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MSHSAA DISTRICTS: St. Louis Area Playoff Football Preview · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sportsman Show. I'm John. He's Roman.
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  Speaker 1: It is playoff time in the state of Missouri, folks.
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  Speaker 1: We look forward to it every single season, and it's
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  Speaker 1: almost November. We've still got one more week in October,
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  Speaker 1: and then it's going to be Thanksgiving before you know it.
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  Speaker 1: It's Halloween weekend coming up, so it's always a lot
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  Speaker 1: of fun. Try not to overdose on candy, but... We
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  Speaker 1: got playoff football for you in Missouri. And we'll be
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  Speaker 1: talking about the games in the metro area, including Illinois,
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  Speaker 1: in our next show coming out this week.
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  Speaker 2: Content nuke for you guys this week. Three episodes for
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  Speaker 2: you this week.
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 2: So, boom.
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  Speaker 1: And for YouTube games, hopefully.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. So, we're going to get right into it with
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  Speaker 1: Class 6, District 1. Did you have any thoughts?
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  Speaker 3: No, it's... Especially the bigger classes are not necessarily top-heavy,
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  Speaker 3: I would say, but there's just a lot of threats
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  Speaker 3: to win state in Class 5 and Class 6. So
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  Speaker 3: it should be very fun this year. But we'll go
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  Speaker 3: ahead and go over the teams that have St. Louis
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  Speaker 3: area schools in them in this episode. We'll go through
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  Speaker 3: their districts. So there will not be every district in
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  Speaker 3: the state. That would take forever.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We actually did that last year. We went over every
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  Speaker 2: single district, and that took like two hours. So we're
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  Speaker 2: not doing that.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry. Sorry, not sorry.
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  Speaker 3: First up, Class 6, District 1. This one's fun. Jackson
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  Speaker 3: finishes the 1 seed. They're 9-0. Northwest is the 2 seed.
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  Speaker 3: They're 8-1. Seckman is the 3 seed. They're 7-2. Those
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  Speaker 3: three teams have five weeks to start. And then Oakville
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  Speaker 3: is 7-2. They will host Lindbergh in the first round,
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  Speaker 3: who is 4-5.
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  Speaker 2: Got to go, Jackson. They're the favorite in Class 6.
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  Speaker 2: But that's a deep district.
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  Speaker 3: We just talked about Lindbergh last episode, almost beating Eureka
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  Speaker 3: in Week 9.
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  Speaker 2: They will never quit.
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  Speaker 3: And this is, you know, a good Oakville team, a
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  Speaker 3: good Seckman team, and a good Northwest team.
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  Speaker 2: So that's five really high-quality teams.
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  Speaker 1: Oakville beat Lindbergh 14-7 in the beginning of Week 2.
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  Speaker 1: But this is a different Lindbergh team. And, well, I
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  Speaker 1: guess we'll give you our previews for the next show.
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  Speaker 1: But I think, and this is a rematch of last year's,
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  Speaker 1: I think this was a three, I think this, no,
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  Speaker 1: I think this was a 4-5 game last year as well. But,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, these two teams did play each other in
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  Speaker 1: the quarterfinals, and Oakville won that also at Oakville. So
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  Speaker 1: that's pretty cool. And, yeah, whoever wins that has the
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  Speaker 1: right to lose to Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That's the best way to put it.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Next up, Classics District 2. We've got Kirkwood
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  Speaker 2: as the one seed.
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  Speaker 1: They're 7-1.
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  Speaker 2: CBC is the two seed.
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  Speaker 3: They're 4-4. DeSmet is the three seed. They're 7-2. Marquette
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  Speaker 3: is the four seed. They're 4-5. Lockett's the five seed.
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  Speaker 2: They're 3-6.
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  Speaker 3: So first round, Kirkwood, CBC, DeSmet get bys. Lafayette will
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  Speaker 3: travel to Marquette. CBC has less district points than DeSmet,
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  Speaker 3: but because they beat DeSmet earlier in the season, they
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  Speaker 3: get the tiebreaker. So in week two of the playoffs,
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  Speaker 3: CBC will host DeSmet. I'm sure that will be a
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  Speaker 3: hot commodity in the area.
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  Speaker 1: That will be a.
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  Speaker 2: Fun game to be at.
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  Speaker 1: There's going to be multiple hot commodities that night.
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  Speaker 3: I think the winner of that game will win the district.
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  Speaker 3: I think Kirkwoods are a heck of a ball club,
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  Speaker 3: but they've shown some inconsistencies in in their past games
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  Speaker 3: so far this year. Again, really good team, but also
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  Speaker 3: really good districts. I mean, this is... The top three
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  Speaker 3: teams in this district are three of the best teams
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  Speaker 3: in the whole St.
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  Speaker 2: Louis area. So, it's going to be a dogfight. But
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to pick.
