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St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

Keyword you forgot was "somewhat."

It would've been a 5 hour drive for Hillsboro and Valle last year. Not that 3 hours is close, but a lot closer than 5. The only region this helps is KC.

Relative to the vast majority of teams that have competed in a State Championship game over the last decade, very few are over 3 hours from Springfield. 8 of the 12 in 11 man last year would've been over 3.5 hours to St. Joe and 3 were over 5 hours.
P.S> that's only 5 hours for valle to st joe.
Pierce City did that first round of districts.

St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

Keyword you forgot was "somewhat."

It would've been a 5 hour drive for Hillsboro and Valle last year. Not that 3 hours is close, but a lot closer than 5. The only region this helps is KC.
There aren't any 8 man team in eastern MO right?

Give it time though. Some private school will figure it out.

Edit: Just noticed 11 man is moving too. BHAHAHHAHAHAHA
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St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

Springfield is centrally located? Get the maps back out...
Keyword you forgot was "somewhat."

It would've been a 5 hour drive for Hillsboro and Valle last year. Not that 3 hours is close, but a lot closer than 5. The only region this helps is KC.

Relative to the vast majority of teams that have competed in a State Championship game over the last decade, very few are over 3 hours from Springfield. 8 of the 12 in 11 man last year would've been over 3.5 hours to St. Joe and 3 were over 5 hours.

St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

I was just about to post this.

I can’t believe they’re having it in St Joe of all places. I can’t imagine they will have the lodging to accommodate. Not to mention it’s the least centrally located venue they’ve used to host it in awhile.
Did they call Harrisonville? At least thats somewhat central to all the sub class .5 teams.

St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

This is about like Cape hosting the Volleyball State Championships. Nothing like a 7 hr drive for Tarkio a couple years ago.

If they wanted the smaller stadium, why not go back to MO State? It is at least somewhat centrally located.
Springfield is centrally located? Get the maps back out...

St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

This is not on MSHSAA for once. No NCAA colleges bid due to the National Playoff structure on all levels no one wants to lose a home game. Mizzou bid for next year only and no 8-man games on Thursday night. St Joe I anticipate will be a good host. They did an awesome job with the Womens D2 final four this year. I long for the Dome but Motocross sells out 4 or 5 nights of hotel rooms and packs the Dome every night on State Football Weekend. Thanksgiving pushes the workers to a holiday pay rate.

St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

This is about like Cape hosting the Volleyball State Championships. Nothing like a 7 hr drive for Tarkio a couple years ago.

If they wanted the smaller stadium, why not go back to MO State? It is at least somewhat centrally located.

It seems like they aren't that concerned with it being centrally located; I would imagine they're mostly interested in the best bid.

St. Joseph and Missouri Western to host Football State Championships

I was just about to post this.

I can’t believe they’re having it in St Joe of all places. I can’t imagine they will have the lodging to accommodate. Not to mention it’s the least centrally located venue they’ve used to host it in awhile.
How many people are you expecting to actually stay in St. Joe? Also 25 minutes from thousands of hotels rooms by the airport.
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