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WEEK 8 REVIEW: Ritter beats CBC, St. Mary's upsets De Smet, Chaminade stays hot, Eureka wins 109 Battle · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports Venue Show. We are
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  Speaker 1: reviewing week 8 of the St. Louis High School football season.
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  Speaker 1: We are almost there to the playoffs. I'm John. He's Roman.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you all for joining us. And I was fortunate
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  Speaker 1: that this game took place on a Thursday. And so
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people in the city were able to
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  Speaker 1: be here for this one. And going into this game,
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  Speaker 1: CBC had a minus 4. two and a half spread,
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  Speaker 1: which meant that this is going to be a close game,
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  Speaker 1: and it was a close game, but Cardinal Ritter ends
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  Speaker 1: up coming out on the winning end with a 30-20
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  Speaker 1: really resounding victory. They scored 30 unanswered points after giving
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  Speaker 1: up 14 early in the first quarter, and they just
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  Speaker 1: looked far and away the best team, you know, really
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  Speaker 1: the second quarter and on, and I thought they really
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  Speaker 1: sent a statement to the city, and then the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the state because if you can beat CBC by, uh,
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  Speaker 1: multiple scores, uh, that's a, that's a statement every single
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  Speaker 1: time you do that. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: I think the way they won was super impressive. I mean, I, I,
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  Speaker 2: by going into this game, I thought that Ritter's way
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  Speaker 2: to beat CBC would just be outgun them on the outside. Like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just get the ball to your receivers on
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  Speaker 2: the outside a ton and win 50 to 40 or
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  Speaker 2: something like really high scoring. And they did that in
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  Speaker 2: the second half. They got the ball to, um, Riley
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  Speaker 2: Moore was able to connect with Ryan McDavis and Malhang
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  Speaker 2: Green a ton. That's why they were able to score
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  Speaker 2: in the second half. But what really impressed me with
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  Speaker 2: the Lions is their running defense was incredible this game.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely incredible. CBC could not get a darn thing going
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  Speaker 2: on the ground. They held Dale and Austin Harvey to
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  Speaker 2: 16 rushing attempts and 6 yards. That is by far
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  Speaker 2: his lowest total so far in the season. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that came down to a couple things, just speed
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  Speaker 2: and physicality. I mean, Ritter, we know they have incredible athletes,
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  Speaker 2: but You can only do so much if you're so fast.
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  Speaker 2: You can get to the spot, but can you make
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  Speaker 2: the tackle? And the answer for Ritter was yes. And
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  Speaker 2: they really brought the physicality. They hit really hard. Very
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  Speaker 2: few broken tackles for Daylon Austin Harvey. Yes, he usually
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  Speaker 2: would have in most of his games so far this year.
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  Speaker 2: But Ritter's tackling was really, really good. And their front
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  Speaker 2: seven played by far their best game of the season.
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  Speaker 2: And they're improving as the weeks go on, which is
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  Speaker 2: very huge going into the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, this schedule that they've had has, I think,
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  Speaker 1: really prepared them for this game, and I think they
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  Speaker 1: would have been really good either way for this. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it certainly has helped, and it's important for them that
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  Speaker 1: they've been pretty much– they definitely have some bumps and bruises,
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  Speaker 1: but I think they had pretty much everybody out there
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  Speaker 1: on their team, all their key players out there, which
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  Speaker 1: is good. And same with CBC as well, which is
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  Speaker 1: what you want to see. And I just thought defensively
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  Speaker 1: Ritter brought just a different energy from what I saw
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  Speaker 1: the previous week against Lift for Life. I just thought
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  Speaker 1: they were doing better at finishing off their tackles and
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  Speaker 1: getting to the edges faster. And they still did a
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  Speaker 1: decent job against Lift for Life getting sacks. I won't
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  Speaker 1: talk too much about that game. But yeah, they got
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  Speaker 1: a few sacks against... They lost to Harvey's really quick,
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  Speaker 1: so it's not easy to do that. They did, and
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  Speaker 1: they got a few turnovers. They got a really important
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  Speaker 1: turnover in the third quarter against... They got an interception
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  Speaker 1: deep inside CBC territory, and that's what gave them a
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  Speaker 1: two-score lead. And it just seemed like outside of recovering
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  Speaker 1: a fumble in the first half against CBC, they didn't score.
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  Speaker 1: It felt like they took advantage of every opportunity that
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  Speaker 1: they got in this game, really. And, yeah, Robin Moore
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  Speaker 1: threw three touchdown passes. uh, you know, two of them
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  Speaker 1: to Milan green and actually no one, two to Ryan,
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  Speaker 1: Rich McDavid's Milan green, uh, uh, touchdown reception on a
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  Speaker 1: fourth down, which, uh, I believe gave a Ritter the
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  Speaker 1: lead actually. So that was huge when, when that happened
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  Speaker 1: in the, in the red zone. And, but I thought,
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  Speaker 1: I thought really the big focus is just was Ritter's
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  Speaker 1: defense only allowing CBC to, uh, season low, uh, 20 points. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was a season low because they scored 21 against
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  Speaker 1: Louisville Trinity.
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  Speaker 2: Season low in points, and I believe a season low
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  Speaker 2: in total yards gained as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's not surprising, if that's true. Yeah, I mean, we
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  Speaker 1: can't totally verify that right now. I mean, we can
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  Speaker 1: tell you that was 281 total yards for CBC, but... 251. Oh, 51. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I got 151. Okay, yeah, we'll go with that. Yeah, so, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: absolutely huge... defensive performance by Raider, and then they were
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  Speaker 1: able to run the ball. They had a big, I
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  Speaker 1: want to say it was a 76-yard run by Amir Tillman,
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  Speaker 1: which actually was, I think, the second play of the
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  Speaker 1: first half, and that ultimately helped them set up their
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  Speaker 1: go-ahead touchdown early in the third quarter to establish a lead,
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  Speaker 1: and they held on to it for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the game. So, and then, and then their last drive,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they were able to just, I don't, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if they even attempted to pass. They just
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  Speaker 1: ran the ball down CBC's throat and CBC knew they
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  Speaker 1: were going to try that and they couldn't stop it.