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  Speaker 2: Moment of truth.
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  Speaker 1: Moment of truth.
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  Speaker 2: I'll pick DeSmet.
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  Speaker 3: I'll pick the Smet, because I think the Smet can
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  Speaker 3: keep the turnovers down in their game. That's why CBC
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  Speaker 3: beat them. CBC's a decent team this year, but.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I think they're more than decent, but... Yeah, but
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  Speaker 1: both defenses on both teams have been a lot of
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  Speaker 1: trouble this season. So that's why... If the Smet can
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  Speaker 1: keep turnovers down, I'll pick them, and I'll go with
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  Speaker 1: that for now. Yeah, I just... But it's hard to...
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  Speaker 1: It's really, really hard to count out CBC, though. And
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  Speaker 1: they're not... I wouldn't even say there's like a A
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  Speaker 1: total favorite in this district. I'm just slightly leaning towards
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  Speaker 1: the Smet here. And, you know, I think they have
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more team speed overall. But, again, it's
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  Speaker 1: really close. And can't wait for that game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. All right, next up, Class 6, District 3. We've
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  Speaker 3: got Pattonville as the one-seater, 8-1. Slough High as the two-seater, 6-3.
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  Speaker 3: Rittner as the three-seater, 6-3. Hazel West as the four-seater,
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  Speaker 3: finished the season at 3-6. And then Francis Allen North.
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  Speaker 3: They finished the season at 1-8.
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  Speaker 2: We did not mention it in the last episode, but
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  Speaker 2: I really should have. Francis Howell North defeated St. Charles.
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  Speaker 3: Their first win.
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  Speaker 2: 24-8. That was their first win in over 1,000 days.
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  Speaker 1: 1,200 days. I think 1,222 days.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah. That was... They gave the coach a Gatorade
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  Speaker 2: bath at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Congrats to Coach Webster and them for getting that win.
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  Speaker 3: Breaking the seal is huge. This is a program that
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  Speaker 3: didn't win a game since 2023. So yeah, congrats to
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  Speaker 3: the Knights.
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  Speaker 2: That's huge. Good to see them win one.
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  Speaker 1: I will say this. I didn't think I was ever
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  Speaker 1: going to give this guy a shout out, but I
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  Speaker 1: will now because I think this is actually pretty nice
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  Speaker 1: of what happened. EvilGSV did some nice work. He did
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  Speaker 1: some nice work on Instagram. Oh, come on.
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  Speaker 2: I hate mentioning him.
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  Speaker 1: It was actually really sweet. It was actually really cool.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, congrats to France Isle North on getting their
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  Speaker 2: first win in a while.
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  Speaker 3: They will travel to Hazelwood West in the first round
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  Speaker 3: of this one, of this district, I should say.
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  Speaker 2: Pattonville is thanking Slough High.
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  Speaker 3: Right now for finishing the season with enough points because
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  Speaker 3: if Slough High would have lost another game or two
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  Speaker 3: and Rittner finished ahead of them, then Rittner would have
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  Speaker 3: gotten one seed, actually.
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  Speaker 2: Because of tiebreaker.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: In this district, I'm going to pick Slough High to
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  Speaker 3: win here. I think Pattonville's a good team, but they've
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  Speaker 3: shown some unclutch moments in this year that make me
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  Speaker 3: a little uneasy about them. And Slough High's not perfect
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  Speaker 3: at all either, but Slough High has had a much
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  Speaker 3: more difficult schedule.
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  Speaker 1: They're a lot more predictable in a good way, and
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  Speaker 1: their defense has just been rock solid all season. And
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  Speaker 1: so those are two things that make them kind of
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  Speaker 1: easy to pick to win this district. I think certainly Pattonville,
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  Speaker 1: if there's a team that's going to beat them, I
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  Speaker 1: think it's going to be Pattonville. And they certainly could.
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  Speaker 1: And Pat Mill does kind of... Even though their schedule's
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  Speaker 1: not really been that great this season, they have been capable,
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  Speaker 1: shown capabilities of playing up to their competition sometimes. I
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  Speaker 1: think they can potentially do that. But I know SLU
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  Speaker 1: really wanted to get that home game over Rittner because
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  Speaker 1: I think if they were going to play Rittner at Rittner,
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  Speaker 1: I think that could have been a really intriguing game
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  Speaker 1: right there. But the fact that it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: at SLU, I think gives... I think that's a big
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  Speaker 1: advantage for them, and I think they beat Rittner and
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  Speaker 1: then ultimately get past Pattonville to win what would be
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  Speaker 1: their first district championship since 2011. Wow. When your boy
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  Speaker 1: was a senior in high school. Geez. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: All right, next up, Classics District 4. This is pretty
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  Speaker 3: much the GSC South, minus Francelle North.
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  Speaker 2: One seed is Troy. They finished 7-2. Two seeds, Francelle.
