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WEEK 11 REVIEW: Ritter gives Ladue early exit, CBC defeats DeSmet again, FZW comeback win, Area District Semifinals, Highland wins shootout · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the gateway sports video show.
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  Speaker 2: I'm John. He's Roman. We promised you guys a great
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  Speaker 2: week 11 and I think it came to fruition. It's
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  Speaker 2: the district semifinals in Missouri and for a handful of
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  Speaker 2: teams in the Metro East and Illinois, it was the
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  Speaker 2: second round. Second round in quotation marks. Out of, out
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  Speaker 2: of three rounds. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: The second, third round.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it was.
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  Speaker 2: Um, So we had some, it was a mixed bag
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  Speaker 2: there overall, but we still have two teams left in
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  Speaker 2: Illinois and we'll get to them. But this is, for
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  Speaker 2: the most part now, this is going to be, we're
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  Speaker 2: back to focusing primarily on Missouri because that's just where
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  Speaker 2: most of the games are in our area. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to go down to kind of one through ten,
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  Speaker 2: so to speak, with these best games that are on
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  Speaker 2: our list. But Roman, the number one game that we
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  Speaker 2: hyped up, I thought it was a really good game.
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  Speaker 2: And frankly, at least I knew, and I think you
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  Speaker 2: knew too, long before the season started, that this was
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  Speaker 2: probably going to be a game that was going to
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  Speaker 2: be in the playoffs. And it was Cardinal Ritter who
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  Speaker 2: came out on top against Ledoux with a final score
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  Speaker 2: of 34-21.
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  Speaker 1: I know it says 36-21 there, but it's 34-21. Ritter
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  Speaker 1: was winning 26-21.
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  Speaker 2: They scored, got a two-point conversion with two minutes to go,
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  Speaker 2: and then mysteriously the.
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  Speaker 1: Scoreboard added two more points. I was there.
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  Speaker 2: I know.
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  Speaker 3: That's odd.
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  Speaker 2: It is. So.
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  Speaker 3: The live scoreboard added two points?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Just for no reason?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for no reason. Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So I just wanted to get that out of
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  Speaker 1: the way real quick. Misconception.
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  Speaker 2: But it doesn't take away from the game. It was
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  Speaker 2: the reason why... My worry for Ledoux going into the game...
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  Speaker 2: you guys can listen back. It wasn't Ritter's air attack
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  Speaker 2: where they had some really good weapons. It was their
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  Speaker 2: ground game, which has gotten better and better as the
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  Speaker 2: season's gone on. And that's where primarily we do has
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  Speaker 2: struggled all season against, you know, any team that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: had a, had a, at least a decent, you know,
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  Speaker 2: line and, and, and running backs and, you know, Ritter's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, more than decent in that regard. And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: That was the story of the game. Amir Tillman had
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  Speaker 2: four rushing touchdowns for Cardinal Ritter, including a 60-yard touchdown
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  Speaker 2: run that tied the game with a two-point conversion following that.
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  Speaker 1: But Ledoux, they had the perfect start to this game.
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  Speaker 2: Returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown by sophomore K.J. Sutton.
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  Speaker 2: They got a stop on defense. And then they drove
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  Speaker 2: 72 yards and scored on a four-yard touchdown pass from
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  Speaker 2: Emmitt McIntosh to try Reese Edwards. And then just like that,
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  Speaker 2: the Rams are up 14-0. But then... Ritter's offense just
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  Speaker 2: came to life by running the ball and getting about
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  Speaker 2: six to nine yards of carry, seemingly. We don't have
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  Speaker 2: the stats yet for this game, but fortunately I was
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  Speaker 2: there so I can cover this fairly well. It was
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  Speaker 2: Amir Tillman and Dylan Schell pretty much for Ritter running
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  Speaker 2: the football. Their offensive line was great at creating holes.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have any natural tight ends, and so their
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  Speaker 2: tight ends are just more linemen that they would put
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  Speaker 2: in there. And, yeah, Ledoux's linebackers just did not have
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  Speaker 2: an answer. I mean, that's what it came down to.
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  Speaker 2: They had a three-man front, and their linebackers were just
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  Speaker 2: not good enough at meeting Ritter's running backs in the
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  Speaker 2: gaps to plug those up. And so that was really
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  Speaker 2: the game right there. And in Ritter's defense, they were
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  Speaker 2: able to step up. They were able to shut down
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  Speaker 2: Ledoux's rushing attack. and did enough to get stops in
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  Speaker 2: the passing game. They got numerous sacks on Emmitt McIntosh,
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  Speaker 2: and then they did catch a big break in the
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  Speaker 2: second quarter where Ledoux had a wide open wheel wrap
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  Speaker 2: with a running back, and the pass was right there.
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  Speaker 2: It was just about perfect, but it hit off of
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  Speaker 2: the running back's helmet. He would have had a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: It was right there.
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  Speaker 2: He had a clear path. That would have made it 21-6.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that would have, yes, it would have
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  Speaker 2: changed the game. I don't think ultimately it would have
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  Speaker 2: changed the result of the game ultimately because Ledoux still had,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, they had no answer for Ritter's rushing game. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Ledoux's offense would have had to kind of
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  Speaker 2: make it attract me in order to stay in front.
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  Speaker 2: And Ritter, they took the lead right before halftime, so
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  Speaker 2: they were able to erase a 14-0 deficit all within
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  Speaker 2: the first half of the game. Not many teams can
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  Speaker 2: do that, especially against Ledoux. So it was 20-14 at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the first half. Ritter got the ball
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  Speaker 2: and scored to make it 26-14. Ledoux ultimately, early in
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  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, they put together a good drive, forced
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  Speaker 2: a few pass interferences, and then McIntosh threw a five-yard
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  Speaker 2: pass to Trevor Walker to make it 26-21. That touchdown,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, got Emmett the all-time single-season record for
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  Speaker 2: passing touchdowns in a season with 31. So congrats to
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  Speaker 2: him on that record. And then the biggest sequence of
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  Speaker 2: the game was where Ledoux finally looked like they made
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  Speaker 2: some adjustments on defense, put more guys up front in
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  Speaker 2: the box, and they stopped Ritter on a fourth.
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  Speaker 1: Down and two when there was a.
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  Speaker 2: Half bad snap and a half poor job of handling
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  Speaker 2: the snap by their quarterback. And Ledoux was able to
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  Speaker 2: sack them inside the Ritter 40-yard line with about nine
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  Speaker 2: minutes to go. So this was the opportunity for Ledoux
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  Speaker 2: right here to take the lead. And, yeah, it changed
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  Speaker 2: the trajectory of the game, but kudos to Ritter's defense.
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  Speaker 1: For stepping up.
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  Speaker 2: They got a sack on McIntosh on third down, and
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  Speaker 2: then on fourth down, they were in his face, and
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  Speaker 2: McIntosh just, like, threw up a prayer just to find someone,
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  Speaker 2: and it was intercepted by Dayon Ross and returned to
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  Speaker 2: about the 40-yard line, and then Ritter was able to
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  Speaker 2: kill about five or six minutes off the clock and
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  Speaker 2: eventually win. Tillman ran for his fourth touchdown of the game,
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  Speaker 2: and that sealed it pretty much. At 34-21, and then
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  Speaker 2: like I said, the scoreboard mysteriously put up two more points.
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  Speaker 3: One thing we've been talking about throughout the season that
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  Speaker 3: was the one, really the only glaring Conrader weakness, and
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  Speaker 3: that was their running game. They showed plenty of flashes
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  Speaker 3: earlier in the season. Some big plays here and there.
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  Speaker 3: Their athletes are So incredible that whenever they get into space,
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  Speaker 3: they're going to do great things, especially Amir Tillman. But
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  Speaker 3: there were games early in the season, like against the Cement,
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  Speaker 3: where they just couldn't consistently pick up four or five
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  Speaker 3: yards per carry. The stat sheet may say five yards
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  Speaker 3: per carry, but that's because there would be one run
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  Speaker 3: of 80 yards, and then everything else was just a zero.
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  Speaker 3: But this game especially, because of their offensive line, this
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  Speaker 3: is their best game of the season, going up against...
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  Speaker 3: a legitimately physical Ledoux front seven. I mean, we saw
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  Speaker 3: that several times this year with Ledoux.
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  Speaker 2: Quick and physical, but just not quite strong.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Ritter's offensive line did very good this game. Very,
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  Speaker 3: very good. They got to the second level great. Feet
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  Speaker 3: moved really, really well. And they gave their guys enough room.
