Updates coming

This game was definitely a Tiger roast…

Now I know there were some of you inquiring as to the status of the Mexican restaurant in Cabool.

Well here’s your answer, it was bought and taken over by Cozumel. I believe they also have restaurants in Grove and…Houston? Or Rogersville? Or somewhere else.

Anyways, Mexican cuisine is alive and well in Cabool, MO.

Who you going to see?
Who is going to win?
You posting updates?

GV @ Raytown
GV
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Pete Adkins on here.​

Who you guys got for the final week?

Webb City (6-2) @ Branson (4-4)
Joplin (5-3) @ Neosho (1-7)
Ozark (1-7) @ Nixa (8-0)
Republic (6-2) @ Carl Junction (1-7)
Willard (4-4) @ Carthage (4-4)

My opinion:
Webb City
Joplin
Nixa
Republic
Willard - This one could honestly go either way, and I wouldn't be surprised if Carthage gets it done.

He has to be the dumbest smart guy around

There are currently 3 bowl eligible teams in the SEC:
-Georgia
-Alabama
-Mizzou

Just the blue bloods. Tired of carrying the rest of the teams in this conference.

😂😂😂

Following on scorestream

This could be a really good girls league:

Bolivar
Rogersville
Marshfield
West Plains
Carl Junction
Branson

View from the Press Box: Dion Cliss 10/19​

Dion Clisso PrepsKC Managing EditorOctober 19 - 2023 at 7:35 AM

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for football here in the Kansas City Metro. Three schools have forfeited a total of 17 games that not only affected the individual team’s record and district standings but the points of dozens of teams in Missouri and even across the state line in Kansas.

Each school, Grandview, Lincoln College Prep and Park Hill South used a player that was deemed to be ineligible and had each of their records adjusted. Grandview and Lincoln Prep moved down in their district standings while Park Hill South’s spot remains unchanged.

Those are the facts, and it is disappointing that this has happened for those players who did nothing wrong but had wins on the field turned into losses in the record book.

The mistakes were made by adults and young people are suffering the consequences.

Simply put, we as adults need to do better. All of us. Journalists, coaches, administrators and parents. I started with journalists because I always believe you have to tend to your own house first.

When the first set of forfeits started with Grandview two weeks ago, plenty of people who either claim to be journalists or want to play journalists jumped on social media and made claims that games were forfeited because of multiple reasons and multiple players.

Neither was true. PrepsKC confirmed with the Missouri State High School Activities Association that it was one player, and it was self-reported. Those are the facts, confirmed both by the school district and MSHSAA. Anything else was not a fact and was in fact a rumor.

If you want to break news, you should live by the journalists' creed that it takes double confirmation for something to be reported. If you are foggy on the concept, I suggest watching All The President’s Men or Spotlight. Journalists need to do better.

People who work for schools need to also do better. We all make mistakes at our job but when it involves young people it raises the stakes. We are the adults, it’s time to do better.

Parents, we all can do better. Some of these mistakes are made because students are moving between districts to play sports. This isn’t everyone but sports aren’t the reason you attend a school. It also shouldn’t be the reason you attend college. While the sports scholarship seems like the easiest way to get help for school, the best way is good grades and good test scores.

All in all, we need to do better.

Butler 60 Forsyth 43
Versailles 22 Buffalo 6
Warsaw 34 Skyline 6
ElDo 22 Stockton 19

MoSooner 27–7
Veer2 Eternity 22-12
Use_da_dive 26-8
MoWest Dad 28-6
griffin sooner 16-2
Carthage Fan 2006 28-6
CoachFox-Screaming Eagle 28-6
Chaotic Fanatic 27-7
164 Chevy 27-7
hangmanbobbyjaggers 25-9
Dbl_TE_One Back 4-0

Week Nine Games

Christ Prep at Butler
ElDo at Fair Grove
Versailles at Sherwood
Buffalo at Warsaw

All this talk about Ritter had me going to look at their district. I haven't seen anyone talking about Hazlewood East. I don't care if their schedule has been soft lately. Only 19 points given up all season. Anyone know the scoop on them? Parkway North has only lost to undefeated Rockwood Summit in a close game.