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  Speaker 2: They finished 5-4.
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  Speaker 3: Three seeded Zuma West, they were 4-5. Four seeded Liberty,
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  Speaker 3: they were 3-6. Five seeded France South Central, they were 4-5.
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  Speaker 3: And this is how the standings for the GCC South
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  Speaker 3: worked out.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect.
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  Speaker 2: This might be the first time we've ever seen a Mission.
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  Speaker 3: District be the exact same as a conference standing with
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  Speaker 3: those teams.
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  Speaker 1: It's literally perfect.
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  Speaker 2: I am going to pick Troy.
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  Speaker 1: You don't seem confident about that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not confident.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't be either.
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  Speaker 3: They've got to get their passing protection figured out. It's
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  Speaker 3: just tough because if this was a better Francis Howell team,
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  Speaker 3: I would pick them. But defensively, they've been really shaky
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  Speaker 3: these past few weeks. It's been tough for them, but
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  Speaker 3: I'll go with Troy.
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  Speaker 1: They've been.
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  Speaker 2: The better team over the past nine games.
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  Speaker 1: Troy's still looking for their first district championship since 2021
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  Speaker 1: when they beat Howell on the last play of the game. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: this is where they, I mean, they've been great. They've
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  Speaker 1: been a great regular season team, you know, for, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for the last five years, but they've, well, six seasons now. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but they have struggled to get out of the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, last year they were, you know, an overtime
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  Speaker 1: victory away. And I mean, they had a 14 point lead. over, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Zuma West, but couldn't, you know, seal the deal there. So, um, I, again,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's there for them, but it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be tough. I'll still, I'll still pick them to win
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  Speaker 1: this though. Cause you look at the other side of it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Francis Howell is, you know, they just, they
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  Speaker 1: just got worked by, by Chaminade. Um, and then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Zuma West has just been, just been okay this season. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: Troy's on paper. I mean, the, I mean, they won
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  Speaker 1: the conference, right? And so, Although, I mean, they did
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  Speaker 1: have a very close game with Francis Howell, so that's
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  Speaker 1: why I'm kind of thinking Howell could win this too,
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  Speaker 1: so I'll still pick Troy here, but definitely not really
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  Speaker 1: confident in that at the same time though. Hey, at
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  Speaker 1: least we didn't pick all one seeds to win. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: it was split 22-4 on that.
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  Speaker 2: Alright, down to Class 5. We got Class 5 District 1.
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  Speaker 2: Fox is the one seed. They finished 5-4.
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  Speaker 1: St.
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  Speaker 2: Mary's, the two seed. They're at 6-3. Cape Central, they're
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  Speaker 2: the three seed. They finished the year 5-4. Farmington... Now,
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  Speaker 2: this is a story.
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  Speaker 3: They had to forfeit four games from, I think it
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  Speaker 3: was weeks 1-4 because they played an ineligible player. So
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  Speaker 3: they finished the year 4-5... and get a serious docking
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  Speaker 3: of district points.
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  Speaker 2: So they're the 4th seed. Then Poplar Bluff, they're the
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  Speaker 2: 5th seed, the 3rd and 6th. Then Melville, they are 0-9,
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  Speaker 2: they're the 6th seed. So if Fox and St.
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  Speaker 3: Mary's get buys, it'll be Melville at Cape Central and
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  Speaker 3: then Poplar Bluff at Farmington to start.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go with St. Mary's to win this district.
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  Speaker 3: But Fox, I'm going to assume that the inevitable district
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  Speaker 3: championship game between St.
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  Speaker 2: Mary's and Fox... Actually, hold up, because who.
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  Speaker 3: Because it would be Farmington at Fox if Farmington beats
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  Speaker 3: Poplar Bluff, and that would be a really hard-fought game.
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  Speaker 1: Farmington.
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  Speaker 2: Either way, I think St. Mary's should win this district.
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  Speaker 1: I think one of the losers of this Farmington thing
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  Speaker 1: is Fox, potentially, because... I mean, Fox is able... You think, like, well,
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  Speaker 1: they're the 1C, but then they're going to have to
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  Speaker 1: play Fox. Farmington's their first game, and that's a bad
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  Speaker 1: matchup for them.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Fox would have had to either play St. Mary's
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  Speaker 3: or Farmington in the second round... because if Farmington wouldn't
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  Speaker 3: have had those forfeits, Fox would have finished with a
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  Speaker 3: two seed and then played St.
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  Speaker 2: Mary's in the second round.
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  Speaker 3: So it kind of is a tough match to beat away.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think Fox can play with– I think they
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  Speaker 1: can compete with anybody. It's just going to be really
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  Speaker 1: tough for them, you know, because we know what their
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  Speaker 1: style of football is like, and it's tough to play against.
