My guess is Platte lacks the firepower to walk over Smithville. I've read and seen that Smithville possess the seniors to guard them. If Smithville wants to be a team of consequence, they need to prove it Friday night. History is not on their side.
I'm guessing Smithville plays their defense with 10 seniors. Whether there returnees or not, they've played a bunch football for a team that has a bunch of kids out for football in a school of 850 or so kids. Platte County should win because they are larger and so is Kearney. We shall see.
My guess is Odessa is better than an Ex Sprgs that graduated an outstanding option quarterback, but that is the extent of my guess. Ex Springs is exciting to follow for except for last year, they have struggled.
Kearney has lost to Staley and though they've soundly defeated Platte County, I don't think that's impressive. My opinion doesn't matter, and its influenced heavily in comparing past teams to 2018. However, this team still wins games by playing good defense, making plays when needed passing, running and winning in the special team's battles. All of this is a guess, guess, guess. All the teams I have seen play this year look even to me. But this is a guess.
