131 days until College Football is back.

137 days until Missouri High School football is back.

143 days until NFL football is back.

I know there was some interest in him and his program on here a while back. That's quite a list of accusations. And dang the dude is making some good money to owe that much in back taxes....

https://www.al.com/sports/2019/03/w...lude-drugs-failure-to-pay-taxes-and-more.html

saw where Joplin is installing new field turf and a new track surface this summer.

On a Side note is Joplin the only school in the state with two nice football fields with turf for one team??

Grand River Conference is proposing an expansion to their conference that would have an 8-man and 11-man division.

8-man
Worth County
Stanberry
Albany
North Andrew (currently PVC)
St. Joseph Christian (currently Independent)
Pattonsburg (currently PVC football, HDC others)

The first three are GRC members but play in the 275 for football.

11-man
Braymer
Gallatin
King City
Maysville
Polo
Princeton
South Harrison
Trenton (currently Independent)
Milan (currently Tri-Rivers)
Putnam County (currently Tri-Rivers)

The first seven are current GRC members.

For other sports like basketball, they probably would have small school and large school divisions of 8 teams each or may stay the same. Not sure.

Thoughts?

This post was edited on 1/28 2:37 PM by HoopsTournament

GRC Expansion

Blair Oaks? Hayti?

What in the world happen?

done

arena was over capacity with thousands of people standing outside in the street to be able to hear the president

Looks like around 20,000 people showed up to cheer on our president,,,dems dont have anyone that can fill up a high school gym

it looks like six schools are dropping 11-man football and one coop is adding 11-man football. Lots of talk about new classification system and now they check enrollment every year instead of two-year cycles. But if they keep class 5 as the catch all , the following schools(again based on this years enrollment) would change classes.
Moving from class 5 to class 4 would be FZS, Webster Groves, Liberty Wentzville, Willard and Glendale.
From class 4 to Class 3 - Sullivan, Lincoln Prep, Kirksville, Jennings, st. Joe Lafayette
Class 3 to Class 2 - St. Pius X(kc), Christian, Wright City, Seneca, Kennett
And class 2 to class 1 - South Callaway, Monroe City, Sarcoxie, Lexington, Caruthersville

Of course, most of the districts in each class would also be realigned.

Especially, if they are traveling more than a 100 miles? I noticed that Trinity traveled on a BUS to play my Packers in SOUTH Georgia! And they stopped in the ATL, the night before our Saturday game! NOW, THIS is where it gets interesting, as to whether it affected their performance against Colquitt! Coach ProPst has ALWAYS said, that if your team has to travel more than a 100 miles on gameday, it WILL affect their performance! And if at all possible, he tries to travel the day prior to the game! CONVERSELY, Trinity traveled FOUR HOURS(220 miles) to Moultrie from the ATL, for our game with them! What say YOU?

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made in profits according to Forbes by the top 25 money earning Division 1 college football programs. Why in the world can they not give all players on the roster a full ride scholarship? Why a limit on scholarships when there is plenty of money?

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Hville returns opening kick for TD. 7-0, 11:55 1st Q

Glendale is putting up crazy stats, can it continue ? West plains is starting where they left off. ill take the falcons in a mild upset.

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I know it is an old discussion but I feel it is time again for Administrators and MSHSAA to look at the Private/Public situation in Mo. HS Athletics. This has been a problem for decades and the multiplier system doesn't seem to level the playing field. The private school: scholarship, all star teams are making the playing field unlevel. It seems like the Privates are getting bolder and bolder in their recruiting and promotion of their Programs. I could go into detail but just look at the bill boards, twitter messages and roster changes recently and you know what I mean. And now we are having Sportsmanship issues. I know it takes two to Tango but if we have separate divisions, we take away the situation at MICDS last week. Why not have a separate District and State Championship Series, a unique thought. If a Public School wants to play a Private School during the season that should be their choice. But come District time, there should be separate championships. Administrators and MSHSAA get off your backsides, remove your blinders and do what is right for the high school athletes in Missouri. This is difficult for me to write for I am a former student athlete, educator and coach from the St. Louis Catholic School system but it is time to get it right.

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Catfishing apparently doesn’t just exist in the world of online dating. It exists in the world of online college football recruiting, too.

A story is going viral on social media, claiming a fake recruit was able to “catfish” a major college football recruiting site.

The story: Some students created a social media account for a made-up high school football player named Blake Carringer. He was a “6-foot-6, 315-pound offensive lineman from Grace Christian HS in Knoxville, Tennessee.”

The player claimed to have scholarship offers from several major programs, including Alabama, Georgia and Florida, among other schools.

A major recruiting site, Rivals.com, allegedly ranked him in their database as a three-star prospect.

Dan Lanning named d/c for the Bulldogs.

https://247sports.com/college/georg...-Lanning-new-defensive-coordinator-129145617/

Imagine if Springfield Central went 10-2, beat Joplin, Kickapoo, and played Webb within 14 points.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/high-school/article218367925.html

Saw on the news the other night about a few WC players signing for various colleges. Just curious, what (if any) is generally considered a "better" offer - the high level D2s (Pitt State, NW Missouri) or lower level D1 (MO State)? General logic says any D1 takes a better athlete than any D2 but on the other hand - NWMO maybe a more attractive offer with the reasonable chance to play in a national championship vs playing in a struggling program in a subset of D1 football that no one really follows, even though I would argue MSU in general is a superior option college wise - just maybe not in football?

How easy will it be winning the titles in 2019?