Class 4 Disrict 8
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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As of today give the Kearney-Smithville winner about an 80 percent chance to emerge from it. As for that game will have a lot to say next week. Gotta see how each fares tonight and not talking about the results which should be a given. A few years back in a blowout win the KDogs lost one of their top players to injury and it affected (think it was the middle Davis kid in 2014 but not swearing to it) the rest of their playoff run.
Platte County kinda concerns me. Not sure they can match up physically with either of the aforementioned at this point and you can bet Smithville will be hunting major revenge should they survive and advance that far.
The other one I will kinda peek at (may take a week off from attending games tonight depends on my evening mood) is the 4-5. If Excelsior takes care of business tonight still like their matchup with PC next Friday.
More to come..............
If Kearney equals the time of possession with Smithville, they win. Then they beat Excelsior Springs for the championship.
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Need a much crisper, higher completion percentage passing game as well. Looking back on a week ago there were 2-3 very near misses (wish I was on the home side to see if the last one was in bounds as most of the K fans seemed to think it was). The best play was in the 4th quarter "urgency" drive when they hit Connery over the middle for about 20 yds. Need to see more of that...........
Well, missed 20+ passes on first down need to go. Lots of missed passes. No eating up of the clock, thus the enormous time of possession for Smithville, who really didn't move the ball well at all. Get their TOP down to 22 to 24 min, and Kearney wins like a boa constrictor. SV controlled the ball almost 29 minutes in the first game.
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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It seemed like Kearney wanted to use Connery as a decoy early. Unless the O Line holds up that is not a quality strategy. Given they have two what I would call possession WRs I am still surprised K has not shown a short passing game much this year. When defenses cheat up to stop Connery that middle 10-15 yds. downfield is wide open and just begging for short/intermediate crossing routes. Of course that depends on those WRs getting off the line well which also doesn't consistently happen.
Wow here we are already dissecting last week and looking forward to next............fingers crossed something crazy doesn't happen tonight.
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Their JV should be able to handle Marshall just don't want to hear about any longer term injuries. As I said even way back in Week 1 when I was so positively surprised by them overall this team definitely lacks quality depth.
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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This actually doesn't shock me at all. Would suspect the kids got worked very hard after losing on SR night to a next-door rival.
Think smash mouth Martyball. Field position game. Clock control. SV will maybe score 7-10
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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I keep harping on it but this would require the O Line to consistently win at the LOS. Haven't seen that vs. the better defensive fronts (GV, SVille, Staley) K has faced this year.
He didn’t average 4 per carry last week. 13 for 39 won’t get it done.
Well, Ah-Mu's 12 for 23 isn't going to burn clock. Those three and outs were a death sentence. Gotta burn clock and control field position as much as possible.
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And he made most of those yards himself. SVille defenders were winning at the LOS all night.
You have to be patient. 13 carries was not enough. Hog up and give him 25-35 carries. Wear them out. Then dice them up late.
Hoffman and Hampton were killing SV on the LOS...but SV was patient, and ended up with a good field position break and two bonehead penalties by K to win.
Gameplan for SV is the same.
I guess we have to watch Webb to see a coaching staff that knows how to win the big ones.
Unfortunately, this appears to be the case....won't affect getting past the Owls though. As for the Smithville rematch, it will come down to whether the Dogs OC makes adjustments. His OL isn't going to open holes vs that stacked Smithville D - he has to either get Connery out in space (Connery beat double coverage on that catch), or bring in some extra beef and pound it at Smithville. The TE position has been invisible all year, and the secondary receiver was completely ineffective in that game. IMO, status quo won't cut it.
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Best analysis I've read all year! Spot on about the TE I don't even know who plays that position. Status quo leads to a worse score loss next Friday. I say what do they have to lose work plays to involve Connery out in space all night long...............then maybe the D won't tire out in the fourth and they can pull this one out.
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I hate to say this but when Jones and his staff were here I knew about 100 percent what would happen in a rematch like is coming next week............Smithville would be in for it. With this (gotta be a bit patient but the offense is definitely under the microscope) second year staff I really have no idea what to expect. I sure do agree with justhafax the status quo won't cut it!
In fairness, the D didn't get Smithville off the field either - I think Smithville punted twice all night. Smithville took what the D gave them - those soft corners and controlled the clock. Connery in the return game could be the difference this time around too. I thought there was too much on the line last Friday to not have him on PRs. That game was for home field through districts - and making PC go through Smithville (and vice versa).
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I have a feeling the Kearney coaching staff doesn't care where they play (Jones et al certainly never did) so my guess is they didn't want to expose him to injury and were hoping the D, which gave a great effort but wasn't as you pointed out good on third down, would carry them to victory. For me next Friday will be a very, very good test for this second year staff: not sure how our great fan base will react should they go down in the round of 32 two years in a row.............
I saw him running the ball & returning punts too many times in the last 5 minutes of games, up 3 scores, to think LAST FRIDAY was the time to protect 34 - he's one tough son of a gun. Losing 2x to Smithville would be brutal - don't even think that!
The fan base shouldn’t nor will they respond well if Kearney loses to Smithville twice and fails to advance to the district championship 2 years in a row. We are getting ahead of ourselves but this looming matchup next week is huge. We will see what this staff is made of.
Final: Smithville 45, Kirksville 15. Smithville and Kearney will have Round 2 next week in Smithville.
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I would bet this will be the Spectrum sports game of the week. At least it should be..............
Tonight the TE had one reception. It's a nice start.
Seemes like the use of the tight end has become a lost art. (unless your Staley)
Most teams now want to take the TE and split him out wide. Waste of size and strength. Everyone wants to to run the spread and try to come off as some offensive genius hoping to hit a home run.
an average QB and a superior TE can shred any high school defense
Kearney spread the D out more last week and threw to the TE. I love their chances if they do this again.
What about their injury this past week? I hear it is a bad one, and a major player on the Webb Slayer team will not be playing,
Was announced last night that it’s Rockhurst and Lee’s Summit West. Can’t say I blame them.
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