Willard @ Ozark...Ozark...Pretty sure Willard graduated everything. Ozark returns a solid senior class. I think Ozark will be better, just not sure how much better. But I'm pretty confident they'll be better than Willard.
Carthage @ Waynesville...Carthage...I think Carthage might be the surprise of the conference. Not surprising that they're good, but just HOW good. They'll make short work of a Waynesville team that is probably a little too far over their skis in this conference.
Neosho @ Glendale...Neosho...Granted I have nothing to base this on. This game could take 4 hours with all the incomplete passes though. I'm not sure either of these teams will be very good, but heck, no more than I know they could both be good.
Joplin @ Kickapoo...Joplin...Joplin lost a bunch. Word is Poo looked poopy in their jam. I'll show some recency bias and go with Joplin.
Webb City @ Lebanon...Lebanon...Welcome to the COC Leb! Get things started off right. They'll like getting Webb in week one and not in week six. Webb will fumble a few times and have a handful of motion penalties and Leb will benefit from the home field. This should be a dandy.
Republic @ Nixa...Nixa...Speaking of dandies. But I just feel like Nixa is too big and too skilled for RepMo. Did I mention Nixa is big??? Goodness they are healthy up front on both sides of the ball.
There could be four or five really tightly contested games in week one. Should be a good one!