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WEEK 12 PREVIEW: District Championship Games and Predictions · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports finn You show. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you all for joining us. It's John Huff joined by
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  Speaker 1: a Roman bishop. We are here to preview the week
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  Speaker 1: twelve games of the week in the Saint Louis area.
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  Speaker 1: District championship week is always a memorable one and we
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  Speaker 1: also got two quarterfinal games in the Metro East as well,
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  Speaker 1: with Recentral A Kahokia and then East Saint Louis hosting
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  Speaker 1: Chicago Semeon. We'll start off in Class three with Saint
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  Speaker 1: Clair at Borgia for our number fifteen game of the week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the Class three District three final game.
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  Speaker 2: Borgio is favored by three and a half. The over
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  Speaker 2: runers are forty four and a half. Borgia quietly have
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  Speaker 2: putten together our solid season there at six and four
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  Speaker 2: so far. Leanne Malancrottic QB has in pretty good form
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  Speaker 2: sixteen pass touchdowns just three interceptions and Aiden Crooks. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if they have their stats in for last game.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see if they do. They do okay, good see
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  Speaker 2: Aline Crooks in Crooks, I should say ninety one yards
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  Speaker 2: last game. Really good game for him. You know, Borgia
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  Speaker 2: nothing crazy, but they're a very well coached team. Coach
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  Speaker 2: Boyd Menning was the former Lafaia head coach and I
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  Speaker 2: was over in Washington coach.
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  Speaker 1: The Knights potentially could win his second straight district championship
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  Speaker 1: with two different teams.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it'd be cool. It doesn't happen very often.
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  Speaker 3: It does not.
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  Speaker 2: Saint Clair, though, they are a solid team right now.
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  Speaker 2: They are nine to two in the season. Actually, they
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  Speaker 2: have a nice win against Potosi back in Week one
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  Speaker 2: and Potosi is still playing there in the Class three
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  Speaker 2: District one championship. I think they also had a They
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  Speaker 2: beat North County fourteen zero. North County is still alive
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  Speaker 2: as well. So this is a really good Saint Clair team,
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  Speaker 2: but also pretty solid Borgia team. I'm gonna pick Saint
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  Speaker 2: Clair to win this one and cover here and I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna go with the over.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah they had a nice kay. Yeah, they got a.
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  Speaker 1: Good for Class three. I think that's a decent strength
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  Speaker 1: of schedule. Yeah, beat Union but a really close game.
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  Speaker 1: And then yeah they're only I mean they're one big
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  Speaker 1: loss was to Farmington sixty twenty seven, but that's excusable,
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  Speaker 1: much bigger school in Farmington.
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  Speaker 3: They're still a lot of good.
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  Speaker 1: That team is probably gonna win Class five District one
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  Speaker 1: as well. And yeah, Sullivan, so they started out two
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  Speaker 1: and two, but they have Saint Clair.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry Saint Clair.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they've they had a nice win over North County,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, and trying to see if they have
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  Speaker 1: their stats. They do not have stats. They're just kind
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  Speaker 1: of right outside. I think they're in Gasconade County. I think,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Maybe Franklin County, I'm not so sure.
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, two teams are relatively close to each other.
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  Speaker 3: I'll go with Borgia to uh, let's see.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll have them cover and I'll take the under
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  Speaker 1: in this game. I honestly, I admittedly do not know
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  Speaker 1: much about Saint Clair, but these are two teams. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: both teams are, you know, well coached, battle tested. I
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  Speaker 1: know that typically Borgia is really good at winning games
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  Speaker 1: of the player at home, so I'll go off of that,
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  Speaker 1: even though it's not a good thing to go off typically,
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  Speaker 1: but they usually get it done when it matters at home.
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  Speaker 2: Next up in the Class four District two championship game,
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  Speaker 2: we've got Sullivan at Vianni. Yanni is feared by sixteen
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  Speaker 2: and a half here the Overns at fifty two and
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  Speaker 2: a half. Some quick info one Sullivan, they're actually having
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  Speaker 2: a really good year so far. The Eagles are there
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  Speaker 2: eight and three. They beat Union last week twenty eight
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  Speaker 2: twenty one. They also have a win against Saint Clair,
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  Speaker 2: who just talked about back in the week four. And
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  Speaker 2: for Vianni, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Two drastically different teams.
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  Speaker 2: Very Fianni's at four and six, but this is pre
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  Speaker 2: talented Vianni team. They had to go through a gauntlet
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  Speaker 2: of a schedule against some solid teams like Shamanad, this
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  Speaker 2: smet slu Hive, CBC, bevill West end of the year
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  Speaker 2: stingy team. You know, Sam Dean's are putting together a
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  Speaker 2: fantastic year under center, twenty three hundred passing yards, twenty
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  Speaker 2: two touchdown, six interceptions. But a guy that doesn't get
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  Speaker 2: talked about a lot kind of because Sam Dean's having
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  Speaker 2: such a great year as Kyle Hill get the running back.
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  Speaker 2: He has over a thousand yards so far in the year,
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  Speaker 2: averaging number six and a half yard for Kerry, So
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  Speaker 2: a very very productive Griffin's offense here for Vianni. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think Sullivan's a solid team. But I
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  Speaker 2: think viann is gonna be a little too much from
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  Speaker 2: the handle, and I'm gonna go with Vianni to cover
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  Speaker 2: and I will do with the over Sullivan.
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  Speaker 1: They're led by Mark Jennings who's got fourteen hundred yards
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  Speaker 1: on the ground with thirteen touchdowns averages eight yards of carry.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so they're Vihanni's if they can stop the run.
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  Speaker 3: They were able to do that against Belbo West.
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  Speaker 1: Belbo West is a mainly running team, so they they
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  Speaker 1: can do that and it's gonna be really hard for
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  Speaker 1: Sullivan probably to Yeah, I don't I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: their defense is like against the past, but they probably
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  Speaker 1: have not seen a team all year quite like Vianni probably,
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  Speaker 1: although they I mean they did go up against the
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  Speaker 1: Northwest Eater Hill, so they have seen Cohen Stark, who's
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  Speaker 1: really good too, in a different way than Sam Dean,
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  Speaker 1: I would I would imagine Dean's probably a better passer.
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  Speaker 3: Stark is more of a dual threat quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: And then yeah, they can run the ball effectively too,
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  Speaker 1: Like like you said, so with Kyle Hogan and just Vianni,
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  Speaker 1: they're really battle test to their home. This is Viannie's
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  Speaker 1: biggest game they've had since.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, not like the their state game in twenty eighteen,
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  Speaker 3: but this.
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  Speaker 1: Is their biggest This is their biggest game at their
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  Speaker 1: biggest game since twenty eighteen, seven years. Yeah, and so
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  Speaker 1: it just goes to show a great job at coach Stark.
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  Speaker 1: He's done getting the Griffins and the situation to potentially
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  Speaker 1: win a district championship game in a game they're.
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  Speaker 3: Favorite in and I think they'll win.
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  Speaker 1: I I think the overwell hit and.
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  Speaker 3: You know what, I'll have them covering as well.
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  Speaker 2: Right, looks like we agree. Next up number thirteen Game
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  Speaker 2: of the Week the winner of the Sullivan Vianna game.
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  Speaker 2: For the winner of this game, North County at Festus
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  Speaker 2: fastest payed by twenty seven and a half points. Here
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  Speaker 2: he overrunning at sixty one and a half Festus. I
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  Speaker 2: mean they're rolling. They're eight and two coming off of
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  Speaker 2: forty one zero win against Tillsborough.