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  Speaker 1: But I still think– I mean, Farmington does a really
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  Speaker 1: good job of, you know, just, you know, beating the
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  Speaker 1: teams they should be beating. That's why I think they're
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  Speaker 1: going to do that against Fox. I think that game
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  Speaker 1: against St. Mary's is going to be a great game.
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  Speaker 1: Especially if Kingston Miles is out again, that's really going
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  Speaker 1: to be interesting. That's tough. I'll still go with St.
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  Speaker 1: Mary's to win this one based on their talent ultimately
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  Speaker 1: and their defense, but I think this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be a really tough one for them to win. If
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  Speaker 1: they do, then it's well-deserved.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Class 5, District 2. We've got Eureka as
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  Speaker 3: the one seed. They're at 7-2. Rockwood Summit is the
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  Speaker 3: two seed. They're 5-4. Parkway West is the three seed.
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  Speaker 1: They're 6-3.
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  Speaker 3: Parkway South, they're the four seed. They're also 6-3. And
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  Speaker 3: Parkway South actually had more district points than Parkway West
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  Speaker 3: by a hair, but West beat them. So they get
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  Speaker 3: the tiebreaker. And then Webster Groves are the five seed.
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  Speaker 3: They finished at 3-5. Washington finished at 3-6. They're the
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  Speaker 3: sixth seed. Parkway Central is 0-9. They're the seventh seed.
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  Speaker 3: So Eureka gets the bye. We've got Parkway Central at Summit,
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  Speaker 3: Washington at Parkway West, Webster Groves at Parkway South.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to pick Eureka to win this thing.
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  Speaker 1: Historically speaking, it's not an easy call.
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  Speaker 2: Typically, Eureka.
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  Speaker 3: Is an amazing regular season team that finds ways to
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  Speaker 3: lose games in the quarterfinals. Sometimes they choke the district away,
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  Speaker 3: but I think they're good. by a certain level, the
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  Speaker 3: best team in this district. So I'll pick the Wildcats
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  Speaker 3: to win.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think they will, too, although that last game.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they beat Summit, the two-seed, already.
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  Speaker 1: I know, but I think Summit's a different team since then.
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  Speaker 1: And then that game against Lindbergh is a little concerning
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  Speaker 1: for me. But I still do have Eureka winning this district. Because,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think they should beat... I'm assuming South
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  Speaker 1: is going to beat Webster-Groves, and I think Eureka should
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  Speaker 1: handle South... Um, and play, they could, they could play,
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  Speaker 1: I really, they could realistically play like either Summit West
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  Speaker 1: or Washington. Um, you know, I think Washington's that good.
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  Speaker 1: And I think Washington's good enough to beat Summit and West.
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  Speaker 2: Um, Washington's had some tough breaks this year.
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  Speaker 1: I think their three and six record is really deceiving. Um,
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  Speaker 1: but ultimately I'm going with the Wildcats. I mean, just
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  Speaker 1: seeing how they've played for the most of their season.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, their offense has been really solid and, you know,
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  Speaker 1: their defense has been, has been good. And, um, You know, especially,
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  Speaker 1: I think, with the strength of schedule they've had, by
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  Speaker 1: the way. I mean, they're by far the most battle-tested
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  Speaker 1: team in this district. So, I think, you know, you've
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  Speaker 1: certainly got to put that into play. Summit's pretty battle-tested
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  Speaker 1: themselves as well, too. So, I mean, and, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they've played each other. So, I'm still going with Eureka, though,
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  Speaker 1: to win this one. But, again, I'm not too confident
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  Speaker 1: about it at the same time.
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  Speaker 3: Next up, Class 5, District 3. We've got Ledoux with
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  Speaker 3: the one seed.
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  Speaker 2: They're 9-0.
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  Speaker 3: Chaminade, excuse me, they're 6-3. McClure North is 6-3. They're
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  Speaker 3: the three-seed. Cardinal Ritter, they're the 4th seed at 4-5.
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  Speaker 3: McClure is the 5th seed at 3-6. And Hazel East
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  Speaker 3: and Hazel Central are the 6th and 7th seed respectively.
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  Speaker 2: They're both at 1-8.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with Ritter, but this is a
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  Speaker 3: very intriguing district with Ritter, Chaminade, and Ledoux.
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  Speaker 2: Chaminade is definitely a threat. Ledoux is obviously a threat.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're undefeated.
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  Speaker 3: They beat Eureka a couple weeks ago. It's a very
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  Speaker 3: good team. And this Ritter versus Ledoux game would be 2-2.
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  Speaker 3: assuming Ritter beats McClure.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about it.
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  Speaker 3: Ritter versus Ledoux in week two is going to be
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  Speaker 3: a freaking battle.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a dogfight.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think there's, you know, as talented
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  Speaker 1: as Ritter is, and that's why I do share your opinion.
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  Speaker 1: I do think Ritter ultimately does win this district, you know.