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  Speaker 3: And Amir Tillman was able to take advantage and have
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  Speaker 3: a great game. And if Ritter can keep up this
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  Speaker 3: consistent rushing attack, then that's a near unstoppable offense. Because
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  Speaker 3: if you have to sell out and put an extra
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  Speaker 3: guy in the box... to stop Ritter's run game, you're
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  Speaker 3: kind of just screwed. Because if you have to just
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  Speaker 3: hope that you can cover their guys one-on-one, you better
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  Speaker 3: have a secondary loaded with four and five stars. Because
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  Speaker 3: that's about the only talent that's going to be able
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  Speaker 3: to keep up with Ritter's speed and skill on the outside.
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  Speaker 2: That's actually what Ledoux has. They do have a four-star
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  Speaker 2: in Evan Vai and other pretty good athletes. And that
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  Speaker 2: was the thing.
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  Speaker 1: Ritter did next to nothing passing the ball.
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  Speaker 2: And that was probably the worst game passing-wise they had
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  Speaker 2: all season besides the St.
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  Speaker 1: James game.
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  Speaker 3: They won by two scores over an undefeated team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was the difference.
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  Speaker 2: I think their defense was able to do enough to
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  Speaker 2: limit Ledoux's offense for them not to keep up. In
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  Speaker 2: a way, for Ledoux, this is almost like the Uriki game.
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  Speaker 2: They couldn't really do much to stop their run, but
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  Speaker 2: the difference was their offense was able to hang in
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  Speaker 2: there and trade blows, but they weren't able to do
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  Speaker 2: that against Ritter. So I think that was the difference.
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  Speaker 2: Ritter's defense was good enough. to, you know, limit Ledoux
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, their offense, they were just, they just ran
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  Speaker 2: the ball and, you know, and also, you know, kudos
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  Speaker 2: to their coaching staff for, you know, they have, I
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  Speaker 2: bet it's tempting at times to like throw a play
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  Speaker 2: action there or something, just, you know, the catch Ledoux
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  Speaker 2: napping with, you know, some of the receivers they have,
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  Speaker 2: but they just were like, no, we're just going to
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  Speaker 2: keep doing this until they stop it. I mean, there's
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  Speaker 2: no point in trying to fix something that isn't broken.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, that, that, that was it. And, um, Ritter advances.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we felt like it felt like this was
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  Speaker 2: like a district.
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  Speaker 1: It felt like this was like a.
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  Speaker 2: Semifinal game or whatever, but this was, uh, just a
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  Speaker 2: district semifinal, not a state semifinal.
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  Speaker 1: Cause it really felt like that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you literally had Ritter's ranked third and Ladoo's
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  Speaker 2: ranked fourth in the state. And, um, it just, it
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  Speaker 2: sucks that two really good teams have to meet this
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  Speaker 2: early in the playoffs. Uh, but that's just the way
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  Speaker 2: it goes with the system. And, uh, for Ladoo's sake, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's two years in a row that they've,
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  Speaker 2: they've been eliminated by Ritter. And for Ledoux's sake, they,
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  Speaker 2: they better hope that Ritter makes the state title game because, uh,
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  Speaker 2: then that would put them in class six and make
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  Speaker 2: their lives a little bit easier.
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  Speaker 1: Next year in class five.
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  Speaker 2: So, um, but yeah, um, yeah, Ritter, they got the
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  Speaker 2: job done under, probably under some pressure because I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: they were, they were favored to win this game. And
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  Speaker 2: it was, it, it was always going to be tough
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  Speaker 2: to go into a, you know, a, I wouldn't say
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  Speaker 2: Ledoux's quite a hostile environment, but just, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: place that Ledoux's had a lot of success in, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they're undefeated, and Ledoux's kind of playing with
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  Speaker 2: house money. It's always tough to be the team like that,
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  Speaker 2: and they came out with it, so just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, credit to the Lions, and just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they still had a 9-1, having a 9-1 record sucks
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  Speaker 2: to end your season.
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  Speaker 3: The most brutal record you can have to end the
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  Speaker 3: year is 9-1.
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  Speaker 2: It does, it really does, and, you know, this is
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  Speaker 2: actually the Fifth season Ladue's ever gone 9-1, finished 9-1,
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  Speaker 2: and it's the second time.
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  Speaker 1: Ever where.
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  Speaker 2: They went to the playoffs undefeated and lost their first game.
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  Speaker 2: 1974 that happened, but a little different context because that
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  Speaker 2: was the actual state semifinal game.
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  Speaker 1: Where they lost.
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  Speaker 2: And in this case, this is the first of a potential,
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  Speaker 2: you know, five-game playoff road for Ladue. So that was...
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  Speaker 2: It sucks, but listen, I think Ladue's going to be
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  Speaker 2: pretty good again next year because they're going to return
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  Speaker 2: a lot of guys on defense, and they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be better, and they're going to bring in some guys
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  Speaker 2: who are injured who I think certainly could.
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  Speaker 1: Have helped them out in a game like this that
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  Speaker 1: are going to be back and ready and fully healthy.
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  Speaker 2: So, no, you've not seen the last of this Ladue team,
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  Speaker 2: at least going into next year. But, once again, congrats
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  Speaker 2: to the Ritter on winning the game.
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  Speaker 1: And moving on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, next up, Big MCC rivalry rematch. CBC defeats DeSmet.
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  Speaker 3: Final score of 38-28 to extend their winning streak against
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  Speaker 3: the Spartans to 6. And this was Daylon Austin Harvey
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  Speaker 3: pretty much doing whatever he wanted to on offense. The
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  Speaker 3: CBC quarterback has yet another incredible game. 341 passing yards,
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  Speaker 3: 2 passing touchdowns, 198 rushing yards on 18 carries. He
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  Speaker 3: had 2 touchdowns on the ground. both came in the
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  Speaker 3: second half to really seal the deal. And CBC really
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  Speaker 3: just continues to emphasize that under Coach Pingel, they are
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  Speaker 3: an elite QB factory. And it seems like every single year,
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  Speaker 3: whoever it may be, their QB is going to come
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  Speaker 3: to play no matter who they play against to put
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  Speaker 3: up a great stat line. And today, this past week
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  Speaker 3: in the defense, was able to really clamp down on
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  Speaker 3: third downs and hold the cement to less than 90
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  Speaker 3: passing yards today. And win this game 30-20. So congrats
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  Speaker 3: to the cadets for winning. And, yeah, play of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Definitely goes down to Austin Harvey.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, we also got to say that Cam Sharp,
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  Speaker 2: 351 rushing yards.
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  Speaker 1: Holy cow.
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  Speaker 3: Which is funny. He actually had more rushing yards than
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  Speaker 3: the team did.
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  Speaker 2: The team.
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  Speaker 3: Because the rest of the team combined for negative yards
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  Speaker 3: thanks to some sacks.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: He had more yards on the team as a whole. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Cam Sharp also had an unbelievable game.
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  Speaker 2: Austin Harvey and Sharp were both juniors, by the way. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be a lot of firepower in the
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  Speaker 2: MCC next year with those two guys. But, yeah, yeah, CBC,
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  Speaker 2: they were able to– I mean, they got out to
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  Speaker 2: a 14-0 lead. And, yeah, they were just able to–
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  Speaker 2: Able to sustain it.
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  Speaker 3: The team finished the trade scores and then out. DeSmet
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  Speaker 3: actually tied it in the second quarter. But then CBC
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  Speaker 3: was able to get a super quick touchdown. So DeSmet
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  Speaker 3: got a touchdown with 37 seconds left in the half.
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  Speaker 3: And that made the score 21-17, DeSmet leading. And then
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  Speaker 3: CBC gets the ball back with about 30 seconds left.
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  Speaker 3: and they drive down immediately and score within about 20 seconds,
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  Speaker 3: dealing a loss in Harvey to Isaiah Thomas, touchdown. So
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  Speaker 3: then they actually, instead of DeSmet getting the great less
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  Speaker 3: than a minute left score to go into the halftime
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  Speaker 3: with a lead, CBC actually takes that right back. They
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  Speaker 3: steal all the momentum and go into halftime with a
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  Speaker 3: lead of their own. And that, I think, is huge
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  Speaker 3: for CBC. I mean, it's a team that has definitely
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  Speaker 3: gone through their ups and downs so far this year,
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  Speaker 3: but to respond to adversity like that in the first
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  Speaker 3: half and just take all the momentum away. That's so huge. So,
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  Speaker 3: so huge. And that could have been, I mean, shoot,
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  Speaker 3: some coaches, some teams might have just been like, you
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  Speaker 3: know what, that's too bad, we'll take a knee, go
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  Speaker 3: to the half, talk it out. Nah, Coach Pingel is,
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  Speaker 3: you know, obviously trusting in his guys as he should
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  Speaker 3: be because they're incredibly talented to score from anywhere on
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  Speaker 3: the field with any time left. And that's pretty much
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  Speaker 3: what they did. They scored. Teams pretty much just traded
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  Speaker 3: scores and possessions in the second half Um, and yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Dale and Austin Harvey's big player for big player.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And, uh, big score in the fourth quarter where, um,
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  Speaker 2: it was a three point game, but then Austin Harvey
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  Speaker 2: had a 34 yard touchdown run with.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, right at the beginning of the quarter.
