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WEEK 1 REVIEW: Eureka beats Troy in overtime, ESTL falls in overtime, DeSmet tops LFL, Summit wins on final play, War on Warson · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports Venue Show. I'm John.
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  Speaker 1: He's Roman. Week one is in the books in the St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis area.
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  Speaker 2: Technically, two weeks have passed, including week zero. And what
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  Speaker 2: a week one this was. It might have been the
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  Speaker 2: best one ever.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was. I mean, just given the number
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  Speaker 3: of insane close games across St. Louis and the rest
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  Speaker 3: of Missouri, the crazy highlight plays, I mean, just everything
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  Speaker 3: went well. I mean, everything was great. Just a great
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  Speaker 3: weekend of football.
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  Speaker 2: Everything went well from an entertainment perspective. Some people disagree
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  Speaker 2: with you that everything went well.
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  Speaker 1: But, no, you're right.
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  Speaker 2: It was one of the– I know you and I,
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  Speaker 2: we had a lot of fun. We were at the
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  Speaker 2: SMED and we were able to head over to Ladue
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  Speaker 2: a little bit for the end of the game.
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  Speaker 1: And the first game I want to talk about is–
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be very hard to top this for
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  Speaker 1: the game of the year. And that was Eureka 49,
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  Speaker 1: Troy Buchanan 48 in overtime. Mm-hmm. Nobody expected this.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody expected a shootout between these two run-heavy teams, typically
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  Speaker 2: run-heavy teams. We actually saw both offenses displayed some diversity,
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  Speaker 2: and they may have caught each other off guard, especially
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  Speaker 2: the defensive coordinators, because it was 42-42 going into overtime,
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  Speaker 2: and the biggest play of the game was Eureka. Well, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: when there's a lot of offense, ultimately the biggest difference
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  Speaker 2: in the game is probably going to be a defensive play,
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  Speaker 2: and that was stopping the two-point conversion.
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  Speaker 3: Well, even before that, I mean, the game was 21-13
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the first quarter. Eureka was up
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  Speaker 3: 28-19 going into halftime. And then Troy was able to
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  Speaker 3: get a couple touchdowns in the fourth quarter. But the
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  Speaker 3: biggest play in regulation was definitely Troy blocking Eureka's potential go-ahead, game-winning,
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  Speaker 3: two-goal at the end. That was insane. That was a
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  Speaker 3: crazy moment in this game. This is one of the
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  Speaker 3: best Eureka offensive performances as a team in recent memory.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Brandon Webb had a heck of a game.
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  Speaker 3: Nine rushes for 100 yards, averaging over 11 yards per carry.
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  Speaker 2: A.J.
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  Speaker 3: White, six carries for 87 yards, averaging 14.5 yards per carry.
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  Speaker 3: Webb had two touchdowns, and A.J. White had three touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: Zach Kemp also had an incredible game at QB. 22
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  Speaker 3: of 27 throwing the ball, 217 passing yards, two touchdowns,
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  Speaker 3: zero interceptions, also added 61 yards on the ground. Just
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  Speaker 3: an incredible offense performance by the Wildcats, and they really
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  Speaker 3: are just showing a lot more, as you said, diversity
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  Speaker 3: with their formations especially than recent memory, which is great
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  Speaker 3: for them. It's a ton of fun to watch. But
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  Speaker 3: Troy also hung with them. I mean, Carter Schaefer proved
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  Speaker 3: that he is one of the best QBs in the area.
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  Speaker 3: 20 of 32 passing, 332 passing yards, 5 touchdowns and
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  Speaker 3: 0 interceptions. He also had 14 rushing yards. This is
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  Speaker 3: two talented and exciting offenses that were going back and forth.
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  Speaker 3: It's funny because if these two teams played last year
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  Speaker 3: or the year before, it probably would have been a
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  Speaker 3: 20-14 ground and pound close game. Low scoring close game.
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  Speaker 3: It was kind of the same thing this week. It
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  Speaker 3: was good because the The turnovers were kept low. I
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  Speaker 3: think Troy lost, no, excuse me, Eureka lost one fumble.
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  Speaker 3: I believe that was the only turnover. I could be wrong, though. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: just an incredibly entertaining game. And I know a lot
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  Speaker 3: of the Troy fans are not happy with the play
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  Speaker 3: call on the two-point conversion and overtime. Troy pretty much
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  Speaker 3: just called the read option going right. And that's one
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  Speaker 3: of those plays where no matter what you call, If
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  Speaker 3: it works, you look like a genius. If it doesn't work,
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  Speaker 3: you look like an idiot. So I'm not going to
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  Speaker 3: dog the play call at all. I mean, I trust
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  Speaker 3: Coach Wiggers to make the most wise decision. But I
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  Speaker 3: do respect the heck out of the decision to go
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  Speaker 3: for it. I like that. I would have done the
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  Speaker 3: same thing. I respect that a lot. So that was
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  Speaker 3: pretty cool. But, yeah, absolute heartbreak for Troy and pure
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  Speaker 3: joy for Eureka. And I think these two teams will
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  Speaker 3: be better off The rest of this year because of
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  Speaker 3: this game. Both teams have learned a lot. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: super exciting game, super entertaining. It was on MishaTV, so
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  Speaker 3: if you want to re-watch it, you can.
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  Speaker 2: Or if you want to re-watch it for free, you
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  Speaker 2: can go on our YouTube channel and check out the
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  Speaker 2: 26-minute highlight video.
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  Speaker 3: I forgot we had a camera there.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we did.
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  Speaker 3: We have so many cameras around, I forget where we
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  Speaker 3: have cameras at.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I'm making. We've got this for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, people just see a camera, they assume it's us. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, check out the YouTube channel. We've got a bunch
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  Speaker 3: of good stuff on there, not only this game, but
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  Speaker 3: also some other cool games around the area, around the St.
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  Speaker 3: Louis area and in the Midwest, too, not just St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis.
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  Speaker 3: But, yeah, this game with some good highlights are going
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  Speaker 3: to be on there. Yeah, any final thoughts on this game, John?
