Well is it time for conference picks?
- Thread starter bullitpdq68
- Start date
Only 43. KC Suburban Conferences: Gold should be defending Class 6 champ Liberty North. Silver looks to be between Lee's Summit North and Liberty. Red between Fort Osage and Oak Park. White Platte County and Blue Kearney.
Of all other leagues in this NWMO region watch the MRVC West. I continue to think you can put 5 of them (Odessa, Oak Grove, Harrisonville, Warrensburg and Pleasant Hill) in a barrel and draw lots. East how do you go away from Higginsville?
MEC could be a three team horse race but I really like St. Pius X this year. GRC and WEMO have (way) insufficient information pretty much per usual because I mainly follow classes 4-6.
Kc suburban
Gold LN
Red OP
White while PC may be the favorite in many minds I think GV puts another good team on the field and beats them.
Blue is Kearney EZ
MRVC west odessa
East LC
Gold LN
Red OP
White while PC may be the favorite in many minds I think GV puts another good team on the field and beats them.
Blue is Kearney EZ
MRVC west odessa
East LC
Last edited:
Blue won't be as easy as many may think for Kearney but it definitely is between them and Smithville. Gonna be beyond interesting to see how the Warriors look after Ambroson's departure for Jewell.
Liberty North opens vs. Blue Springs South. Not a game I could put in Pick Em for instance but one I'd definitely keep my eyes on.
If you know them it is Higginsville not Lafayette County. I think that was a sell out to Mayview.
Higginsville just put in a turf field.
Still believe they were 1000x better than their record last year.
The new COC looks tuff. I was just looking them over that will be a brutal conference.
West I would say Webb, Carthage, Republic, Joplin, Neosho, and Willard.
East, Nixa is loaded, Lebanon, Kickapoo, Waynesville Ozark and Glendale,
The new Big 8 is going to be really brutal too, might be pretty hard to come out unbeaten.
Mt, Vernon, Seneca, Nevada and Lamar have to be the top dogs.
cAssville, Monett, Mac County, Aurora and East Newton are up and coming.
West I would say Webb, Carthage, Republic, Joplin, Neosho, and Willard.
East, Nixa is loaded, Lebanon, Kickapoo, Waynesville Ozark and Glendale,
The new Big 8 is going to be really brutal too, might be pretty hard to come out unbeaten.
Mt, Vernon, Seneca, Nevada and Lamar have to be the top dogs.
cAssville, Monett, Mac County, Aurora and East Newton are up and coming.
Yes it will be fun watching how the 20 some new “Ozark something or another” conferences play out in their inaugural year.
When you say new Big 8 is that the same as the old Big 8???
Yeah it pretty much is back to the old big 8 at one time all these guys were in the conference. It will be nice to play MV and Aurora yearly again.
Hard to pick anyone other than Lamar. Seneca will be good again, but have to replace some real dudes. Mt Vernon is loaded. This is the year they have been waiting on.
I’m tossing and turning on if I’m picking MV or Lamar. I think Lamar will be dominant again, but MV has really rebuilt their program, And it only takes one upset or something along those lines in the big 8.
Will Mac County be any good?
Aren’t they still in the conference?
Yeah! They could be still fairly peppery. Totally depends on if they can replace a few college recruits including a D1 lineman or not.
CCC- South Shelby
CMAC- Helias
EMO-Bowling Green
(Gateway)
North- Warrenton
Central- Holt
South- Francis Howell
NCMC-Hannibal
Central State 8- South Callaway
Tri County- Blair Oaks
CMAC- Helias
EMO-Bowling Green
(Gateway)
North- Warrenton
Central- Holt
South- Francis Howell
NCMC-Hannibal
Central State 8- South Callaway
Tri County- Blair Oaks
There are only 4 divisions in the KC Suburban Conference
Looks like you are correct but the "official" website still lists 5 but clue is Ruskin in the Blue which is no longer the case.