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  Speaker 3: It's always tough to be this is every year.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like they got to play Hillsboro in the
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: I mean two class war schools, So yeah, that's gonna happen. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Parker Perry has one of the best touchdown on I
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  Speaker 2: t ratios in the state, twenty nine patch touchdowns, just
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  Speaker 2: one deception for Perry Fessus QB. And defensively, Antonio Pinkston's
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  Speaker 2: got five sacks so far this year and Aiden Shermers
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  Speaker 2: lead leading tackler for the Tigers. And some quick info
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  Speaker 2: in North County, so they are is that Sint Francois County,
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  Speaker 2: the one south of Jefferson County from bon Terre. So
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  Speaker 2: I forgot what the county is.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, it's it's yeah, it's Saint Francois. Okay, bon
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  Speaker 1: terr is where they are located to.
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  Speaker 2: It, And so North County to five and six so
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  Speaker 2: far in the year. They've actually won three straight games
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  Speaker 2: against Sullivan we just talked about earlier.
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  Speaker 3: They also randomly played Chatham Glenwood in Week two.
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  Speaker 2: That is that is such a random game. Why is
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  Speaker 2: North County playing That makes zero?
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  Speaker 3: It makes more sense, like why is Glenwood playing North
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  Speaker 3: There's gotta.
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  Speaker 2: Be some sort of connection between like a coach.
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  Speaker 3: Coach hey from from Glenwood and North County's coach.
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  Speaker 2: But these two teams actually played it earlier in the season,
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  Speaker 2: back in Week six, and Festest won forty six twenty one,
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we'll see if this result kind of holds.
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  Speaker 2: That's a big spread. So I'm gonna go with North
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  Speaker 2: County to cover. But I still think Festest wins pretty comfortably,
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  Speaker 2: and I will go with the.
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  Speaker 1: Under, all right, I will go. Do we know what
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  Speaker 1: the weather forecast is going to be like for Friday?
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  Speaker 1: Is it clear?
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  Speaker 3: This does matter?
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  Speaker 2: Check it for our area? It does a bit. It's
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  Speaker 2: getting colder. It's cold today. It's below freezing today for
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  Speaker 2: the first time.
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  Speaker 3: Since like no February caught me off guard a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: So Friday at least, Okay, Friday, Friday's a high of
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  Speaker 2: seventy two fifty one. All right, man, this global woman
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  Speaker 2: thing is awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, holy cow. By the way, it's not a threat anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Bill Gates said it. All righty, okay, so I guess
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  Speaker 1: that's good news. Yeah whatever, Yeah, all right. I got
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  Speaker 1: Festus covering, and I'll take the.
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  Speaker 3: Over right type that in real quick? All right?
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  Speaker 2: Next up up to Class six. We got Northwest at Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: Jackson's favorbout thirty four and a half here the over
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  Speaker 2: and at fifty four and a half Northwest. You've had
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  Speaker 2: an amazing season. It's an amazing run. I'm being totally sicking. No,
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  Speaker 2: I know this has been an amazing year for the Lions.
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  Speaker 1: I know you so well that you have like a
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  Speaker 1: certain cadence when like it's it's really difficult for a team.
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  Speaker 1: You just talk to them directly, like like you're facing them,
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  Speaker 1: just say like, hey, Northwest, it's been a good year.
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  Speaker 2: Man, it has. And I think, I mean Cohen Stark
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  Speaker 2: does come back next year, and I think they can.
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  Speaker 2: They might be able to hang with Jackson for a quarter,
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  Speaker 2: maybe a quarter and a half, but Jackson's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: too much. I could it's I got Jackson covering here
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  Speaker 2: and I got the over. I'm sorry, Northwest.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, And you know, both you and I
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  Speaker 1: are both really high on Jackson, and I could see
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  Speaker 1: it being, you know, score being a little interesting for
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. But I think it'd probably be a
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  Speaker 1: similar game like Oakville, where well it could even it
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  Speaker 1: could get ugly really quickly. But I feel like Northwest
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  Speaker 1: has done a good job of establishing establishing themselves early.
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  Speaker 1: But this is a Their defense did an amazing job
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  Speaker 1: against Secman last week, but this is nothing like Seckman
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  Speaker 1: with what Jackson has and Jackson in the pit, they
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  Speaker 1: are incredible at winning games that they should be winning there.
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  Speaker 1: I think the last time they lost the game where
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  Speaker 1: they probably should have won but they didn't was losing
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  Speaker 1: in double overtime to Edwardsville and three years ago, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two, and that's few and far between. And this
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  Speaker 1: is a much better team they have now and than
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  Speaker 1: what they did three years ago for the Indians. And
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  Speaker 1: they've been fantastic all season long, especially with beating Cardon Ritter.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, they're going to take care I expect them
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  Speaker 1: to take care of business and pretty easily.
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  Speaker 2: All right, next step to the Class six Dish three championship.
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  Speaker 2: It got written or at Pattonville. Pattonville's here by six
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  Speaker 2: and a half points. Here the Ovarners at sixty and
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  Speaker 2: a half. If these two teams kind of replicate what
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  Speaker 2: they did earlier in the season, it could be this
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  Speaker 2: could be one of the more exciting games and.
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  Speaker 3: The whole Oh, I think this is gonna be a
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  Speaker 3: great game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is gonna be fun. I think the key
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  Speaker 2: to the game here is can Rittener. I'm not gonna
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  Speaker 2: say contain Larry Martin. But can they at least I think,
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  Speaker 2: contain the big plays. I mean, can they can they
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  Speaker 2: hold him to just want only one or two fifteen
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  Speaker 2: to twenty yard runs, because they let Martin get several
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  Speaker 2: big runs in the second half when they played earlier
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  Speaker 2: in the season.
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  Speaker 1: It was really it was two big runs by Martin.
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  Speaker 1: Other than that he was quiet in that game. Writtener
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  Speaker 1: man that game, revisiting it because you remember me talking
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  Speaker 1: to you after that game where it was man Rittener
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  Speaker 1: had them beat that first game in the second half.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, Larry Martin had a huge, huge second half
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  Speaker 1: where he scored three touchdowns but two of them to
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  Speaker 1: tied the game and then give them the lead on
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  Speaker 1: a fifty one yard run and then a thirty five
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  Speaker 1: yard run.
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  Speaker 3: Martin's a fast running back.
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  Speaker 1: He's pretty good, which is why I'm a little surprised
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't have, you know, more rushing yards or rushing
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  Speaker 1: per average.
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  Speaker 3: But now this this is gonna be great.
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  Speaker 1: It's a tremend Beckerman and Anthony otom are two great
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks who are both underclassmen, so they'll both be back
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  Speaker 1: next year. Beckerman's thrown for twenty three hundred eighty six
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  Speaker 1: yards with twenty two touchdowns and nine interceptions and completed
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  Speaker 1: sixty two percent of his passes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so very much more of a passing team.
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  Speaker 1: Martin's got five hundred and twelve yards with ten touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: so that's not too shabby. He's averaging six point six
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  Speaker 1: yards of carry. They have a really good receiver in
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  Speaker 1: Drel West who's averaging. Who's not averaging. He has twelve
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eleven yards with eleven touchdowns and sixty two.
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  Speaker 3: Receptions.
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  Speaker 1: Kingston Robinson's got thirty three receptions, four hundred four seven
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  Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. So I mean Drell West is
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  Speaker 1: he's one of the better receivers in the area. And
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  Speaker 1: you know he's got half of Beckerman's touchdown passes receptions.
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  Speaker 3: And then Writtener.
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  Speaker 1: On the other hand, I mentioned Anthony Odom and he's
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  Speaker 1: just taken a big step up from last year.
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  Speaker 3: He was already good.
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  Speaker 1: You could you could see the potential, but he's he's
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  Speaker 1: really the man for the.
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  Speaker 3: For the Huskies this season.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty two hundred is thirty seven yards, passing, nineteen touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: eight interceptions, sixty eight percent completion on his part.
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  Speaker 3: They do run a lot of bubble screens though.