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  Speaker 1: But there is a blueprint to beating them, and it's hard,
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  Speaker 1: but Ledoux has enough speed to stay with them. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if... LaDue's defense is going to– that's going
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: to be the big question. I think their offense, if
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: they play them, will put up points. But can LaDue's
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: defense step up to the plate and do enough to
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: give their offense a chance to do what they can do?
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: And then also, like if– because Marshawn Ivey came off injured.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: If he's not playing for Ritter, that really affects their
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: defense right there because he is their best– I think
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: by far their best player on defense, as he should
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: be because he's a three-star going to Arizona State. He's
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: one of the best linebackers in the state. So, yeah,
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: that'll be just like DeSmet and CBC. That is another
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: big-time district semifinal game where, unfortunately, I think, for my opinion,
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: these are two of the top ten teams in the state.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: One of them's got to go home and not even
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: play for a district championship. So we'll see how that
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: shakes out. But I think I'll say this right now.
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: Whoever wins that game, I think, I think probably plays
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: for a state championship. We'll see. That's how I feel.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: We shall see. Yeah.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: And then, and then, sorry, and then Chaminade is a,
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: there could be a tough team to beat. I think
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: they have an easy path to the district championship here
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: with all due respect to, you know, Hayswood Central, McClure North,
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: and Hayswood East. I think Chaminade rolls, whoever they play,
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: and then they'll face the winner of Lydia and Cardinal Raider.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: And that'll be a, that'll be an interesting game because,
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: you know, Chaminade's going to not, they're going to be
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: the underdog, whoever they play in that game. So, I'm
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: really looking forward to seeing how this all shakes out.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Okay, next up we've got Class 5, District 4. This
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: is basically the GAC Central, but substitute St.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: Dominic for Washington. Timberland is the one seed. They finish
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: the year at 7-2. Zuma North, the two seed.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: They're 6-3. They both get buys. St. Dominic is the
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: three seed.
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: They're at 6-3.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: And they defeated Westminster 35-7 last week.
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: And Tyson Griner got three sacks. He has 22 sacks
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: on the season. He is two away from tying the
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: state record.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: That was set by Parker Monning seven years ago in 2019.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: For another O'Fallon-based high school.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah. For Zumwalt North.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: So Tyson's getting really close to setting state history here.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: Zumwalt East with a four seed at three and six.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: Zumwalt South with a five seed there at two and seven.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: Then North Point at one either of the six seed.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: This is going to be a.
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: Very interesting potential game between Zamont North and St. Dominic and, uh,
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: the second round. Um, these two teams, I don't think
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: have ever played each other. Um, they've done summer scrimmages
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: many times before. I mean, they're very close to each other,
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: so they've collaborated in the off season to, uh, do
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: scrimmages before, but, uh, I don't know if they've ever
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: played in an actual game before, but that could.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Be very interesting. Um, but yeah, I'm going to pick
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: Zamont North to win this district.
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: Uh, If you look at the season as who can
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: get better and better and become the best team by
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: Week 10, I think Jamal North's on the best trajectory.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: So I'll go with the Panthers to win this thing.
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: We'll just get a fun rivalry between East and South
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: in the first week.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think St.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Dominic might come away with this one. They've been playing
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: much better football. I've kind of been strict on them
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: this season, but I think they're really starting to kind
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: of figure it out. I mean, I assume... North Point...
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to completely put it past St. Dominic
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: that they beat North Point just because North Point, they
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: do have a pretty good offense.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: St. Dominic should be North Point.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: If St.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: Dominic loses to North Point, that would be a massive upset.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: But they should beat North Point. Correct. That St. Dominic-Zumalt
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: North game, I think that's got to be a defensive struggle.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: That could go either way. Yeah. Yeah, I feel good
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: about Zumalt North right now where they're trending up.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: Um.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: So yeah, I will, I'll still pick North to win
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: this one, but I would not be shocked if St.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Dominic wins this. And then as for Timberland, they're the
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: one seed. They just, they're not looking great going in.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: I mean, they're 7-2, but they're kind of just an
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: underwhelming 7-2 at this point with some close wins over some,
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: including both Zumwalt East and Zumwalt South. I mean, I
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: wouldn't be shocked if, I wouldn't be shocked, I guess
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: I would be still shocked if like Zumwalt South were
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: to beat Timberland you know but I still expect Timberland
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: to play either North or St. Dominic in the championship
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: game but I would be surprised if Timberland were to
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: win that game just because of they've just been you
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: could say yeah they're good in close games but it's
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: against not the best quality opposition and against quality opposition
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: they haven't been so good so I'll still go Zumwalt North,
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: but I really also like St. Dominic now, too. So, yeah,
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: it's close. These are really good districts. I mean, all
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: four of these districts in our area, in class five
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: and class six, are really fun to think about. So
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: this has been really cool.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: All right, down to class four. Class four, District 1
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: is the one seed. We've got Festus at 7-2. The
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: two seeded Sykeston are also 7-2. Hillsboro is the three
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: seeded 6-3. North County is the 4th seed. They're also 6-3.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: DeSoto is 5-4, the 5th seed. Windsor is 3-6 as
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: the 6th seed. I have not been paying too much
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: attention to Sykes this year, but I guess I probably should.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: Not the most competitive schedule.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: Their two losses are to Jackson and Farmington, two pretty
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: solid teams.