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  Speaker 1: That was probably the first play of the fourth quarter
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  Speaker 1: right there.
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  Speaker 2: And, um, and CBC's defense, which had been in, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, have not had some great moments this season, uh,
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  Speaker 2: numerous occasions. They had a big fourth quarter and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and shut out to Smet, uh, hold on for a
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  Speaker 2: really hard-fought district semifinal win.
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  Speaker 3: It's interesting because some teams have tried to sell out
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  Speaker 3: against the Smet and just say, hey, we're not going
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  Speaker 3: to let Cam Sharp beat us because he's our best player.
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  Speaker 3: CBC said, you know what? We're going to let, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: he's your guy. We'll see if just him can beat us.
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  Speaker 3: And even though he had an unbelievable game, it wasn't enough.
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  Speaker 3: because they couldn't convert on third downs. They couldn't compete,
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  Speaker 3: complete their deep passes on the field. And that was
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  Speaker 3: one of the main reasons they lost. So, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: congrats to CBS for winning. Congrats to DeSmet. They also
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  Speaker 3: had a solid year. Definitely not up to their expectations.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, DeSmet's a very, very elite program that would
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: expect to get a district championship every single year, no
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  Speaker 3: matter who was in their district. But they still had
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  Speaker 3: a solid year with some good wins. And they did
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  Speaker 3: actually fight through a lot of injuries this year as well.
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  Speaker 3: So hopefully they can come back next year happy and
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  Speaker 3: healthy and good to go.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to have a ton of really good seniors
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  Speaker 2: and then some pretty good juniors next year. And I
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  Speaker 2: don't think CBC's strategy was to allow a guy run
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  Speaker 2: for 351 yards, but I guess offensively they were able
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  Speaker 2: to do nothing. Yeah, I guess their secondary did a
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: really good job, though, with holding– This meant to just, yeah,
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: to less than 100 passing yards. But just CBC, they
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: just found a way to win. That's what they're really,
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: really good at. They just find ways to win. It's
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: not been a particularly, you know, they're 5-4. It's not
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: been a glamorous, you know, dominating season for them. But,
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: you know, they're not going to trade places with anybody
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: right now.
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: All right. Next up, heading back to Class 5 in Missouri.
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: This was a statement win, to say the least. Zumwalt
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: North defeats St. Dominic 42-0. This Zumwalt North defense has
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: been on absolute fire as of late. They held Troy
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: to seven points. Their pass rush was insane that game.
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: This week, they shut out St. Dominic and they hold
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: the Crusaders to 126 total yards of offense the entire game.
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: Just six passing yards.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: St.
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: Dominic pretty much resorted to the running game and Couldn't
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: really do much there. Had 29 carries for 120 yards
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: as a team for just 4 yards per carry. Rylan
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: Arnold for the Panthers got an interception. Teddy Milotelo got
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: 2 sacks this game. He has been incredible on the
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: defensive line for Zumwalt North. And Josiah Potts has a
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: great game rushing the ball QB. 8 carries for 187
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: yards averaging over 23 yards per carry. He had 4
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: rushing touchdowns this game. I believe that is his most
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: in the game so far this year. And Yeah, Cam
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Sherman also had a few big plays. He touched down
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: in the first quarter and then an 85-yard kickoff turn
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: touchdown to open the second half. So, honestly, that was
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: the nail in the coffin. I mean, Zumwalt North was
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: up 28-0 going into halftime. And then, literally on the
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: opening kickoff, they run it back with Cam Sherman.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: The coffin was probably already nailed shut by then, but
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: just to make sure.
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is a Zumwalt North team who had
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: a super slow start to the year. They were missing
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: some guys. a lot of turmoil within the program. But
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: since then, they've been able to really come together and
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: just totally nail it down tight. I mean, since that
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: Timberland game in week four, they're 6-0. Their defense has
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: allowed 40 points through six games.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: Nothing more than just no more than two touchdowns at most.
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: And, yeah, they're doing everything they need to do to
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: win these games. Keep the turnovers to a minimum as well.
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: I believe they had zero turnovers this game. wrapping up
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: all their tackles. One of our better players, Jaden Burleson,
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: didn't have, he only had four carries. So I don't
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: know if he got hurt this game. He's been big
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: for them on defense as well this year so far.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: So I don't know if he was just playing on
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: that side of the ball. I'll need to watch some
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: of the highlights of this game to see what was
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: up there. But either way, fantastic game for the Panthers.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: And I expected this to be a, I thought FZM
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: would win.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: You know, they were just the hotter team going into
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: this one.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: But, St.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: Dominic, they had a pretty good form as well. I mean,
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: they were coming off five wins of their own. They
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: had a nice win against Hannibal. They crushed MICDS, and
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: they crushed North Point. I thought they were playing well,
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: but then FZN just shuts that down completely. So huge
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: props to Zumwalt North for getting the win, and they're
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: back in the district championship again.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll talk about this game for a second.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: They'll play Timberland, who had another really close call against
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Zumwalt South, but they beat them for the second time
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: this season, 26-22. We don't have the stats for that game, but,
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: I mean, hey, look, you know, Timberland, it's not been,
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Timberland beat Zumwalt North, however, a completely different and worse Zumwalt.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: North team compared to right now. And that was only
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: by one point.
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think this is a good Timberland team.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: But They got some pretty good athletes.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: They find ways to win, they got great athletes, but
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: you got these games, these multiple games now against Zumwalt South,
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: a team they definitely have the talent edge over. and
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: they're barely squeaking out wins against them. So I'm not,
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: I'm not sure what's going on there. I don't know
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: if it's a turnovers issue or if it's just guys
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: dropping passes on third downs issue. I don't know what
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: that is, but.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: Well, for a while I thought it was just their
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: defense because their offense, their offense was clicking, you know,
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: against like North Point, Washington, Zumwalt South, but it was
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: their defense and it was giving up points. And now
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: it just seems like they're struggling offensively a little bit too.
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Again, they're a good team and they got, they, they, they,
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: They beat Jamal North earlier this year. They crushed North
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: Point earlier in the year.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: They beat Washington.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they beat a decent Washington team. But since then,
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: they've been kind of high and low. So we'll see
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: about that one. But yeah, staying in the GAC. Speaking
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: of 9-1 records to end the year being absolutely brutal,
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: Hannibal defeats St. Charles West by a final score of 40-29.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: St.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: Charles West ends their season at 9-1. Stats are not
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: in for this game. I was kind of going through
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Twitter a bit on Friday, and St. Charles West got
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: off to a really, really good start this game. They
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: got the ball first and scored, and then I believe
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: Hannibal fumbled the ensuing kickoff return, and St. Charles West
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: got back. But after that, Hannibal's defense shut it down,
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: and then, okay, yeah, so St. Charles West had a
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: 63-yard touchdown to start the game pretty early. And then
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: Hannibal fumbled in the instant kickoff. But then a couple
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: drives later, Hannibal gets a touchdown. Made it 7-6. And
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: then they got a touchdown, two-point conversion in the second quarter,
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: make it 14-7. Then Central House West tied it at 14-14.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: That was the support halftime, tie game 14. And then
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: Central House West took a 21-14 lead early in the
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: third quarter. But Then I think the very next play
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: from scrimmage, Hannibal got a very long 70-yard touchdown. And
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: then they scored again on their next drive. And then
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: Central West gets the ball back. They get a touchdown.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: They get the two-point conversion and go up 29-26. And
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: then Hannibal answers with a short touchdown run. Two-point conversion
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: is good. 34-29 Hannibal with six minutes left in the game.
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: And then Central West gets the ball back. They give
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: it away. Hannibal gets it back, and they score. They
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: go up by two scores. 4-29 final score on that one.
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: That was the brief rundown of the Central Georgia West
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: activities Twitter feed. Thank you to them for getting that
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: out there. No stats in this game, unfortunately, but even
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: though they lost their only playoff game, great year for
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: the Warriors. That record is so brutal to have. Your
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: only loss being in the playoffs is always going to
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: be a sour feeling.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: It's not just... In the playoffs, it's your first playoff game.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: But even then, there's their most wins in a season
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: since 2022, where they went 9-3. There's their best winning
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: percentage in a year in a very, very long time.