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  Speaker 1: So that that helps. But I've seen him complete some
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  Speaker 1: pretty nice passes. He is fortunately, I think more unfortunately
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  Speaker 1: for Odum. He's their leading rusher at two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: seventy two yards. So yeah, they just have not been
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  Speaker 1: able to establish a good rushing attack all season.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they got a well sized line, they just
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  Speaker 3: can't get to the next level. I've seen them a
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  Speaker 3: few times.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen them play twice this season, and they had
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  Speaker 1: a really hard time running the football against LaDue and
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  Speaker 1: Pattonville when I saw them play. But Manterrey Banks had
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  Speaker 1: a great season seven and eighty one yards, Lauren Ramsy
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  Speaker 1: five hundred and forty one receivers ds.
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  Speaker 3: That goes. Those guys have sixteen touchdowns between them.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be more like an offensive
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  Speaker 1: game here a long way around the bend. Sorry about that.
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  Speaker 1: I think Patonville will find a way to win. But
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  Speaker 1: I do have written or covering and I'll take the
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  Speaker 1: over all right.
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  Speaker 2: Next up over the Illinois side in the Class six bracket,
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  Speaker 2: we've got Chicago Simeon at East St.
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  Speaker 3: Louis.
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  Speaker 2: The Flyers are favored by thirty four and a half.
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  Speaker 2: The over Instet sixty six and a half. I pick
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  Speaker 2: a St. Louis to cover, and I'm going with the over.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know really anything about Simeon, but I frankly
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  Speaker 2: don't care. I think eastt Lewis is an absolutely juggingnaut
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  Speaker 2: this year, and until the same championship game they should
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  Speaker 2: be okay. And what I thinks big is that Ree
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  Speaker 2: Shanklin seems to be getting better and better as the
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  Speaker 2: week's go on. He's going through his reads really well
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  Speaker 2: back there at QB. And then it also seems like
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  Speaker 2: my son Johnson Cook is guaranteed to have at least
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  Speaker 2: one massive touchdown every single game because the second that
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  Speaker 2: kid breaks away his his acceleration is unbelievable and he's easy.
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  Speaker 2: He's able to reach his max speeds so quickly, and
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  Speaker 2: once he does, he's gone. So I don't I would
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  Speaker 2: assume Simeon doesn't have the athletes to keep up with them.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go with East Louis to cover, and
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  Speaker 2: I will go with the over.
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  Speaker 3: Interesting looking bracket Final four on the south side South
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  Speaker 3: Bracken Class six, the highest remaining seed is done Lap
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  Speaker 3: at number six.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So all the top five seeds are eliminated. That is
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  Speaker 1: incredibly rare. Yeah, and the favorite up top in Class
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  Speaker 1: six is Nazareth Academy. They are the one seed and
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  Speaker 1: they are alive and well and they're gonna play Lake
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  Speaker 1: Zurich in the quarterfinals. Yeah, and Simeon they're the twelve seed.
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  Speaker 1: A Saint Louis is the eight seed. Simeon. They had
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  Speaker 1: a really big win over over Goodie Goodie High School
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  Speaker 1: from Chicago fifty six to eight, and then they beat
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  Speaker 1: Normal Community West thirty six to twenty one.
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  Speaker 3: East. St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis has coasted the first two games at sixty three
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  Speaker 1: to seven win over Playfield East and then a a
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  Speaker 1: close game at halftime, but then ultimately a runaway dominating
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  Speaker 1: win fifty three to fourteen over top seed Chad in Glenwood.
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  Speaker 3: And so they will await the winner. Whoever wins this
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  Speaker 3: game will play either Dunlap or Saint Lawrence Dunlap. They
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  Speaker 3: have a four star tight end committed to Alabama. I
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  Speaker 3: know that much. I know because he was really close
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  Speaker 3: to picking Illinois but did not. So there you go.
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  Speaker 2: Tell me somebody chose Bama over Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: No way, Yeah, no, I can't blame him funding in
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  Speaker 1: a line of a ball.
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  Speaker 3: Fan, it's actually been a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: Two years in a row Bowl eligibility for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in a really long time, I think since the Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: since the early nineties. Yeah, I East Saint Louis Is
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  Speaker 1: they should win this game pretty comfortably again. And admittedly
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: I don't know a whole lot about Simeon, but yeah,
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: I'm taking that over. It seems like East St. Louis
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: is making a mission to hit the over and yeah,
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: I'll pick him the cover and the win and take
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: the over.
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: It looks like we agree on that one as well.
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: Next up, heading back over to the Missouri side, this
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: is in the Class four District three championship. I believe, yes,
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: so Lutheran North at Saint Mary's. Lutheran North is here
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: by four and a half points, the Overns at forty
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: six and a half. Luther North coming over in nice
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: thirty four zero winning skateway stem and through a weird
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: season so far for them, they're they're backward. They expected
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Jonathan Moore coming back as QB. Great year for him
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: so far, and you know, their stats don't totally light
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: up the board like they did last year, but they
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: still have a ton of really good athletes, you know,
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: Mike Clark, Kiron Evans, and then more under center as well.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: They got a lot of speed. And then defensively, kyro
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Robinson has been really good rush in the passer. But
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: for Saint Mary's, I think this is gonna be I
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: think this is gonna be a really close game. Saint Mary's.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: That winning as Jennings, I think is pretty impressive. That
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: was a solid Jennings team. And then shutting out al
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: To off that was that was impressive. And then you know,
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: this is not the juggernaut Saint Mary's teams we've seen
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: in years prior. But Robbie Smith's been great under center.
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: Caseton Miles fourteen hundred rushing yards so far, it's.
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: One of the best running backs in the maybe the state.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, over eight yards of Currie Miles has been incredible.
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: And I think Saint Mary's pulls off the upset here.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: I got Miles having a big game, and I'm gonna
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: go with the Dragons to win here and I'm gonna
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: go with the over.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't call it an upset. I think this is
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: a fairly even game because actually I think we had
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: both teams. Actually, I don't think we're ranked in our
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: rankings the end of the season. I do know that
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: there's like some coaches on who who are at Luther
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: North last year who are now assistants at Saint Mary's.
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: So I wonder if there's gonna.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Be any reading into that at all, But so that
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: I think that could be an interesting dynamic there. But
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: I actually got Lufan North winning this game. I think,
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: I mean, playoff experience is really good historically. Obviously Luther
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: North's got a huge advantage historic playoff wise or Saint Mary's,
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: but doesn't matter so.
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: Much for the kids.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: But yeah, more at quarterback and then Mike Clark, Karen Evans,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: Jaquebi on whitfield, and then Martez Stevenson at running back.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Those they have a lot of you know, playmakers there
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: as long as they can stay healthy.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: And kemil Sloan's a really good player on defenses too.
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: Like hopefully both teams are fairly healthy because you know
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: they're both small schools even though they're both in Class four.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: You want you want them to be both healthy for
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: this game. And I got I got the Crusaders in
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: this one. I think they cover and I'll take the
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: over I think maybe they're I'd like to think their
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: playoff experience would give them give them the edge here,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: but uh, both teams had tough schedules. I would yeah,
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: probably well, Luther North their best win was over in
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: my CDs and it's in Saint Mary's. His best win
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: is probably overall tough. Maybe, so I think that Luthian
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: North's got a better quality victory than them. But again
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: I think it's close. But I got them, I got
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: them winning, all right.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Stand in class four the winner of that game, we'll
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: played the winner of this game Orchard Farm at Parkway North.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Parkway North is favored by ten and a half points
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: here the over runners at thirty to fifty. I can't
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: speak fifty three and a half. And for Orchard Farm,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: it's very big that Collins and Claire's back. He's been
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: their guy so far this year, and I believe he
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: was injured the past few weeks. They had a nice
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: win over Used City to just take control, taking advantage
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: of some turnovers by the Lions, and then Parkway North
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: we touched on briefly, nice twenty eight to ten win,
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: gets hold, then on a nine game winning streak par
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Parkway North is a very quiet nine in one team
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: right now.
