This is a legitimate question that I can sort of piece together some answers to but am still at a loss for and would love to hear opinions of others…why is Willard so bad at football???

Over the years they’ve had some of the biggest bodies in the COC, I’m sure everyone can agree, and their skill players are never THAT bad. I can understand that their district probably refuses to spend the money on a good coach, but still, you’d think somewhere along the line they would be able to produce a team that had a good run. It looks like the best Willard has been was a few years in the mid 90s where they won like 6-7 games a year, and two seasons in the early 2010s where they couldn’t get out of districts. You’d like to think a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while but Willard may be the blindest, deafest, and dumbest squirrel that’s ever existed.

My work computer won't allow me to disable the ad pop ups and now I can't look at rankings on my desktop.....Be better maxpreps! Be better!

24 to 7, 2 weeks ago. Close game with these two, Comets added a few late scores. Could this be the first 1 seed to go down?

I’m hearing rumors that the WP/LR game is being moved due to flooding? 🤔

Moberly @ Wright City NP1
Macon @ South Shelby NP2
Marceline @ Salisbury NP3

There is video for all of it. Let me know which one you think will actually happen. He promised crazy $&:;@ to get those votes.

That pretty much cements Burley in the outfield or in a trade. Burley, Contreras and Walker. Now that’s some lock down defense right there.

Someone check on him please

Alright, I decided to compare the first released media rankings to the most recent to see who gained/lost the most positions. Who was a disappointment and who was a surprise. The first rankings are on the left and the most recent are on the right.

Class 4
1. Kearney----------------------------------------1. Lutheran North
2. Lutheran North-------------------------------2. Kearney
3. Smithville-------------------------------------3. Kirksville
4. Hannibal--------------------------------------4. Smithville
5. Hillsboro--------------------------------------5. Hannibal
6. Pleasant Hill----------------------------------6. Warrenton
7. Mexico-----------------------------------------7. Warrensburg
8. Warrensburg----------------------------------8. Pleasant Hill
9. Nevada--------------------------------------9. Nevada
10. Kirksville------------------------------------10. Savannah

Biggest Disappointments - For this one I guess it has to be Hillsboro or Mexico because they are the only ones that fell out of the top 10. Its surprising to me that as weak as we think class 4 is, only two teams changed. Hillsboro going from top 5 to NR has to be a huge disappointment overall.
Biggest Surprises - I'd say this one is easily Kirksville for a couple of reasons. They went from being ranked 10th to 3rd then lost in first round. Surprising all the way around.

Alright, I decided to compare the first released media rankings to the most recent to see who gained/lost the most positions. Who was a disappointment and who was a surprise. The first rankings are on the left and the most recent are on the right.

Class 1
1. Marionville-------------------------------------1. St. Vincent (Get these private schools out of class 1....)
2. Adrian--------------------------------------------2. Marionville
3. St. Vincent--------------------------------------3. Adrian
4. Tipton--------------------------------------------4. Tipton
5. Marceline----------------------------------------5. Ash Grove
6. Windsor-----------------------------------------6. Windsor
7. Milan---------------------------------------------7. Van-Far
8. Van Far------------------------------------------8. Westran
9. North Platte-------------------------------------9. Milan
10. Ash Grove-----------------------------------10. Salisbury

Biggest Disappointments - Marceline is the only one that you would say is a disappointment here. They have always been a really solid to really good team and this just was not their year.
Biggest Surprises - Nothing on these is really surprising. I dont consider a team going from NR to 8th as a surprise so no surprises here.

Just wondering. I know they have talent but don’t know how they stack up against the powers in KC and STL.

Tariffs are only effective when they are so large that China or Mexico would be unable to pass the cost on to US consumers because their product would not be price competitive.

You take a $40,000 car coming in from Mexico and put a 25% tariff on it and price goes to $50,000 and nobody is going to buy

Trump is hoping he stays around so he can fire the idiot

Most people haven’t studied economics and insanely believe GOP presidents and reps are better stewards of the USA economy than the Dems.

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Alright, I decided to compare the first released media rankings to the most recent to see who gained/lost the most positions. Who was a disappointment and who was a surprise. The first rankings are on the left and the most recent are on the right.