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  Speaker 2: I was, you know, pretty blown away by the total
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  Speaker 2: yards by both teams, over 1,000 yards combined in this game. Yeah, look,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Troy still had a really good game running
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  Speaker 2: the ball. They're definitely more diversified there with– You know,
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  Speaker 2: they had four guys with more than six carries there.
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  Speaker 1: But, yeah, Schaefer, what you.
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  Speaker 2: Said, 20-32 for 332 yards.
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  Speaker 1: I think he probably set a school record by doing
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  Speaker 1: that right there.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure Charles Sutton had some big passing games in
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  Speaker 3: the past. I don't know exactly what their school record
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  Speaker 3: is for passing yards in a game, but I would
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  Speaker 3: assume Charles had one or two games that were up there.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps, yes. Good callback, by the way.
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  Speaker 2: But Zach Kemp was– extremely effective for Eureka throwing the
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  Speaker 2: ball 22 of 27 two touchdowns he can run he
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  Speaker 2: ran a little bit for 61 yards and 15 carries
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  Speaker 2: and this looks like maybe it's just one game but
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  Speaker 2: this is like the most complete I've seen Eureka's offense
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  Speaker 2: and maybe ever honestly because it's usually because I didn't
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  Speaker 2: see them when Hassan Haskins was there but it was
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  Speaker 2: pretty much just him running the ball and then 2019
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  Speaker 2: they had a pretty good all-around offense but I guess
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  Speaker 2: we'll say that was the last time. They've got three
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  Speaker 2: quality running backs. Kem's a solid quarterback who can run
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  Speaker 2: and throw. Garrett Andrews is a solid receiver for them, too.
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  Speaker 2: Even them, they have four guys with at least three catches.
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  Speaker 2: You don't see that very often in Greek games these days.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited for both teams. I know Troy lost, but
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a good chance that this could be
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  Speaker 2: their only loss of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, they've got.
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  Speaker 2: To make adjustments on defense for sure, but their offense,
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  Speaker 2: to do that against Eureka.
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  Speaker 3: It's very impressive.
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  Speaker 1: And then again, maybe Eureka's defense isn't so good. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's early.
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  Speaker 2: But to do that against a Eureka defense who's always
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  Speaker 2: very well prepared and well coached, and they've got some
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  Speaker 2: pretty good players in there like Noah McCollum in their D-line.
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  Speaker 1: To put up 48 on them is outstanding.
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  Speaker 2: But Eureka winning is all they care about right now.
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  Speaker 2: And they'll move on, and they've got a really tough test.
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  Speaker 2: Another tough test against Hannibal this coming week.
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  Speaker 3: All right, shifting gears, let's head down south to South Florida, actually,
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  Speaker 3: for an extremely exciting game between East St. Louis and
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  Speaker 3: American Heritage. The Flyers lose a heartbreaker in overtime to
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  Speaker 3: the Patriots, 35-28. And it is unfortunate for us, you know,
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  Speaker 3: East St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis losing.
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  Speaker 3: We love when they go out and prove well. But
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  Speaker 3: even with the loss, I think East St. Louis should
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  Speaker 3: be extremely proud about how they played. I mean, they
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  Speaker 3: were down 21-0, and they're missing their best player, Marshawn Johnson-Cook,
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  Speaker 3: who broke his collarbone, I believe.
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  Speaker 1: I think so, yeah. And the official quote is he
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  Speaker 1: will miss most of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Most of the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 3: So they go down there. They're up against a really,
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  Speaker 3: really good team, one of the best teams in the country.
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  Speaker 3: And they go down 21-0. And they clawed their way back.
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  Speaker 3: They tie it 28-28. They don't have the exact stats in,
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  Speaker 3: but Reece Shanklin had two passing touchdowns. Him, Leron Baker,
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  Speaker 3: Ronnie Gomiller, and Chris Jackson all got touchdowns this game
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  Speaker 3: for East St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, the fourth quarter especially, East St. Louis got
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  Speaker 3: 21 unanswered to tie the game with five minutes left.
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  Speaker 1: So they had another explosive fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so you really can never count the Flyers out.
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  Speaker 3: You really can't. I mean, no matter who they have
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  Speaker 3: in the field, I mean, they have so much talent
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  Speaker 3: that even if it's their backups, they're in good shape. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's great to see them, you know, put
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  Speaker 3: on for the city well. And they fight hard, and
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  Speaker 3: it ain't over until the fat lady sings, and it
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  Speaker 3: will continue to do well.
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  Speaker 1: So the vast majority of their points so far in
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  Speaker 1: two games have come in the fourth quarter. Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how many points, but it's been 49
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  Speaker 2: points in the last two games that they've scored in
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  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. So definitely a second-half team the Flyers
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  Speaker 2: have been so far. But, yeah, I mean, look, I
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  Speaker 2: don't have anything bad to say about them. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the American Airs is a great team. East St. Louis,
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  Speaker 2: they still have not gone down to the southeast SEC
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  Speaker 2: country and won a football game in this decade.
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't call South Florida SEC country.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Technically speaking, you're right. Yeah. Well, okay. Florida is
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  Speaker 1: in there.
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  Speaker 3: Once you get south of Ocala, it's no longer the south.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a bunch of northerner transplants.
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  Speaker 1: It's its own country.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Well, anyway, in the south, we'll just say that. Against
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  Speaker 2: really good teams. They still have not won, but they've
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  Speaker 2: come very close.
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  Speaker 1: On the road. Yeah, on the road. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they do play a team from the south coming
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  Speaker 3: up this week. They play Gainesville. That'll be at home.
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  Speaker 3: So hopefully the Flyers can defend their turf well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll have a camera there for that game.
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  Speaker 3: It'll be their first home game of the year.
