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WEEK 10 REVIEW: Cahokia survives & advances, Breese Central falls, Highland wins shootout, MSHSAA District Quarterfinals Recap · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateway Sports Venue Show. I'm John.
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  Speaker 1: He's Roman. It is the high school football playoffs in
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  Speaker 1: the state of Missouri and Illinois. So it's been an
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  Speaker 1: intense week and it's only going to get ratcheted up
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  Speaker 1: as we prepare for the coming week. The district semifinals
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  Speaker 1: in Missouri, which is where the playoffs really get started.
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  Speaker 1: But we also have plenty to review. this past week
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  Speaker 1: in week 10 in our area. And so there were
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  Speaker 1: some pretty good games, a few tough games as far
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  Speaker 1: as just teams who we would have liked to have
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  Speaker 1: won but didn't against out-of-area teams, and then kind of
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  Speaker 1: business as usual for the most part on the Missouri
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  Speaker 1: side in the St. Louis area. A few really good games,
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  Speaker 1: but for the most part, nothing crazy. So I want
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  Speaker 1: to start off with with what was our number one
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  Speaker 1: game of the week going in, and it lived up
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  Speaker 1: to the billing. And it's the Cahokia Comanches scraping past
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  Speaker 1: a tough Jacksonville team, 24-21, in the first round, a.k.a.
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  Speaker 1: second round, unofficially second round, of the Illinois High School
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  Speaker 1: State Association Class 4 playoffs. The Comanches, man, it was...
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  Speaker 1: it was close the entire way. The first, the biggest
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  Speaker 1: lead was a 10 point lead, which Cahokia got in
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  Speaker 1: the third quarter on a 70 yard touchdown pass from
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  Speaker 1: Nigel Gooden to Martavius Norris. And the Comanches, they were
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  Speaker 1: bigger and more athletic, but I, you know, I, I
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  Speaker 1: tip my cap to the Crimson's because, I mean, they
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  Speaker 1: were out-athleted and undersized, but they were gritty as all
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  Speaker 1: get out. And they pushed Cahokia to the, to the,
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  Speaker 1: to the limit here. And, uh, it was, it was
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  Speaker 1: game played on grass. Thankfully it wasn't raining. It was
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  Speaker 1: just kind of a nice cloudy 65 degree day in Jacksonville, Illinois,
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  Speaker 1: and just a great day. But, uh, it was a
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  Speaker 1: great day for the Comanches because ultimately it wasn't pretty. They,
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  Speaker 1: but they were, they walked away with a three point win.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And this was the coming out party for sophomore
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  Speaker 2: running back Cameron Dowell for the Comanches. 18 carries for
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  Speaker 2: 183 yards, uh, The second the kid breaks free, he's
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  Speaker 2: pretty much just gone for touchdown. I mean, his acceleration
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  Speaker 2: is unbelievable. And we talk about the amount of athletes
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  Speaker 2: they have. It feels like every week I'm talking about
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  Speaker 2: someone different having a crazy good game for Cahokia. We
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  Speaker 2: talked about Hardell's home run before. You just mentioned Norris
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  Speaker 2: receiving touchdown. They're not as.
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  Speaker 3: Good, of course, at QB.
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  Speaker 2: But now we've got Cameron Dowell as well, and they're
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  Speaker 2: just loaded up and down. Didn't do anything too crazy today.
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  Speaker 2: on offense uh couldn't convert the two-point conversions which was
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  Speaker 2: which made things a little spicy at the end there
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  Speaker 2: there's only a few goal difference instead of a touchdown
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  Speaker 2: difference but they came in with a win this is
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  Speaker 2: the uh second year in a row where they're playing
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  Speaker 2: uh into november so good for them.
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  Speaker 1: And great stuff yeah dowell i mean he's i think
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  Speaker 1: he's already had a coming out party this season uh
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  Speaker 1: but but yeah i mean this is this was his
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  Speaker 1: best game of the year um and which is what
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  Speaker 1: you love to see. Um, the most second most carries
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  Speaker 1: he's had in a game and it's the most rushing
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  Speaker 1: yards he's had. And it was only the second, I
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  Speaker 1: say only like he should be doing more, but it's,
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  Speaker 1: it's also his second multi rushing touchdown game as well.
