BearsCountry said:

If not them who - Warrenton? Tolton? Smith-Cotton? Wright City?

Doubt it would be Southern Boone or Boonville now with Fulton joining the Tri-County.

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Jeff City? They were class 4 last year

Nevada
Mount Vernon
Seneca
Lamar
Springfield Catholic

Roughly, I think it could be a very interesting year!

HAWKS4LIFE said:

Nevada
MV
Seneca
MC (Lamar playing a back up qb)
Catholic

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Lamar has only 50 kids out this year?

If Lamar can push around Webb in the jamborees without any issue then they dont deserve to be on any preseason hype.

AC100 said:

I don't think Cap City or Camdenton are better than Webb.

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Here Webbie Webbie Webbie...............

JNsDaddyzDaddyIownU said:

"Preseason rankings are always garbage anyways."

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I hate plagiarism!

6-3, 7-2 regular season buddy!

NikeFootball59 said:

Van-Far is a team to look out for in Class 1. Returns a ton of beef up front, athleticism on the perimeter, and added a senior 1st team all-NCMC running back transfer.

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Little brother is no joke either. I believe a sophomore?

Baldguy said:

Maybe... I just remember it seemed like the mid-to-late 90s, the Ozark Conference at that time made an initial attempt at luring Republic, Ozark, Nixa, etc by sending the districts the league bylaws, etc hoping to stir their interest, and it didn't seem to catch. I guess that is my "ages ago" although for us oldies, it doesn't seem that long ago.

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I'm with you. That was my time in college at SMS. I still feel like back then anyway, the enrollment differences were pretty big. Maybe not. I remember thinking of Nixa and Ozark as country schools still. Only thing I remember about Republic from then was the Ford dealer was 5 minutes from Springfield at 120MPH.

HAWKS4LIFE said:

Nevada
MV
Seneca
MC (Lamar playing a back up qb)
Catholic

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sttttaaaaaaahhhhhwwwwwwwwppppppppppppppp

Here's an update on the NCMC: They are conversing with three previously named schools. Two are on board, and one is considering. I'm sure you can guess who the three are. My understanding is that all three are a package deal.

Hannibal is looking for a new conference. At least for football anyway. Their options are as follows: Stay in the NCMC for all sports but football and either join the CMAC or GAC for football only or go independent. They also could join and would prefer the GAC for all sports.

Expect all this to be final near the end of winter sport or the beginning of spring and Start for the 2026 season.

Fulton had recommitted to the NCMC after being rejected the 1st time by the Tri-County, then bailed without notice a few weeks later. My understanding is that everyone else in the league is NOT happy, as Hannibal was already working on an exit plan, and a few schools had expressed interest once they were out.

Nevada
MV
Seneca
MC (Lamar playing a back up qb)
Catholic

Fort80 said:

I was listening as well and Grunhard said it was a bottom of the roster type player. Sounded like he was borderline to make the team and his wife made it an easy decision.

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IIRC frankie and bill were having some major issues around the time he left the team.

Veer2Eternity said:

Bill Maas.

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I was listening as well and Grunhard said it was a bottom of the roster type player. Sounded like he was borderline to make the team and his wife made it an easy decision.

JNsDaddyzDaddyIownU said:

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WHOA HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOSKO LIKEY!!!!

I believe what they are trying to say is that the class breakdown and enrollments will be released on Tuesday after the districts are released.

Nevada
Mount Vernon
Seneca
Lamar
Springfield Catholic

Craig Hull said:

Monett at Nevada -- Nevada
Aurora at Mount Vernon -- Mount Vernon
Cassville at Seneca -- Seneca (planning to go watch this one)
Lamar at McDonald County -- Lamar (the lone road favorite?)
East Newton at Springfield Catholic -- Catholic

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That Seneca Cassville game is interesting, I am afraid Seneca may run away with it.

Veer2Eternity said:

I don't think a whole lot of research went into his picks.

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quite a bit actually.

To add to that:
The official media Rankings last year gave schools points on a class that they did not even classified on. I don't follow Class 5 as much as I follow several others but what I can say is Preseason rankings are always garbage anyways.

Eagles_Ball said:

One of the many things MSHSAA is lacking

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Attention to detail is not about perfection. It's about excellence, about constant improvement.

AC100 said:

I don't think Cap City or Camdenton are better than Webb.

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it's click bait. Not gonna do it.

Mitsurugi san said:

So maybe it’s not always “Jimmys and Joes” over “Xs and Os”?… 🤷🏻‍♂️

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No, but it's still mostly the Jimmy's and the Joes. 60/40? 70/30? Who knows?