Quarterfinal Predictions

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Class 1
Duchesne
East Buch
Marionville
Monroe City

Class 2
Blair Oaks
Lafayette County
Mtn. View Liberty
Lamar

Class 3 (talk about bracket inequality)
Cardinal Ritter
Maryville
St. Charles West
Reeds Spring

Class 4 (talk about MORE bracket inequality)
St. Mary's (this could be a dandy, Hillsboro is very good, and I think Ritter is better than SM (Hillsboro played them tough)
Smithville
St. Dominic
Hannibal

Class 5 (and still MORE bracket inequality)
MICDS
Fort Osage
Francis Howell
Carthage

Class 6
CBC - game of the year
Lee's Summit North

 

[Rufus R. Jones]

CLASS 1
Duchesne
East Buchanan
Marionville
Monroe City
Most Interesting Game: EB/Gallatin
Did You Know: That East Buchanan High School is in western Clinton County?

CLASS 2
Blair Oaks
Lafayette County
Seneca
Lamar
Most Interesting Game: LC/BG
Did You Know: That Lafayette County was the largest hemp growing county in Missouri until the Civil War?

CLASS 3
Cardinal Ritter
Maryville
St.Charles West
Reed's Spring
Most Interesting Game: Maryville/Pleasant Hill
Did You Know: That, prior to coming to St.Louis in 1941, Cardinal Joseph Ritter issued a declaration ending all racial segregation in the Diocese of Indianapolis? And that, upon his appointment to the Archdiocese of St.Louis, he ended racial segregation in all 5 high schools of the diocese? (His decisions were, not surprisingly, fought by a group called the Catholic Parents Association of St.Louis and St.Louis County, to no avail. Racism in the name of God has always been the most popular type of racism.)

CLASS 4
St. Mary's
Smithville
St.Dominic
West Plains
Most Interesting Game: Smithville/Center
Did You Know: That an explosion at the West Plains Dance Hall in April 1928 killed 37 people, and that the cause, though heavily speculated upon, was never determined by authorities?

CLASS 5
MICDS
Ft.Osage
Francis Howell
Carthage
Most Interesting Game: None
Did You Know: That Fort Osage was established by the U.S. Government in 1808, as one of three forts to establish control over the land and inhabitants of the Louisiana Purchase territory? (The others were Fort Madison, in Southeast Iowa, and Fort Bellefontane, near St.Louis)

 

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CLASS 1
Duchesne
East Buchanan
Marionville
Monroe City
Most Interesting Game: EB/Gallatin
Did You Know: That East Buchanan High School is in western Clinton County?

CLASS 2
Blair Oaks
Lafayette County
Seneca
Lamar
Most Interesting Game: LC/BG
Did You Know: That Lafayette County was the largest hemp growing county in Missouri until the Civil War?

CLASS 3
Cardinal Ritter
Maryville
St.Charles West
Reed's Spring
Most Interesting Game: Maryville/Pleasant Hill
Did You Know: That, prior to coming to St.Louis in 1941, Cardinal Joseph Ritter issued a declaration ending all racial segregation in the Diocese of Indianapolis? And that, upon his appointment to the Archdiocese of St.Louis, he ended racial segregation in all 5 high schools of the diocese? (His decisions were, not surprisingly, fought by a group called the Catholic Parents Association of St.Louis and St.Louis County, to no avail. Racism in the name of God has always been the most popular type of racism.)

CLASS 4
St. Mary's
Smithville
St.Dominic
West Plains
Most Interesting Game: Smithville/Center
Did You Know: That an explosion at the West Plains Dance Hall in April 1928 killed 37 people, and that the cause, though heavily speculated upon, was never determined by authorities?

CLASS 5
MICDS
Ft.Osage
Francis Howell
Carthage
Most Interesting Game: None
Did You Know: That Fort Osage was established by the U.S. Government in 1808, as one of three forts to establish control over the land and inhabitants of the Louisiana Purchase territory? (The others were Fort Madison, in Southeast Iowa, and Fort Bellefontane, near St.Louis)

I learned in recent years that German POWs were brought to Fort Osage area to do "hard labor" and some stayed after WWII ended.

 

[Rufus R. Jones]

I learned in recent years that German POWs were brought to Fort Osage area to do "hard labor" and some stayed after WWII ended.

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Also in Ray County, in the Orrick area. There is a good book on the topic called The Enemy Among Us.

 

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CLASS 4
St. Mary's
Smithville
St.Dominic
West Plains
Most Interesting Game: Smithville/Center
Did You Know: That an explosion at the West Plains Dance Hall in April 1928 killed 37 people, and that the cause, though heavily speculated upon, was never determined by authorities?

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Class 1
Duchesne
East Buc
Marionville
Monroe City

Class 2
Blair Oaks
Bowling Green
MV Liberty
Lamar

Class 3
Cardinal Ritter
Maryville
St Charles West
Reeds Spring

Class 4
St Mary's
Smithville
Parkway Centeral
Hannibal

Class 5
MICDS
Fort Osage
Francis Howell
Carthage

Class 6
CBC
Lee's Summit North

 

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Just for fun...relax

Class 1
Duchesne
East Buch
Marionville
Monroe City

Class 2
Blair Oaks
Lafayette County
Mtn. View Liberty
Lamar

Class 3 (talk about bracket inequality)
Cardinal Ritter
Maryville
St. Charles West
Reeds Spring

Class 4 (talk about MORE bracket inequality)
St. Mary's (this could be a dandy, Hillsboro is very good, and I think Ritter is better than SM (Hillsboro played them tough)
Smithville
St. Dominic
Hannibal

Class 5 (and still MORE bracket inequality)
MICDS
Fort Osage
Francis Howell
Carthage

Class 6
CBC - game of the year
Lee's Summit North

I don't know about MC over Lincoln. I know the panthers have been favorites all year but Cardinals are starting to look peppery down the road