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  Speaker 1: So he picked a, he picked a good game to
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  Speaker 1: have his best game of the season. And he's, he's,
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  Speaker 1: he's kind of small. He looks about five, eight, but
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  Speaker 1: he's shifty and he can, he can break tackles. He's got,
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  Speaker 1: he's got a good frame on him. And I, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think he's got a really good future ahead of him. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: The Cahokia offensive line did a great job. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they were, you know, it's, it's interesting because Cahokia, we
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  Speaker 1: saw them last year against Bree Central and they were,
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  Speaker 1: they were kind of passing the ball all over the
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  Speaker 1: place and they were causing them a lot of problems.
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  Speaker 1: But this year they've been a little bit more conservative offensively.
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  Speaker 1: And like in this game, Gooden was only five of 11,
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  Speaker 1: only I say only again, sorry, like, like he should
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  Speaker 1: be doing better. I don't mean it like that, but
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  Speaker 1: he threw, he only attempted 11 passes and, They were probably,
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  Speaker 1: I think, easily the more athletic team on the field. However,
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  Speaker 1: they limited turnovers. They just had one, which was an interception.
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  Speaker 1: Gooden still threw two touchdown passes. And they were able
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  Speaker 1: to run the ball effectively. They ran for 276 yards, 6.9
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  Speaker 1: yards a carry. And their last drive was really good.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we also got to shout out Makai Henderson,
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  Speaker 1: 80 yards, 15 carries. he was absolutely vital on that
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  Speaker 1: last drive where they were able to run the clock
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  Speaker 1: out about four minutes off the clock and kneel it out.
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  Speaker 1: He rushed for multiple first downs and, you know, he's, he's,
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  Speaker 1: he's kind of a load. He's, he's not easy to tackle.
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  Speaker 1: He's really good at getting downhill and, you know, they,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of handoffs out of the pistol formation and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, their own line created good holes and he
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  Speaker 1: was able to exploit them for, you know, usually getting
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  Speaker 1: at least four to six yards of carry felt like. And, And, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: literally five yards a carry for Henderson. And it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of a little rough sledding for Cahokia's defense for
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  Speaker 1: most of the game because they were, well, Jacksonville was able,
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  Speaker 1: in a triple option offense, they were able to have
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sustained drives. But Cahokia, they were able
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  Speaker 1: to come up clutch at certain points where Jacksonville got
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  Speaker 1: into the red zone a handful of times and didn't
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  Speaker 1: come away with any points, which was huge. And then
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  Speaker 1: the biggest sequence of the game was Cahokia really calmly
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  Speaker 1: with all the momentum Jacksonville had at midfield with about
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  Speaker 1: six minutes to go in the game, down by three,
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  Speaker 1: and they got a three and out and actually only
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  Speaker 1: gained negative two yards on that drive, too. So that
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  Speaker 1: was really critical by the Comanches right there. So their
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  Speaker 1: front seven did great. They had, I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: this is all the way accurate, but they have They have...
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  Speaker 1: I guess Koke took their own stats. They have them
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  Speaker 1: down for six sacks, but Jacksonville only threw just a
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  Speaker 1: handful of passes, and I don't think any of them
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  Speaker 1: were sacks.
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  Speaker 2: Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: So, they certainly had a number of tackle for losses.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that's what they meant to put in, but do
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  Speaker 2: they not know the true definition of a sack?
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  Speaker 1: I think they do. Maybe it's just an error.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully it is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but they certainly... I would imagine they did have
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  Speaker 1: six tackles for losses, because they did a pretty good job.
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  Speaker 1: They got better as the game went on, but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Jacksonville definitely. I mean, they had a big fourth down
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  Speaker 1: stop inside the five-yard line on the first drive of
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  Speaker 1: the game for Jacksonville, which was huge, and then they
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  Speaker 1: responded with a 96-yard touchdown drive. Yeah, so I really
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  Speaker 1: thought Cahokia in the second half was going to kind
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  Speaker 1: of run away with it, but Jackson stayed around, and
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, it definitely was not graceful by Cahokia,
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  Speaker 1: but they got it done, and that's all that matters
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  Speaker 1: at this point in the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, exactly. Speaking of getting it done, we'll stay in
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  Speaker 2: Illinois with this one. Highland beats Freeburg in a track meet.
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  Speaker 2: 54-34 was the final score in this one. And unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: the Bulldogs don't have their stats in, so I can't
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  Speaker 2: really shout out any heroics by Jax Oren or Carter Harris.
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  Speaker 3: I would assume they.
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  Speaker 2: Did good because they scored 54 points, but.