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  Speaker 1: And then eventually they, they didn't convert on a fourth down,
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  Speaker 1: but that was a huge drive because Ritter was able
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  Speaker 1: to burn off about like five, six minutes of game time. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, at that point in time, that's the, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they're up by 10 and that's really, that was the
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  Speaker 1: mission at that point. So. Yeah, that was really impressive.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is by far their most complete game
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  Speaker 1: of the season. I mean, yeah, they still scored 30 points,
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  Speaker 1: which is, I believe, below their average, but the main
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  Speaker 1: takeaway is they were able to play really complimentary football,
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  Speaker 1: especially on defense, against one of the best offensive scoring
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  Speaker 1: teams in the state.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. Congrats to the Lions on a huge win.
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  Speaker 2: I know they're... The Cardinal Ritter football Twitter account is
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  Speaker 2: definitely up to some fun stuff each year. And they
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  Speaker 2: had a very well-edited video, I will say. It was
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  Speaker 2: actually pretty well put together and included some CBC trash
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  Speaker 2: talk in the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Which is kind of funny. Props to them for... Props
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  Speaker 2: to Ritter for winning that game and backing it up
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  Speaker 2: and being able to keep talking. Yeah, it was a big.
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  Speaker 1: big game for them I mean I usually don't you
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  Speaker 1: usually don't see Ritter players you know like post a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot like after it's usually just pretty business-like for
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  Speaker 1: them but yeah they were pretty hyped after the game
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  Speaker 1: just like all their players like just fair which is
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  Speaker 1: totally fair like you know it was all you know
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  Speaker 1: as far as kids go it was classy you know
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  Speaker 1: which is definitely kind of uh you know extended type
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  Speaker 1: of a word you know we're talking about kids you
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  Speaker 1: know it was it was fine and all that, it
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  Speaker 1: was funny, too, and, you know, they were, you know, like,
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  Speaker 1: on our poll, they had CBC vote, like, the fan
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  Speaker 1: vote was CBC 80% and Ritter 20%, and so I think,
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  Speaker 1: I think Ritter's players, they saw that, took that all
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  Speaker 1: to heart, and, you know, just wanted to prove a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people wrong, and they did it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, staying in the city, but shifting down to the
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  Speaker 2: south side, the St. Mary's Dragons pull off the upset
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  Speaker 2: and defeat DeSmith 37 of 35 in a thrilling game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care what anybody says from St. Mary's, this
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  Speaker 1: is an upset, I don't, like, Very, very few people
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  Speaker 1: outside of their locker room really thought they were going
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  Speaker 1: to win this game.
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  Speaker 2: Coming into the game, DeSmet was favored by 4.5, so
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't anything crazy upset-wise, but DeSmet did come in
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  Speaker 2: as the general public thought they would win. So by
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  Speaker 2: that definition, I guess they were upset. But what's very
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  Speaker 2: interesting here is before the game, you would have told
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  Speaker 2: me that one of these teams would run the ball
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  Speaker 2: as a team for 200-plus yards. for over seven yards
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  Speaker 2: per carry in the other team run ball for ninety
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  Speaker 2: yards in two point three seven yards per carry I'll
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  Speaker 2: public you do or just because that and you rush
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  Speaker 2: the TV Russia to plus yards win easily news actually
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  Speaker 2: opposite this may have been rushing running attack and lost
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  Speaker 2: which is very interesting the really what it came down
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  Speaker 2: to was very poorly timed turnovers Spartans in and say
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  Speaker 2: there's a little capitalize and that's been the case couple
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  Speaker 2: times this season for DeSmet, and they're getting a CBC
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  Speaker 2: earlier this year that had some pretty brutally timed turnovers,
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  Speaker 2: but here we are, St. Mary's wins, and Ja'Cory Battle
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  Speaker 2: has one of his best passing attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Freshman. Yeah. I mean, it is his best.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, as a freshman to go 18 of 20
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  Speaker 2: for 183 yards, four touchdowns, zero INTs against DeSmet is
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  Speaker 2: incredibly impressive, no matter how you slice it.
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  Speaker 1: And.
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  Speaker 2: As a team, I mean, they only had 273 yards
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  Speaker 2: of total offense, but they got the job done. And
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  Speaker 2: they capitalized on the Smiths' mistakes, and that's what good
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  Speaker 2: teams do. That's what great teams do, I should say. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's pretty much the main theme of this game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. It was a pretty back-and-forth game. The Smiths took
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  Speaker 1: the lead with about four minutes to go on a
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  Speaker 1: Cameron Sharp touchdown run, but then St. Mary's was able
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  Speaker 1: to come back and take the lead for good. they
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  Speaker 1: scored a late touchdown. I don't remember exactly how much
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  Speaker 1: time is left, but, uh, but yeah, the fact that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they, I mean, and the second time they've
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  Speaker 1: done this, I mean, they had a comeback victory over
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  Speaker 1: Cahokia where they had to score late in the game
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  Speaker 1: and come, you know, came down to their offense to
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  Speaker 1: have to put a good drive together and they did it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that game wasn't pretty as well, but their
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  Speaker 1: offense was able to come up clutch when they absolutely
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  Speaker 1: had to. And, uh, their offense, this, this game did
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  Speaker 1: a lot better and, uh, yeah, had a, Probably their
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  Speaker 1: best offensive performance of the whole season, even though they
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  Speaker 1: didn't even crack over 300 total yards, but they still
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  Speaker 1: put up 37 points, and it was enough to win
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  Speaker 1: the game. Just a big-time victory for the Dragons. They're
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  Speaker 1: 6-2 now, and they're looking like one of the best teams.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they are one of the better teams. I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't say one of the best, but they're one of
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  Speaker 1: the better teams in Class 5. and, uh, really looking
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  Speaker 1: like a really dangerous opponent. I mean, they're, I, I
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  Speaker 1: still think their defense is really good. I mean, their
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  Speaker 1: defense is really good. I mean, yeah, giving up 35
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  Speaker 1: to the Smet is not nothing that it's, it's not horrible,
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  Speaker 1: especially cause the Smet's got a really good offense. And then,
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  Speaker 1: you know, St. Mary's his defense has been pretty consistent
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  Speaker 1: all season. And, but the big news is that their
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  Speaker 1: offense was able to, you know, do this against a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good DeSmet team. I think a big mature game
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  Speaker 1: from Battle, who's their freshman. I'm sure he grew up
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  Speaker 1: a little bit in this one. It's huge to get
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  Speaker 1: him going because they already have a good rushing attack.
