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Photos: Lee's Summit North tops Lee's Summit West 28-21 in Missouri football showdown

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Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports

Photos: Lee's Summit North tops Lee's Summit West 28-21 in Missouri football showdown
Photos: Lee's Summit North tops Lee's Summit West 28-21 in Missouri football showdown /

LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI — Lee's Summit North and visiting Lee's Summit West went back and forth for four quarters on Friday night.

It was a fitting showdown for two of the top unbeaten teams in Missouri.

In the end, it was top-ranked Lee's Summit North that emerged with a hard-fought 28-21 victory over visiting Lee's Summit North on a late touchdown run from senior quarterback Elijah Leonard.

Lee's Summit North improved to 8-0 with one regular season game remaining. Lee's Summit West, which went 3-8 a year ago and 4-6 in 2021, fell to 7-1. 

Leonard, a Missouri State commit, accounted for three touchdowns, including two touchdown passes to junior standout wide receiver Isaiah Mozee.

Lee's Summit West running back Quincy Torry ran for three touchdowns.

Lee's Summit North outlasts West in a nail-biter between Missouri high school football rivals

Lee's Summit West at Lee's Summit North football

Photos from David Smith

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Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23836
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23837
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Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23840
Lee's Summit North football
Photo by David Smith
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23842
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23843
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23844
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23845
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23846
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23847
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23848
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23849
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23850
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23851
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23852
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23853
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23854
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23855
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23856
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23857
Photo by David Smith
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23858
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23859
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23860
Lee's Summit North football
Photo by David Smith
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23862
Lee's Summit North Lee's Summit West Missouri football 10-13-23 David Smith 23863
Lee's Summit North wide receiver Isaiah Mozee
David Smith photo
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Lee's Summit North quarterback Elijah Leonard
David Smith photo
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Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports
NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting.  He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com.  In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University. 

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