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  Speaker 1: It will be, yeah. So that's, I think, Gateway Scholars Classic,
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  Speaker 1: I think. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: All right, next up, the game that we were at,
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  Speaker 3: DeSmet defeats Live4Life 20-0. And this is a heck of
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  Speaker 3: a performance by the Spartans defense. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 3: a defense that– I was talking to DeSmet's AD at
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  Speaker 3: the game about this, and we were just talking about
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  Speaker 3: how last year they were just very young, just very young.
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  Speaker 3: And you could tell there was talent, but they just
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  Speaker 3: weren't physically– like they hadn't developed that much strength yet.
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  Speaker 3: But this past game, DeSmet's defensive line played incredibly well,
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  Speaker 3: I think. And they gave Lift for Life's offensive line
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  Speaker 3: fits all game. It was actually very interesting because it
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  Speaker 3: seemed like half the time DeSmet would have no down linemen.
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  Speaker 3: They would have their four defensive linemen be shifting around
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  Speaker 3: almost the entire time pre-snap, and Lift for Life just
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  Speaker 3: couldn't adjust to it. And whenever Lift for Life would
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  Speaker 3: try to pass, they would always just, lose someone on
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  Speaker 3: the DeSmet defensive line. And I thought that was, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and even when they were down, like a normal defensive stance,
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  Speaker 3: DeSmet got off the ball very, very well. And I
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  Speaker 3: think that it wasn't even, you know, as a defensive line,
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  Speaker 3: when you get off the ball well, it doesn't just,
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  Speaker 3: you know, help your own stats, you know, plugging holes
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  Speaker 3: and getting tackles. It also helps out your linebackers, because
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  Speaker 3: last year we saw a lot where DeSmet's D-line just
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  Speaker 3: couldn't get off the ball well, and the opposing teams,
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  Speaker 3: guards and tackles, were able to get second level super easily.
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  Speaker 3: And that wasn't the case on Friday. I mean, it
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  Speaker 3: seemed like Live for Life had a– there were a
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  Speaker 3: few seven Jackson runs that broke out, and there were
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  Speaker 3: a few Marquise Elliott scrambles that worked out.
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  Speaker 1: That was their best offense was Elliott scrambling. Yeah, that
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  Speaker 1: was it.
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  Speaker 3: But, yeah, just an incredible step up for the DeSmet defense.
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  Speaker 3: They didn't do anything too crazy on offense, but I
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  Speaker 3: think that was also part of Live for Life's defense
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  Speaker 3: being really good. Live for Life's secondary was incredible.
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  Speaker 1: It really was. DeSmet's receivers for a long time could
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  Speaker 1: not get open.
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  Speaker 3: There were a couple. I mean, Lifted Life was just
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  Speaker 3: sitting in man coverage the entire time across the board.
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  Speaker 3: When you're that good, you can do that. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 3: it was totally fair. And, you know, offensively, nothing crazy
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  Speaker 3: for DeSmet. Cam Sharp had a really solid game, 14 carries,
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  Speaker 3: 424 yards. They were kind of switching back and forth
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  Speaker 3: QBs between Ivory Brown and Chase Cooper. They kind of
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  Speaker 3: put them in for different scenarios. And I think for
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  Speaker 3: the first game, they both did good. in each situation.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Chase Cooper being more of the pocket QB
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  Speaker 3: who will throw it deep. Avery Brown, more of a.
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  Speaker 1: Dual threat.
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  Speaker 3: Designed run kind of guy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And Cooper had some good throws downfield. Barely missed a
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  Speaker 3: post-run over the middle for a touchdown in the second quarter,
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  Speaker 3: I believe is what it was. But, yeah, I think
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  Speaker 3: a solid game, even though it wasn't anything crazy, it
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  Speaker 3: was a solid game for DeSmet's offense. But, I think
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  Speaker 3: this DeSmet defense, I mean, we were talking about coming
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  Speaker 3: into the season, if DeSmet wanted to be a threat
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  Speaker 3: to win state, they're The front seven especially had to
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  Speaker 3: step up, and so far they definitely have, against a
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  Speaker 3: good Live for Life team. So that's really impressive. But
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  Speaker 3: one more thing before I end my bit on this game.
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  Speaker 3: We may have just watched the birth of a great
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  Speaker 3: QB career with Live for Life sophomore Brandon Rigmaiden. The
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  Speaker 3: stat line is not going to show it. He's 9-14
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  Speaker 3: for 113 yards with no touchdowns, one interception. But the
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  Speaker 3: timing on his throws was great, and the decision-making was great.
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  Speaker 3: It was just the placement of some of the throws
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  Speaker 3: was a bit off.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: He kept good poise in the pocket, escaped when he
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  Speaker 3: needed to, got rid of the ball quickly enough when
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  Speaker 3: he needed to. I thought that was really impressive. But, yeah, overall,
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  Speaker 3: fun game to watch. I'm glad we can go there.
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  Speaker 3: We appreciate DeSmet. It's always a pleasure going there. They
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  Speaker 3: have great hospitality there. Thanks to Coach Merritt and their
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  Speaker 3: staff there for hosting us. We really appreciate them.
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  Speaker 1: And then I guess we went to the Ledoux game
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  Speaker 1: right after that.
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  Speaker 2: We left about a minute and a half early just
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  Speaker 2: to get over there.
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  Speaker 3: This man got the ball and was going to knee
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  Speaker 3: it out, so we just decided to head over to Ledoux.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing that was keeping us there was I
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: was afraid I was just going to miss another score.
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  Speaker 1: That was it.
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  Speaker 2: Ledoux, after a sloppy first half, their offense woke up
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  Speaker 2: and rattled off three straight touchdowns and led by as
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  Speaker 2: many as 21 and ended up winning 38-24 over there.
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  Speaker 2: Warson Road rivals the MICDS Rams. Ledoux off to a
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  Speaker 2: 1-0 start for the first time in three seasons. So
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  Speaker 2: the thing I particularly liked about Ledoux, obviously, was just
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  Speaker 2: the response they had going into the second half.
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  Speaker 1: They scored quickly.