Found these on the Examiner site:
Gold is 8 teams: BS, BSS, LS, LSN, LSW, RP, Staley and LN.
White is 8: FTO, PC, GV, Truman, Chrisman, Raytown, Ruskin and Belton.
Red is 6: PH, PHS, OP, Liberty, NKC and SJ Central.
Blue is 6: Smithville, Kearney, Excelsior, Ray South, Grandview and Tonka.
Thanks, KHSDOGS, for pointing this out I normally wouldn't even be looking this month but we had a "bit" of a bot attack issue recently....................
Early picks for each:
Gold - Liberty North
White - Fort Osage vs. Platte County winner
Red - Liberty
Blue - Kearney
The new geography makes tons of sense plus it explains some of the scheduling changes.
Gold - Liberty North
White - Fort Osage vs. Platte County winner
Red - Liberty
Blue - Kearney
The new geography makes tons of sense plus it explains some of the scheduling changes.
i mean its an hour on a bus passing damn near 80% of the schools in the conference along the way lol
All interstate, though. Not like the Grandview triangle ever sees rush hour traffic.................
Peppery! Peppery!
Peppery! Peppery!
Completely attendance based
prepskc.com
New Suburban Conference divisions announced - Prepskc
The most trusted information source for Kansas City High School Football.
I still wouldn't mind them trying the pure geographic approach some day.Completely attendance based
New Suburban Conference divisions announced - Prepskc
The most trusted information source for Kansas City High School Football.
I think about that often
Would the Liberty schools would group with Kearney/Excelsior/Smithville or more to the NKC district schools. Or would/could that be a conference
I always get stuck on that thought lol
It has to, no question, be done reasonably i.e. Liberty schools play the largest NKCs and both Park Hills not the outer suburbans unless these communities grow quite a bit.
In the Big 8, Cassville could be a sleeper. They had 50 kids on the roster last year in the freshman and Sophomore classes. They might be a year away, but that is a large turnout for a Class 3 school. The Big 8 will be brutal this year.
I think you will have to have some depth this year in the conference to win out, you may not have a week to rest a player before another brutal game. So your backups will be key.
Lamar should be good, I agree it could be theirs to lose, but not sure about the depth? I think this conference will be brutal.
While Seneca did graduate a lot, those younger classes have always been really good, going all the way back to youth. I think they reload.
MV's Seniors have been starting since they were freshmen, this is their year now or it will be awhile again. However this is also the first year they will face a conference schedule that will challenge them week in and week out, and not sure about the depth?
Mac County was decent last year but they are losing some really good skill guys. I don't think they will challenge for conference supremacy but I think they will be a hard out week in and week out. They could change the look of who wins the conference.
Nevada, they always have a huge number of kids out for football and they run that system really well. I think they will be okay, maybe they won't win the conference but I do think they too should have a say in who does.
East Newton was young last year they started a few freshmen and at times looked good. They should be improved.
cAssville is interesting pick, they should have some kids back and they could return to top form, still might be a year away or so.
I have not seen Aurora not sure what they have coming back, but I expect they will play hard and test you ever week.
Monett we will be young and a have new coaching staff, be interesting to see how these kids shake out and how they will they adapt.
I am just really excited to get this year started. Conference should be fun I believe. Like to see a few in the title games again.
Big 8 football. Good stuff. Yeah, I think Seneca after doing some further insight will be right there again. I hadn’t talked enough with dads of kids in the younger classes about Seneca. Needed further research. lol
I think Cassville will be good again soon. Maybe this year? Maybe not. We shall see.
Think Monett is on an upward trajectory?
I think Monett should be alright. You go 0-10 you only have one way to go now. That's only the third time we have ever done that in our history...
As for Seneca we could see them go on a Tom Hodge like run in the conference. Those younger Classes have all been either really good or decent. I don't see a weak link in the chain yet. I just remember back when I was young you would think no way can Seneca be as good as they were because they would graduate everybody, But that next class up here they come.