And just like that here comes the FINAL week of the Regular Season and this contest!:

Portageville at New Madrid County Central (Out of Region Game of the Week)
Blue Springs at Raymore-Peculiar
Center at Clinton
Christ Prep (KS) at Butler
Fort Osage at Oak Park
Hogan Prep at Sedalia Smith-Cotton
Marshall at Cameron
North Andrew at Pattonsburg
Northeast at Southeast-Central
Pembroke Hill at Van Horn
Penney at West Platte
Savannah at St. Pius X
St. Joseph Christian at Stanberry
St. Joseph LeBlond at Plattsburg
SW Livingston at North Shelby
Sweet Springs at Concordia
Tipton at Adrian (NWCMO Game of the Week)
Warrensburg at Oak Grove

TIEBREAK: Total points both Games of the Week

This is also a first week where I have selected a technically non-regional team in the NWCMO Game of the Week but they do play in the West Central Conference. All picks are due by 7 PM THURSDAY. I am leaving town on business Wednesday morning won't return until Saturday early evening so please be patient with me on the stats/winners posts but Friday evening may be open. GOOD LUCK everyone and please do NOT forget to post the tiebreak. If none is posted the assumption is your answer is zero.

Once this contest ends all scores return to zero as the Playoff Challenge is a winner-take-all contest of its own. Rules etc. will post Saturday night and the first round games will post one week from today.

Week 9
Miller @ Marionville
Sarcoxie @ Ash Grove
Diamond @ Clever
Pierce City @ Stockton
Greenfield @ Osceola
Archie @ Liberal
Appleton City @ Jasper
Lockwood @ Rich Hill


Records
ChaoticFanatic - 52-13
Ftballfan16 - 52-13
CoachFox-ScreamingEagles - 50-15
Mowestdad - 49-16
Baldguy - 49-16
Carthagefan2006 - 47-18
griffonsooner - 44-13
Veer2eternity - 43-22
164chevy - 40-18
tigers#1fan - 38-12
Redhead03 - 36-22
Revno -29-12
fbfan23 - 24-9
I2R I - 25-8
use_da_dive - 8-2
TadQueasy - 6-4
Buckwild16 - 5-5

*Knob Noster (5-3)@ Holden (5-3)
Lexington (2-6) @ Richmond (3-5)
Higginsville (8-0) @ Carrolton (0-8)
West
*Odessa (7-1) @ Harrisonville (4-4)
Center (1-7) @ Clinton (2-6)-1st conference win for someone
*Warrensburg (5-3) @ Oak Grove (5-3)- Game of week on this side
Summit Christian (2-6) @ Pleasant Hill (7-1)

Tiebreak- total spread of 3 games with asterisks

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl-could-soon-ban-tackling-technique-it-says-creates-25-times-the-injury-risk-050441627.ht

If this happens, I might be done with the NFL (except for Lions games and Dylan Cole games…)

Am hearing CJ and Bolivar may be joining the Big 8, which would expand it to 16 teams. What might this look like? Possibly one division for most sports, but for football might we see the Big 8 West and Big 8 East become the Big 8 Large and Big 8 Small?

Large (all Class 4 teams)
Bolivar
Carl Junction
Marshfield
McDonald County
Monett
Nevada
Rogersville

Class 2 and 3 Strongest Programs of Late
Lamar, Seneca, Mt. Vernon, Reeds Spring, Cassville

Plus other current members Aurora, East Newton, Hollister, Springfield Catholic

No disrespect intended for anyone - would be interesting to see how they would divvy this up for football. I think a yearly promotion/demotion kind of process would be interesting and bold - start with 8 largest in one division in year one, and then each year promote the top two records from the smaller division and demote the bottom two from the upper division.

One additional scheduling idea: play your 7 division opponents, plus one out of division rivalry game. Week 9 is reserved for Large #1 vs Small #1, #2 vs 2 and so on down to large 8 versus small 8.

I would also offer that ADs should work together for the common good. For example, everyone knows Lamar may be the best of this entire group. So assuming they wanted in the Large right off the bat, they would abstain and the other 15 ADs would vote whether to move the 8th largest school down to the Smaller division right off the bat, and replace them in the Large with Lamar. Or let the larger ADs volunteer if they know their school might be better off in the first year playing down.

It could all be worked out, and then automated from year two on.

(Apologies, didn’t mean for this to get so long)

interesting story here.

https://footballscoop.com/news/okla...IjmOrBZI8enW2t6wDnaeux_hQPRC5ebgvmQ5UvTD2torI

Who will be the big dogs in the OC this year? West Plains lost a bunch to graduation but bring back their best player. Lebanon graduated their best player(s). They also have a new coach? Did Payne step down because he knows things are going to drop off a little? Rolla should be solid again.

RECORDS
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CARTHAGE (4-4, 4-4 COC)
JOPLIN (5-3, 5-3 COC)

Nm

If you have to forfeit games. you are banned from post season play that season. That will help fix some of the problems. If a kid is in doubt, do not play him until he is cleared. Pretty simple to me.