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  Speaker 2: I think give credit to MICDS's defense because on paper
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  Speaker 2: they got a pretty good offense, and eventually they woke up.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Trevor Walker had a big kickoff return, and
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  Speaker 2: then I believe– Troy Edwards scored on a touchdown pass
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  Speaker 2: from Emmitt McIntosh. And then the next drive, Ledoux started–
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  Speaker 2: I think they– Ledoux had a 97-yard drive where they
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  Speaker 2: got a first down, a few first downs, and then
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  Speaker 2: Evan Vai caught a slant pass for an 80-yard touchdown reception.
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  Speaker 2: And then Vai would have two more touchdowns where he
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  Speaker 2: would score on a 17-yard run and then return.
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  Speaker 1: Were you there for that?
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  Speaker 3: For the kickoff from touchdown?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they were– There was a penalty on MICDS, which
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  Speaker 3: bumped it back.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: I think they kicked off from the 35.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So it wasn't, you know, like a 90-yard return, but
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  Speaker 3: it was still a very impressive return by the eye.
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  Speaker 3: He's got some great speed.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like he got to, like, to the midfield untouched,
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  Speaker 2: but then he– combination of his speed and strength and
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  Speaker 2: also a combination of just MICDS just not being able
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  Speaker 2: to push him out of bounds because they– Nine times
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  Speaker 2: out of ten, Evan Vy is getting pushed out of
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  Speaker 2: bounds or tackled where he was, but he was able
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  Speaker 2: to force his way out of it and then ran
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  Speaker 2: across the other side of the field.
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  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, we were supposed to have a camera, but couldn't
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  Speaker 1: get one. But that would have been probably individually probably
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: the best play of the whole area right there, honestly,
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: with that athleticism, but we were not able to get
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: that on camera. Yeah, so they did a really good
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: job of limiting MICS's rushing attack.
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: Um to 46 yards but the one player i really
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: want to shout out for micds is amari roberts who's
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: a freshman and i'm gonna say it right now and
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: i've already tweeted this out i think he's the best
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: freshman in the state because i think for me him
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: and vibe were the two best players on the field
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: and uh and that's saying something because there's a lot
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: of there was a lot of other talented players out
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: there um on that field so um he had a
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: rob roberts he it was uh 10-3 Ledoux, close to halftime,
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: but then Ledoux scored, but then he returned the ensuing kickoff,
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: 90 yards for a touchdown.
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: He had a really nice catch.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: On a fourth down, fourth and goal, where Noah Meneke
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: just kind of lofted. It was a decent throw by Meneke,
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: to be fair as well. He had enough power just
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: to notice Roberts going across the far side of the
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: end zone and just lofted it up just to give
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: him a chance. And Roberts, like, had a tremendous over-the-shoulder
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: sliding catch. And it's a little unfair, but, like, they
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: called a penalty on him because he spiked the football,
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: which is, like, I get it.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: That's just a rule in high school.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: It is.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: If you spike a celebration, you're going to get flagged
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: every time.
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: It is. And that helped enable that and by his
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: kickoff return for a touchdown.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: And then after when– I mean, Ledoux's defense was– They
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: pretty much knocked Menakee out of the game.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: He took a beating, and he gutted it out too.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Multiple times he was down hurt, and he got back
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: in there, but eventually it was just too much.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: They put Roberts in there, and he directed them down
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: the field. It was close. He was very close.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: He got away with one where Liddy dropped in the reception,
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: but besides that, he was able to scramble out of
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: the pocket.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: Get some first downs.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: And then ultimately they scored on a rushing touchdown just
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: to make the score.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: A little bit more respectable.
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: And actually that was a 38, 24 is a pretty
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: fair score.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: I think, uh, Ladoo, if they would have won by
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: three scores, it would have probably been a little, uh,
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: I don't know, just not, not really reflective of how
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: the game went, you know, but, uh, but no, I think,
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: I think this MICDS team, they are really athletic.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: They have receivers, uh, across the board and athlete.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: They have a good secondary. They have a good receiving
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: core and they, Justin Bishop's a pretty good running back.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Their offensive line just could not get going.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: It was a big red flag in the Jamboree last week,
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: and it showed again. Ledoux's not big up front at all,
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: but they are fast and physical, and that's.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: Going to win them a lot of games on defense.
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: Ledoux's physicality up front has definitely taken a step forward
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: from last year. That's one thing I noticed.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: On both sides of the ball, too.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: Offensively for Ledoux, their O-line really just imposed their will
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: in the second half. Ledoux was able to just string
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: drives together. pretty easily. I mean, just first and 10
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: run up the gut and you can trust the guards
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: to do their job and read options. Um, yeah, it
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: was very impressive by the news front.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: So I will say, I mean, I think Lou's got it.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: We'll talk. Yeah, right.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: I mean, Oh, line and D line both played great. Um, big,
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: they're gonna have a, they're gonna have definitely bigger.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Tests this year. Cause I think, you know, MICDS is
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: D line.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: I don't think it was, is all that special to
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: be honest, but, uh, I'd like to think we do
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: can do that consistently, but, uh, we're just gonna have to,
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: you know, see down the line.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: But, uh, But yeah, what Ledoux was able to do
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: with running the football and having long, sustained drives, that's something, frankly,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: they have not been able to do, I think, really
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: since they've lost one state. I can't remember a game
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: where they've just.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: I think an above-average opponent that I think MICDS is,
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: and they could even be better than that as the
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: season bores out, just to manage a game out and
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: see a game out like that. So yeah, great second
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: half for Ledoux. They have a lot to work on,
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: especially their Some of their linemen with some illegal procedures
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: as well earlier in the game. And those are all fixables.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: And I think in my CDS, if they can– Jason Thomas,
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: I'll say this right now, he is a great coach.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: um i got some intel from um from like one
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: of the chain gang guys for lidu on the sidelines
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: and he had like all nothing but praise for for
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: because he's a football guy too uh for what my
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: cds was doing and probably their only two bad coaching
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: decisions was kicking off to lidu and to to vi
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: and then to trevor walker and the start the second
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: half and so Other than that, I thought MICDS' coaching
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: staff did a fantastic job of setting themselves up for
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: chances in the game, despite being really not necessarily outsized,
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: but out-physicaled and then out-athleted. So, yes, I think both
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: teams are looking good going forward.
