Chunk plays hurt Excelsior Springs in its 38-0 loss to North Kansas City Sept. 13 at Tiger Stadium, coach Jake Danneman acknowledged.“We kept setting ourselves up for success on defense, but then we allowed three touchdowns on third and long and we can’t win football games giving up big plays on third down like that,” Danneman said.Before yielding those touchdowns, the Tigers (1-2) threatened to score a touchdown by staging a long drive on their opening possession. The threat ended when junior quarterback Marquez McCant’s pass was intercepted and returned 82 yards by Northtown for a touchdown.The Hornets extended their lead to 12-0 later in the first quarter on the first of those third-and-long scoring plays – a 69-yard TD pass on third-and-9.Northtown scored two more first-half touchdowns and converted an extra-point kick to lead 25-0 at halftime. One of those touchdowns was on a 58-yard pass play. The other wa...