{"id":1182,"date":"2026-09-26T04:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=central-battles-back-to-defeat-park-hill-south"},"modified":"2026-09-26T04:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:12:04","slug":"central-battles-back-to-defeat-park-hill-south","status":"publish","type":"sjc_news","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=central-battles-back-to-defeat-park-hill-south","title":{"rendered":"Central battles back to defeat Park Hill South"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Central-tops-Park-Hill-South.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; Down 10 at halftime, the Central High School football team battled back for a one-point win over Park Hill South on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central defeated the Park Hill South Panthers 26-25 at Noyes Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Park Hill South led 17-7 at the break. Central scored in the third quarter to make it 17-13, but the Panthers pushed the lead to 25-13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early in the fourth, Central cut the deficit to one possession, 25-19, on a touchdown pass from Hank Judah to Drake Gilkison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central kept Park Hill South off the board, and minutes later the Indians took their first lead of the game, 26-25, on a Judah touchdown pass to Evan Parksel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central improves to 3-2 and visits Lee\u2019s Summit North (4-1) next Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/news\/2026\/09\/25\/central-battles-back-to-defeat-park-hill-south\/\">Central battles back to defeat Park Hill South<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\">KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather &amp; Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; Down 10 at halftime, the Central High School football team battled back for a one-point win over Park Hill South on Friday night. Central defeated the Park Hill South Panthers 26-25&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1183,"template":"","class_list":["post-1182","sjc_news","type-sjc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sjc_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}