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: Can you briefly talk about the CBC-Trinity game?
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so people are going to look like, oh, CBC's
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: not so good. But hold on, since.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: I'm very fortunate that my knowledge has expanded throughout the
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: rest of the Midwest, and Trinity, since they play in Louisville,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: so they play a lot of Midwest teams too, they're 2-0.
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: This is the best team in Kentucky, I think, by far,
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: who CBC just played. They crushed Anderson High School in Ohio,
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: who's still, I think, a top-10-ranked team in Ohio, according
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: to Max Reps. They beat them 59-13. They should have
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: just gained a ton of respect from everybody in Missouri
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: after crushing CBC at Spinelli Field. like in CBC, I
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: think that's only their ninth loss since 2011 at Spinelli field,
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: by the way. Um, so, and I know this is
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: a new, this is, this is a new era for CBC.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: Like they have a new, just a lot of new
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: faces on their team, but I think they're going to
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: be a, certainly a tough out for the.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Rest of the season. So yeah, maybe their defense, like
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: we'll see what their defense is like and their own
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: line can be like, um, but I definitely don't have
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: any doubts about their, what they can do athletically and offensively,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: especially with, uh, passing the ball.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: So, Um, you know, I think we're going to see
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: a lot more who CBC really is this coming week
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: against SLU. So I really wouldn't, there's no shame in
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: losing to Trinity is what I'm trying to say.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah. They're a, they're a juggernaut of a team. Yeah.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: So, and there's a chance I might film them this,
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: this coming week when they play, um, they're, uh, they're playing, um,
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: one of the other teams, Archbishop Bowler from.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: From Cincinnati. So, um, there's a chance I might go
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: film that game. Yeah.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: All right, shifting gears, let's go over to the rivalry.
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: Cardinal Ritter defeats Lutheran North 30-18. Kind of an interesting
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: game here.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Closer game than what I thought personally.
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Lutheran North never really let Ritter get out ahead
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: and hold a big lead. It was 14-0, Ritter going
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: into halftime, and then Lutheran North got 18 points in
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: the third quarter, and so it was 22-18 going into
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, and then Cardinal Ritter's defense clutched up
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: and shut the Crusaders down. Luthor North's stats are in.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: Carter Ritter's are not. Kai Robinson for Luthor North running
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: back in a solid game.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: He's a dog.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: 17 carries, 146 yards.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: He's the real deal.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Eight and a half yards per carry. Two touchdowns for them. Unfortunately,
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: Ritter's stats are not in. Rylan Moore had three passing touchdowns, though.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: Seems like he's, you know, kind of thrown in the
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: fire last year. I mean, as a freshman... The plan
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: wasn't for him to be their guy, but he became
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: their guy.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: He was ready for it.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you could say he was thrown into the fire,
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: but I think they did it because they knew he
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: could handle it.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he stepped in pretty well. Nothing crazy offensively for them,
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: but I think he did a really good job. It's
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: a very solid Lutheran North team. Let's be honest here.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: This is a great sign for Lutheran North.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: It's not a Lutheran North juggernaut from 2018, 2019, or
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: a couple years ago when they won state. but they
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: have a great QB in Jonathan Moore, and he didn't
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: have the best passing game, but he's playing against one
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: of the best secondaries in the Midwest, you could argue.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Ritter's defense is really good anyway. I mean, Marshawn
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: Ivey's a linebacker going to Arizona State, and Darren Boone's
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: going to SIU Carbondale, and he's an edge rusher.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, they got guys all over the place there.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: There was a lot more hype coming into the season
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: for Ritter than there was for Lutheran North, so I
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: think a lot of people thought that Ritter would just
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: come in and steamroll the Crusaders.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: That's not what happened.
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: I mean, Luther North is still a solid team. I mean,
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: Ritter is also a great team. But this was a–
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: I honestly thought Ritter would win by more, so I
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: am actually pretty impressed with Luther North's performance here. But, yeah, definitely,
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: you know, it's a rivalry game, so if you're Luther North,
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: you're not happy for losing. But there are some things
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: to be happy about. I mean, there are some things
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: to– there were some pros and cons to this game.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: As you said, Kyra Robinson is that guy. He has–
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: Great acceleration, great balance to staying on his feet after
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: taking contact. So, yeah, Lutheran North should be in good shape,
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: and Cardinal Ritter has a lot ahead of them. I mean,
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: this was– even though they're playing a great Lutheran North team,
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: this is– Game one of a gauntlet. I mean, this
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: was– this is Cardinal Ritter's second easiest game of the
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: year right there. I mean, they play– I think their
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: first easiest game of the year is against last year's
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: Class 3 runner-ups in Live for Life. That's going to
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: be in Week 7.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I think they've got other games that might
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: be easier. But, yeah, it's basically.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: Nothing against Luther North. It's just everything about how hard
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: Luther's schedule is.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: What you're saying is this schedule is really difficult.
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: Let's head over to one of the other really exciting
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: games we saw.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Summit.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: Edges won out against Festus. They went 38-34. And the
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: box score for this game is hilarious.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: Summit was winning 9-6 at halftime. And then going into
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, they were up 15-6.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Then both teams discovered offense.
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and then Festus scored four times in the fourth quarter.
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: Summit scored three times.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Camden Yates had a heck of a game for Festus. Yeah,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: he did.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: And Parker Perry as well.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: Festus doesn't have their stats in, but they do have
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: their touchdowns in. So the Parker Perry-Camden Yates combo was
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: looking good. Pretty fierce for the Tigers, but so much defense.
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: I guess you can call this the ultimate bend-and-don't-break game, right?
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: Their defense was doing great for the first three quarters,
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: and then they just kind of capitulated.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they forced a couple turnovers, which was nice. Anthony
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: Wilson got an interception and a fumble recovery, which was nice.