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  Speaker 3: We can kind of just generally tell you how the
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  Speaker 3: game went.
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  Speaker 2: Really close game for the first half. Highland was actually
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  Speaker 2: winning basically the whole time. They were up 21-14 at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the first quarter. They were also up
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  Speaker 2: 29-21 at halftime. So, you know, one score game. It's
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  Speaker 2: nice and close. But then in the third quarter, Highland
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  Speaker 2: just totally took over. They scored 22 points to Freeburg's.
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  Speaker 3: Zero in that frame.
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  Speaker 2: And that made the score 51-21 at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Freeburg kind of got back in the fourth, but by
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  Speaker 2: that point it was too little too late. And Highland,
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  Speaker 2: they just offensively crushed Freeburg. It seemed like every single
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  Speaker 2: drive in the first three quarters they were able to
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  Speaker 2: do whatever they wanted.
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  Speaker 3: Completing passes all over.
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  Speaker 2: The field, deep, short, outside, inside. They were able to
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  Speaker 2: do everything.
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  Speaker 3: And Freeburg offensively, they did fine.
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  Speaker 2: They had over 430 yards of offense, but this wasn't
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  Speaker 2: enough because the Bulldog offensive attack was just too much.
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  Speaker 1: Statistically speaking, this is probably like an all-time great Highland offense,
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  Speaker 1: what they've been able to put up this season. They're
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  Speaker 1: averaging 44 points a game. It's also an all-time bad
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  Speaker 1: defense because they're allowing 36 points a game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But they're still here.
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  Speaker 2: They are. They're still alive, and hey, they are going
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  Speaker 2: by the best offense is a great defense strategy, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure that obviously the goal is to win a
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  Speaker 2: state championship. But hey, if Island finds a way to
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  Speaker 2: win one or two more games in the playoffs, I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure they would be happy with that because that would
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  Speaker 2: be an extremely successful season for them. Even now it's
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  Speaker 2: been a successful season. You've won two playoff games, you've
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  Speaker 2: gotten eight wins. That's a heck of a year.
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  Speaker 3: And hopefully they can keep it up. They'll have a
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  Speaker 3: tough test next week at Carterville, who.
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  Speaker 2: Is one of the best teams in Class 4.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see if that... I mean, we'll dive into it
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  Speaker 1: more in our next podcast, but it'll be interesting to
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  Speaker 1: see how good they really are with their undefeated record.
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  Speaker 2: There's been some talk on Twitter about the, quote, upsets
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  Speaker 2: in Illinois because the seed line might have a team
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  Speaker 2: ranked very lowly because of their regular season record, but
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  Speaker 2: they had a much stronger strength of schedule, so that
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  Speaker 2: wasn't really.
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  Speaker 1: And then there's people who are kind of ignoring that
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  Speaker 1: and trying to just kind of glorify it just as
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  Speaker 1: a pure upset, just to kind of further push their
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  Speaker 1: own kind of narrative that like, you know, hey, this
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  Speaker 1: is all, this is better because of, it allows upsets. Like, well,
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  Speaker 1: if you really look into the context of the game,
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  Speaker 1: it really wasn't an upset. It's cool that those happen though.
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  Speaker 1: And cause it's like at the end of the day, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: it's the best team one. So, but, uh, and clearly
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  Speaker 1: I really felt like going into this game, it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of a toss up and, um, you know, Highland
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  Speaker 1: certainly had their way yet again with their offense doing
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  Speaker 1: whatever they wanted to do. And yeah, they've been, they've
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  Speaker 1: been really, they've been really good offensively all season. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think they got a good shot against Carterville.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, staying in the class four bracket, Breeze Central
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  Speaker 2: fell in a heartbreaking game to Metamora. 21-20 was the
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  Speaker 2: final score in this one. Most important points are extra points.
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  Speaker 2: And we saw some, uh, some PAT dramatics and you
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  Speaker 2: were there for this one, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, the PAT is ultimately leveled out. Um, But, well,
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  Speaker 1: I guess what you could say is, if Central, they
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  Speaker 1: were able to, you know, make one of their three
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  Speaker 1: extra points, then it wouldn't have come down to a
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  Speaker 1: two-point conversion, you know, for Metamora. But then again, Metamora
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  Speaker 1: chose to take a two-point conversion instead of tying the game. So,
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  Speaker 1: does it really matter, ultimately?