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: So congrats to them on a great season. I believe
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: they bring back most of their guys next year.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: I don't know about that. But we just knew Hannibal's
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: really good.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: And here's the thing.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: I forgot to say this about Ladue Rittner. cause this
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: is Ritter, both the, yeah, literally Ritter, both these games
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: kind of like really similar and somewhat in certain ways,
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: like St.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Charles West gets out to a really good start.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: You got out to a really good start, but then
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: the other team, probably the more favorite team one ultimately.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: But I don't think this game came down to like
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: a strength of schedule. Like, cause a lot of people
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: are making out like, and that's true. Like Ritter has
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: a better strength schedule, but I don't think it came
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: down to that. It came down to just making plays like,
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: cause it was, it was a really close game in
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. And I think the same thing with
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: this game, like I, it didn't come like, no, nobody's
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: thinking about, Oh, this is a big play right here. Well,
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Hannibal's got a better strength of schedule, so they should,
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: they should win this play right here.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: It's not, I think that's a little disingenuous right there.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: Cause I think both these teams prove that, you know,
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: they belong out in the same field and, you know,
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: it was just, it's, it, these are two teams who probably,
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: who might be the two best teams in this district,
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: but happened to play each other in the district semifinals
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: and met each other early. So I think that's just
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: what it was. And, but no, you know, Hannibal has
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: been really tested. They're, They're a really physical team. I
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: thought that was probably what was going to win them
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: the game. I think they have a little bit more athleticism,
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: and they're very physical, and they have way better playoff
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: experience than St. Charles West. These guys played for a
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: state title last year, and they're usually going far in
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: the playoffs, and St. Charles West hasn't done that in
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: a while. So I think that probably played a factor, too.
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: All right, moving down the line, next game we'll go
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: over Slough High. Absolutely crushed Rittner this past weekend. This
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: is early 6 p.m.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Starts.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: We'll be able to look at this one a bit
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: on Twitter. 3-5-0 final score on this one. The Junior
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: Billikens win.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Pat Stein had a really nice game.
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: Really good game. 19 carries for 184 yards. 6 of
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: 10 throwing the ball for 105 yards and one touchdown.
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: Stein also had three rushing touchdowns. Quincy Jones for the
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: other touchdown for the Junior Billikens. Five carries, 44 yards,
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: a touchdown for him. And this Lehigh defense, man, 12 sacks.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Yep. 12. Yep.
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: Unbelievable. Three sacks for Caden Elby, two each for Henry
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: Fitzpatrick and Markel Armstrong. I mean, goodness gracious, I've never
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: seen a team get 12 sacks in a game. This
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: is an unbelievable stat line.
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: That's got to be close to a state record.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: They gave Anthony Odom probably the worst game of his career,
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: just physicality-wise. I mean, getting sacked 12 times cannot feel good.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: No.
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: No. an unbelievable pass rush for them. And yeah, I
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: could not be more impressed with this slew high defense
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: and they had three formal recoveries as well. Anthony Busby
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: getting two formal recoveries there.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Just editing the highlights of this game. I was like, man,
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: like slews constantly and Rittner's backfield and like Odom's having
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: to like run constantly for his life. And, and he
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: even got some nice, I don't think he played that bad.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: It was just, I mean, he, He did his best
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: to make the most of it, but it was just
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: like he can only do that for so long when
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: your line is just not going to be there to
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: protect you.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so the Sluha defense literally just ate all night long. And, yeah,
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: super-duper impressive performance from them. They move on. Rittner season ends.
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: Tough way to end the year for Rittner, for sure.
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: They finished the year 6-4, but they definitely had some
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: fun memories this year, I would say. The Hazel Dees
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: game was a fun one for them. And then especially
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: beating Pattonville at home in their homecoming, that was a
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: massive win for them.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: Co-conference champions. I think that's only the third or fourth
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: time ever they've won or gotten a share of a
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: conference title. And this is a school that's been around
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: for over 80 years or something like that. So, yeah.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: It was good that they were able to get a
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: conference title.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Speaking of another manhandling of a game, Sekhman.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: They.
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: Crushed Northwest Cedar Hill 38-7 with a final score in
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: this one.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a little unexpected. We thought it was
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: just going to be a pretty competitive game.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: Suckman only got six sacks. Compared to Slough High, it's
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: not much. But six sacks in the game is still impressive,
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: especially given how athletic Northwest QB Cohen Stark is. Matt
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: Mussig for the Jaguars got three sacks. Brody Masello got two.
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: Chase Baraski got one. So six sacks there for the Jaguars.
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: Two fumble recoveries, one interception. definitely the best defensive performance
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: so far for the Jags. And, um, yeah, Brody cube
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: and another great game quarterback, only nine completions, but 170
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: passing yards, two touchdowns, one interception as a team. They
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: got over six and a half yards per carry Jackson.
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: You're Blonsky. Another great game. I mean, this is a,
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: this is literally exactly the kind of game segment wants
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: to play where they're a run first team, uh, They
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: can pass a little bit. Passing a little bit when
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: they need to and getting those big plays every here
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: and there. But especially just getting a good pass rush,
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: being physical, and shutting down the other team's rushing attack.
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: I mean, they hold Northwest to only 3.5 yards per
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: carry and 87 total rushing yards. And, yeah, this is
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: definitely Seckman's best game of the year so far in
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: the playoffs. I don't know how much they did, especially
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: coming off of the– I guess the bye we helped
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: them out because their week nine game against proper North
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: was offensively just not there at all.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, that was a good response from them too. After,
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: you know, disappointing loss in the season, uh, regular season.
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: And then they come out and, uh, against, uh, another,
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: you know, tough team in Northwest and really manhandle them.
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: And, um, unfortunately for segment, you know, just given their
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: school size and, well, actually they, they got revenge over
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: last year because last year Northwest beat them in this game. Um,
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: But just like two years ago, just like three years ago,
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: and just like four years– yeah, just like– so they're
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: just like 2024 and 2023. Because Seckman is a large
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: school in southeast Missouri. They're going to get stuck with
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: Jackson in the same district. They'll play the Indians here
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: if they come this week. That should be– shoot. If
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: Seckman plays the way they just did, I still think
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: Jackson is the better team and is going to win
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: the game. But Seckman can keep it close and can
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: keep it interesting for sure because they're they're a good
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: team they really are but yeah congrats the jaguars and
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: a big win and congrats the lions on another great
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: season i mean yeah yeah it's definitely not how they
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: want to end their year but this is a team
• 29:46
  Speaker 3: in a program that was really struggling for a long
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: time until cohen stark and his class came through and
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: they've done some really really good things for that school
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: and So they definitely can hang their heads high and
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: be proud of what they've done because they've done a
• 29:58
  Speaker 3: lot of great things to that school and that community.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking of Jackson, they beat Lindbergh 49-7. Don't have
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: stats for that game, but 49-7 is a score that you,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: I think, just about all of us would have assumed
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: that was going to happen before the game. Yeah. I mean,
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: a great, by the way, a great, I think, a
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: solid season for Lindbergh, how they were able to come back, like,
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: starting 0-3 and, you know, ended up having a, being
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: really competitive and, you know, was able to even beat
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Oakville in their first round of districts and had some
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: nice wins over Summit and Lafayette and a really good
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: win over Parkway West. So I just wanted to shout
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: them out right there.
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, one of the two Illinois teams remaining playing is
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: East St. Louis. They obviously, I mean, in East St.
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: Louis fashion, because it is not the state semifinals yet,
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: they absolutely destroyed their opponent. They beat Chicago St. Patrick 72-12. Again,
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: I laugh because this is literally the same case every year.
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: If it is not in the semifinals yet and East St.
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: Louis is playing in the playoffs, they will destroy you.
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: That's just the way it is. Reese Shanklin, it seemed
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: like he was just able to flick the ball downfield
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: and it would go for a million yards. 19-24 for
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: 274 yards, three touchdowns. And again, their defense.
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: Their total yardage wasn't crazy because their defense was insane.
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: They had four interceptions as a team. They had a
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: short field like every single drive. And the Flyers were
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: literally just flying all over the place in the end
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: zone every five seconds. So, yeah, congrats to the A.C.
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: Lewis and secure another win. They got Matt Prospect next.
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: But the other Illinois team remaining is Highland. The Bulldogs
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: beat Carterville 62-50 last week.
