Lamar squeaks by Mac County, didn't see that coming.

Mt Vernon 7-6 over Aurora.
That was a surprise.

I’ll say back when my son was still in high school (graduated in ‘22) and we had baseball games at the various Springfield schools, I was always perplexed at how Kickapoo still looked trapped in the ‘80s when it was supposed to be the prime jewel of R-12. Yet a lot of dirt and improvements were being done on the Hillcrest athletic facilities; it seemed like a construction zone each time we visited it. Of course, work at the ‘Poo did start his senior year.

Carrollton

Veer2Eternity said:

well we are known for the Doc Guys.

Of that I am sure.

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Definitely… can’t miss an intercept.

Threw out the borderline Saturday game there will be 19 games posting tomorrow...................one on Thursday, 2 on Saturday the rest Friday evening. More to come!

cardsfan200306 said:

Do it im on Duncanville

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We shall see. Very tempting and I, barring bad news from Cardio this Friday, will be there!

cardsfan200306 said:

Whoever comes out of KC 6 and 5 will be battle tested as they can be. Tough games for sure but not writing the check to STL yet

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Completely agree. A zillion variables but part of it is how brutally deep C6 in particular is here. How much will be left in the tank for the survivor?

C5 both Carthage and Platte County took care of business with big games down the road. Still very high on both but those Ritter all stars stand in the way. Last night's game at Fort was an old fashioned "snot bubbles" D war. Extreme LB play both sides. That side will keep Kearney in every game without a doubt including that potential Lutheran North semi.

I will confess I told friends with whom I attended this one Platte County with the experienced top drawer QB and spread would be the only team I could see putting up good numbers against either D but, again, we lost the "Hwy 92 rivalry" this year. Watch Week 3 at Fort INTENTLY.

You all get your chance to cut your teeth vs. those Pirates this Friday.

Baldguy said:

I imagine 8-man teams are still relevant to their fading communities and conferences… just as the 200+ 6-man teams in Texas are helping the Lone Star remain a football state. Right now, Missouri teeters between being a football, fall baseball, or el futbol state. And yes, realistically, we are far from being known for any sort of football except for the imports playing on the current Chiefs.

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well we are known for the Doc Guys.

Of that I am sure.

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I imagine 8-man teams are still relevant to their fading communities and conferences… just as the 200+ 6-man teams in Texas are helping the Lone Star remain a football state. Right now, Missouri teeters between being a football, fall baseball, or el futbol state. And yes, realistically, we are far from being known for any sort of football except for the imports playing on the current Chiefs.

HoopsTournament said:

I have seen programs go from 30+ players in one year to less than 20 in another year. That is why enrollment should be used. You can’t have number of players deciding whether a team SHOULD be 8-man. Moving up and down based on number of players would be a disaster. It would be a problem not only for that program, but also for every team they scheduled with. And then trying to schedule games in the future would be a nightmare. So it’s time to stop complaining about number of players on an 8-man roster.

Unless you are an old man who just likes to yell at clouds because that is just as useful.

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I feel attacked.

freezeoption said:

No it goes to common sense. In 1998 Mt View Liberty had 17 kids on its roster. Back then West Plains was in the SCA. So 17 kids out should have gone 8 man that year. Or better, when I was at a small school there were 10 kids in a class. 9 were girls one was a boy. Boy didn't play sports. That class supplied no one to football. Real small schools can swing quickly on numbers.

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Stop applying common sense.

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carthagefan2006 said:

Class 6: Marquette (Chesterfield)
Class 5: Fox (Arnold)
Class 4: Van Horn (Independence)
Class 3: Saint James
Class 2: Thayer
Class 1: Russellville

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Carthagefan - just pick one game each wee

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Fresh/Soph Final: Blair Oaks 63, CBC 0.

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thetophat2021 said:

Haha you don't know how badly I'd love to put Duncanville at DeSoto in this Week 7!

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Do it im on Duncanville

thetophat2021 said:

Much unlike last year I currently have STL winning all three largest classes......................but my goodness whole season still ahead who knows?

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Whoever comes out of KC 6 and 5 will be battle tested as they can be. Tough games for sure but not writing the check to STL yet

Veer2Eternity said:

We should obviously put the SPS AD in a leadership role in our state sports organization.

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Veer2Eternity said:

We should obviously put the SPS AD in a leadership role in our state sports organization.

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Well, I'm not going to comment on that. The sports facilities at SPS have been a problem for decades. They started playing catch up under Fisher by adding turf at the football fields around 2012 (they've been replaced at least once at each school since then), but the indoor facilities are awful. It takes money (BOND MONEY) and they've had far too many other buildings to deal with to spend money on sports. I'm sure it'll happen, but not for another decade+. We now have field turf and new grandstands/concessions at all the baseball/softball facilities. They've made some improvements to the outdoor facilities, but only ones that didn't bust the budget.

ChaoticFanatic said:

I wonder if your tune would have been the same 15 years ago when the whole GRC was still 11 man. Back when the GRC was relevant.

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Nice job deflecting and not addressing the actual topic, but I am not taking your bait.