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  Speaker 1: They gained 90 yards. It was not a really good
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  Speaker 1: rushing attack for them. Although Battle, he got He must
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  Speaker 1: have got sacked a handful of times because he has
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  Speaker 1: got minus 27 rushing yards. And good for St. Mary's
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  Speaker 1: to actually put those stats in there, too, by the way. Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Because I know there's teams I've seen in game, and
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  Speaker 1: they don't record their quarterbacks rushing yards because they kind
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  Speaker 1: of know, well, it's kind of going to make everybody
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  Speaker 1: else look bad with the team. But, yeah, they just
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  Speaker 1: did enough, and that was it.
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  Speaker 2: And to your point from earlier, and we'll get to
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  Speaker 2: this more in depth in a future episode, but... Class
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  Speaker 2: 5 is looking... It's really tough. It's tough. So we can't...
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  Speaker 2: At this point, it's funny because there's not really any
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  Speaker 2: Class 5 teams in the St. Louis area that have
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  Speaker 2: been truly dominant. And by truly dominant, I mean undefeated
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  Speaker 2: and you're winning every single game by 20-plus points. So
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  Speaker 2: we can't just say... I mean, Ladue is in Class
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  Speaker 2: 5 and they're undefeated.
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  Speaker 1: But they haven't won every game. I mean, they sweated one.
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  Speaker 1: They beat Eureka in overtime.
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  Speaker 2: Sweated, got Eureka. The Fox game was kind of sweating out.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit. It was closer. I mean, looking back,
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  Speaker 1: probably a little closer than you would probably think. And
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  Speaker 1: also a bad matchup for Lidu, too, but they still won,
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  Speaker 1: and that was all that mattered.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so Class 5 is going to be very interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Because you also got Neosho beat Web City, and they're 7-1. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was the first.
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  Speaker 2: Time in how long did Neosho beat Web City?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the 90s. Probably the 90s.
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  Speaker 2: I know Web is, I think Web had a 5-4
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  Speaker 2: season a couple years ago. That was obviously very rough
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  Speaker 2: for them, but Neosho beating Web City, that's like... I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 2: Slough High, but that's more... Slough High has beat CBC
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  Speaker 2: more recently than Neosho has beat Web City, I think.
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  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure, yeah. Web City has absolutely rolled through
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  Speaker 1: Southwest Missouri for the last 30 years plus. So they're 5-3,
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  Speaker 1: and Farmington's 7-1, they keep it going. Neosho's 7-1, Eureka's 6-2.
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  Speaker 1: You know, St. Mary's is... They really only move up
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  Speaker 1: one spot because, like, Carthage is... Carthage keeps winning. Well,
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  Speaker 1: they lost to Republic.
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  Speaker 2: So, Republic's... Oh, Republic's Class 6, though, right?
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  Speaker 1: No, they're Class 5.
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  Speaker 2: Republic is Class 5.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So, in my rankings, I have Republic number one now
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  Speaker 1: because they... Yeah, that's fair. They beat Carthage. They've beaten
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  Speaker 1: both Web City and Carthage. Yeah. And their only loss
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  Speaker 1: is the Nixa. And Carthage is still number five in
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  Speaker 1: my rankings because they still... They're the only team to
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  Speaker 1: beat Nixa.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So... I know, sorry, St. Mary's. That's why I have
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  Speaker 1: Carthage in front, and I just think it would... Man,
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  Speaker 1: if Carthage were to play St. Mary's in the state championship,
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  Speaker 1: that would be a great matchup. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think I got slightly more impressed with Carthage at this point. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so that's kind of a little rundown of Class 5
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  Speaker 1: right there. Yeah, St. Mary's is definitely in that conversation, though. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We'll shift gears back to our game reviews. Chaminade!
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  Speaker 1: They keep rolling.
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  Speaker 2: They do. They beat Lip for Life 21-8. They get
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  Speaker 2: a couple touchdowns in the first quarter, and that ended
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  Speaker 2: up being enough to win this one. The defense really,
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  Speaker 2: really contained Lip for Life. Lip for Life doesn't have
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  Speaker 2: their stats in. Well, Lip for.
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  Speaker 1: Life has really struggled offensively all season.
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  Speaker 2: They have, which is.
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  Speaker 2: Lip for Life is an interesting team this year. 2-6.
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  Speaker 2: They're 2-6. Let me give some shout-outs to Chaminade real quick. Offensively,
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  Speaker 2: nothing crazy, but they did what they needed to do
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  Speaker 2: to get the win. Mo Smith, 100-plus yards passing and rushing.
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  Speaker 2: Chaminade defense, they got two fumble recoveries, one interception, and
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  Speaker 2: Zaire Binion got four sacks. I mean, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: Chaminade's single-game sack records, but four sacks in one game
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  Speaker 2: is pretty insane. That's got to be at least close
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  Speaker 2: to a school record, I would think.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: So that's congratulations to him.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's a sophomore.
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  Speaker 2: Even more impressive. So this Chaminade defense was all over,
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  Speaker 2: and they deserve all the credit in the world. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Chaminade's a sneaky team in Class 5 that could do
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  Speaker 2: some damage. I mean, they could match up against a
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  Speaker 2: team like, I don't know, Pattonville's in Class 6, right? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Chaminade, at this point in time... So, at this
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  Speaker 1: point in time, they're the two-seed in the Class 5
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  Speaker 1: District 3 district, and they would potentially match up with Ritter,
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  Speaker 1: who's currently the three-seed.
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  Speaker 2: Class 5 District 3 is not fair.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's just not fair.
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  Speaker 1: Ledoux's the one-seed.
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  Speaker 2: Ledoux, Chaminade, Ritter, is there anyone else threatening that?
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  Speaker 1: No, I mean, it's those three. I mean, McClure North
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  Speaker 1: is five and three, but they just lost to Parkway
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  Speaker 1: South 44-6. So, yeah. Okay, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, congrats to Chaminade. Quick note on Live for Life.
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  Speaker 2: Live for Life is a very odd team because athletically,
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  Speaker 2: they could hang with the best of them. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we saw it... With Ritter and St.
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  Speaker 1: Mary's.
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  Speaker 2: We saw it with Ritter. They barely lost to Ritter.
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  Speaker 2: They barely lost to St.
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  Speaker 1: Mary's.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. It's just they cannot run the football.
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  Speaker 1: They lost the slow 14-0.
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  Speaker 2: They can't run the football.
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  Speaker 1: But they ran the football somewhat. They had some success
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  Speaker 1: against Ritter running the football.
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  Speaker 2: They can't run the ball consistently, and I think... At quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: they just don't... At QB, they have a couple different
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: guys that have good individual skill sets with parts of passing.