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: But it seems like they beat who they should and
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: they lose who they should. They got a decent win
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: against Cape Central, but it's basically it. I'm going to
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: go with Festus to win this thing.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: I could see Hillsborough beat Sykeston and we'd get a
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Festus-Hillsborough rematch.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: That would be awesome. That would be fantastic.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: I'll still pick Festus. I mean, they had a little
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: bit of a rough start to the season. They lost
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: to St. Mary's in Summit, and since then they've won
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: seven in a row. They're looking like a team who
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: we kind of thought they'd be, and even without Parker Perry, too.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: I've still got the Tigers winning this game.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: All right, next up, over to District 2 in Class 4,
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: we've got Union as the 1 seed.
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: They're 8-1.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Sullivan is the 2 seed. They're at 7-2. Westminster is
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: the 3 seed at 6-3. Vianney is 2-7 at the
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: 4 seed. Athens 3-6 at the 5. Bayless is 3-6.
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: The 6 seed in Pacific is 2-7 at the 7 seed.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: I'll go with Union.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: I mean, I think they just beat Sullivan. Yeah, they
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: beat Sullivan a couple weeks ago, 29-7. And then Sullivan
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: hammered Vianney.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so... Union definitely taking care of business.
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: Their only loss was by a touchdown to Zumo West
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: back in Week 2.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: Offensively, they've been.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Actually, sorry. Both offensively and defensively, they've been really good
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: the past few weeks. They've only allowed more than seven
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: points once in the past five weeks. That was to
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: Borgia when they allowed 26. This Union defense has been
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: really good the past few weeks.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: We've got to adjust our expectations here because this is
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: a Class 14. I don't think a bad... Scheduled for
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: a Class 14. Certainly not great, but I think definitely
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: their best win of the season was Week 1 against Washington.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: I know they're 3-6, but Washington easily 7-2 with some
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: of the results they've had. Their only loss being to
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: Ford's in the West, a close 130-23. I still have
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: a little faith in Vianney that they could find some,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: you know, make some adjustments on defense and then find
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: some form offensively, because they do have good players on offense.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: I expect them to rule through Afton, and I think
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: that could be a pretty close game between Union and Vianney,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: but I'm going to go with the Wildcats, and I
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: think they've won their first district championship since 2020.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: Okay, next up in District 4, sorry, next up in
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: Class 4, we've got District 3. University City at 9-0,
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: the one seed. Live for Life at 3-6, they're the two.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: They'll both have buys. Gateway, 4-4 is the 3 seed.
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: Jennings at 4-5, they're at a 4 seed. Riverview Gardens
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: at 3-6, the 5 seed. Then Clayton Brentwood is 0-9.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: The 6 seed. I'm going to pick U-City. I think
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: it's between them or Live for Life, really.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: I just think U-City is more offensively sound all around
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: than Live for Life, especially throwing the ball.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Defensively, Live for Life has been pretty solid so far
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: this year.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: They just beat Hickman.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they beat Hickman 13-12 I think is the final
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: score on that one. 18-13.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Okay, there you go. Defensively, Live for Life has been
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: excellent this year.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I mean, here's the thing. For Class 4, that's a
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: really good win to beat Hickman. Yeah. U-City doesn't have
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: a win anything close to that this season.
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: U-City's best win is against Northwest back in Week 3.
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: They were Class 16, so that's something.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I would say Hickman's a better team than U-City. Well, yeah,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: they probably are a better team than U-City, but also
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: than Northwest, just my opinion.
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go with U-City to win this district.
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go with Live for Life to win
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: this district. I think Live for Life is by far
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: the most battle-tested team here. Their defense, they've seen better
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: offenses than what U-City has, and I just think, I
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: also wonder, like, I mean, they're solid, obviously, I mean,
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: you can only ultimately play who you have in front
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: of you, but, like, I wonder how long, like, UCD's
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: players have played, like, a full game, a full four
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: quarters of football. I don't know. I mean, probably only
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: once against Northwest Cedar Hill. So I think that could end. Well, unfortunately,
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: they didn't play a full four quarters against Jennings. But,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: you know, that's, I think, something to consider. And, like,
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: Live for Life, as long as they can stay together
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: and they keep believing, I think they have a really
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: good shot at winning this district, and I think they will.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Next up, Class 4, District 4. We've got St. Charles West.