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: Luke Hardy got two sacks for the Falcons. McCoy Brown,
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: he had a solid game at QB. 21-34, 188 yards,
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: two touchdowns, one interception. 69 yards on the ground. Kendall Young,
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: you know, solid game rushing the ball, 101 yards. Nothing
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: crazy offensively for the Falcons. They did enough to get
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: it done.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: Over 300 yards of total offense.
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's solid. It's nothing insane, but that's a solid
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: game for sure.
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's over 350 total yards.
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: I mean, just given the lengths of these touchdowns in
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, you know, for Festus, 49-yard receiving touchdown
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: for Kennedy Yates. For Festus, again, 86-yard receiving touchdown for
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: Camden Yates. And then for Summit, Jabari Harris.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: Kickoff return right after that.
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, return touchdown. And then Camden Yates, a third long
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: receiving touchdown for 52 yards. So it seems to me
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: like it was, instead of just one bad general quarter
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: for Summit, it was just three bad plays. I have
• 27:02
  Speaker 3: not watched a film on this game, but just from
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: that stat line, it makes me think that They just
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: had three busted coverages, and, you know, because the rest
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: of the game they were fine. I mean, they were,
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: you know, locking Festus down for the most part. But,
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: you know, Festus is a good team, and they took
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: advantage of those three blown coverages and scored each time. And,
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: you know, Parker Perry has returned to QB, who had
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: a really good season last year.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, worked the part.
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: Had a good game again this time.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: So the Summit's score, I believe, last winning score, came with,
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: I believe, eight seconds to play.
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Um, and it was just like, um, it was a
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: broken play. McCoy Brown just found Kendall young open enough.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: Kendall's about like five, seven.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: And so he's, and he came down with it and, um,
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: just a heck of a heck of a game, heck
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: of a win, just a really hectic fourth quarter right there. And, uh, just,
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: that's what you love about high school football.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: Super, super exciting. Um, we're not going to go too
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: much into this one. Jackson just crushed Edwardsville.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: Just freaking smoked them.
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: And Edwardsville, they got another tough game against Morgan Park
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: this coming week.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: So they very well could start out 0-3. I mean,
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: really tough schedule to start out. But, yeah, just tough sledding.
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: Speaking of blowouts, Kirkwood railed Rittner 66-22. I was a little.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: Surprised. I was not.
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: Surprised about the blowout, but I was a little surprised
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: about the 66 points.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: I mean, okay, so... The past few years, especially last year,
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: you know, with Cooper Owens lightening up for Kirkwood, they've
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: been a very pass-heavy team. But this past weekend, they.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: That's dangerous. If they can run the ball, that's dangerous.
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: Kirkwood got 317 rushing yards and averaged over 12.5 yards
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: per carry. Chase Griffin and Darion Brown both got over
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: 100 yards rushing. Super-duper impressed performance by the Kirkwood running
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: backs and offensive line. And they just, they had this
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: game from the get-go. I mean, they.
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: They scored in their first drive, they chased Griffin Rush
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: for a touchdown, and then Travis Storrs Jr. got in
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: the end zone shortly after on their next drive. Ritter
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: got a field goal after that, but then Kirkwood got
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: a touchdown again, and yeah, really, from the middle of
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: the second quarter and on, this game was not that close,
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: and Kirkwood just kept going. So, super impressive offensive performance
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: from Kirkwood, and yeah, they're the more talented team, and
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: they really showed it here.
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they looked like a top five team in the area,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: for sure, like And Rittner's always got talent, but Kirkwood
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: just totally dominated them, really. And that's really promising that
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: they were able to do that offensively with a lot
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: of good running, too.
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: Let's go back to a Thursday game, the game that
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: you were at. This one was just tough to watch.
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: You haven't seen the video?
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, yes. Yeah.
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: Parkway West defeats Parkway North 24-21. I say tough to watch.
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: I'm not rooting for anyone in this game. I say
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: tough to watch because of the turnovers and the timing
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: of the turnovers, which is brutal. Congrats to West on
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: the big rivalry game win here. This is huge for them.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: Breaks a five-game losing streak.
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: Yeah, huge for the Longhorns here. But, man, you just
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: can't ignore the five interceptions by Parkway North. It's going
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: to be hard to beat a solid team when you
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: throw five interceptions.
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I wouldn't say West is a solid team, though,
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: because they still only won by three. And they, despite
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: having all those, and then I think, if I'm not mistaken,
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: Mike Parkway North was called for over 25 penalties.
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: 25 penalties? Yeah. 25?
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken.
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: I know for a fact there was over 40 flags thrown.
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: Holy.
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: And a lot of them were on North.
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: I guess game one is going to be a little
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: more sloppy, but still, that's crazy.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, a big worrying sign for North is that they
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: could not run the football at all. 42 yards on...
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: 14 rushes. It got a little bit better when they
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: were running some quarterback draws later in the fourth quarter, actually.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but whenever they handed the ball off to a
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: running back, it went nowhere.
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: Parkway West got out-gained almost 2-1 and still won this game.
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: A lot of it had to do with some of
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: the short fields.
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: I mean, there was a pick-six in the game, too.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and then a blocked punt returned for a touchdown. Yeah.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: And yeah, for West's credit, they never turned the ball over,
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: besides having a bad.
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: Snap on a punt, which it's not a turnover, but
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: it's essentially a turnover. That was it, really, for them.
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, they had zero major mistakes in the game,
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: and so they did what they did to, I think,
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: mitigate any disasters, and they gave up. I mean, the
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: one big play they gave up was a 77-yard screen
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: pass to Alex Harvey. I mean, he had a solid game.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: For North, I mean, as a receiver, he had over
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: 123 yards in the game.
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: And, you know, Jeremiah Burns, who's a.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: Junior quarterback, who I'm told he was eventually going to
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: get the majority of the snaps in the game.
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: It just so happened to be after Kenyon Bolden threw
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: an interception. That was a pick six.
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: 20 of 30, 271 yards, but obviously.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: A mixed bag with three touchdowns and four interceptions there.