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: To where one of them has the confidence and the
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: arm strength, but the accuracy isn't there. And the other one,
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: the accuracy is there, but the confidence is not. So
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: he holds onto the ball for too long.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: So they're both talented in their own ways, but it's just...
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: They just can't get it together.
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: And....
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: It's just, it's tough to see, especially after last season
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: when their offense was crazy good.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: Um, I, it probably comes down to the O-line if
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: I had to guess.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: I think, oh, I think so.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: Because the O-line is huge too. They just, they're just
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: not very quick.
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: Well, so I don't know.
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: It's in this game. I don't mean, well, we do
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: have a highlight video that will come out after the
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: time of this recording is over. Um, Chaminade had three turnovers. Well,
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: Liffreif had three turnovers that Chaminade forced, including an interception
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: and two fumble recoveries. And I bet at least two
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: of them had played into Chaminade's eventually scoring some of
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: their touchdowns.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because, I mean, what really set the tone for
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: Chaminade early was the, you know, score, you know, going
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: up 14-0. And it should be noted that Miles Lowe
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: did not play for Chaminade. He's usually their, well, I mean,
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: Mo Smith is their He's their quarterback and their leading
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: rusher by far on their team, but he's usually, Lowe
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: is a good athlete, and he's a good, you can
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: use him as a running back and receiver. He didn't play, so,
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, you look at Chabonod's output with their total yards,
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not, that's what I probably would have
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: expected against Live4Life, because Live4Life' s defense is still really good. Like, again,
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: that's still not the problem. It's just their offense can't really.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: I know, Live4Life has one of the best secondaries in
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: the state.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: They really do. This is a good Chaminade offense going
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: into this game. They put up 35 against CBC, 51
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: against Vianney, 41 against Marquette, and they've really been humming
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: these last two weeks against the MCC. They only scored
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: 21 points against Live4Life, but Live4Life' s offense is just not
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: doing anything really in Chaminade's defense is actually, I've seen
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: them against Vianney, they shut Vianney out in the first half,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: so they're capable of playing good defense, and they held St.
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: Dominic just 7 points, and they held Slough to, albeit
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: without Patrick Rimmel in that game, they still held Slough
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: to 13 points in that game too, so their defense
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: is capable of playing pretty good.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: We're not going to go over this game, so I'm
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: going to briefly mention it here. Live4Life is playing Hickman
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: Week 9 at the Jackie Joyner-Kersey Center. When have you
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: ever seen two teams from the same state play each
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: other in a different state?
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: I feel like the only, I was trying to think
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: like COVID maybe, but no.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: That can't happen very often.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: No.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: Anywhere in the country.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: Oh, that's crazy.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: That just can't, there's no way. I mean, that's, the
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: circumstances are so unique and that's why it is happening.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Live for Life obviously doesn't have a home field.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: No, no, no.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: I guess they couldn't find any other high school on
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: the Missouri side.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: To host? I guess not.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: Because in the playoffs, usually they just play at Melville.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Because they haven't played a single home game all season. Yeah. Well,
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: even when, but even, which is true, but even against
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: certain teams, they may play, you know, they are the
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: home team, but it's at a neutral site. They don't
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: even have one of those yet this season. Until this
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: coming week. Yeah. And that's a Saturday game. Yeah.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Well... The only game.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: Happening in East St. Louis on Saturday, because East St.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: Louis has a bye.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: That's funny yes shifting gears Battle of 109 Eureka defeats
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Lafayette for what was like 35-7 I think 35-8 okay
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: yeah not too surprising result here Lafayette's been having a
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: down year they're 3-5 Eureka they bounce back with a
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: win they're now 6-2 kind of went as expected. You know,
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Eureka would get an early lead and then wouldn't do
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: anything too crazy to run up the score. They're just,
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: you know, establishing the run game. They tried to get
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: guys other than Zach Kemp consistent carries, and they kind
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: of did. I mean, Curtis Harris got... They're.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: Good at doing that. I mean, they had a lot
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: of success doing that against Ledoux.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, they had other guys like Curtis Harris
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: and Easton Ashby get a dozen-plus carries each. They did okay,
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: but nothing too crazy. So we'll see if they try
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: to continue that or if they just know that Zach
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: Kemp is their best runner and just try to have
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: him be the whole offense.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: And it's four straight games for Kemp where he's rushed
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: for over 100 yards.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he is their guy.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: But it's a different kind of look for Eureka. It's
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: working so far. They're a solid team so far, but
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: we'll see. I'm just trying to think in those short
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: yardage situations like against Ledoux, Would they do a QB sneak?
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: Or a QB lead? Or would they do like a...
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: Like a ISO?
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: They would do a QB lead. No, I know.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: But I'm thinking like... In the future.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Oh.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: Would they stick with that? Or would they go to
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: like an ISO type play with a fullback lead blocker?
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: They hand it off?
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: I don't know. They're always in the shotgun.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Now they are.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: They used to not be in the shotgun every single play, but.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Here we are. That was a long time ago. Yeah, but.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: Anyways, congrats to Eureka for winning that rivalry game.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Um....
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: Even though it was not as competitive as previous years,
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: it's still a very heated game. So I'm sure they're
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: very happy they won that. Next one, sticking in the
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: Rockwood School District. Summon Kirkwood played a pretty exciting game, actually.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: Kirkwood comes out with a close win. 20-14 was the
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: final score on this one.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Kirkwood got out to a 20-0 lead and then had
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: to hold on.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Nick Tucci connected with Bodie Mansfield halfway through the third
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: quarter for a touchdown to make it 20-0. And that
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: was it for the Kirkwood offense, scoring the ball at least.
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: And another funky stat line from Kirkwood. They had six
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: different guys with carries this game. Kirkwood's had games this
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: year where they could run the ball all over the
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: place against decent teams. But this game, the Falcons just
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: really contained the rushing offense.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: They have a good defense.