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  Speaker 2: But.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it came down to that. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: there was drama late in the fourth quarter where Central
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  Speaker 1: scored with about, I want to say, a minute and
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  Speaker 1: 52 seconds to go in the game. They had put
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  Speaker 1: together a nice drive, got a few breaks, and scored
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  Speaker 1: to go up by seven. But Metamora, for a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the game, they were able to kind of get
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  Speaker 1: first downs and have some sustained drives. And it looked
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  Speaker 1: like central was kind of playing a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: conservatively on, on, on defense. They're kind of letting, you know,
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  Speaker 1: then Metamora kind of catch like, you know, six, you know, seven,
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  Speaker 1: nine yard catches and then get out of bounds. And then,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Metamora did a really good job of kind
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  Speaker 1: of taking what central was giving them and managed the
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  Speaker 1: clock exceptionally well. You know, took no sacks, every completed
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  Speaker 1: pass downfield, like was, went out of bounds, stopped the clock.
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  Speaker 1: And then, on a 29 yard, they're, they're running back, uh,
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  Speaker 1: or no, it was a receiver. I guess it was
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  Speaker 1: a jet sweep, uh, scored on a 29 yard touchdown
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  Speaker 1: run where it was like a, just like an outs,
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  Speaker 1: like a outside running back handoff. And they, they'd ran
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  Speaker 1: that play multiple times. And it was the second time
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  Speaker 1: they'd scored on that play in the game where they
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  Speaker 1: do a really good job of just get blocking the
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  Speaker 1: edges and creating space. And, you know, they ran that
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  Speaker 1: play a handful of times and every one of them, uh,
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  Speaker 1: resulted in at least a first down. And that one
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  Speaker 1: was a big one. And yeah, so they decided to
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  Speaker 1: go for two and barely got the, their quarterback barely
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  Speaker 1: got the throw off and threw it to a wide
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  Speaker 1: open tight end who kind of leaked out. But apparently
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  Speaker 1: there was some controversy that, so the referees threw a
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  Speaker 1: flag on that play, but then they waved it off.
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  Speaker 1: So apparently I think Central argued, and I think they were,
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  Speaker 1: they initially threw the flag for this for an illegal
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  Speaker 1: man downfield on our, on our highlights, you can see a, a, um,
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  Speaker 1: a Metamora lineman standing in the end zone while the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback has the ball in his hand. You can, you
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  Speaker 1: can see it. That's, uh, he's standing in the end zone.
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  Speaker 2: I should know this, but I, I, oh, sorry. I
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  Speaker 2: know in the NFL, uh, and I'm sure the rule
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  Speaker 2: is different for high school. In the NFL, a lineman
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  Speaker 2: cannot be more than one yard downfield when a forward
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  Speaker 2: pass goes past line scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Now, in high school, I don't know if it's three yards.
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  Speaker 1: If it was three yards, he was still three yards.
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  Speaker 2: Really? Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Because that's what, you know, because the ball's placed at
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  Speaker 1: the three-yard line. I mean, he was standing in the
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  Speaker 1: end zone. It wasn't just right at the plane. Like,
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  Speaker 1: he was a few inches further than that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was kind of a chaotic play. It
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  Speaker 1: was a broken play, or at least I think it was.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it wasn't. It just... It wasn't smooth, but I
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  Speaker 1: think they ultimately got it to the intended destination.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so in the NFL, it's one yard. In college football,
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  Speaker 2: it's three yards. So I would assume in high school,
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  Speaker 2: it's the same as college, to where it'd be three yards.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, that's... It's not a good look. That's a
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  Speaker 2: brutal break for Bree Central, if that's true.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely brutal.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so that was 55 seconds left in the game. Central,
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  Speaker 1: they had a nice kickoff return, got to midfield. I
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  Speaker 1: think they got to about the 35-yard line, a bit more,
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  Speaker 1: but then on a third and 10, they threw an interception.
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  Speaker 1: It was good defense, tightly covered receiver, and then the
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  Speaker 1: safety was basically just playing center field at that point
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  Speaker 1: and just caught it, had a good read and caught it,
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  Speaker 1: and that was it. So, man, Central... For the first
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  Speaker 1: time since 2019, they lose in the first round of
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, so....
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  Speaker 2: We used the phrase first round lightly because they already
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  Speaker 2: won a playoff game this year, so... No, they didn't.