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: We knew that this was probably going to be a shootout,
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: and it was. And unfortunately, I couldn't get down to
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: the game. No promises, but I really want to go
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: see that Rochester game when they play on Saturday. However,
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: dang it, the stats aren't in yet, too. But we
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: just know that Jax Oren and Carter Harris had huge
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: games for the Bulldogs right there. And they were winning
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: for pretty much the whole game. They got out to
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: an early lead, and they actually... I think they led
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: by as many as 19 points in the fourth quarter,
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: early fourth quarter.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: Um, Carville made it, I guess a little interesting near
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: the end.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: But, but yeah, I mean, we felt good about Highland
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: going into this game because we felt that they were
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: more battle tested than, than, um, than Carville and, and,
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: you know, perhaps more talented and just Highland's offense is
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: not really, not really been, I mean, besides the, besides
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: the Cahokie game, their offense has really not been stopped
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: all season. And, they once again put up a ton
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: of points in this one. And now they're 9-3, and
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: they're into the quarterfinals now?
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we're in the quarterfinals now.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right, because they went by fast.
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they beat Lincoln, Freeburg, and Carterville, and they got
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: a home game against the mighty Rochester Rockets.
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah, biggest home game for Highland in a very long time.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: Probably their biggest game they've played in the playoffs since 2017.
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: When they played Rochester. When Sam Laporta was on their team. Yeah. Yes.
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: Was it 2017?
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: Yes, it was. Yeah, they lost 31-14. And that was
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: actually the semifinals.
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: Oh, darn. Unfortunately, the Lions... The Lions put the Patriots
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: next week in Munich, Germany. So, unfortunately... Sam Laporta would
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: probably not be able to see his Highland Bulldogs play.
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: He probably wasn't going to go to the game.
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: I mean, if they had a bye week, then maybe
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: they would, maybe they would have showed up and shown
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: some support.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: But, you know.
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: I guess so.
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: But, yeah. Otherwise, Illinois, Morton, they defeated Triad 56-15. Unfortunate
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: end of the night season, but great year for them.
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: They finished the year 9-2. Did some very special things
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: up there, John.
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Triad's been solid this season, and, yeah, I just,
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: didn't have a good feeling going into this game for them. Honestly, uh,
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: you know, Morton looked like their schedule and their results
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: look pretty good. Um, and they're, they're typically a good,
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: just a good sports school up there in, um, Peoria
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: area in Illinois. And, uh, and just, I don't know.
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: I mean, I think just try it. Look, just kind of,
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: you know, met their match, I guess, and, and Morton. And, uh, again,
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: there's no stats in this game, but yeah, clearly, uh,
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: clearly try it. I had trouble defensively giving up 56
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: points to, uh, Again, another niche name, the Potters, the
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Morton Potters.
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: That's awesome.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah, but a good season for trial.
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: They went 9-2, and I don't know what they're going
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: to look like next year because they lose some pretty
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: key players.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: But they have a good program. They usually reload.
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: Go back to the Missouri side. This is in Class 5,
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: District 2. After a bit of a slow start, Rockwood
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: Summit really turns it on in the second quarter. They
• 35:13
  Speaker 3: defeat Parker West 47-25. The Longhorns got to a 10-0 lead.
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: But by halftime, Summit was leading. And then by the
• 35:22
  Speaker 3: start of the fourth quarter, Rockwood Summit was up on
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: top 33-17. Especially... Going into the fourth quarter, it was 33-17.
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: And then they scored to make it 40.
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And then.
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: I mean, this is a Parker West team that had
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: a seriously improved rushing game this year. They really did
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: have a solid running game this year, but Rockwood Summit
• 35:48
  Speaker 3: totally shut that down today. Brayden Beerman was able to
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: somewhat get it done in the air, which is a
• 35:54
  Speaker 3: lot of turnovers, though, for them. That ended up being
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: the issue and the difference, really. Kendall Young had a
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: great game for the Falcons, 31 carries for 188 yards.
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: He had two touchdowns for them. Yeah. And, yeah, just
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: a great game for the Falcons. Again, a bit of
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: a slow start in the first quarter. Mason Casso, he
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: had two interceptions on the defensive side of the ball.
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: He had one catch for 20 yards, four carries for
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: three yards. So he's kind of just doing everything for them.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: Great athlete all over the place. McCoy Brown, 9 of 17,
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: 187 yards, three touchdowns. So not too many completions for them,
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: but when they were able to complete it, they were
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: big plays. Over 20 yards per reception for them. So
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: good stuff there.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: And, yeah.
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: Congrats to the Falcons for moving on.
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Summit had a slow start to the season. Although,
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: I mean, it started off really well by beating Summit,
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: but they started out 2-3.
• 36:44
  Speaker 3: Beat Festus.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: Sorry. Beat Festus. Yeah, so that was a nice win,
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: but went 2-3, had maybe a few tough losses.
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: But then ever since then, I mean, they've been sharp.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: I mean, their only loss in their– because they've won now,
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: I think, four of their last five. I don't have
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: their schedule with me, but– Yes. I'm sorry. I'm going
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: on a standard. Yeah. So they've now won five of
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: their last six now. And they're only that one loss
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: was a six point loss to Kirkwood. He was now
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: playing in the district title game and, and their win.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're putting up points and they're playing typically
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: good defense. I mean, they struggled a little bit against
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: West in this game defensively, but West, I mean, they got,
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: they got some weapons on offense, so they, they're, they're,
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: they're not bad there, but yeah, I think some of
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: they're playing just about their best football right now. And what,
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: going into the most important part of the season, and
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: that's where you want to be. And just a quick
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: word on Parkway West. I mean, these guys are going
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: to be pretty good next year, maybe the next few years,
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: because I think they've got a really good sophomore class
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: and they've got some really good juniors. I mean, they
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: return their entire passing attack. Bierman, who's a sophomore, Max Jones,
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: who's a junior, Jack Peterson, he's a junior. Um, Liam
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Corrigan's a junior, um, and Grayson Smith, he's a tight end.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: He's a, he's a junior.
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: And, um, you know, I think they just returned like
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: the majority of their team overall. So they're going to
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: be a tough team next year to beat, uh, the,
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: a lot of talent, I think. So, um, and they
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: had a, they had a decent season, seven, four. And, um, yeah,
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: so I think West is, they're, they're going to be
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: in good shape going forward. And, um, So, yeah, they're
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: going to play Eureka, who cruised to an easy win,
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: 55-6 over Parkway South. You know, just really no surprises
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: in this one. Eureka got out on top early with
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: a 14-0 lead, and they were able to establish the
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: run game, which is what they typically do. They led
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: 34-0 at halftime in this one.
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: Shockingly, Eureka doesn't have their stats in, but Parkway South does.
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: I was looking forward to.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: shout some of their guys out, but we can't do it. Well,
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: I guess we can do this. Um, you know, Zach
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: Kim had, uh, he had two touchdown runs. Curtis Harris had,
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: he had two touchdown runs and then they put some, uh,
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: reserves in, uh, for there. And Brody Alderman had a
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: 31 yard, uh, pick six for, uh, for Eureka there too.
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: So Eureka summit, we got a Rockwood rivalry in the
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: class two district championship for class five district two championship.
• 39:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah. And then in class four, for the third season
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: in a row the purple north vikings defeat orchard farm
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: in the playoffs final score this one was 41 35
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: this was about as back and forth and close as
• 39:39
  Speaker 3: you can get at the end of the first quarter
• 39:41
  Speaker 3: was tied 7-7 at halftime it was tied 14-14 But
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: then in the third quarter, Parkway North really pulled away,
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: and they outscored the Eagles 27-14 in the third quarter. Unfortunately,
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: Parkway North's stats are not in. Orchard Farm was able
• 39:56
  Speaker 3: to get a touchdown in the fourth quarter to make
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: it 41-35, but the Parkway North defense was able to
• 40:01
  Speaker 3: shut them down at the end of the game to
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: make the final score 41-35. Orchard Farm's rushing attack, I
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: can only talk on their stats because Parkway North's stats
• 40:12
  Speaker 3: are not in, but It looks like Orchard Farm kind
• 40:16
  Speaker 3: of had to resort to the passing attack in the
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: second half because their rushing game was totally shut down.
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: They had 33 carries for 50 yards and 1.5 yards
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: per carry. I would assume this is because of a
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: lot of sacks because their main running back, Jamarcus Harris,
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: had 20 carries for 76 yards. That's okay. But then
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: Aiden Sinclair and Liam Sinclair, so they both had five
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: carries each for negative yards. So I would assume those
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: are from some sacks because sack yards counts against your
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: rushing total. So congrats on the Parkway North defense really
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: tidying up in the second half there. They advance yet again.