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: They're undefeated at 9-0. They'll get a bye. Parker North,
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: the 2 seed. They're at 4-5. Orchard Farms, the 3
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: seed at 7-2. Hamble is 4-5. They're at the 4 seed.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: Warrington is at 6-3. They're the 5 seed.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Holtz at 3-6. They're the 6 seed. And St. Charles
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: at 2-7 is the 7 seed. This is a heck
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: of a district.
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: We've got a massive range of teams here.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: An undefeated St. Charles West team.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: A 4-5 Hannibal team who has gone through the absolute
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: gauntlet this year and having to play some really good
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: teams like Elias, Eureka, Troy, St.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: Dominic, Festus, Jackson.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: I mean, this is an unbelievable schedule that none of
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: these other teams have had even a sniff of playing against.
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: Parkway North's probably got the next strongest schedule in this district.
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: They got the big win week 9 against Seckman. I
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: think it's going to come down to.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Hannibal and Parkway North in this one, and I'm going.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: To go with Hannibal to win this district.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree. Well, Hannibal, I'm assuming they're going to
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: beat Warrington. Again, can't totally put it past them.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Warrington's a decent team this year. Other than, I mean,
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: Parkway North should beat St. Charles in the first week.
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: Other than that, every other game, first round, second round,
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: district championship weekend, There's.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: No gimme games here. I mean, these are all going
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: to be really hard-fought games.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I could see it coming down to
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: Hannibal and Orchard Farm.
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it could. It could get down to St. Charles
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: West and Brooklyn North, St. Charles West, Orchard Farm.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: I mean, these are.
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: I would say of all the districts we've covered so far,
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: it's the smallest gap between the one seed and.
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: The four seed.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah, seriously. I think it comes down... I have Hannibal
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: winning this district, ultimately. I don't want to put, like,
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: Projected matchups, but, man, it kind of sucks for St.
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: Charles West. Tough draw.
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: I'm surprised they're not in Class 3.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: They've grown, supposedly.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Slightly, a little bit. But, yeah, that's just interesting.
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Class 3, speaking of Class 3, Class 3, District
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: 1 doesn't have any singles-area teams, so we'll go to
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: Class 3, District 2.
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: St. Pius X at Ephesus, they're 6-3, they're the one seed. St.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Clair is the 2 seed. They're also 6-3. They will
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: have buys.
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: Herculaneum is a 5-4 at 3 seed.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Park Hill Central is the 4 seed. Potosi is the
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: 5 seed at 3-6. And Lutheran South is the 6
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: seed at 2-7.
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: Cody Shaver, I think he's 3rd in the area in
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: rushing yards. And I think also 3rd in points scored.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Could be wrong at points scored. But rushing yards, he's
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: up 37.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Another really good year. St.
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: Clair, they're putting together a solid season. The Bulldogs are
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: at 6-3. They've lost the last two games, though. and
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: a very odd week one loss to Potosi. So very,
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: I guess they just had some guys out there. I'm
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: not really sure, but I'll go with St. Pius X
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: to win this one.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I'll agree with you as well
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: on that. Yeah, I mean, they've not played. Again, they're
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: one of these teams that they're really good at beating
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: the teams who they should be beating. And, you know,
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: they lost to, like, Gibson Southern is a pretty good
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: team from Indiana. Then Farmington's, you know, on the field
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: they're 8-1, but officially now they're 4-5. You know, they
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: lost to them by 21. And then Valley Catholic is
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: Valley Catholic. But they were able to beat, you know,
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: a talented Vianney team, albeit a 2-7 Vianney team. So, yeah, no,
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: I think they're in good shape. I mean, they're a
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: little bit more battle-tested now than they previously were, which
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: they weren't at all for the first six weeks of
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, so I'll go with them. And then
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: they got the playoff experience from last year, you know,
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: going all the way to state. So they got that
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: in their favor as well.
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: Yep. All right, Class 3, District 3, we got Normandy
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: at the 1 seed.
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: They're 5-4. Luther North, the 2 seed at 3-5. MICDS
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: at 5-4, the 3 seed. John Burroughs at 4-3, the
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: 4 seed.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: Winfield is the.
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: 5 seed at 4-5. Priory is the 6 seed at 3-6.
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: And then Lutheran State Charles at 1-8, the 7 seed.
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: So the Metro League, plus some other teams.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, how cool is that? Normandy's a 1 seed.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: Good for the Vikings. Good for them.
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: I'm going to pick Lutheran North to win this thing.
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: I guess their QB situation is... is going to be
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: different from now on. I don't know if Jonathan Moore
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: is hurt.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not sure.
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: But we'll see. But I still think they should have
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: the edge. I think this is going to come down
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: to them or MSCDS. Burroughs did just have a decent
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: Week 9 win, so they had some momentum going for them,
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: but Lutheran North is definitely the most talented.