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  Speaker 1: They had a bye.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: That's right. Yes. So they were... Yeah, just... And if
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  Speaker 1: they would have won the game.
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  Speaker 3: I was thinking of Cahokia.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, if they would have won the game, then, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they would have had a really tough game, matchup with
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  Speaker 1: Sacred Heart Griffin, which would have been awesome. That would
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  Speaker 1: have been a great game.
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  Speaker 3: That would have been a war.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. So, tough break for Central. I mean, they
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  Speaker 1: got some key players coming back. I mean, their best
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  Speaker 1: player is Owen Carrere. I should say it's basically Kerr,
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  Speaker 1: how you pronounce his last name. Owen Kerr.
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  Speaker 2: Kerr.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Kerr.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to tone that second R.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so he was really their do-everything. I mean, any
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  Speaker 1: time they ran the ball, he was the only guy,
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  Speaker 1: whenever they would give him the ball on a run
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  Speaker 1: where they would get positive yards. I mean, they really
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  Speaker 1: could not get their run game going besides that. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they returned their running back. I think Emmanuel Velasquez is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a good running back next year. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he had 10 touchdown runs. And then they returned Carson
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  Speaker 1: Weber and Cole Hugin. Uh, Hugen's a good, good sophomore
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  Speaker 1: and Weber's a junior. So they got some guys on
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  Speaker 1: offense coming back. Uh, I don't know about their, what
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  Speaker 1: their line is like. And then I know they got
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  Speaker 1: some good guys on defense. So, I mean, when, when central,
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  Speaker 1: when they returned some key cogs, they're usually really good
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: the next season. And they were all, I mean, and
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: they lost a ton of guys from last year. And
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: I think they had like six or seven total starters
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: and yet they still had another eight win season. So, Yeah.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: And I, and I, I came away thinking care is
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: one of the best quarterbacks in the entire area. I,
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: I really believed it. I mean, he looks the part
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: he's got, I like how he throws and he's an athlete.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: He can, you know, he can kind of play as
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: a dual threat quarterback. So yeah, he was, he was
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: really good, but, uh, unfortunately not quite good enough because
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Metamora is a really good team as well.
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: Might as well stay in the Metro East. Um, They
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: continue their winning ways. They defeat Washington by a final
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: score of 24-7.
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: In this one.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: And this was a legacy game for the Knights defense.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: Offense kind of did exactly what they needed to to
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: win this game, but the defense forced four turnovers. And
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: this is highlighted by a Drake Williams-Reynolds 68-yard fumble.
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: Recovery for a touchdown. I'm looking at the.
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: The little highlight on Twitter here from the Triad Knights
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: Twitter account. Shout out to them for getting the video here.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: So it looks like it was kind of a botched
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: handoff by Washington, and it just popped right into Reynolds' hands,
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: and he just ran it 68 yards, and no one
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: else was there.
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: So really good play from him.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: Maybe in the right place at the right time and
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: not over-pursuing inside. and that was in the first half.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: So Triad was up 10-7 at halftime. And then Dayton-Deathridge
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: got a pick six in the second half. So two
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: touchdowns in the Triad defense in somewhat back-to-back fashion. And
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: then to kind of seal the game, Brody Haskwin connected
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: with Andrew Myers. That's right, Andrew Myers for a 58-yard
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: touchdown to make the score 28-7.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: 24-7.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: 24-7, yeah, sorry.
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: And then Nathan Rack got an interception near the end
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: of the game. He got two near the end of
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: the game, actually, to really seal the deal for Triad.
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: So, yeah, congrats to the Knights.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: They got now nine wins in the season, which is
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: one of their best years in school history.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the most wins they've had in a long
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: time in a season, nine wins.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And let's see, they're in the Class 5 bracket,
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: so they are going to have Morton this week.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: At Morton, which is.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: I think it's close to, Morton's around Peoria, I think.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: Let's pull up Google Maps real quick.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: Western Illinois.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: Yep, right outside Peoria.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: So not too, well, I mean, in the grand scheme of.
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: Illinois football, not too far of a drive.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: No, it's not.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Could be a lot worse.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: Because Triad's already kind of on the north side.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Of the.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: St.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: Louis metro area.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Yes, yeah. Of the 6-1-8, at least.
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: So, yeah, good stuff for the Knights.
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: And this defense keeps it up, man. I mean, hey,
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: defense wins championships.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Sorry to cut you off. I mean, they really
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: had a tough time running the ball. I mean, only
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: three yards a carry. I mean, they can run the ball,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: and they have a diverse offense. But it seems like
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: they're going to have to make some adjustments because Morton
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: looks pretty good. Yeah.
