Playing at Kansas City Christian on Friday in Prairie Village, THS scored late in the first half and took a 1-0 lead into intermission. KCC responded early in the second half with an equalizer, but the teams would need overtime to decide a winner.

The teams battled back and forth, but with just about 80 seconds left in overtime, Tonganoxie was whistled for a penalty in the box and the Panthers received a free kick. KCC connected on the ensuing kick and came away with the victory. Kansas City Christian improved to 1-0 on the season, while Tonganoxie fell to 0-1.

THS was back in action Tuesday at Maranatha in a match that took place after The Mirror’s print deadline. Tonganoxie will have its home opener Thursday against Lansing and will be home again this coming Tuesday against Spring Hill as the Chieftains jump into Frontier League play.

Tonganoxie has 40 players out for this year’s squad.

The varsity squad has five seniors this season: Carter Watson, Jameson Breitzmann, Isaiah Manus, Lachlan McRae and arson Heffel. Juniors this season are Benjamin Vought, Quinton Barnes and Garrison Sonntag. Sophomores are Cody Lobb, Jaxon Albert, Mason Benedict, Jackson Wedel and Thaddeus Hileman. Freshmen are Pavel Leyva, Sylas Lungu and Ivan Franco.

On the junior varsity, seniors are Erwin Perez, Winston Makin and Zaryan Gober, Juniors are Aysa Newton, Elijah Wease, Thomas Stewart, Ryan Lewandowski and Trent Burge. Sophomores are Austin Temple, Owen Heffel, Emmanuel Garza, Lucas Bradley, Wyatt Millsap, Giffith Dean, Landon Lynn and Jacob Bartlett. Freshmen are Jakob Burge, Brodie Carothers, Owen Murray, Evan Breuer, Jude Weiser, Sawyer Page, Bradley Alexander and Gunnar Garvey.