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, everybody, like a lot of people were like, oh,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: they they got blown out by Lafayette, so okay, they're
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: not good. But then it's like, look, how look what
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: Lafayette did last year exactly and then Lafayette's unfeateed.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: They're ten to zero.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, one of the best teams in the state.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: And then people were like, Okay, Parkway North they beat Hazel.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: He's like, okay, they're good and in the aah they've
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: gotten respect.
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: I think they deserve by now.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: For Parkway North. This defense is legit. This this is
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: one of the best defenses in the area. Demitrius Williams
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: eighty eight tackles so far, two sacks, two picks. Elite
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: linebacker for the Vikings. Tyree McKinney the second on the
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: team and tackles seventy three. He also has four fund recoveries.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: Tyler Bauer also has four fund recoveries. And then Jordan
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: McDavid leads the team in interceptions with five. They got
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: athletes all over the place in this Vikings defense, and
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: they have been just shutting down the opponents recently. They
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: hold hold to ten points. They held mccluor to fourteen,
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: They held Fox twelve, they held Parkway West to fourteen points,
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: They held park Es Central Marquette seven, shut out mclue North.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: I mean, this defense is not playing around, so I
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: think this should be a very scrappy defensive battle here.
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: I got Parkway North winning, but I will go with
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: Orchard Farm to cover. Yeah, and I will go with the.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Under I think, yeah, I think this is going to
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: be a tighter game than last year. North kind of
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: ran away from Orchard Farm in that one, and you know,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: these Orch Front players are going to be smarting over that,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: and this is going to be mean a great deal
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: to them if they can get revenge at Parkway North,
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: literally the place they lost to last last you know,
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: they got eliminated that last year. That Yeah, they struggled
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: against U City. Able to find a way to beat
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: them though, thanks some turnovers and able to capitalize. They
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: got to step it up offensively though, if they if
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: they want to win this game, because I don't think
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: North's offense is not nothing particularly special, but.
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: Orchard Farm they they can be really good offensively though.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: Although this is going to be the toughest defense they've
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: they've seen really since they last saw Parkway North last year.
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: They did beat Holt forty nine to thirty eight, so
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: they and then Barkway North beat Hult twenty eight ten.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: So there was a common opponent there between those teams.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: So you know, I'll have a orchard farm cover as well,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: and I'll take the ender too, So we agree, all right.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: Next step heading over to Class five classified, it's the
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: District four Parkway West at Zumol North. The Panthers are
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: ferried by fourteen and a half, the overruns at fifteen
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: and a half. Parkle West had actually a very interesting
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: game against North Point where they won fifty to twenty one,
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: and Brett Osmeyer didn't even need a lie on the
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: statute that much because they looked at the long run
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: rushing attack had a great game. That's North north Point
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: where they had forty one carries as a team two
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: hundred thirty four rushing yards marsh carries. Kilo Irving had
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: a really solid game sixteen carries one hundred yard, one
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: hundred and one yards for him, and then Deshaun Horskins
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: and Ottensmeyer also added sixty yards for themselves.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: As barn still he's still He's still throw twenty eight
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: passes though.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And what's funny is then the first quarter Parklow
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: Western their first drive, I believe, they get a touchdown,
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: and then.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: The next it was over after the first quarter.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they get a safety to go up eight
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: zero yeah, nine zero close, and then they get a
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: touchdown on the next drive, and then after North Point scored,
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: they get a cookoff from touchdown. So it was pretty
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: quickly twenty three to seven. And then from there ons
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: March did his thing and kept from touchdowns to leydon
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Usri and the Longhorn has been control really the entire time.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: And you know the same kind of flies was um
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: Walt Norms for their game. They won forty five zero
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: against Timberland, forced several turnovers and never looked back. I mean,
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: Filiball Prosky, James Berwlson both got in the end zone
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: several times. Jamis Berrilson especially, he had four touchdowns this game.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: The fact that he's back is so huge for them.
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: I saw his first game back against Dumult South and
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: he scored twice. And you know that was the first
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: time I seen North play in person in a while,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: but yeah, they just they looked like a legitimate top
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: ten team in the state with him, because he brings
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: a lot.
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: He's he's small, but he's quick and fast and strong, and.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: He's a he's got really good vision as well.
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: I think Zamal North is going to fire off the
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: ball really well here. I don't I don't know if
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: Parker West front seven is going to be able to
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: handle the spread options. I'm going to go with Zumal
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: North to cover, and I'm going to go with the
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: I'll go with you over.
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: West has never seen at least these players have never
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: seen an offense like Zumalt North's before.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: They'll played Parkway North, which I know coach is not
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: it's not the same, but there's definitely some some similarities
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: between Parkland North's offense.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, But like and West, they have struggled against the run. Again,
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: any team who can run.
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: The ball effectively, they have struggled against it this season.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: And that's so that's just if I'm a West fan,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: that's my big worry. And and then North they they
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: got athletes too who can stay with West's athletes in
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: the passing game, and they're really well coached there. So
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: I just think it's just a bad matchup for for
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Parkway West, and that's why I'm going with Zumalt North
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: to cover and and then the overall hit. I think
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: West can put up some points too.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: I think it. I think it could be a pretty
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: good game actually.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: And I like it when whenever two teams in the
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: playoffs come up against each other.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: With contrasting offensive styles. But Zoomill North they're a versatile team.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: And I guess if if your West do what you
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: can to take away run, that's easier said than done,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: and then you know have our posse.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: He's You'd rather have him trying to.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: Throw than throwing. You would rather have him try to
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: make passes than run. But he can also throw too.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: He's been able to make some big passes this season.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: His most important one obviously was the game winning touchdown
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: against zoom Out West. So yeah, it's Zoomal North. They're
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: not the best team in classified, but they are a
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: really really good team.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: That you know they're getting better week by week.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: Nd they are they are, and so for West, it's
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: they they're a very experienced team. As far as seniors go,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: there's a lot of seniors on their team, and uh,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: they're gonna give.
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: It everything they have.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: I think this could be a really competitive game, but
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I just think it's a.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: Bad matchup for them, and the Panthers are gonna win.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: This one, all right. The winner of that game will
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: be the winner of this game. At Cardinal Ritter in
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: the Class five District three Championship, Cardinal Ritter is fevered
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: by twenty six and a half points the over runners
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: at sixty eight.
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: And a half.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: That's probably the biggest points spread that Ladue's ever.
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: Had in a district championship game.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean Cardinal Ritter comes off a dominating forty
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: four to seven win against Shamanad.
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah where.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: Winston and you know they they held the Winston Wilders,
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Marind Barnes QB the dual QB system to a pre
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: minimal game. I mean the corner rider of defense held
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: shoutnadd at less than two in or total yards of offense.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: And then for Ritter, both Kashmir Manschuk and Ratheran Moore
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: both had solid games. Manschuk had one hundred and fifty
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: nine yards passing more had one at seventy nine yards passing.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: So it looks like. And you know they also have
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: an incredible rushing offense as well. Manny Ellis, I would
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: say he's the best running back in the area right now.
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: Actually I'll go Vic Williams and then Manny Ellis. Many
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Ellis twenty two carries two and fourteen yards. He has
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: been putting up video game numbers recently for the Lions,
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: and their offense really has been coming into its own
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: these past several weeks, especially against Lutheran North and De
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Smet where they were able to do pretty much whatever
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: they wanted to the entire game, and they continued against
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: Shramanad and for Ludu. You know, defensively they been able
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: to capitalize on other team's mistakes. And I do I'm
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: gonna talk to you straight, just like I talked to Northwest.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: You've had a great season so far, but you're gonna
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: have to play out of your freaking mind if you
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: want to win this game. I'm sorry. There's a major
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: talent gap here. And you know, Ladue's a solid team,
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: but they cannot turn the ball over. They cannot turn
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: the ball over for if they want to win this game.