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: Few more we'll just get all the Metro East games
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: uh done in the beginning cause that kinda you know
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: might as well uh Centralia gave the visit to Civic
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: Memorial which was pretty expected you know this is an
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: all time Centralia team we're talking about here they they
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: beat Civic Memorial 49-13 in this one um To no
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: one's surprise, Deshaun Staples had yet another insane game. Ten
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: carries for 240 yards. Are you kidding me?
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: That is unreal.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: And, yeah, the Orphans just continue to roll. They're now 10-0,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: and they'll have Mount Zion next week.
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: So that should be very interesting.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: But congrats to CM on having a solid season. They
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: got five wins this year. Won a playoff game. That's
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: always going to be a fun thing those kids are
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: going to look back on.
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, not a bad year for CM at all.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: No, it's a good year. I mean, they were able
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: to win a playoff game for the first time in
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: quite a while, and I think that's a good season
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: for them overall right there. Even though they still finished
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: with a losing record, but they still won a playoff game.
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think there's a whole lot to it.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: And they beat a decent Jerseyville team.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: Speaking of a team that finished 5-6 but still won
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: a playoff game, unfortunately the Waterloo Bulldogs had to run
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: into the machine that is the Rochester Rockets. Rochester wins
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: this one 49-7. Derek Leonard and his Rockets just continue
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: to blow through the first few rounds of the Illinois playoffs. Yeah,
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: I learned today that Rochester is the only public school
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: in Illinois State history to win five state titles in
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: a row.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah, checks out.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: It's an insane thing to do because if you think
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: about it.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: And sorry to cut you off. And this is like 10,
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: 15 years ago. Yeah.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: And that requires multiple different classes to be really, really good.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: If you had three championships in a row, then.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: Maybe you just happen to be a small school with
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: one really, really good class, and they kind of carry
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: you through.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: Now, five in a row, that's really impressive.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: But yeah, Coach Leonard and the Rockets continue to impress.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Speaking of teams that won by a lot in the
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: Metro East, there are three certainties in life.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: Death, taxes, and E.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: St.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: Louis just cakewalking through the first few rounds of the playoffs.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: They played Revis, and they won 69-0. Not really a surprise.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: I think we discussed last episode, we knew that E.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: St.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Louis was going to get the turbo clock win. We
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: just weren't sure when they were going to give Revis
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: any mercy. It's funny because... They put their backups in,
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: but their backups are so much better than Revis' starters
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: that it didn't really matter. So nothing against Revis, it's
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: just East St. Louis is so deep, it's just bound
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: to happen. You can't really get mad as the opposing
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: coach because, you know, it's not like Coach Sunkett kept
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: his starters in just to be mean. It's like, no,
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: he's getting his guys, he's getting his backups playing time.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: And while I don't want to necessarily take sides here
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: in the whole debate of do you keep your starters
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: in the whole.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: Time or not?
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: There's actually, there's fair arguments to both sides because, say
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: for example, if you just have a really weak, if
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: you're a really, really good team, but you happen to
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: have a really weak regular season schedule, and an easy
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: first game in the playoffs, and in the playoffs it's like,
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: you know what, my guys haven't played a full 48
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: minutes yet. I want them to experience that. And you
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: keep them in, even though it's a blowout win. As
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: the opposing coach, you kind of got to understand that
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: because it wouldn't be good for a good team's starters
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: to come into a really good game having never played
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: a full 48 before because they're just not going to
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: be used to it. They might be conditioned enough, but mentally,
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: can they be locked in for all 48 minutes? You
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: can't really tell for sure until they've done it. So, yeah.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: But congrats to A.C. Lewis on winning. This is not
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: really a surprise. According to their stats, and I don't
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: know if they're totally correct, because this would be insane
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: if true.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: So it says East St.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: Louis had 7 rushing attempts in the day and 13
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: passing attempts. So if they only had 20 plays, but
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: almost 70 points, that must have been just 3 or
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: 4 defensive touchdowns, I would think.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: I don't think so.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: Because the yardage total wasn't that crazy. Well, actually... Maybe
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: that does check out because one thing with East St.
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: Louis this year and many other previous years, their yardage
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: totals will never be that crazy because their defense is
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: so good.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: Short fields.
