2009 GKCFCA Metro Classic

**The annual matchup pitting Kansas City's top graduated seniors from Kansas against those from Missouri will be held tomorrow--June 18th--at 7 p.m. at Blue Springs South High School. The game has been played since 1992, with Kansas holding the series lead 10-6.

**SM West's head coach, Tim Callaghan, will be the head coach of the Kansas team. The Missouri team will be coached by Hogan Prep's head man, Phil Lascuola.

**The Kansas team boasts star players such as Javon Williams, Derahn Williams, Jake Woten, Doug Peete, Justin Scott, Luke Rampy, Marcus Webb (top right), and Darion Hillman.

**Past GKCFCA Metro Classic Game winners:

2008: Kansas, 20-9
2007: Kansas, 6-3
2006: Missouri, 21-7
2005: Missouri, 38-15
2004: Missouri, 20-0
2003: Missouri, 3-0 (Game cancelled due to lightning)
2002: Missouri, 28-14
2001: Kansas, 24-7
2000: Kansas, 19-14
1999: Kansas, 21-20 (2OT)
1998: Kansas, 19-10
1997: Kansas, 20-0
1996: Missouri, 13-10
1995: Kansas, 31-17
1994: Missouri, 10-2
1993: Kansas, 17-2
1992: Kansas, 41-12


Photo Courtesy KC Star

Players to Watch in 2009: Tre Walker

Name: Tre Walker

School: Olathe North
Year: Senior

Position(s): Linebacker

Height: 6'4"

Weight: 205 lbs.

Notes: Walker's commitment to Kansas State in April came as quite a surprise on the recruiting scene. Not because Walker lacked ability (4.6 forty) or accolades (honorable mention All-Sunflower Conference in 2008), but because Walker had been a relative unknown on the metro football scene to that point in time. As a junior in 2008, Walker was an overshawdowed member of an Olathe North defense that featured players such as Doug Peete, Kevin Young, and Lucas Vincent.

Walker got his break in early Spring when Kansas State head coach and legend Bill Snyder offered Walker a scholarship, to which Walker promptly accepted, making Walker the second member of Kansas State's 2010 recruiting class. Soon after the commitment interest in the linebacker began to grow even more and he started receiving heavy attention from schools the likes of Nebraska, Alabama, UCLA, Kansas and Oklahoma. Walker is currently listed as a "soft verbal" to Kansas State, meaning he is shopping around his choices for college, but still plans to attend Kansas State in the end.

Walker has the potential to have a break-out season in 2009 now that the Olathe North defense will essentially be he and Lucas Vincent's to guide. One interesting thing to keep an eye on is how Walker handles the added pressure of being a Kansas State commit in an area with a very strong Kansas State alumni base.