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: And they can't have presnat penalties and also illegal substitution.
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: Penalties as well before the ball.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Ever snaps and they DU's got to play an A
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: an A game in order to win this one. And
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: and then hope, you know, Rider can play like a
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: B plus game, because I don't think if LDU plays
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: an A plus game, they they definitely can win the
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: game because they're they're a talent, they're well, they figure
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: it all out, and I mean they're they're just not
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: going to put it all together for entire four quarters.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: They just can't see that happening. That they've not done
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: that all year. But if they can put it all
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: together for even two quarters, they're a pretty tough team
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: to beat.
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: So but they're not.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: I just don't think they're gonna do that for a
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: full game. And so I got Rider winning. That's a
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: big spread. I do think LaDou will. I think Rider
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: probably wins by three scores. It's I think it's a
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: two to three score games. So I do have LIDU
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: covering that. I'll take the under. This is a cool
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: stat So I got I got a few stats here
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: because the first time we do and or have ever played, Wow,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: which I don't think that's that shouldn't really be surprising
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: to anybody because Ridder for a long time has been
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: a small school. The only I mean, the reason why
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: they're playing is because Ritter is like Rider of being
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: class three right now. If it wasn't for their success,
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: if it wasn't for their championship, packer, So that's not
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: really shocking. But interestingly enough, both teams have won five
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: consecutive district championship games whenever they've gotten there. Wow, yeah,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: so LDDU is going back to twenty fourteen, whenever LUDU
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: has made it to a district championship game.
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: They have won it.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: And then going back to twenty twenty, uh, Ridder they
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: have won five consecutive district championships too, So something something's.
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: Got to give. Pretty sure who which side will be
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: giving it? Though? But uh yeah, like you said, it's well,
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: I don't want to talk.
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: I don't we'll talk.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: I'll talk about it when the game is over and
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: if DU loses, then I'll talk about, hey, it's been
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: a great season because they still got this game going
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: and uh you know they have.
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: I will say they have played a similar.
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: Opponent in Kirkwood, so this is not like the first
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: time they've played a team like Carnil Ritter, So I
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: wouldn't say this is like an absolute mismatch for ludo.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: But Ridder's got so many athletes all over the field,
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: it's ridiculous. Arguably the most athletic team in Class five.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: And I mean that's even you know, comparing them to
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Platte County, and you know, I think they don't have
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: a like a raucous crowd because they don't. They just
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: they have a small school, so they're just not gonna
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: have a very big crowd. But it's it's yet alone,
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: it's still an intimidating place to go play a football game.
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: And Rider plays fast, their.
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: Physical, they hit hard, and I just think, if you're
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: La Dou, you just you got to be emotionally in
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: a good place, you know, don't get intimidated by this.
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: And then if they can I think if they just
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: if they can.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Get through the first quarter and it's you know, either
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: tied or if it's a close game, then that that'll
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: be a win for them and then they go from there.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: But I got Rider winning this game. I really I
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: just don't. I honestly just don't see how to do
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: wins this game. To be honest with you, as I
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: know that.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: You're saying that that's you know, and there's actually you're
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: You're you're the Lea do Homer of Lea do Homers.
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: So that's a yeah, that's that's tough to see.
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: I'm typically I'm just I'm typically positive and optimistic. I
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: try to be and there's definitely times if you've seen me,
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: I mean, you've definitely seen me when I'm the other.
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: Way around as well.
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: So I'm not like all, you know, happy, happy to
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: do fan, think we can beat anybody.
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: Blah blah blah. I'm not exactly like that. I mean,
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: I try to be a realist whenever I you know,
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: it's reasonable. But yeah, I just Rider is.
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: Not a particularly good matchup for Ladoo, and I think
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: they'll beat them and I'll take the under though.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: All right, yeah that's enough in this game. We're going
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: to talk about now this game number five, Game of
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: the week. I am most excited for this game. Class
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: six District Ford Championship Troy at Zumalt West Zumult West
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: favored by four and a half points here view Overners
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: at thirty seven and a half. This is going to
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: offenses is going to be trench warfare. This is going
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: to be an absolute dog fight on the lines of scrimmage.
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: And I think I mean so, these two teams played
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: earlier in the season in Week seven and Zimo West
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: came way with a twenty one to seven victory. And
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: it was really the only game all year where the
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: Carter Dwell Chris winner the duo was held to at
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: least human numbers. I should say they both put up
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: okay numbers of that game, but it wasn't.
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: Since then, since then they have not been human.
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they've been insane so far. And if Zumo West
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: can just keep can just make tackles, that's it. That's
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: why they were able to win that game. So they
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: were able to just make tackles and stop true when necessary.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: And for sure here if they can just find a
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: way to secure their second level blocks convert on third downs,
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: then they can win this game. But this, this is
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: gonna be This one's gonna be so much fun. I
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: really want to go to the property West and well
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: in the North game, but I might go to this
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: game because this game is or might good to one
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: of the games we'll talk about here in a bit,
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: But this game is gonna be so exciting. More West
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: is gonna be hopping for this one. I this is,
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: this is, this is gonna have to be a Cleveland
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: Brian legacy game. Here he's gonna have to convert on
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: I mean, there's gonna be a few drives where, you know,
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: say to tie game, second half, third and long. Here
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: is more West at their own thirty five yard line
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: where you know, if you don't get it here, you
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: got to put in the away again, give Troy a chance,
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: but if you do convert it, then that kind of
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: changed the momentum of the game. And this this is
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: gonna be I'm so excited. I am going to pick.
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: I'll pick West to win, I'll pick Troy to cover,
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: and I'm gonna go with under. I think this is
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: gonna be a very low scoring game.
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so too. I mean the last time
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: they played, yeah final was twenty one to seven in
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: favor of West, only time all season.
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right that Troy is.
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: They still had they were still okay, but one and
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: eighty seven yards is not okay for them. That's kind
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: of if they're under two hundred rushing yards a game
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: for any game that's not that's not good for them
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: under five yards of carry between doll Winger Dallan Chris Winger.
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: I think they're a.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: Better team, though, at than that game, and so Saint
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: dominic that that game also turned around Saint Dominic's I'm
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: sorry Remote West fortunes. Since then, they're on a six
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: game winning streak, actually five game winning streak, but they
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: are ever since they're lost to Francis Howell, which makes
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: less and less sense the more the season goes on.
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: They are on a six game winning streak and they've
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: looked good. I mean, they're eight and three. This is
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: really where I thought they'd be. In fact, maybe I
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: thought they would have beaten Francis Hall before the season started.
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: So yeah, they're right around where I thought they'd be,
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: and that's great because they were a good team.
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: I really like Troy. I like both these teams. I
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: really do.
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: I will take the over. I'll be a little bold
• 35:05
  Speaker 4: and I'm gonna go with the Trojans. I really like
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: these guys. I like these guys right now. I think
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: they make some adjustments and their offense. I don't will
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: not score forty eight points. I don't think they're gonna
• 35:23
  Speaker 4: get into the forties.
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: But I think they'll do enough, and their defense will
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: I don't think is as bad as maybe what some
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: people think they are at times. And both these teams
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: know each other well. Game is gonna be at West,
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: so there's gonna be a great crowd on hand. I'll
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: go with the Trojans. It's gonna It's a tough pick,
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: it really is. Yeah, this is gonna be Troy's been
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: knocking on the door of the last few ever, since
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, they've been knocking on the door for
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: a district championship, and I think they break through with
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: Dall and Windery leading the way and then Carter Schaeffer,
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: he's he's not playing like a sophomore anymore at this point.