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: Another heartbreaking way to end the season for Orchard Farm
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: against this Parkway North team.
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: Aiden Sinclair is a freshman.
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: He threw for 308 yards.
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: That's very impressive. I mean, yeah, three interceptions and he
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: got sacked a bit, but for a freshman to do
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: that in that kind of high-pressure game is pretty impressive.
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're good. So Liam and Nate are brothers,
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: and so it's going to be an interesting quarterback battle
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: next season. So I guess whoever wins it, then I
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: guess the other brother's just going to transfer to another school.
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: Oh, come on.
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: They're both really good athletes.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: They'll contribute some way.
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: I know. I know. It's just funny. Some brotherly love
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: right there.
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Heading back up to Class 5, Farmington, they defeat
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: Fox 28-7. It was the final score in this one.
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: the Farmington defense was able to really tighten up, especially
• 41:44
  Speaker 3: in the second half. They, they helped Fox scoreless. Um, well,
• 41:48
  Speaker 3: Fox scored on their first drive of a Jew private
• 41:51
  Speaker 3: touchdown run. Um, but outside of that very first drive,
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: Fox did not score the rest of the entire game.
• 41:57
  Speaker 3: So congrats to that black Knights defense for, um, tightening
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: up Fox, try to get some third down conversions through
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: the air late in the game. Didn't really work out. Um,
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: I mean, they got over 5.5 yards per carry, which
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: is not bad at all for Fox. But when you
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: can't really throw the ball at all, it's just not
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: going to help much at all. So, yeah, congrats to
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: Farmington for getting the win there. They would be, let's see,
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: they would be 10-1 right now. Because they're 4-5, they're 6-5.
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: They're 10-1 on the field.
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 42:36
  Speaker 3: Legality of that is in question, but yeah. Heading back
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: over to Illinois, Cahokia falls into the buzzsaw of the
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: Rochester Rockets, and they get defeated 54-27 as the final
• 42:49
  Speaker 3: score in this one. Offense is an okay game. 27
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: points is not too bad, but that Rochester offense, man,
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: they really are insane. Under Coach Leonard, they've been unbelievable
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: offensively every year for, what, 15, 16 years now?
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, a little longer than that, but yeah.
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: And, yeah, they do it yet again. They put 54
• 43:14
  Speaker 3: points on a pretty solid Cahokia defense. And, yeah, unfortunately
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: for Cahokia in the year. But another really solid year
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: for the Comanches. They finished the year 8-4 with two
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: playoff wins. I mean, shoot, any time you get two
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: playoff wins, you can't really get too mad at that season.
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: That's going to be a good year.
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: Right, yeah. And Rochester, they run the southern portion of
• 43:35
  Speaker 2: Class 4.
• 43:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: It really goes through them until, unless Sacred Heart Griffin
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: has something to say about that.
• 43:41
  Speaker 3: Unless the other Chris Leonard has something to say about it.
• 43:42
  Speaker 3: He's not there anymore.
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: He's retired, but yes, in spirit.
• 43:45
  Speaker 3: His former program. Yes.
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: Um, yeah, it's just, yeah, it was a really tough
• 43:51
  Speaker 2: draft for Cahokia and class four is just brutal this year.
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: Cahokia played a part in that too, um, being a
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: really good team, but, um, yeah, it's going to be
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: interesting to see like how they, they had a lot
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: of really good, they had a lot of productive seniors, uh,
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: these last two years and, um, Yeah, it's going to
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: be interesting where they kind of go from there. How
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: about Zmont West beating Francis Howell?
• 44:10
  Speaker 3: The revenge game for the Jaguars, these two teams obviously
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: are conference rivals. They played earlier in the year, and
• 44:18
  Speaker 3: Francis Howell defeated them 31-7. So this was pretty back
• 44:22
  Speaker 3: and forth in the first half. Howell scored first, make
• 44:25
  Speaker 3: it 7-0, but then Jordan Rasmussen connected with Kyan Smith
• 44:27
  Speaker 3: for an 80-yard touchdown to tie it 7-7. And then...
• 44:32
  Speaker 3: Zumwalt West blocked a Frank Sal field goal attempt. And
• 44:36
  Speaker 3: then at halftime, the score was 14-7. Howell was winning.
• 44:41
  Speaker 3: And then... Zumwalt West put together a pretty long drive
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: near the end of the third quarter. Rasmussen connected with
• 44:48
  Speaker 3: Reese Klein for a touchdown, making it 14-14. And that was...
• 44:52
  Speaker 3: It was 14-14 going into the fourth quarter. And then
• 44:56
  Speaker 3: it really accelerated.
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: So....
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: Howell gets the ball early in the fourth. They score.
• 45:01
  Speaker 3: It's 1-1-14. And then ensuing Zuma West drive, they throw
• 45:05
  Speaker 3: a pick six. So Howell was leading 28-14 early in
• 45:08
  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter.
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: Oh, so they had another fourth quarter collapse just like
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: against O'Fallon.
• 45:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah. And then Zuma West, you know, keeps their composure.
• 45:19
  Speaker 3: Jordan Rasmussen connects with Eric Lowry, I think. Yeah, Eric
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: Lowry for a touchdown. PAT was missed it was 28-20
• 45:30
  Speaker 3: and then Howell answered back with a touchdown drive 35-20
• 45:33
  Speaker 3: with 7 minutes left in the game and then literally
• 45:37
  Speaker 3: 23 seconds later Zumwalt West gets a touchdown and two
• 45:41
  Speaker 3: point conversion was good to make it 35-28 West forces
• 45:46
  Speaker 3: Howell to punt the Jaguars took over with their own
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: 8 yard line with 2 minutes 23 seconds to play
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: And then down by seven points, Zemel West had the
• 45:57
  Speaker 3: ball on the howl, 38 down by seven points. And
• 46:00
  Speaker 3: then Jordan Rasmussen connected with Kyle Smith for a touchdown
• 46:05
  Speaker 3: late in the fourth quarter. They went for two, and
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: they got it with 14 seconds left to win the game, 36-35.
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: Extremely ballsy call to go for two there, but I
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: love it. You had the momentum there.
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: It was a QB draw by Rasmussen. There's a video
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: of it.
• 46:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I have to pull up my phone right now.
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: You can kind of hear the cheering there. It was
• 46:26
  Speaker 3: at Francis Howell. It wasn't even really a draw. I mean,
• 46:29
  Speaker 3: a draw is like a fake pass in the run,
• 46:31
  Speaker 3: but that was more of a QB lead where he
• 46:33
  Speaker 3: just grabs it and runs up immediately. They took advantage
• 46:36
  Speaker 3: of Howell's defensive alignment there. They spread it out wide.
• 46:40
  Speaker 3: It looked like, were they in empty there? They three
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: out wide on the right side, one out on the
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: left side, and Howell was at least showing a cover
• 46:49
  Speaker 3: zero shell there when they were just manned up on
• 46:50
  Speaker 3: the outside and didn't have many guys in the middle
• 46:52
  Speaker 3: to take up Rasmussen and rush up the middle. Rasmussen
• 46:55
  Speaker 3: got it with a two-point conversion. They win the game
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: 36-35 in an unbelievably exciting game that I'm sure those
• 47:00
  Speaker 3: Jaguars are going to remember for a very long time.
• 47:02
  Speaker 3: So you guys are going to win.
• 47:03
  Speaker 2: The two years in a row is what West has
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: come from behind by trailing by 14 points in the
• 47:10
  Speaker 2: fourth quarter to win a playoff game. And I guess
• 47:14
  Speaker 2: the overtime last year was so stressful that they didn't
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: want to do that again. They didn't want to do
• 47:19
  Speaker 2: that again, so let's just go for two.
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: Seriously.
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: Well, in this case, proverbial wisdom in football is if
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: you're on.
• 47:26
  Speaker 2: The road and you're down by one late in the game,
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: you kind of go for two. And yeah, it worked out.
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: Shifting over to the Metro League rematch. MICDS, they beat
• 47:41
  Speaker 3: Luther North 49-34 in the rivalry game. This was really
• 47:45
  Speaker 3: back and forth in the first half. MICDS was up
• 47:47
  Speaker 3: 21-20 going into halftime. I think MICDS scored on almost
• 47:52
  Speaker 3: every single one of their drives this game.
• 47:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it felt like it.
• 47:57
  Speaker 3: In the third quarter especially, they were able to force
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: Luther North into a couple turnovers on downs, I believe.
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: And that ended up being the difference.
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: I know they missed it.
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: On one drive, they got no points when they missed
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: a field goal, but I don't think they punted outside
• 48:09
  Speaker 2: of that.
