were properly disposed of, either on the property the deer was killed on or in a sanitary landfill.
This regulation has changed for the 2025 Deer Season.  There is no longer a transportation restriction.  
Deer killed in a CWD Management Zone can be transported out of the county it is killed in, but ONLY AFTER the deer is properly Telechecked.  This applies to all counties, whether it is in a CWD Management Zone, or not.  If you take a deer out of the county you killed it in, it must be Telechecked first.
As far as disposal of those high-risk parts and the rest of the carcass is concerned, the regulation requires the parts to be disposed of either in a sanitary landfill or back on the property the deer was harvested on.  
CWD management in Missouri is a cooperative effort between hunters and MDC.  It requires all of us to take a little responsibility and properly dispose of our deer carcasses.  
The worst-case scenario is that a CWD-positive deer carcass is transported out of the CWD Management Zone, the carcass is improperly disposed of, and the disease spreads to a county it hadn’t previously been detected in.  If you process your own deer, it is as easy as bagging the bones up and setting them out with your trash or by taking it back to the property you killed the deer on.
This regulation change, along with a map of the CWD Containment Zones, can be found in the 2026 Fall Deer and Turkey Pamphlet on pages 6 and 7.  If you have questions about this regulation, or any Conservation topic, please call me at (816) 244-0702.  If you observe a wildlife violation, you can report it to Operation

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Week Seven Results
Penney 31 Lathrop 0
Trenton 12 Maysville 6
Mid-Buchanan 56 North Platte 24
Gallatin 52 Milan 15
Lawson 50 Plattsburg 20
West Platte 50 East Buchanan 7
Class 1, District 6
School           Record
North Platte 5-2
Gallatin 5-2
West Platte 4-3
Penney 2-5
Maysville 1-6
Plattsburg 0-7
KCI Conference
School KCI overall
Mid-Buchanan 5-0 7-0
North Platte 3-2 5-2
Lawson 3-2 5-2
West Platte 3-2 4-3
Lathrop 2-3 4-3
East Buchanan 2-3 3-4
Penney 1-4 2-5
Plattsburg 0-5 0-7

-- Deer Carcass Transportation Regulation Change For 2025

Week 7 Football Conference and District Standings and Results

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--Week 7 District and KCI Conference Football Standings