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: He's he's gotten better since they played Zoomo West, and
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: they've gotten better as a team overall too.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: So that all right. Next up, heading over Class three,
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: we got lift for life at Valley Catholic. Valleys paired
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: by nine and a half points here the over runs
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: at fifty six and a half. Valley Catholic always has
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: a great environment down there and san genity for their games,
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: and the key to lift for life here is just
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: don't dig yourselves a massive hole in the first half.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: They've been doing this. They did it against Elias. They
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: did it against the Genity when they were able to
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: kind of build themselves out of it.
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: They did not do that against Elias.
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: It was that was the game.
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: Uh not even that it was saying you're thinking of Toultan,
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: probably because they did do that against them. The Slew
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: game was just really close, really close, low scoring game.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: And then Halias is actually really competitive for the first
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: half and then for majority of the game, and then
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: they just fell behind and could never get back and
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: against Halias, Elias's physicality took over in that game. They
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: certainly have the schedule that has put them in a
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: really good place because they are exactly where they want
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: to be right now with the Hawks are they put
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: up a lot of points.
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: They scored over one hundred points in.
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: Their last two games combined, which is good. They had
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: a really weird loss to Cape Central seventeen to sixteen,
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: so they got some They got some really weird results here,
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: which is so odd. And then Valley Catholic has been
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: nearly flawless this season. They're ten to zero Their closest
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: game of the season was a ten was actually a
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: seven point win over Stias. Yeah, Saint Pius. The local
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: are local Saint Pius. So like when you see results
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: like that, you would think that, Okay, Lyft for Life
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: should beat them, because look at let's look like that.
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: You compare schedules, like Lift for Life should win, They
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: should win this game.
• 37:49
  Speaker 3: But I'm having a lot.
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: Of trouble coming to conclusions, like how they were really
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: going to do that though I've seen these guys play
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: in person.
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: Lift for Life is a really good team. Yeah, you
• 38:00
  Speaker 3: would think.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: Logically, you look at Lift for leized players, you look
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: at Valley Catholics players.
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be a close game because.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: Valley Catholics coach by Hall of Fame coach Judd Niger,
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: who is then he was also an Alumba Valley Catholic.
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: I mean, we could do it.
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: We honestly could do a standalone podcast about his career.
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: He's been fantastic.
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: The Warriors are fifteen time state champions, predominantly in one A,
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: and the success factor has got them in the Class
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: three where they have They have not won a district
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: championship in the years they have been in Class three.
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: Understandably so, because they're already a really small Class one
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: A school and they do an unbelievable job of punching
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: above their weight every year. It's really a huge success story.
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: And they even before Niger he was there. They had
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: a really good program before he came, and he's elevated
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: it to an unbelievable level.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: They're not fifteen state championships down there in Sant.
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: Genevieve exactly, so ten and zero. I mean, how many
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: undefeated regular seasons as that they have too. That's a
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: that's another thing you could look into. It's insane great
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: And you know two years ago they went to the
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: state championship in Class two and lost a heartbreaker to Lamar.
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: We saw that or no, no, no, you were there.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: I was there.
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they had a they they had a three score
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: lead and ended up losing an overtime to Lamar.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: And because the more Tigers, man, Yeah, they never go away.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: Ten state championships all since twenty twelve.
• 39:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah, crazy, I don't. I don't think do we. I
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: don't think we.
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: Have stats for Valley Catholic and we do not. I
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: know they're a spread offense team. But that's right there.
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: I just I feel if they go Mono Imano with
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: Lyft for Life like that, I just don't like that
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: matchup for Valley. But I'll say for now, I have
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: Lyft for Life covering. I can see Valley Catholic winning
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: this game. I think it's gonna be a crazy game
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: in a grid way.
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: I'm taking Lyft left to win. I'm going with you.
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: I'll have Lift for Life covering and I'll take the
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: over as well. All right, but we agree Lyft for
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: Life cannot afford to go down twenty one nothing.
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: They will lose like.
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: They would they will if they if they do that again,
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: they will lose. Yeah, I don't think they will, but
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: they can't do that. They cannot around.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: By the way, Valley Catholic they beat Saint Genevieve thirty
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: one thirteen.
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: They didn't play around, nope.
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: And Lift for Life.
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: They would have been a I think it would have
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: been a seven point win if they did not get
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: an interception the last player of the game and return it.
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: So they sweated it out against Saint Genevieve, which is.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: Why it's like, well, if that's the case, then maybe
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: go favor Valley Catholic. So it's hard to say, but
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: you know, pound for pound, you would think lift for life.
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: They walking off the bus, they're the better team. But
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a really close game. I
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: do have I do have the Hawks covering that spread though.
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: Next up over to Class four Brack in Illinoili. We
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: got Bree Central at Kahokia. Brie Central bout eight and
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: a half points here over Runers at fifty nine and
• 41:01
  Speaker 2: a half. This is going to be a fascinating matchup
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: between the Briefe Central defense, which has been incredible really
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: all season long, and the Kokia rushing offense. So defensively
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: for the Cougars, they got Jackson camp Worth leading the
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: way and tackles and Bryce Wieder and Cole Davis also
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: fantastic on that Cougar's defense. And then for Kahokia, they
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: really have several guys they they love giving the ball to.
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: But the guy who puts up the craziest numbers is
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: Makai Henderson and Donald Collier Jr. Both of them just
• 41:39
  Speaker 2: their averages are insane. Kyllier Junior is averaging over twelve
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: yards per carry this season, which is insane and then
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: Makai Henderson is averaging over six and a half yards
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: per carry. So this is going to be very interesting
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: to see. Can Kahoki I just get their guys in
• 41:54
  Speaker 2: space to get them down the field. This is gonna
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: be a like the Troy's Well West game. I'm gonna
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: be total treasure warfare on the lines of scrimmage. This
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: is gonna be fun to watch.
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: I might go to this game.
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: I don't know, we'll see.
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: I will definitely be there. It's one of we will
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: have a camera at East St. Louis.
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: And then the only other Illinois game I think, the
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: only other Saturday game we have is this one in
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: our area.
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: Yes, I believe the only two Saturday games are the
• 42:25
  Speaker 2: two Illinois games.
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: I think, unless there's another Saturday game, and I think.
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: The Missouri teams are all playing on Friday. I believe,
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: but that could change.
• 42:36
  Speaker 3: This game is confirmed.
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: I was thinking at first before the schedule, like, you
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: know what they could do, they like, these two teams
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: could feasibly play on Friday because they're both local. But no,
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: thankfully there it's a it's a two pm Saturday game
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: in Cohokiah. So I think I don't know why. That's
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: it's just better for I think it's just better for
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: the media. That's how I can relate to at this point.
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with Breeze to cover here, and I'm
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: gonna go.
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: With the under Yeah, Breeze Central. Their defense has been
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: outstanding all season, averaging ten points per game throughout the
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: whole season, and in the playoffs they've only allowed twenty
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: two points so far against Columbia and Freiburg, and they
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: it's funny so they played those teams for They've had
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: four games against Columbia and Freedburg combined, and their defense
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: gave up twenty eight points in those twenty eight games,
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: and twenty eight points in those four games, which against
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: two playoff teams that know.
• 43:34
  Speaker 3: Them really well too.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Besides giving up thirty eight points and a thirty eight
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: twenty eight loss to Mountain Zion, a pretty good Mountain
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: Zion team, Central has rolled over everybody. Their only other
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: close game was against Roxanna where they won thirty one
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: to twenty, and they had a really good game offensively
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: against Freebury where Owen Carreraz he threw for I believe
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: four touchdown passes. They don't have their stats in I'm
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: just going off of oh no, no, we do he
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: threw for Oh no, I'm I'm sorry, guys, I'm looking
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: at it. I'm looking at a different game there. That's
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: my bad on that. Yeah, but Career had a nice
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: passing game against Freeberg and yeah, I think he had
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: three touching passing touchdowns and I don't think through an interception,
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: so he's been solid.
• 44:23
  Speaker 3: He's a sophomoral, so he's really good.