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: And yeah, they pretty much scored. They scored on just
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: about every possession.
• 48:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so congrats to MICDS on picking up a huge
• 48:15
  Speaker 3: win there. Really up and down year for them. They've
• 48:20
  Speaker 3: had some great stuff, like the shootout win against Richmond
• 48:22
  Speaker 3: in Week 2. That was a great win. They beat
• 48:24
  Speaker 3: Westminster in Week 4. That was a good win. But then,
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: you know, losing... Getting ahead early the first time they
• 48:30
  Speaker 3: played Lutheran North, and then Lending up a ton of
• 48:33
  Speaker 3: points in the second quarter and third quarter there. And
• 48:35
  Speaker 3: then losing to St. Dominic. Losing to Jeff City. But
• 48:37
  Speaker 3: then coming back, beating Priory. Beating Lutheran North. And they
• 48:40
  Speaker 3: get a really lucky draw. And they play Winfield for
• 48:43
  Speaker 3: the district championship. I don't know. I mean, that's... This
• 48:48
  Speaker 3: is the rare time when the mission point system led
• 48:50
  Speaker 3: to a really, really poorly seeded district. Because it had
• 48:52
  Speaker 3: Normandy the one seed. And then Winfield beat John Burroughs
• 48:56
  Speaker 3: in their first game.
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: Well, it's because of the geography. It started with the
• 48:59
  Speaker 2: teams they put based on geography.
• 49:01
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm not mad at the geography. It's just, I mean,
• 49:05
  Speaker 3: Normandy should not have been a one-seamless district. That's just
• 49:07
  Speaker 3: kind of silly to me.
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: Well, I think the point system is the point system,
• 49:11
  Speaker 2: and that's what happened. Yeah, with the record. But no,
• 49:16
  Speaker 2: I think it just, for me, it starts with, you
• 49:18
  Speaker 2: seed well not that you seed you put you know
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: six teams most of them aren't very good into a
• 49:25
  Speaker 2: certain district and it's like when you know it's like
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: yeah these teams aren't really good but we're going to
• 49:29
  Speaker 2: do it just because of the you know because we're
• 49:32
  Speaker 2: constricted and you know we have all these districts and
• 49:34
  Speaker 2: they constrict them to just you know a limited amount
• 49:36
  Speaker 2: of teams that's where it really starts with you know
• 49:38
  Speaker 2: the it breaks down. And like I said, I'm kind of,
• 49:43
  Speaker 2: I praise the points system because I think it's done fairly.
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: And I think just about the best way you can
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: do it.
• 49:50
  Speaker 2: So that's what you get when it starts with the
• 49:53
  Speaker 2: placing based on geography. But anyway, Nomaneka, he had five
• 49:59
  Speaker 2: touchdown passes. Amari Roberts had three touchdowns.
• 50:02
  Speaker 3: Amari Roberts is the real deal, dude.
• 50:04
  Speaker 2: He caught two passes and then he ran in for
• 50:06
  Speaker 2: another one.
• 50:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: I mean, he's been that guy all season.
• 50:10
  Speaker 3: As a freshman, right?
• 50:11
  Speaker 2: He is, and that was huge because this was his
• 50:14
  Speaker 2: first game back since he got injured against Lutheran North.
• 50:18
  Speaker 2: And so he missed about a month of football, and
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: now he's back, well-rested. And, I mean, he was the
• 50:24
  Speaker 2: reason why. I mean, I think we both picked Lutheran North.
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: He was the reason why I didn't pick MICS to
• 50:28
  Speaker 2: win this game, just because, like.
• 50:30
  Speaker 3: You weren't sure about his health and how stable he
• 50:32
  Speaker 3: would be.
• 50:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and also, like, MICS, they're fortunate they got him.
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: A few other guys who had been nursing injuries got
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: them back, too. So, yeah, that was key for them. Yeah,
• 50:44
  Speaker 2: and they host Winfield on Saturday.
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because Winfield, I believe, is the 4th seed.
• 50:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Winfield beat Burroughs and then Normandy to advance to
• 50:54
  Speaker 3: that stage.
• 50:54
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: Great win for Normandy.
• 50:57
  Speaker 2: I mean, they beat Normandy 7-6.
• 50:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Winfield has not been a district title game, and
• 51:02
  Speaker 3: I think... Since 2018 when they had Colin Sutton as
• 51:08
  Speaker 3: their QB. I think it was the year of 2017.
• 51:11
  Speaker 2: I thought Sutton was a little, like, that was before
• 51:14
  Speaker 2: his time.
• 51:15
  Speaker 3: No, Colin Sutton was a little older than me, so
• 51:17
  Speaker 3: that must have been 2018. I don't know. But congrats
• 51:20
  Speaker 3: to the Warriors there. That's great. Last game on our
• 51:24
  Speaker 3: list to talk about. Kirkwood defeats Marquette 35-0. This is
• 51:28
  Speaker 3: a weirder game than you would think. It was a
• 51:30
  Speaker 3: 7-0 game at halftime. The Kirkwood defense was all over
• 51:35
  Speaker 3: it the whole game. They weren't the issue. There were
• 51:38
  Speaker 3: just some turnovers in the first half of the Kirkwood
• 51:40
  Speaker 3: offense that kept it really close. But then in the
• 51:44
  Speaker 3: second half, the Pioneers woke up. Nick Tucci ended up
• 51:47
  Speaker 3: having a really good game. 17-22, 272 yards, one touchdown,
• 51:51
  Speaker 3: one interception. Take away that one pick, this is an
• 51:54
  Speaker 3: unbelievable stat line. Only five incompletions. I mean, he's averaging
• 51:59
  Speaker 3: 15 yards per completion. And then running the ball... Darion
• 52:03
  Speaker 3: Brown and Chase Griffin have pretty solid games. So yeah,
• 52:06
  Speaker 3: it took a little bit for the pioneers to wake up,
• 52:07
  Speaker 3: but yeah, a turbo clock went against a decent Marquette team.
• 52:10
  Speaker 3: They'll always take that.
• 52:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Really, uh, dominating defensively by, by Kirkwood there. And, um,
• 52:17
  Speaker 2: I mean just, they've been, they've been really solid all
• 52:19
  Speaker 2: season long outside of the Eureka loss. They've just, they've
• 52:22
  Speaker 2: taken care of business and they won every game by, uh, well, they, they,
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: they beat summit by six, but other than that, they've
• 52:27
  Speaker 2: won every game by multiple scores. And now they, uh,
• 52:32
  Speaker 2: Did they play CBC last year?
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: I mean, we'll talk more about that.
• 52:36
  Speaker 2: No, no, they didn't play CBC last year because they
• 52:38
  Speaker 2: were in Class 5. So, yeah, this is a rematch
• 52:41
  Speaker 2: of the 2024 game where Kirkwood upset CBC.
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: But this time, Kirkwood's going to be hosting CBC.
• 52:47
  Speaker 2: And real quick, going into the lower-class games, Vianney with
• 52:55
  Speaker 2: kind of a surprising win over Union, 56-39. I would
• 52:58
  Speaker 2: have thought earlier in the season Vianney would have beaten them,
• 53:01
  Speaker 2: but just the way... the way, uh, Vianney had just
• 53:04
  Speaker 2: kind of been trending. I mean, they had lost six
• 53:07
  Speaker 2: games in a row until they beat Afton. So they
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: were three and seven, but, uh, that's a good win over,
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: over what had been a nice union team on the
• 53:16
  Speaker 2: road too. Um, and so they'll, uh, Vianney gets the
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: rematch Sullivan who they lost to 58, 29 a few
• 53:24
  Speaker 2: weeks ago, but, uh, and, but that'll be a rematch
• 53:27
  Speaker 2: of their game. Uh, last year that went to double
• 53:28
  Speaker 2: overtime and Sullivan won. And then, uh, Yeah, Festus, they
• 53:33
  Speaker 2: took care of business as well.
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: So they're going to be back in the district championship game.
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: And St. Pius X, they're in the district championship game
• 53:39
  Speaker 2: as well. So, yeah, so I think, yeah, it's looking
• 53:45
  Speaker 2: pretty nice. And then U City and Live for Life,
• 53:47
  Speaker 2: they're going to play each other in the district championship game.
• 53:50
  Speaker 2: Both of them had, you know, pretty resounding wins themselves,
• 53:55
  Speaker 2: which is, I mean, this is kind of what we expected.
