Week 2 Cram Session: Spring Hill (1-0) at Tonganoxie (0-1)
Tonganoxie vs. Spring Hill
Tonganoxie will look to bounce back Friday in its home opener after losing to Louisburg in overtime on the road this past Friday. Spring Hill will look to stay undefeated, though the Broncos likely will be more tested against Tonganoxie after shutting out Bonner Springs on the road in the season opener.
Last week: Tonganoxie lost to Louisburg, 21-20, in overtime on the road. Spring Hill rolled Bonner Springs, 43-0, at BSHS.
Records: Spring Hill is 1-0; Tonganoxie is 0-1
Last meeting: Spring Hill won, 36-29, at SHHS.
Series record: Tonganoxie is 6-3 all time against Spring Hill. The teams first played in 1941 with SHHS winning, 13-0. The teams then took a little bit of a break — like a three-quarters of a century break. It was 75 years later the programs faced off in non league contests in 2016 and 2017. THS won both of those games. When THS joined the Frontier League in 2018, the Chieftains and Broncos started playing each other as conference foes. They’ve faced off every year sans 2020 (Covid). Tonganoxie also has a regional playoff victory against Spring Hill in 2019. It marked Tonganoxie’s first-ever second playoff game victory and 10-win season in school history.
Coaches: Spring Hill’s Jason Feedback is in his 10th year at SHHS and 12th overall as a head coach. He is 42-42 at Spring Hill and 54-50 overall (two years previously at Chanute). Tonganoxie’s Preston Troyer is in his third year at Tonganoxie as head coach, but it’s his 12th overall at THS after serving a decade as an assistant under his father, Al Troyer. Preston is 13-9 as head coach. Tonganoxie went 63-37 during Preston’s time as an assistant.
Trends: Both THS and Spring Hill once again play the same Frontier League foes this season and have two non conference games. Tonganoxie plays at Lansing next Friday (9/20) and at Basehor-Linwood Oct. 11. Though both games are non conference games, it will be a return to rivalries in the former Kaw Valley League. Spring Hill plays non league games Sept. 27 against Piper and Oct. 16 against Emporia. Both games are at SHHS.
Two-minute drill: If recent history is any indication, Friday’s game should be a good one. The teams have played the last three meetings down to the wire. Spring Hill won, 36-29, last year at SHHS. THS squeaked out a 27-24 victory in 2022, while Spring Hill won 27-21 in overtime in 2021. Both games were played at Beatty Field.