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: Cole Davis one thousand yard rusher of the season, and
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: then they got three very capable more than like just
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: three really good receivers as well with size. Their defense
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: hits hard. And these two teams actually played against each
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: other two years ago in Breeze where the Cougars won
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: nineteen to two.
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: That was a scrappy game.
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: I was there actually they where they shut out Cohokia
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: actually on defense. So these two teams are better than
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: they were in twenty twenty three, which.
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: Is awesome, and I'll take the under. I have Breeze
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: Central winning.
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: And uh, I think I do have Kohokia covering, though
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a close game.
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: I do have the Cougars ultimately pulling it out though,
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: and man if es Central can. If Central can hold
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: Kohoki at under twenty points, that's going to say so
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: much about like that's going to validate their defense for
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: what they've done all season, not that they already need validation,
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: but it just further proves just how stingy they are defensively,
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: and their offense almost goes a little under the radar
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: two because of that, and their offense is putting up
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: great numbers.
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: Two all right, number two Game of the week Eureka
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: at Kirkwood Kirkwood by five and a half points, the
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: over runners at forty one and a half. These two
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: teams have been giving us very exciting games the past
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: several years, including this year where earlier in the year
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: in Week five, Kirkwood came away with a twenty four
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: to twenty one win. I had thought I had heard
• 46:05
  Speaker 2: from the Eureka camp that treyvor Kodak would be back
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: by now, but he is not. He did not play
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: against Summits. I'm not sure if he's gonna play this game,
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: which I think is huge. I mean, I think he's
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: a he's a big piece in an offense, or at
• 46:20
  Speaker 2: least he has been the past couple of years, and
• 46:23
  Speaker 2: you know, not going to say the offense is bad
• 46:25
  Speaker 2: without him, but he opened the door for several things
• 46:28
  Speaker 2: with them, and for Kirkwood, you know they've Kooper Owens
• 46:34
  Speaker 2: has been fantastic this year. I mean almost twenty three
• 46:38
  Speaker 2: hundred yards, one touchdowns to only one interception throwne there,
• 46:44
  Speaker 2: it's it's honestly just reminds me a lot of last
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: year's team, where they'll kind of just try and get
• 46:50
  Speaker 2: pick and pop run plays when they can, but they'll
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: just try and find their guys like Travis Shores Junior,
• 46:55
  Speaker 2: Jacob Eberhart, Jami or Sloan over the middle and up
• 46:58
  Speaker 2: top whenever they can. And Keke Rowans has been a
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: fantastic you've so far for him and I Eureka in
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: this spot in recent years has been pretty shaky where
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: it's they'll turn it over a lot, or they'll commit
• 47:15
  Speaker 2: a bad penalty in a bad spot, And I don't know.
• 47:18
  Speaker 2: I mean, I think Eureka is a heck of a
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: ball team. They're gonna be me wrong. I mean, I
• 47:21
  Speaker 2: think they've they're one of the most well coached teams
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: in the state, and they can they're They're always very
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: physical in the lines of scrimmage, but I think Kirkwood
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: speed up on the outside. It's gonna be a little
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: too much. I'm gonna go with Kirkwood to cover here,
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: and I'm gonna go with the over.
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: Kirkwood has never lost to Eureka in the playoffs. They've
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: only played a limited amount of times. They're three and
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: oh against Eureka all time, in twenty fourteen, in two thousand, sorry,
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, in twenty sixteen. They eliminated Kirkwood in
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: the playoffs both years, including like Eureka was ten and
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: oh going into their twenty fifteen game but lost twenty
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: twenty one at Kirkwood, and then the next year where
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: Kirkwood won state, they lost forty five to seven pretty soundly.
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: And then in twenty eighteen, Eureka had a lead over
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: kirk I think they did. Yeah, they had a fourteen
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: to seven, fourteen nothing lead at halftime, and then Kirkwood
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: ended up scoring twenty five unanswered points in the second
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: half to beat them off of there's I just know
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: Eureka had numerous turnovers in that second half. Three actually,
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: so yeah, Eureka's had historically had. I know, they have
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: a decent all time record in the playoffs, but it's
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: it's definitely it doesn't mirror their you know, their record
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: over the last decade, you know that actually over the
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: twenty first century, because they have a fantastic overall record.
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: I think they're their top I think their top three
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: and wins in the area over time since then, since
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: the twenty first century, but their playoff their playoff wins
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: is I don't think I don't think it is top ten,
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: which kind of tells you a lot about their playoff history.
• 48:58
  Speaker 2: So, I mean, given where they are geographically and how
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: big of a school they are, usually it's they're almost
• 49:05
  Speaker 2: always in one of the tougher districts in the state.
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, even when they were in Class four, they would
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: like have to go up against I know, like when
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: we'll do is good again. But now like when Ludu
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: was really good in the like early two thousands, like
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: they had to go up like they had two really
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: tough losses over the do when Eureka was favored in
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: both those games in two thousand and one and two
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: thousand and three, and then in two thousand and two
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: they went to their only state championship game then, So anyway,
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: the little history lesson for you, I just well, I
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: historically Kirkwood's got the edge, but more importantly, in real time,
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: I think they're It's a tough It's gonna be a
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: toss up game in a way, but I think kirk would.
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: I know they beat them early on twenty four to
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: twenty one, but I think Kirkwood's gonna win and win
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: by a few more points this time. I think they've
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: really figured some things out after that. Even just even
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: though Kirkwood won that game, I think they figured out
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: a lot afterwards. Their offense is really lit it up,
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: admittedly over Marquette, Hayeswood Central Ndrawala.
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: But they did.
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: They did light it up against the good LaDue defense,
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: scoring forty nine points and that was I think, I
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: think a statement victory, honestly, and it looks pretty good
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: now since the du is also playing for one of
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: the other district championship games in Class five two. So yeah,
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: I got I got the Pioneers covering, and I'll take
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: the overquick.
• 50:23
  Speaker 2: We agree on that, all right? Here we go Number
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: one game of the week, Class six District two Championship ten,
• 50:30
  Speaker 2: Lafay at Lancers at the ten, and oh, CBC Cadets
• 50:33
  Speaker 2: CBC favored by seventeen and a half points the over
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: Runners at sixty eight and a half. This is going
• 50:39
  Speaker 2: to be a fight. I mean, these are two extremely
• 50:41
  Speaker 2: talented teams. I would if I had to rank the
• 50:44
  Speaker 2: teams right now, I would probably put CBC's and number
• 50:46
  Speaker 2: one team overall in the state, and I'd probably put
• 50:48
  Speaker 2: Lafayette at number four or five. I would put Lafiya
• 50:52
  Speaker 2: pretty high.
• 50:52
  Speaker 3: Up there, especially the team is remaining, Yes.
• 50:55
  Speaker 2: And these are two incredibly talented teams. Me just look
• 50:58
  Speaker 2: at Lafayette bringing me so it's an unbelievably good QB.
• 51:02
  Speaker 2: They have a great front seven on defense with Jake Cobb,
• 51:04
  Speaker 2: Jack Givil, Christian wood Fork. But then CBC. I mean,
• 51:08
  Speaker 2: this is what has shown to be the best offense
• 51:12
  Speaker 2: in the Midwest so far this season. And I say
• 51:15
  Speaker 2: that every week, and I say it because I believe it.
• 51:17
  Speaker 2: And it's rare that we get a Missouri side team.
• 51:20
  Speaker 2: You know, Saint Louis is usually in the conversation for
• 51:23
  Speaker 2: best best offense in the Midwest, but on the Missouri side,
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: it's pretty rare that we get one of the team
• 51:28
  Speaker 2: teams with an offense this good. And you know, every
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: single week we talk about oat Nick McClellan putting up
• 51:34
  Speaker 2: the good game numbers, oh Vic Williams putting up video
• 51:36
  Speaker 2: game numbers. Cordia Gage doing literally anything they require him to,
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: whether it be hitting a fifty yard field goal and
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: getting six passes, call out and making tent tackles or
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: whatever he's decided to do.