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: So... It certainly looks like this is going to be
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: a Parkway North team that's going to air it out
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: a lot this season. Really? Because they have to, essentially,
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: because they could not run the ball. But for Parkway West,
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: I mean, their offense did not do much.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: Even when they had some short fields, they were not
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: really able to take advantage of it all that much.
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: And that's what, I mean, Parkway North's defense, we can
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: look at it this way. Parker North's defense was pretty good,
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: and they limited West's offense. Braden Bierman, who's a sophomore,
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: he's pretty highly rated, too.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: He was 10 of 20 for 81 yards, no touchdowns,
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: no interceptions.
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: In the game. West's best player was definitely Max Jones.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: He was the MVP of the game.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: He did have a wildcat rushing touchdown from a yard out,
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: and then he had the biggest, I think, yes, the
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: biggest play of the game where he had a punt block,
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: and he scooped it up and scored it to make
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: it 17-14 West. And then he scored that touchdown to
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: make it 24-14.
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: So when he.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: Scored that touchdown, he got up, he looked at me
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: right in the camera and said, I'm a game changer.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: And I was like, he was. He was a game changer.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: And by the way, all of West's interceptions were all
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: by five different players.
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Rob Lee, Kestiel, Tanner Hickard, Alex Lovewell, Caleb Vogt,
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: and Aiden Winston.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: Hmm. It was Tanner Hickert with the game-sealing interception at
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: the 12-yard line with under a minute to play. It's
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: a game where we can acknowledge that West found a
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: way to win. They took care of the ball. They
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: did what they had to do. North really lost this
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: game more than West won it. Five turnovers, five interceptions.
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: You're going to lose pretty much every game you do that.
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: Despite that, they were still 17 yards away from winning
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: the game.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: So, that's football. It's crazy.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: All right. Well, some other games we'll briefly go over.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: It looks like the Hickman QPs are back.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was... They just rolled.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: Zuma West by 40.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Hickman's a good team.
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: They are a good team.
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: I think it also means, like, West is just not
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: that great.
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: They lost a ton of starters from a year ago.
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: The stats aren't up for this game, so we're not
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: really talking about it too much.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but it was 33-7 Hickman, I think, at one point.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: I don't know if it was in the first half,
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: but yeah. And they ended up increasing that a little
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: bit to win by 40.
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: Bree Central, they win again. They defeat Columbia 41-20. Great
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: all-around game from the Cougars against a solid Columbia team.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: The Bree Central stats are not in.
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: But we do have the scores. Yeah.
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: Looks like Owen Carrera had another good game. Two touchdowns
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: for him, both on the ground.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: Two touchdowns.
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: And then Emmanuel Velasquez for Central.
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: Three touchdowns. Three Washington touchdowns. Interesting. Yeah. So Carrera, we
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: know he can throw it, but we now know he
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: can run it too. 76-yard touchdown run.
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: This is hilarious. There were nine touchdowns this game, and
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: all of which were on the ground. How often do
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: you see that?
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: No. That's funny. Yeah.
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: I mean, they held– it looks like Bree Central totally
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: contained Columbia's passing attack. They held Xavier– returning QB Xavier
• 35:42
  Speaker 3: Vogeli to just 5-10 for 84 yards. So, yeah, good
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: stuff from the Cougars' defense. And, yeah, they're 2-0.
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: Columbia's whole offense so far has been Jackson Lowell. Six
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: rushing touchdowns already, 361 yards. And he's got 38 points
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: already in two games.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: And he's only a junior. Yeah.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: St.
• 36:02
  Speaker 3: Dominic wins a tight one against North Point. They win 31-28.
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: And that was a game where they, I think, led 21-0.
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, in the first quarter. St.
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: Dominic scored in their first three drives and then just
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: found a way to edge it out. I mean, it
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: was 21-28 at halftime. North Point responded with 21 points
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: in the second quarter.
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: It was 28-0. St.
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: Dominic was up 28-0 with four and a half minutes
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: left in the second quarter. North Point scored three touchdowns.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: I need to find a way to watch the film
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: in this game.
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: Take away those five minutes. St. Dominic wins easily.
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: This says that North Point got two Jeremiah Mosey touchdowns
• 36:45
  Speaker 3: in the final minute of the second quarter.
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: That's a pretty crazy way to end that half.
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: St.
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: Dominic, the rushing attack was really, really good. 291 yards
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: on the ground, seven yards per carry. Dominic Palo, returning
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: guy for them. 133 yards on the ground. Got two
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: touchdowns for them.
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: Tyson Griner, we've got to shout this out.
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: Tyson Griner, four sacks.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: School record.
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: School record, four sacks. I think I mentioned him once
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: or twice in the offseason as a guy to watch
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: out for, and he's a dog. I mean, he gets
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: off the ball so well. He uses his hands extremely
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: well on the defensive side of the ball. Just a
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: great defensive lineman. And they'll line him up at edge,
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: on the interior. Doesn't matter whether you put him head
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: up on the center or outside the tackle, he'll make
• 37:34
  Speaker 3: a play. And yeah, absolute baller. So yeah, good stuff
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: from the Crusaders. And not the prettiest of wins, but
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: they get it done against what was a decent North
• 37:44
  Speaker 3: Point team last year. So yeah, I'm sure St. Dominic
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: is happy with this result. Tough one for North Point,
• 37:50
  Speaker 3: but they'll bounce back.
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think for them to We'll really have a
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: really good five minutes in the later part of the
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: second quarter right there. It was good for them to
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: fight back. But St.
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: Dominic seems like a pretty physical team again. And if
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: you have a guy like Greiner who can just disrupt
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: a lot of things on the D-line, it's a really
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: good thing to have. And the fact that they can
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: still run the ball pretty effectively too.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: So it doesn't seem like St. Dominic is going away
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: anytime soon.
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: Lafayette wins a close one against Timberland 28-21. The stats
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: aren't in, but.
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: Lafayette led, I know, to 28-14. Cody Keene had a
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: good game at quarterback. And, by the way, we knew
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: he was going to be at quarterback, but we just
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: were kind of told, like, hey.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: Maybe don't mention that.