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they held Kirkwood to 144 rushing yards and less
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: than 3.5 yards per carry, which is always going to
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: be big as a defense.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: 304 yards in total.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's not necessarily a bad game offensively for Kirkwood.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: And I'd like to know, because it says here Kirkwood
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: got two interceptions. I'd like to know when those were,
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: if they were in the second half, maybe.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: But... The Kirkwood defense holds strong and does what they
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: need to do. They're now 6-1.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Not a pretty game. Obviously not a pretty ending for
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Kirkwood as far as they would have liked. Ultimately, they
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: got the job done. They've been in some close games
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: these last three weeks. Their Lindbergh win looks pretty decent
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: now because it was 27-3 given what Lindbergh's been able
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: to accomplish since then. They had that tough loss to
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Eureka and then They were in kind of a dogfight
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: with Fox, winning 35-21. Could have ran away from Summit,
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: had the opportunity to up by 20 in the third quarter,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: but Summit battled back. This is what happens when you
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: have a tough schedule. Kirkwood's kind of in the... I think, ultimately,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: through the tougher part of their schedule, they got Lafayette
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: senior night for Week 9, and then they're going to
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: go straight into the playoffs with.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: I think potentially the one seed, actually. If that is,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: that's huge, because then they would avoid playing DeSmet or
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: CBC in the semifinals.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so Crook was in Class 6, District 2. It's them, DeSmet, CBC, Marquette,
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: and Lafayette. One of the best districts out there, just
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: based off of the highest floor of any district, I
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: would say. Lafayette's 3-5, but they're a decent team.
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Can't sleep on them, for sure.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Kirkwood would, that would be big to get the
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: bye week there. Or be able to avoid.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: And, the bye week and avoid, like, CBC and the
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: Smet in the second round.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: And make them play each other.
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes. Because that would be a huge game for, obviously,
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: both those teams. Yeah, it's huge.
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Alright, next up. Won't go into this one too deeply. Morris,
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: they dominated Cahokia. Morris, I think, finishes the year undefeated
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: at 9-0.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: They do, and they're the one seed, one of the
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: one seeds in Class 5.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, pretty sure it's Class 5. They've been Class 5
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: for a while now, so I assume they would stay there.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: But yeah, 46-19, the final score on this one. Cahokia, offensively, okay.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: I mean, 370 yards, that's not bad. Harls Holman had
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: six catches for 177 yards. He's a heck of an athlete.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: But just a few turnovers and.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: Just seemed like they couldn't stop. I know Morris likes
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: to run the ball. They have a good spread offense
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: where they run primarily. So it seemed like they just
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: had a hard time stopping them.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: Cahokia, they get five sacks, though. Although they got beat,
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: for sure. Cahokia was winning at halftime. They were up
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: 19-16 at halftime. Then Morris won the second half 30-0.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: So I don't know if that's just a.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: I don't know if Cahokia has no depth on defense
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: or they just got too tired. I don't know if
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: they had an injury. I don't know what happened. But
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: the adjustments Morris made at halftime clearly worked out because
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: that's tough to beat Cahokia 30-0 in one half.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes. So that's a really solid win for Morris
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: going into the playoffs and undefeated too.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: Speaking of another solid win, St. Pius from Kansas City,
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: they put the hurt on Lutheran North this past week.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Yes, they did.
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: They won 49-7 against the Crusaders.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: And this is, again, this is a St. Pius team
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: who's without their quarterback. Well, they're QB1, but as we
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: saw last week, Chase Brookings is a really good backup
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: quarterback himself, and there's no stats for this game. But
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: I'm a little surprised it's that much of a blowout,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: but I was pretty confident St. Pius would win. I
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: just thought Lutheran North would probably do a little bit...
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: I thought they'd do a little bit more than seven
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: points offensively.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: But, yeah, that was.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: Turbo Clock, St. Pius X is the real deal in
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: Class 3, and so I wouldn't absolutely put it past
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Lutheran North to, like, I mean, it'd be really tough,
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: but if they could get, I don't think it's impossible
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: for them to get back to the state championship, and
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: probably St. Pius X is going to be there waiting
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: for them.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, St. Pius is in Class 3, District 8. which
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: is a tough draw because Maryville is also in Class
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: 3 District 8. Those are two of the best teams
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: in all of Class 3.
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Maryville's got a tough test against Odessa this weekend, though,
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: so that'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: But Richmond and Macon also each have six wins in
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: that district, so loaded district in Class 3 District 8.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: MICDS, they did beat Richmond by a good amount.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: But the way that St. Pius has planned, they got
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: to be the favorite there in Class 3 District 8.
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, they almost beat the Smets. a week
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: ago as well. And they beat Rockhurst, which now looks
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: to be a good win again. I'm pretty sure it's
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: a different Rockhurst team, but Rockhurst, they're now 4-4. They've
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: beaten some pretty good teams the last few weeks. Yeah.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: Belleville East, they finished their regular season with a 41-21
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: win over Mascoutah. They're 5-4. Belleville East was up by
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: a ton at halftime, and I guess they kind of
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: just let off the gas. It was 34-7 at halftime.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: So maybe they put their subs in, and they were
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: the ones that kind of kept it close, trying to
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: keep guys healthy for the playoffs here.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: Well, and they did. I mean, at East, it was
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: even 41-7. Yeah. So, yeah, the score looks slightly less flattering,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: but yeah.
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: And they held Mosquito less than 200 yards of total
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: offense the whole game.
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: Impressive stuff there from Lancers.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: It was a much-needed good victory to end the regular season. Yeah.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: as we'll tell you guys later in our next episode,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: that the Phillies has got a pretty big first, what
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: I should say, opening round game in the playoffs.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: John, there's a few phrases and sayings we have on
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: this podcast. Most important points are special points. Most important
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: points are extra points. Yeah, that's one of them. Another
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: one of them, don't sleep on Seckman. Yeah. Do not
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: sleep on Seckman. The Seckman Jaguars are now 7-1.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: They.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: They beat what was a hot Rittner team. They beat
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: them 26-0. They shut out the Huskies. And Jackson Jablonski
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: got a couple of rush touchdowns in the first half.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: Nick Weiler got a long rush touchdown in the third quarter.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: And as a team, Sekben had 46 carries for 365 yards,
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: almost 8 yards per carry. They were able to do
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: whatever they wanted running the ball. And Rittner does not
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: have their stats in, which, you know, they're probably still
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: pretty upset from this game. understandable. But, Seckman got five sacks, so,
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: really just a almost perfect game all around for Seckman.
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: I mean, to shut out Wittener like that is very,
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: very impressive.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: I'm not even going to lie. It's their best win
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: of the season. Arguably better than them beating Fox in overtime. Yeah. But, yeah. Well, and,
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: that should be Oakville and Lindbergh, too. So, those are
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: not bad. Those are certainly decent wins right there, but,
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: This might have been their most complete game of the season, though.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: Ran for over, well, not ran for over 400 yards,
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: but 400 total yards of offense. Obviously dominated the line
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: of scrimmage. And then a shutout over a Rittner team
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: who beat a pretty good Pattonville team.