• 51:47
  Speaker 1: I've never seen a team score in eighty percent of
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: their games so far, it might let me see, yes,
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: in eighty percent of their game so far, CBC has
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: scored at least fifty points in every game.
• 52:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I've never seen that.
• 52:03
  Speaker 2: And I hate saying this about Lafayette and I hate
• 52:06
  Speaker 2: I hate, hate, hate, hate that Lafiatte had to draw
• 52:09
  Speaker 2: CBC in the spot because, I mean, being a top six,
• 52:15
  Speaker 2: top five team in the state. I hate that Lafayette
• 52:18
  Speaker 2: is probably not gonna be this champion. I mean that
• 52:20
  Speaker 2: this can be a very close game, but I think
• 52:24
  Speaker 2: CBC is an absolute machine and I actually have them
• 52:27
  Speaker 2: covering here, and I'm going to go with the over,
• 52:28
  Speaker 2: which I think is crazy to say given how good
• 52:30
  Speaker 2: Lafayette is. But I mean CBC is going to be
• 52:34
  Speaker 2: favored by at least this many points the rest of
• 52:36
  Speaker 2: the season.
• 52:37
  Speaker 3: If I had it my way and did it, might
• 52:39
  Speaker 3: like the system that is in place with Mesha.
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: But if I tinkered with it, these two teams, if
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: they were to match up, it would it would be
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: until the semi finals.
• 52:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, if I had to make my own bracket, I
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: would What I would do is I would put the
• 52:55
  Speaker 2: state in half and then put the two best teams
• 52:58
  Speaker 2: on the west side of the state as the you know,
• 53:01
  Speaker 2: they're on their own quadrant, and the two best teams
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: the east side of the state, they're on their own quadrant.
• 53:05
  Speaker 2: I would have CBC LAFIA as the two best teams
• 53:07
  Speaker 2: the east sid of the state.
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: In classics, I would still have those geographically based, like
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: if you're in the west side, you know, Springfield, Kansas City,
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: you're there. And if you're on the east side, Saint
• 53:15
  Speaker 1: Louis area, Southeast Missouri, you're on that side.
• 53:19
  Speaker 3: Because there's still plenty of really, really good teams there.
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: But how I would do it is essentially, you know,
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: see them how Misha sees them, but I would assign
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: them differently and then i'd anyway.
• 53:32
  Speaker 3: But yeah, you guys get it. We would do. We
• 53:34
  Speaker 3: are not fans of the Misha system playoff system.
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: That is one of was one of the best Lafia
• 53:40
  Speaker 2: teams ever, and they're getting scratched arguably as good as
• 53:43
  Speaker 2: last year.
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, Yeah, last year's team was really good too.
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: I think they had better weapons on offense overall, with
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: Robbie Precle and Jack Beel at quarterback.
• 53:54
  Speaker 3: But what they have this year is damn good too.
• 53:56
  Speaker 1: And their defense is just as good as they were
• 53:59
  Speaker 1: last year, which is that's huge too. I mean, incredible
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: coaching what they've been able to do there. But I
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: just think CBC's really well coached too, and but they
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: got more talent, so I'm gonna have the go.
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: I feel I would like to have Lafayette cover here,
• 54:18
  Speaker 3: but I still got CBC winning and.
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: Taking the over because we saw Lafayette play against Kirkwood
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: and that was a really good game thirty five to
• 54:28
  Speaker 1: twenty eight.
• 54:28
  Speaker 3: Lancers won.
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: CBC is a different beast, But if Lafayette were to
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: win that game, that would be not that I'm cheering
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: for them or anything, but that would just that'd be
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: really cool.
• 54:39
  Speaker 2: At the same time, laft can win this game. They
• 54:42
  Speaker 2: don't think this is a case where it's it would
• 54:44
  Speaker 2: be an upset.
• 54:45
  Speaker 3: If they won, because it's at CBC.
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: It's at CBC, and you know their record against county schools,
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: they haven't played a whole lot over.
• 54:56
  Speaker 3: The last several years.
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: Probably not, but historic is really good and so that's
• 55:02
  Speaker 1: why it's it's it's rare if they were if a
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: suburban public school would beat the Cadets, especially last year,
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: especially at Spinelle Field.
• 55:13
  Speaker 2: Happened last year.
• 55:14
  Speaker 3: It did happen last year.
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: But I think I think CBC, because that happened last year,
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: just gonna gi an extra motivation to make sure that
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: that doesn't happen. And I think and they got a
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: better CBC's got a better team than last year, especially offensively.
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: You got a year older version of Nick McClellan, and
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: you got more weapons at running back, and yeah, the
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: receivers are really good too, and their offensive line is
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: is is a lot better too, So that's the I
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: think that's the difference in the game. But I'm expecting
• 55:46
  Speaker 1: a really good game though overall, and I think it'll
• 55:49
  Speaker 1: be close for a while, but I think CBC will
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: just run away late and which is why I think
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: they will cover that spread.
• 55:56
  Speaker 2: Well. This week should be the best week so far
• 55:59
  Speaker 2: the season. So many good games to go to and
• 56:03
  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to a fantastic week of football. And
• 56:05
  Speaker 2: you know, the district championship is what so many teams
• 56:07
  Speaker 2: put as their goal going in the season. Yeah, so
• 56:10
  Speaker 2: this is what so many teams have been working for
• 56:12
  Speaker 2: all season. And this is a huge part of the
• 56:16
  Speaker 2: year in Illinois. I mean, if you win, you're in
• 56:19
  Speaker 2: the final four.
• 56:20
  Speaker 3: It's made.
• 56:20
  Speaker 2: The final four in Illinois is a very difficult thing
• 56:22
  Speaker 2: to do.
• 56:22
  Speaker 3: It's already hard enough to get to the quarterfinals.
• 56:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, So a lot on the line this weekend, a
• 56:28
  Speaker 2: lot of great games, a lot of talent on the field,
• 56:31
  Speaker 2: and then I'm looking forward to going to watching fun
• 56:33
  Speaker 2: games this weekend. Yeah, you see you guys out.
• 56:35
  Speaker 3: There as well. Yeah, totally.
• 56:37
  Speaker 1: And I think I'm going to be going to Saint
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: Genevieve where the Valley Catholic with for Life game, because
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: I don't think anybody else would be able to get
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: out there, so I just I'll do it myself. And
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: like I said, I've always wanted to go to a
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: Valley Catholic game and just be something different, and that
• 56:51
  Speaker 1: small town football vironment is really awesome.
• 56:53
  Speaker 3: It's unique. It's just a breath of fresh air.
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: I mean, I love Saint Louis, but it's always nice
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: to get out of the city, you know, once once
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: in a while, and you know, on Friday night and
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: go see a small town game that you just can't
• 57:04
  Speaker 1: get here.
• 57:04
  Speaker 3: So yeah, looking forward to it, really excited. I'm especially if.
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: There's gonna be a few games that are gonna be
• 57:11
  Speaker 1: close late on, I'm gonna be nervous about them. And uh,
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: but that's that's what's awesome about high school football and
• 57:16
  Speaker 1: just sports in general, that you can get nervous for
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: games and and then if you win, it's an unbelievable feeling.
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: And if you lose, it's can can be heartbreaking. But
• 57:29
  Speaker 1: I just can't wait for it. Just Friday cannot come
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: soon enough. So thank you guys as always for listening.
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: If you made it this far, we appreciate you, guys.
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: And uh, we'll see we'll see you next week and
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: maybe you'll see me a little before.
• 57:40
  Speaker 3: That with some instant reaction stuff.
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: If I can, if I can have a time for
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: doing if I have time to do that on Friday night,
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: so we'll see you guys.
• 57:47
  Speaker 3: Peace,