going down to the wire.

Missouri Military Academy
Van-Far
Princeton
Lone Jack
Malden

MMA and Van-Far are from injuries and low numbers and I assume the other are for the same reason.

MMA was class 2 and the other class 1. I believe all were either on pace or were the last seed in their district.

1. Liberty North
2. Lee's Summit North
3. Blue Valley NW
4. Mill Valley
5. Fort Osage
6. St. Thomas Aquinas
7. Rockhurst
8. St. James
9. Shawnee Mission NW
10. Park Hill South
11. Smithville
12. Blue Valley
13. Liberty
14. Blue Valley West
15. Blue Valley SW

Per scorestream

Polo at Mid Buchanan
Salisbury at Westran

Hearing whispers that MSHSAA is seriously considering going back to 5 Classes plus 8 man for Football.

Possibly the worst 4/5 seed game of the year or at least in Class 2 is Stockton(3-6) hosting Skyline(2-7)

and it honestly seems like a bit of a toss-up with who’s going to win and be the sacrificial lamb for Lamar’s first district game.

A friendly discussion.
A great class, tons of very good teams

In the end I like Blair Oaks against Lafayette County in one Semi and Seneca vs Lamar in the other.

District 1 - Lift for Life
District 2 - Blair Oaks
District 3 - Mountain View Liberty
District 4 - Seneca
District 5 - Lamar
District 6 - St. Michaels
District 7 - Bowling Green
District 8 - Lafayette County

A friendly discussion:
Some districts are loaded, some are awful.
Districts 3 - 6 are laughable honestly. The Lutheran St. Charles / Lutheran North winner may turbo their way to the state title game. St. Charles West lost to Potosi...badly. St. Clair lost to Potosi. Districts 5 and 6 are not good. Reeds Spring not bad, defense is iffy.

In the end...Ritter vs Maryville and Lutheran North vs Reeds Spring.

District 1 - Valle (two top 5 teams)
District 2 - Ritter by 80
District 3 - Lutheran North by a smidge over Lutheran St. Charles
District 4 - Sullivan
District 5 - ??????
District 6 - Reeds Spring
District 7 - Pleasant Hill
District 8 - Maryville (very good district, could go a few ways)

I think it's safe to say the D1, D2, D7, D8 side of the bracket has 10 of the top 12 teams minus LN and LSC.

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If the football advisory committee/mshsaa/schools don’t put a cap on the size of class 1 schools more will go 8-man. Now, class 1 is the smallest 64 - then class 2,3,4,5 are divided up then the top 32 are class 6. Class 1 is the only one that has 64 teams.

Every time a class 1 school goes to 8-man the next smallest school class 2 team drops down. Higginsville was almost class 1 this year.

So, the disparity between the top and bottom increases. Leading to more of the bottom teams going to 8-man.

I don’t know what the cap should be. Maybe 150 or 180 or 200 - but I think mshsaa et al, should consider it.

This week we have the Bulldogs playing host to the Tigers of Waynesville in the Ozarks “Back to Reality Bowl”

predictions?

Glendale pulls off the upset of the Lakers in overtime

How much are streaming services for the 1v8 district games that sometimes don't even work?
Who does the filming and production of these? I recall many games last year were subpar and/or didn't even work. Is there an effort being made on the part of of the millionares at MSHSAA to remedy this or are they committing fraud by shipping out a product they know won't work sometimes?


How much is the entry into district games vs regular season games?
Does MSHSAA pay the gate workers for district games or do the schools have to fork that over?

Don't be surprised

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Does this mean Link will have a high school girls team or just post grad?

as their new manager.

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CARTHAGE 9TH 8 NIXA 9TH 0 (FORFEIT)

RECORDS
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CARTHAGE (16-7, 8-2 COC)
NIXA (14-8, 7-2 COC)

Perhaps the most unfair district I've ever seen is in softball this season. Columbia Rock Bridge and Blue Springs South are in the same district and both ranked in the top 10 nationally. Both should be playing for state hardware. Only losses were to each other. Grain Valley and Blue Springs could probably win most other districts as well. Class 5 in football in KC is another example. Grain Valley has some of the worst football teams in their district with hardly any wins. The other one has four legitimate threats to make it to the final 4. Set up districts going into week 9 or right after. Problem solved.
Always hated the way districts are set up in high school. Don't get me started on the ridiculous nature of track's district format. One off day or a couple fouls later in a field event and you are out regardless if your the best in the state and regardless of what you've done all season. Have automatic qualifying marks like an A standard for the Olympic Trials. Problem solved.
Whew, that was too much work, no wonder MSHSAA never changes!

prayers.

We are looking for a week 2 game to be played on a Thursday night. We have a full JV and Freshman Schedule to be paired with that. We are currently a Class 3 program, but could be class 4 during that cycle. If interested please contact Head Coach Eddie Haar @ Haare@sullivaneagles.org or 314-808-5135.

Have this one on now.

I'll post the final results down below, if anyone suspects any errors just let me know and I'll double check! Congratulations to tadqueasy, rockchalk, and baldguy finishing on the podium!

So as it stands at the end of regular season we've got Nixa and Carthage tied for 1st, with Nixa winning the head-to-head. Although if I had to pick I'd almost say Joplin is possibly the best overall team in the league this year even with losses to both of those. Honestly I expected the Eagles to be more like 4th or 5th this year with Nixa and WC fighting for 1st.

Webb City and Republic with their upset of Nixa are tied next and coincidentally they will be likely re-matching next week in district round 2.

Neosho gets the prize for most improved.

And how does it compare to previous periods of inflation?

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