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: But, yeah, he's going to be a decent player for them.
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: And I think, I like to think that it's just
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: Timberland's also a decent team, too. You know, I think
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: people might look at that score and look at Lafayette
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: from the last few years and think.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: Like, wow, you guys usually win those games by more. But, yeah,
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, they're good. They lost a lot of talent,
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: but I think they're still talented enough.
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: And, you know, Timberland, they're getting better, you know, incrementally
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: with Arlen Harris there in his second season.
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: So I'm going to go with that. And, yeah, so
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: one game there was a big upset in the state,
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: and that was Rockhurst losing to St. Pius X in
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: Kansas City 23-10.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: Someone I know had Rockhurst ranked as the top team
• 39:19
  Speaker 3: in the state.
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Um, I don't know about that guy, but, uh, it's, uh, yeah.
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: I mean, it is a shocker for sure. That's definitely,
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: it is.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: I mean, that was, I mean, St.
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: Pius is a great team and they're one of the
• 39:32
  Speaker 3: better class three teams in the state.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: Who have been playing in class five the last two years,
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: but because of the new, um, uh, depreciation factor, success factor, uh,
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: depreciation point success factor thing, they are now down to
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: class three and I already thought they were going to
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: be the best team in Class 3, and now they
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: will be viewed as overwhelming favorites to win Class 3
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: after beating Rockhurst.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's... I haven't seen the game.
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: All I've seen is the score, and I've seen some analysis,
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: and the one weakness that Rockhurst had going into the
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: season was their defense.
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: But this.
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: I think this says a lot more about their offense,
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: because this is a team offensively that returned almost all
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: their starters from a solid team a year ago.
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: And so... Yeah, I don't quite know what happened for them,
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: but just give all the credit to St. Pius there.
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: And then another, there was a crazy.
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: Finish where Rock Bridge, or Lee Summit West defeated Rock
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: Bridge 27-20. I think they scored kind of like, not
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: at the very end of the game, but it was
• 40:32
  Speaker 2: near it, but they scored on a long touchdown pass to.
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: One of their Mizzou commits, or their Mizzou commit, I
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: forget his name.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: And the last game we've got to talk about is
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: The O'Fallon Panthers. Is O'Fallon back? I don't know if
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: they're back, but... I wish we had the stats in because...
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: But what a game. What a finish that was.
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: A comeback win for O'Fallon. They defeat Francis Howell at
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: Howell 27-26. Oh my goodness. I had to do a
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: double take when I saw this final score because when
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: I was tracking the scores, I thought that Howell was
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: ahead most of the game.
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: They were.
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: And the stats aren't in anywhere, so we don't know
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: what happened or when it happened. But we do know
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: that O'Fallon came back and won by one.
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: How crazy is that?
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: What a finish. I mean, that I did not expect.
• 41:16
  Speaker 3: So that's a very impressive win by O'Fallon. Very impressive
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: win by O'Fallon. Hopefully they use that momentum to their
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: advantage because that was... Not expected at all. We didn't
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: even put that in our top 15 games of the week.
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: No, it wasn't. We thought Howell would win comfortably. It wasn't.
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: I mean, it ended up being probably like a top
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: five game, as it turns out, this week.
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: But, no, it wasn't really playing out to be like
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: a high-quality game. You know, because Howell, they took a
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: 26-14 lead with five minutes and 55 seconds to play.
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: So I'm assuming that Fallon scored, and then they on-sided it,
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: recovered it, and then scored again.
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: Jeez.
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: And... Maybe something crazier happened, but I'm assuming that's along
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: the lines of what happened because there's nobody reported on
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: this game.
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: We just know that the final score, I just know
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: it was 26-14, and we know the final score is 27-14.
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: And then Hal sent me, I mean, no, I keep
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: saying Hal for whatever reason.
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: O'Fallon sent me a video of them celebrating in the
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: locker room, and then we posted it on GSB, and
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: that's getting the reactions that you would imagine it would have. So, yeah.
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: Pretty crazy past few weeks for O'Fallon. They have a
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: big screen fall down in their basketball gym.
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: Dude, seriously.
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: Well, no, no.
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: And then they lost on a last-second field goal to
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: Quincy at home.
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: Jeez. So their scoreboard capitulates. They lose on a field goal. Oh,
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: my gosh. So you know what? They needed this. They
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: deserve this.
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: O'Fallon fans have had about three heart attacks in the
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: past two months, so.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: past month like past like four weeks.
• 42:52
  Speaker 4: Yeah this is one of the craziest starts to a
• 42:55
  Speaker 4: school year crazy august for o'fallon yeah yeah and then
• 43:00
  Speaker 4: and then one of their own quentin coleman could be
• 43:02
  Speaker 4: one of the better players like could be the best
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: freshman in the big 10 for basketball this season too
• 43:07
  Speaker 4: so i'm saying that because quentin coleman was raised.
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: In o'fallon by the way even though he didn't go
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: to the high school But, yeah, so, yeah, crazy times
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: for O'Fallon, and they've, they're now, they are no longer O'Fallon,
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: they're back to being O'Fallon.
• 43:20
  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh.
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 43:23
  Speaker 3: All right, that's all I got for week one recap.
• 43:26
  Speaker 3: Heck of a week.
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: Insane, insane week. Ton of fun.
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: You can tell.
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: If week two is half as good as week one,
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: then we're in for a great week, because that was fun.
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: I'm expecting, I'm expecting, we're about to, you know, but.
• 43:38
  Speaker 3: We have a ton of good games lined up for
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: week two, though.
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: We have some really good ones, and we're going to
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: get into those later this week.
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: So, yeah, looking forward to getting over them. And it
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: starts all over again on Thursday, too. So we don't
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: have long.
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: This is fast.
• 43:53
  Speaker 2: This is an ever-growing thing.
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: All right, well, thank you guys for listening, as always.
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: We appreciate you, and we'll see you soon.
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: Peace.