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: It's funny seeing this year develop, and it seems like
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: this year more than other years, we have a lot
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: of triangles of parity where Team A beats Team B,
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: Team B beats Team C, and Team C beats Team A.
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: Seckman beat Rittner, Rittner beat Pattonville, Pattonville beat Seckman.
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: Exactly. DeSmet beat Ritter, Ritter beat CBC, CBC beat DeSmet.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: I feel like we're seeing a lot of that, which
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: I guess is a good thing. I mean, it means
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: that the talent is competitive. It's weird, though, because I
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: feel like this year, yeah, East St. Louis is the
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: clear and away number one best team in the area.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: That's not really up for debate. But it seems like
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: in previous years there's been the top tier of teams
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: where it's East St. Louis, CBC, DeSmet, and they are
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: just so good. And you could maybe put Ritter up
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: there some years.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: Lutheran North sometimes where those teams are so good. If
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: they play anyone else from the area that's not in
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: that group, they're going to win easily. And this year
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: it seems like it's just East St. Louis up there.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah. We feel like it's been that way the last
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: few years. Yeah.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: I mean, because there used to be four, five, maybe
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: six teams up there every single year.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: But no longer. We did have CBC ranked ahead of
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: East St. Louis from a good portion of last season. So, yeah,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: there's that. But, yeah, usually for the last few years,
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: it's kind of been East St. Louis and everybody else.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: Last year it was CBC and East St. Louis, and
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: then this year again it's East St. Louis and everybody else. Yeah. Yeah.
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: A few other games to go over. Pattonville, very quietly
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: set 7-1. They beat Parkway North 35-14. close game here
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: at halftime Parkwood North was actually winning by a point
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: at halftime and then the second half Pattonville pulled away
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: outscored the Vikings 22-0 in the second half Parkwood North's
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: offense had a good game but a good first half
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: I should say but second half just not all the
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: way there and then Pattonville's rushing attack had one of
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: their best games of the season Trevor Beckerman I guess
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: is a dual threat now yeah.
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: He's always been he's been able to.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, 13 carries for 128 yards, almost 10 yards a carry.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: That's darn good.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it's by far and away his most rushing
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: yards in a game all season. Well, his career, really.
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm pretty sure it's the first time he's
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: ever rushed for over 100 yards in a game. And
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: he's capable of doing that, but, like, it's usually just
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: for first downs and just on scrambles. And, yeah, I
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: think probably his number was called a lot more than
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: usual in this one. Yeah. Yeah, but, I mean, Pat Mills,
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: they still put up over 400 yards of offense in
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: this game, so. Overall good, but yeah, a little concerning
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: that they're trailing at halftime, though. Yeah.
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: A couple of Metro East scores to go over.
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: East St.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: Louis takes care of business. They beat Naperville North 35-8.
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: They will have a bye in the Class 6 bracket.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: Yes. 7.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: They got bumped up. That's right. Class 7 bracket. Deservedly so.
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: I'm glad they got bumped up.
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: That's good.
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: Man, that's too bad they had to have that overtime
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: loss to American Heritage.
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: That's really unfortunate.
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: Back in Week 2. No, that was... It was Week 2. No, yeah,
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: it was. I don't think it was overtime, though.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it did. It was. It was?
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: Okay, I'm forgetting which game it was. I know it
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: was by a touchdown.
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: But I forgot. Yeah, they lost 35-28 to American Irish.
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: That's right, yeah. It would have been a huge comeback.
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, that's right.
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: The fact that they even got to overtime was kind
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: of an achievement in itself right there.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, seriously. But, yeah, the Flyers' defense ends the season
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: scorching hot over their last six games of the season.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: They allowed a combined 14 points.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So.
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: There you go. Good stuff, Flyers. They continue to dominate.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: And then Highland, they beat Waterloo pretty convincingly, 42-13 in
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: this one. They finished the year 6-3. Do they have
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: a bye in Class 5?
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: No, they're playing, it's not in our upcoming games of
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: the week, but they do have, so they're in Class
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: 5 per usual. I believe so. um, wait, or no,
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: are they, I'm looking at four this year. I guess
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: they are in class four. Yeah. Which that's huge for them.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Cause they usually, um, they are five a lot. Yeah.
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: They're in class. So there's six and three. Yeah. So, um,
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: they beat, yeah, they beat Waterloo. It seems like they're
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: playing a little bit better now. I mean, that was
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: good that they only allowed 13 points. Their offense has
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: been great all season outside of losing to Cahokia, but 47, 14. But, uh, yeah,
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Jackson Orton has been one of the best quarterbacks in
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: the area this season. Um, you know, and, Carter Harris
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: has been a great running back as well, too. Their
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: offense has been really explosive. They do have a first-round game.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: I'm still trying to get that for you since I
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: know who their opponent is and whatnot. I'm looking at
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: the website right here. I like where they're at right
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: now with Highland. I think they're in a good spot.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: Getting back over to the Missouri side, after Starting the
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: season 2-3 and looking offensively lost.
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: St.
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: Dominic has won their last three, and their offense has
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: looked significantly better over the past three weeks. They defeat
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: MICDS handily. 41-7 was the final score in this one.
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: This is one of the best games by a St.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: Dominic defense in recent years. They held MICDS to 18
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: carries for 9 yards as a team. Half a yard
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: per carry. And as a team, this has got to
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: be the most stark contrast between two rushing teams in
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: the same game. MSCS with nine rushing yards.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: St.
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: Dominic as a team, 51 carries, 466 rushing yards, over
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: nine yards per carry.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're scouting report. I mean, it's probably just like
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: we're going to try to dominate the line of scrimmage
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: just because MSCS has struggled there all season.
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: MSCS has not had much depth up there up front,
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: and Jack Cunningham and Tanner Hurts really took advantage of it.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: They both had over 140 yards to carry each.
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: St.
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: Dominic didn't really try to throw much because they didn't
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: really need to. And they kind of just ran wherever
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: they wanted to. Those on the Tyson Griner sacks tracker,
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: he actually unfortunately did not get any this game. But
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: I think he's at 19 so far this season. So
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: he's knocking on the door. I know he's at least
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: got to be at the the school record, but he's
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: getting close to the state record as well.
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: I know he's broken the school record, but yeah.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: But yeah, overall, huge win for the Crusaders. I would
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: say this is their best game so far this season,
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: just from start to finish.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: I would say, I would say, well, okay, yeah, but
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: I would say their best win's Hannibal.