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: Team in this district, so I'll go with them to win.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really hard to Kind of hard to predict.
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: But yeah, you're right. It will come down. Whoever wins
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: that Lutheran North-MICDS game should win this district. And even
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: though MICDS, they've lost... I think they finished 5-4, right?
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: Because they lost.
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: 5-4, yeah.
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they had a tough loss to Jefferson City. And
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: they got 55... That's crazy. They have two separate 55-35 losses.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: Jeez.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so... I think it's ultimately going to come... I mean,
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: they lost Lutheran North by 20, so you'd imagine Lutheran
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: North's going to beat them again. It's just... And I say, yes,
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: they have athletes, but it's a no-line, no-shine team. They just...
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: On both sides of the ball, they just can't stop
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: the run or run the ball. And that's a horrible
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: formula to have if you want to have an extended
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: playoff experience. And so... I think that's going to be
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: the death of them in the second round against Luther North,
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: and I have Luther North winning this district.
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: All right, next up, Class 3, District 4. We've got
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: Southern Boone, the one seed, they're 7-2. For those of
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: you who don't know, they're about halfway between Columbia and
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: Jeff City out there in central Missouri.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Borgia, the two seed, they're at 5-4. Hallsville, 7-2, the
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: three seed. Wright City is the four seed at 3-6.
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: And then Fulton, Eldon, and Owensville round out at 5-6
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: and 7 seeds.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see who Hallsville has played. They're good.
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: Their losses are to, actually, an undefeated Centralia and then
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: an 8-1 Blair Oaks team.
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: And they beat Southern Boone.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: They beat Southern Boone earlier in the season by three
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: points just two weeks ago. So Southern Boone.
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: Gets real lucky here that Borgia barely gets more district
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: points than Hallsville because if Hallsville got more, then they
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: would have hopped Southern Boone. But because you can't jump
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: two teams, Hallsville gets stuck with a three-seed. I think
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: it'll come down to Hallsville versus Southern Boone, which should
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: be a very fun game to watch.
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  Speaker 2: And I'll go with Southern Boone. I'll go with the
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: Eagles to win this one.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go with Hallsville.
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  Speaker 2: Should be a fun one to track, though.
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  Speaker 1: I was already kind of high on them because I was,
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: for like a week, I did a Class 3 ranking,
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: and I ranked Hallsville there. So I'm just going off
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: of that pretty much. And that'll do it for Class 3.
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: Class 2, no single-seater teams in District 1.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: And District 2.
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  Speaker 1: No area, yeah.
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: Yep, we've got Valley Catholic as the one seed, the 9-0, obviously.
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: I think they have the most district points of any
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: team in the state at 57.95. It helps as a
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: lower-class team because you get more points playing a higher-class team.
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, yeah.
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: And then Jefferson High School out of Festus there, 6-3
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: of the two seed.
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: It's been a good year for Festus area football.
• 32:48
  Speaker 3: It has, yeah.
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: Jefferson's 6-3.
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: Montgomery County is 5-4 to the 3 seed. Duchenne, they're
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: the 4 seed. Herman is the 5 seed.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: Confluence is the 6 seed. I think Valley Catholic wins
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: this thing easily. I think they're the favorite in Class 2. So, yeah,
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: not too much else to say about this one.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: Right, and they already played St. Vincent and beat them
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: by a lot.
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: And St.
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: Vincent is the 1 seed in the next district. So
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: I think Valley at least is a shoo-in for the semifinals.
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that was actually the only teams in Class 2
• 33:16
  Speaker 3: in the St. Louis area side in District 2. And
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: then in Class 1, I believe only District 2 has St.
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: Louis Sierra teams yet.
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: So Class 1, District 2, Louisiana is the one seed.
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: They are about an hour and a half north on
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: Highway 79. They are 7-2 at the one seed. Their
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: best season in a long time for the Bulldogs. Crystal
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: City at 2-7 are the two seed. Principia at 2-6
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: are the three seed. Veritas Christian Academy, they're the four.
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: Seed at 3-4.
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: And then Grandview is only nine of a five seed.
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with Louisiana to win this thing.
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: Every other team in this district has pretty serious flaws.
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: And Louisiana, they played a pretty good bowling green team
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: and a pretty good North Cali team in the middle.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: Of the season.
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: Those are their two losses. But whenever Louisiana plays a
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: team worse than them, they win pretty convincingly. So I'll
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: go with the Bulldogs.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: To win this thing. Yeah, might as well go with
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: the Bulldogs as well.
• 34:14
  Speaker 3: Well, that'll do it for our Misha, or at least St.
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: Louis area Misha district previews. So, yeah, it should be
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: a very fun playoff. So we'll cover the first round games.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Here in a bit.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really excited for it. It's the best time
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: of the season and also the most nerve-wracking.
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because there's a lot at stake here. So thank
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: you guys for listening, and we'll see you later this weekend.