Class 3
1. Blair Oaks------------------------------------1. Blair Oaks
2. Seneca-------------------------------------2. Seneca
3. Maryville-------------------------------------3. Dexter
4. Lift for Life-----------------------------------4. Borgia
5. Mt. Vernon---------------------------------5. Strafford
6. Park Hills Central---------------------------6. Boonville
7. Southern Boone-----------------------------7. Mt. Vernon
8. Chillicothe-----------------------------------8. John Burroughs
9. Dexter----------------------------------------9. Maryville
10. St. Francis Borgia-------------------------10. Mountain Grove

Biggest Disappointments - This one has to be Lift for Life. Going from 4th to NR doesn't seem like fun to me. I do think they have a change at surprising some people in the playoffs based on a couple of their recent results. Park Hills Central, Southern Boone and Chillicothe also dropped out of the top 10 though I'm not sure those are huge surprises.
Biggest Surprises - Strafford went from NR to 5th and Boonville from NR to 6th. Both teams have had surprisingly good seasons and have a chance at making some noise (well Strafford does, sorry Boonville). Dexter also has to be a bit of a surprise based on rankings. From 9th to 3rd might not be as big of a jump as NR to 5th but there is usually a huge difference between the 3rd best and 9th best teams.

Don’t look now but Mo State is now 7-2 with 1-win Murray State next week.

They’re having quite the going away tour in the Valley.

Issues today??? Judge says polls have to stay open until 10pm

You would think they would have tested the software in all of their machines weeks ago. It’s crap like this that makes people not trust election results

MSHSAA should require every school to assign a MaxPreps reporter.

Home team AD responsible. Failure to do so results in him being flogged publicly with a flaming porcupine.

D1
Seckman 34 vs. Oakville 6
Jackson 41 vs. Lindbergh 21

Seckman 17 vs. Jackson 38

D1 Champion - Jackson

D2
CBC 52 vs. Marquette 6
Kirkwood 31 vs. Francis Howell 24

CBC 42 vs. Kirkwood 17

D2 Champion - CBC

D3
De Smet 55 vs. Pattonville 8
Ritenour 17 vs. SLUH 28

De Smet 38 vs. SLUH 10

D3 Champion - De Smet

D4
Troy Buchanan 44 vs. Francis Howell Central 20
Rock Bridge 48 vs. St. Dominic 6

Troy Buchanan 22 vs. Rock Bridge 41

D4 Champion - Rock Bridge

D5
Nixa 48 vs. Ozark 0
Joplin 40 vs. Kickapoo 14

Nixa 44 vs. Joplin 14

D5 Champion - Nixa

D6
Lee's Summit North 48 vs. Ray-Pec 0
Lee's Summit 34 vs. Rockhurst 17

Lee's Summit North 35 vs. Lee's Summit 27

D6 Champion - Lee's Summit North

D7
Blue Springs South 35 vs. Blue Springs 20
Liberty 21 vs. Liberty North 24

Liberty North 21 vs. Blue Springs South 28

D7 Champion - Blue Springs South

D8
Park Hill 38 vs. Park Hill South 13
Oak Park 28 vs. North Kansas City 19

Park Hill 31 vs. Oak Park 17 - Would've been a heck of a wrestling matchup about 15 years ago!

D8 Champion - Park Hill

State Quarterfinals
CBC 42 vs. Jackson 21
Nixa 26 vs. LSN 28
De Smet 31 vs. Rock Bridge 26
Park Hill 21 vs. Blue Springs South 40

State Semifinals
CBC 24 vs. LSN 31
De Smet 21 vs. Blue Springs South 34

State Championship
Blue Springs South 22 vs. Lee's Summit North 31

State Champion - Lee's Summit North

This one more than any of the others is projecting a lot of really close games that I could see going either way. Should make for an interesting next few weeks!

RECORDS
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ROCKHURST (18-1)
CARTHAGE (16-7, 9-3 COC, 5-1 COC WEST)

Have never seen it called but have seen a few examples. This last week just saw unsportmanship called instead of targeting.

Only eleven competitors left. Make sure you don’t pick a team you’ve already used. Some great games this week and also some blow outs.

Was a blatant violation of campaign “ Equal Time” requirements.

Does the FCC do the right thing and make NBC give Trump 15 minutes of prime time nationwide on Monday evening???

They are trying to influence a national election and a monetary fine does not remotely remedy the violation.

If they don’t do something it opens up legitimate and easily provable litigation avenues for Trump