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, true. It's a very good win.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: I think, even though Hannibal's 3-5, I think they're a
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: better team than MICDS. Yeah. That's my point. And, I mean, look,
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: I mean, they, they, They had a harder time beating
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Hannibal than MICDS. So I think, therefore, that's a better win.
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: That's a better win. I'm just saying, like, you know,
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: from top to bottom.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: Yes, I see what you're saying.
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: This is the best they've played so far this year.
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I see. I see. It's like, you know, offense
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: seemed like pretty unstoppable in their defense. Defense did a
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: pretty good job against an MICDS team who does have
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: a pretty good– they do have a pretty good passing offense,
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: and they were able to only hold them to seven points. So, yeah,
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: that's a really good all-around win. Yeah. Not their best
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: win overall because I think they– Annabelle's a better win,
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: but that's probably the most complete game they've played.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: Stick with the private schools. The Lancers of St. Pius
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: are St. Pius, not the Kansas City one.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Festus is St. Pius.
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: Yes. They defeat Vianney in a really exciting game, 30-27. Unfortunately, St.
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: Pius does not have their stats in.
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: They're usually good with that. That's weird.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that is a little odd. The Vianney offense looks
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: like they had a fun day, though. They had 467
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: total yards of offense, that's pretty... 464 total yards of offense,
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: that's pretty crazy, but... Looks like St. Pius just came
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: through in the end with a victory. They're now 6-2. And... Defensively,
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: they've been pretty good this year, in general, but these
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: last two weeks, you know, against Farmington and Vianney, yeah,
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: it's a much bigger school, so they get a bit
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: of a pass there.
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: Sure. Seems like when it comes down to it, though,
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: their offense has got to win them games.
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and... The game to watch in Missouri Class 3,
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: if it's not Maryville-Odessa, it's got to be St. Pius
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: versus Valley Catholic. Actually, I think Valley Catholic, are they
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: Class 2 this year? No, they're in Class 2.
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: I think so, yeah.
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah, never mind then. Small school game of the week,
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: we could say, for Missouri. Valley Catholic at St. Pius X.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: That one should be a very fun game to watch.
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: And we'll talk about that next episode. But yeah, progress
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: to Lance is a big win in Week 8. Finally,
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: a close one. I guess not finally because I've got
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: a couple I want to mention, but Lindbergh, they just
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: keep finding ways to win, don't they?
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: Yes, they do.
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're not 4-4.
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: Just a typical Lindbergh team.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they started 0-3, winners are 4 to the last 5.
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: They defeat Marquette 28-25. They stave off a late Mustangs
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: comeback attempt. And, yeah, they held Marquette to 280 yards
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: of offense. And the Flyers don't have their stats, unfortunately.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: This is weird. It seems like all the losing teams
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: have their stats and the winning teams don't.
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, really odd.
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: But, yeah, congrats to Lindbergh on getting the win there.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: Looking at their playoff projection, I guess you could say.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: They're in class 6, District 1, which is really unfortunate because...
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: There's Jackson. Jackson's there, and of the five teams in
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: that district, four of them have seven or more wins.
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: Jackson's at 8-0. They're the best team in the state. Northwest,
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: they're quietly at 7-1. Oakville's at 7-1, and they actually
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: play each other in Week 9.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, well.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: And that's going to determine who gets the two seed.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, well, so Lindbergh.
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: Unless Sackman beats Parkway North by enough, we'll see how
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: that works out. But, I don't know. Sackman's the four seed.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: I have a good feeling Sackman's going to beat Parkway North. Yeah.
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: By 13.
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: So, but Parkway North's a Class 4 team, so I'm
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: thinking the winner of the Northwest Oakville game will get
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: points for beating a Class 6 team.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but right here, Lindbergh. Lindbergh is arguably the second
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: best team in this district. But they're going to be,
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: because it's, there's nothing they can do to not get
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: out of that five seed. Yeah. And so, but they'll
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: have a really interesting, you know, depending on who wins
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: the Northwest Oakville game, and if Seckman wins too. So
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: that'll probably, yeah, that'll be the decider. There's a good,
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: because there's the four-five game, the play-in game, essentially. And so,
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: that'll be a good one if it's like Lindbergh. It
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: honestly could be Lindbergh, Northwest, Oakville, or Suckman. One of
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: those three opponents faces Lindbergh in the 4-5 game.
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: I get geographically why this district exists. It makes sense.
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: It's the biggest schools in the southeast Missouri section, but
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: having 80% of the teams in your district all be
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: 7-1 or better just feels like a waste. That just
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: does not I don't know. I'm not... Loyal listeners of
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: the show, you know me. I'm very anti-participation trophy guy.
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: Wait until we talk about the IHSA playoffs. Yeah, seriously.
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: But I feel like with this playoff system we have,
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: with everyone getting in, the entire point is to rack
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: up I mean, it depends on what you're looking for. Like,
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: you've got teams like Corner River who don't care what
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: playoff seating they are because they're confident they can just
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: run the table in their district.
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: Right. They very well might.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: But most of these public schools are playing for district
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: seating so they can guarantee home games in the playoffs.
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: So what's the point of having teams like Northwest, Oakville,
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: and Secman? They're all great teams this year. They're all
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: 7-plus-1 teams. But we're actually going to punish... um, Sekhman
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: by not giving them a bye. They get to host
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: a pretty stingy Lindbergh team week one.
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: And then in the second week of the playoffs, Sekhman's,
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: you know, in this point of those standings, they're going
• 42:43
  Speaker 2: to go on the road to play Jackson. Yeah. That's,
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: that's brutal. That's so brutal that Sekhman has one of
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: their better years in recent memory and they are rewarded
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: with that kind of draw. And that, that just is,
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: that does not seem very fair to me at all.
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: This is one of their better years because like they, they,
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: they have like a harder strength of schedule and they're
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: still seven and one. Yeah. And they very well will
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: likely be 8-1. Yeah. Yeah, and their reward is potentially, like, yeah,
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: like you said, a stingy Lindbergh team who's very battle-tested,
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: which is full, that's, Class 6 is full of those teams.
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: But Lindbergh happens to be the lowest seed. Like, they
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: should be, like, you know, if this was, I mean,
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: because there's five, you know, there's not a whole lot
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: of room in Class 6 because there's only 42 teams, but,
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: you know, Lindbergh should.