• 53:57
  Speaker 2: We expected those teams to make it to the– District
• 54:01
  Speaker 2: Championship game, yeah, Live for Life beat Gateway 38-8. So
• 54:07
  Speaker 2: now they're on a two-game winning streak. And then U
• 54:09
  Speaker 2: City beat Jennings 42-0. So their offense has given up
• 54:14
  Speaker 2: just six points in their last seven games.
• 54:21
  Speaker 3: They're legit, but they're going to have their toughest test
• 54:24
  Speaker 3: of the year, especially the opposing team's defense so far.
• 54:29
  Speaker 3: against Live for Life.
• 54:30
  Speaker 2: That will be a really tough game for both teams.
• 54:33
  Speaker 3: We'll briefly go over some other scores across Missouri. Nixa
• 54:37
  Speaker 3: took care of business. Ozark took care of business. So
• 54:39
  Speaker 3: it'll be Nixa versus Ozark in the Class 6 District
• 54:42
  Speaker 3: 5 championship game. Blue Springs defeated Lee's Summit, the reigning
• 54:46
  Speaker 3: Class 6 championship, 28-14. And then Blue Springs South defeated
• 54:50
  Speaker 3: Rock Bridge, 28-7. So it'll be a Blue Springs versus
• 54:53
  Speaker 3: Blue Springs South rivalry mashup for the Class 6 District
• 54:57
  Speaker 3: 6 championship there. Ray Peck beat Lee Semit West, and
• 55:00
  Speaker 3: then Rockhurst defeated North Kansas City by one point in
• 55:03
  Speaker 3: what was a top-two game in Missouri. I'll talk about
• 55:07
  Speaker 3: the second one here in a bit. Those are two
• 55:09
  Speaker 3: really good teams that went to absolute war, and Rockhurst
• 55:12
  Speaker 3: ended up winning by one there. So the Ray Peck
• 55:14
  Speaker 3: versus Rockhurst in the Class 6 District 7 championship game,
• 55:17
  Speaker 3: and then Liberty North versus Oak Park for the Class
• 55:20
  Speaker 3: 6 District 8 championship game. They both took care of business.
• 55:23
  Speaker 3: In Class 5, I believe we talked about all the St.
• 55:26
  Speaker 3: Louis area games.
• 55:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we did.
• 55:29
  Speaker 3: Shamanov behaves well. He's 33-14.
• 55:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 55:32
  Speaker 3: That was the one we didn't talk about. Congrats to
• 55:33
  Speaker 3: Red Devils on the nice win there. They will host
• 55:36
  Speaker 3: Carter Ritter. On the other side of the bracket, Elias,
• 55:40
  Speaker 3: they took care of business against Glendale. Camdison beat Jeff City.
• 55:42
  Speaker 3: There should be an interesting game from those two teams,
• 55:44
  Speaker 3: the Crusaders and the Lakers. It's a fun little mascot
• 55:47
  Speaker 3: matchup there. Republic, so this is the other top two
• 55:52
  Speaker 3: game of the week in the state. Republic defeated Carthage
• 55:55
  Speaker 3: 32-30 in triple overtime.
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: Oh, I didn't know it was triple.
• 55:59
  Speaker 3: Overtime wow yeah these are two of the top five
• 56:02
  Speaker 3: teams in class five for sure and yeah class five
• 56:08
  Speaker 3: districts six far and away the best district in class
• 56:13
  Speaker 3: five and Neosho beat Branson 34-31 Neosho's having one of
• 56:18
  Speaker 3: their best seasons in school history right now so it'll
• 56:21
  Speaker 3: be Republican versus Neosho that'll be at Republic on Friday
• 56:23
  Speaker 3: night Green Valley beat Capital City and Smith-Cotton beat Ruskin
• 56:27
  Speaker 3: so we got Green Valley versus Smith-Cotton And then Platt
• 56:29
  Speaker 3: County versus Fort Osage in the Class 5 District 8
• 56:33
  Speaker 3: championship game. Class 4, Carlin. Yeah, Carlin and Savannah. That
• 56:41
  Speaker 3: one should be fun.
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, whoever wins.
• 56:42
  Speaker 3: It's too bad for Savannah that they are stuck with
• 56:44
  Speaker 3: Carlin in that district.
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: Whoever wins that game is going to be favored to
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: win state.
• 56:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's too bad that Odessa keeps growing as a
• 56:50
  Speaker 3: school because they used to run Class 2 and 3. Well,
• 56:54
  Speaker 3: it's good.
• 56:54
  Speaker 2: Well, if they're growing, then they just got to embrace it.
• 56:57
  Speaker 3: They're an excerpt of Kansas City in the west side,
• 56:59
  Speaker 3: kind of off I-70, so east side, excuse me, sorry.
• 57:01
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 57:03
  Speaker 3: West of here, but east in the Kansas City area.
• 57:06
  Speaker 1: They play Pleasant Hill.
• 57:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, nothing.
• 57:08
  Speaker 3: If all I remember is Logan Rogersville for Class 4,
• 57:12
  Speaker 3: District 6. And then Warrensburg versus Moberly for class four
• 57:15
  Speaker 3: district five.
• 57:16
  Speaker 2: That's a big game because that's a rematch from earlier
• 57:17
  Speaker 2: this season where Moberly won. Yeah.
• 57:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, let's see. Yeah, Moberly won by... No, Warrensburg. Oh, Warrensburg.
• 57:26
  Speaker 3: Moberly won by two that matchup. That was back in
• 57:27
  Speaker 3: week four. But yeah. And then I think we talked
• 57:31
  Speaker 3: about all the St. Louis area games.
• 57:32
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 57:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Sullivan beat Westminster. So you have Yanni plays them.
• 57:38
  Speaker 3: Class three....
• 57:41
  Speaker 2: St.
• 57:41
  Speaker 3: Pius, they defeated Park Hill Central 4-17. Nice win for them.
• 57:44
  Speaker 3: Cody Shaver and the Lancers.
• 57:48
  Speaker 2: Second time they've beaten Park Hill Central.
• 57:50
  Speaker 3: They'll play a St. Clair team who has shown to
• 57:53
  Speaker 3: be really good this year, but can be inconsistent. That
• 57:56
  Speaker 3: one should be a very interesting game. That'll be the
• 57:58
  Speaker 3: Class 3 District 2 Championship game. And then MICDS Winfield.
• 58:03
  Speaker 2: They'll play the winner of whoever wins. Well, we'll talk
• 58:06
  Speaker 2: about that in the next podcast.
• 58:08
  Speaker 3: Maryville, we're not going to talk about this next episode, maybe.
• 58:11
  Speaker 3: If we don't, I'll cover it now. Maryville versus St.
• 58:14
  Speaker 3: Pius X out of Kansas City, that's the game of
• 58:16
  Speaker 3: the week in Class 3 for sure. I would probably
• 58:20
  Speaker 3: say those are two of the top. I would put St.
• 58:22
  Speaker 3: Pius X as the favorite right now in Class 3,
• 58:25
  Speaker 3: and I put Maryville as probably the third or fourth
• 58:26
  Speaker 3: best in Class 3. And they get stuck in the
• 58:29
  Speaker 3: same district mostly because of geography, but yep, it just
• 58:33
  Speaker 3: is what it is. The other top Three-team in Class 3. Seneca,
• 58:38
  Speaker 3: they take care of business. They'll play Cassville in their
• 58:40
  Speaker 3: district championship game.
• 58:41
  Speaker 2: That's a huge game, too.
• 58:42
  Speaker 3: It was a massive game.
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: Those are other two top-five teams in Class 3.
• 58:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Cassville, they're 9-1, but they're only being a one-score
• 58:49
  Speaker 3: loss to Lamar. If you are listening to this show
• 58:53
  Speaker 3: and you do not know who Lamar is, I highly
• 58:55
  Speaker 3: recommend going on to Misha and looking at their team
• 58:58
  Speaker 3: history in football. It's pretty shocking, to say the least.
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: In a good way.
• 59:03
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and yeah. That's all I'll talk about from the
• 59:05
  Speaker 3: Missouri side. But, yeah, pretty fun week. And then, yeah.
• 59:09
  Speaker 3: a lot of hardware up for grabs this next week.
• 59:12
  Speaker 2: It is. It's always big time. I mean, district titles
• 59:15
  Speaker 2: are huge. I mean, you get to put them on
• 59:17
  Speaker 2: a banner and you get the plaques and put them
• 59:20
  Speaker 2: in your school for the rest of history. So, you know,
• 59:23
  Speaker 2: those mean a lot. But, yeah, we're looking forward to
• 59:27
  Speaker 2: week two. 12 as we head into the home stretch
• 59:31
  Speaker 2: of this football season.
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: So see you guys.
• 59:34
  Speaker 2: Peace.