It also marks the start of the Chieftains’ Frontier League portion of the schedule. THS opened the season last week against former Kaw Valley League rival Basehor-Linwood, which moved to the newly formed United Kansas Conference a few years ago when THS joined the Frontier League. THS will play fellow Frontier League teams the rest of the way.

Records: Tonganoxie 0-1 overall and 0-0 in Frontier League play; Louisburg 0-1 and 0-1.

Last week: Tonganoxie dropped its first season opener and first game to Basehor-Linwood since 2018. The Bobcats scored 27 unanswered way to a 27-6 Beatty Field. Louisburg was shut out, 31-0, last Friday at Spring Hill.

Last meeting: Tonganoxie won 24-14, last year in Tonganoxie.

Series record: Tonganoxie is 3-2 vs. Louisburg. THS defeated Louisburg, 22-6, in 1989 and then Louisburg won the rematch, 20-8, in 1990. The teams renewed the series in 2018 when Tonganoxie joined the Frontier League.

Coaches: Louisburg’s Robert Ebenstein is in his fifth year as Louisburg head coach and fifth year overall after assistant coaching stints at Gardner-Edgerton, Washburn Rural and most recently, Louisburg. He is 26-5 at Louisburg. Tonganoxie’s Al Troyer is in his 10th year at Tonganoxie and 14th year overall. He is 59-33 at THS and 61-67 overall. Troyer was at Larned before coming to Tonganoxie. He also served as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator in the Texas high school football ranks.

Trends: Tonganoxie’s schedule alternates from home game to road game throughout the season aside from back-to-back road games Sept. 24 at Eudora and Oct. 1 at Piper.

Two-minute drill: Both teams will look to get something going offensively after last week. The Wildcats also will look to get on the scoreboard for the first time in 2021.

— Local high school football historian Jeff Hughes contributed to this story.