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: Be, like, a 3 or a 4 seed in A
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: few other things I want to go over before we
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: end this episode, just about the GAC.
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: St.
• 43:35
  Speaker 2: Charles West, they defeat Winfield 37-14. They win the GAC North.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: They are now 8-0. They play Zumwalt East Week 9,
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: and I don't know if St. Charles West has a
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: 9-0 season. I don't think... I don't think they.
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: They probably have at some point in their history, but
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: I can't... Maybe we do have the means to have it, but.
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: That would take us a few minutes to.
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: It would.
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to... Go through that right now.
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: I know they had some pretty good teams in the mid-2010s.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: They did.
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: But I don't think any of them went undefeated. In
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: the regular season, at least. St.
• 44:07
  Speaker 2: Charles West used to actually have a pretty loaded out-of-conference schedule.
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: So I don't think they had any... That's why I'm
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: thinking they didn't have any 9-0 teams. But anyway, Maddox
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: Sigma got another interception this week. He leads the state
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: in interceptions. In fact, I'm going to go to the
• 44:25
  Speaker 2: football stats page so I can see how many he has.
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: He's got 11.
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: 11 so far. I think the state record is like, what, 15?
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: He has 11 interceptions. That's the most by a lot
• 44:36
  Speaker 2: in the St. Louis area. If you go to, let's see,
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: the football record book. Let's go to individual, season, defense, interceptions.
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: That's right. The record's 19 because of that tie. That's ridiculous.
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: Who is it?
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: Chris Healy from Worth County in 2001. The most interceptions
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: in one season by a Missouri-side, St. Louis-area player was
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: Darius Jackson of Roosevelt back in 2018.
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: He had 16 in 11 games played. So Sikma's got
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: a chance at that. He really does. So we'll see.
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: Unlikely, but.
• 45:14
  Speaker 2: It's possible.
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: It's possible. Very cool to see him. Congrats to the
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: Warriors on winning again. They're now 8-0. In the GAC Central, Timberland...
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: They get the win against Zumwalt East 35-14. They are
• 45:28
  Speaker 2: winners of the GAC Central. They finish conference play undefeated.
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: Congrats to the Wolves. They're now 7-1. They play House
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: Central in Week 9, looking to finish the year 8-1.
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: And then in the GAC South, Troy, they took care
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: of business against Liberty. They won 3-1-0. They're also 7-1,
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: and they win the GAC South, also staying undefeated in
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: conference play.
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: And....
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: They got, and we'll talk about this next episode, a
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: very interesting game at Zumwalt North here in Week 9.
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: It should be a very fun matchup.
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: I'm looking at Troy. I mean, this is their third
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: year in a row where they've won at least a
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: share of the conference title. Last year it was a three-way,
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: and then 2024 they went undefeated, won the conference outright,
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: and this is their second year in three years where
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: they've won the GAC South outright. So three straight years
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: of Conference championship is really impressive.
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really impressive to see what Coach Nesbitt built there,
• 46:28
  Speaker 2: and then to see Coach Wiggers just continue to build
• 46:31
  Speaker 2: on it.
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 46:32
  Speaker 2: It's very, very impressive. I mean, it's, I know a
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: lot of people, it's funny, they're like, oh, guys like
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: Kirby Smart, or when he was still coaching, Nick Saban,
• 46:43
  Speaker 2: have some of the easiest jobs because their program is
• 46:45
  Speaker 2: already so nice, and it's like, they have so many
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: good players, and the resources are great. It's like that
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: actually is kind of what makes it harder, honestly.
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: It's harder.
• 46:54
  Speaker 2: Because you have to be very, very with it and
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: wise to use those resources effectively. And I think Coach
• 47:03
  Speaker 2: Wiggers and his staff are doing a very good job
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: of that at Troy because that's a school who did
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: have those resources and roster size forever, and they didn't
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: win a playoff game until 2019.
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, we should say Troy's grown a lot since
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: the 90s. It's not like they always had it. I mean,
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: they were a pretty small town for a while. A
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: long time.
• 47:23
  Speaker 2: Until, like, the 2000s. But they've had, you know, a
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: decently sized roster for... Over 20 years. A few decades now. Yeah.
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: So, congrats to them. FZN, they beat Washington. They're 5-3. They're... FZN's...
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: Somewhat back on track. Slowly turning it around. Yeah. It's
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: kind of hard to gauge with them.
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: One four in a row. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Games they
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: probably should win, though. I mean, and they only lost
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: to Timberland by one. Yeah.
• 47:55
  Speaker 2: I mean, they beat Washington without attempting to pass, so
• 47:58
  Speaker 2: that's kind of impressive, I guess.
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: I mean... Well, there's a really... I'm interested for that
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: Troy game, and we'll talk about it later, of, you know,
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: this could be a real litmus test for North. Both teams. Yeah,
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: you're right. I mean, I feel like we know how
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: good Troy is, but for Zumwalt North... I feel like
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: they're a much different team than they were in the
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: first half, you know, first half of the season. So
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: I think this would be a really good challenge for
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: them to see who they really are, like right before
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. Yeah. All right.
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: That's all I got for week eight. It was a
• 48:27
  Speaker 2: fun week. Very fun week.
• 48:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 48:31
  Speaker 2: There's a lot, a lot of close games, a couple
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: of upsets, a lot of stuff.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: Those Ritter and St. Mary's games were huge. And yeah,
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: we had, you know, not, we had some crazy scores
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: as well. And, um, you know, like, you know, St.
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: Dominic with a big victory over MICS. I mean, St.
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: Pius beating Vianney, which is something. And, um, you know,
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: Sackman shutting out Rittner the way they did is pretty
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: impressive too. So, uh, yeah, it was, uh, I mean,
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: we had some almost classics, but that they were like,
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: you know, some of it were the comeback from behind
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: to be Kirkwood. And that would have been, you know,
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: one of the games of the year right there, but they,
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: they just weren't quite able to do that. Um, yeah. So, Yes,
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: it is a good week, but I feel like we
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: have a lot more in store this next week, in
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: week nine, because it's the... not the first time this
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: has ever happened, but Illinois used to start I think
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: a week before Missouri did, and now we're doing that again.
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: Now we've got a mixture for opening round games, the
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: new Illinois playoff format, and then some pretty good Week
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: 9 games in St. Louis on the Missouri side. Really
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: looking forward to that And we'll see you guys really
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: soon to talk about it.
• 49:43
  Speaker 2: Peace.