The first Blue Springs High School football game in the David White era featured a solid second half in which the Wildcats outscored the visiting Liberty Blue Jays 21-9.

The first half was an entirely different story.

White’s squad will have plenty to work on this week as Liberty took a 37-7 lead into the halftime locker room and came away with a 46-28 Suburban Big Eight Conference victory.

“I was proud of the way the guys came back in the second half,” White said by phone, as COVID-19 precautions prevented in-person postgame interviews. “We looked good defensively and we put some points on the scoreboard. But that first half was embarrassing – for all of us – and it gives us a lot to work on this week.”

Liberty’s Alek Rottjabk started the explosive first half for the Blue Jays by kicking a 37-yard field goal after a 15-yard touchdown run was called back because of a motion penalty.

Two minutes later, after the ball was snapped over Wildcats quarterback Patrick Maloney’s outstretched hands, Liberty’s Nchang Ndifor recovered the ball in the end zone and it was 10-0 midway through the first period.

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