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: They get short fields all the time.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: And they'll find a way to, you know, off the kickoff,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: the other team starts around the 25 or 30, and
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: then East St. Louis gets a sack off rip or
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: they stuff a run on the first play. Um, and
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: then the other day I asked to punt it and
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: East St. Louis starts at the 50 or better almost
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: every single drive. So there's that. But yeah, again, good
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: job East St. Louis taking care of business. Love to
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: see it. Um, yeah, I think that's it.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: For Illinois side games.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: Jerseyville lost to Sacred Heart Griffin.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, not really surprised there. SHG is really, really good. Yeah.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: Who did they lose to? Um, yeah, all top. Ooh,
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: oh my gosh. They, Altaf lost 80-31 to St. Joseph Ogden.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: I think St. Joseph Ogden had 62 in the first half.
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: I remember glancing at this score on Twitter briefly. It's
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: funny because that scoreline would usually be an insane thing
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: to happen for any playoff game. Because putting 62.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: Points in one half, how is that even.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: Physically possible? But, There was a crazy game in Illinois
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: Class 6. 7.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: This was Class 6 in Illinois.
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Where Quincy defeated Good Stem 88-84.
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: Yep. It set a record for all-time points in an
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: Illinois playoff game. And funny enough, so this game was
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: actually played at Good Stem.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: I think it's Goody Stem.
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: Okay, it might be.
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: I apologize if I botched that pronunciation.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Illinois had a player named Luke Goody with the exact
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: same last name. Oh, okay. Yeah, a few years ago.
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah. But yeah, so he was at the STEM Academy,
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: and they don't have lights. They're in the Chicago Public League,
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: the Southwest Division. And so they started the game at
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: 3 p.m., but because there were just so many points
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: scored and so many stoppages of the clock, The game
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: got dark, and because it was a close game, they
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: couldn't just call it. So they actually had to move
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: this game across town to a field with lights, I
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: think to Edgewood High School.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: Sounds right.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: And they finished the game there.
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: And no points were scored in like five or four
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: minutes or whatever it was.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So just, I mean, how often do you see
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: a game, the same game get played at two different venues?
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: That is just.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: You almost never see that, but that was insane.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you almost never see two teams giving up
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: 80 points each.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, scoring 80... When I first saw it, I thought
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: that it was some sort of preseason basketball game.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: And I'm like, oh, okay.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: And that's still a lot for a basketball game, too.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: It would be.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: It really would be. So, yeah, we don't see... We
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: usually get a.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: A small handful of national headlines in Missouri and Illinois
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: per year, and this is one of them. I mean,
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: this was blowing up on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram. So, yeah,
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: congrats to Quincy for getting the win there. But, yeah,
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: that's an insane game, 88-84.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: Fortunately, Quincy– I mean, there was like– I think they
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: used like the huddle footage of the game as well
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: from the school. But, unfortunately, like since Quincy is really
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: well covered in their area with the media– They had,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: they were there, the boots on the ground with multiple, uh,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: media personnel there. So they, you know, did a good
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: job of, you know, talking about the game and keeping
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: everybody updated about it as well. So yeah, that was, uh,
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: pretty crazy. Yeah. So I never, I did not realize that, um,
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: I knew Altaf lost, but I forgot that it was like,
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: they gave him 80 points, St. Joseph Ogden. Yeah. Wow. Uh,
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: So I think that does it for the 6-1-8 schools.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it does. So we'll go back to the Missouri
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: side for the remainder of our Week 10 review. And
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: after starting 0-3 on the year, Lindbergh, they've won five
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: of their last seven, and they have a defensive masterclass
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: as they beat Oakville 21-3 in the first round of
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: the Class 6 District 1 bracket. Stats are not in, unfortunately,
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: but the whole Oakville three points is very impressive, and
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: Lindbergh just finds a way to compete, man. I mean,
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: over these last several weeks, I mean, at first we
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: were kind of, I mean, in the first part of
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: the year we were disappointed because they were, you know,
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: lost to Vian and then lost to Oakville and Seckman.
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: They were all close games, but it was like, man,
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: this is.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: A pretty messy way to lose games. We didn't really
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: know what to expect from them going forward because their
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: offense was pretty inconsistent, but it seemed like they were
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: just getting the right bounce on special teams. But their
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: defense is the real deal. I mean, it is really good.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: They held Rika to just 14 points. The Hill Parkway West,
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: seven points. I mean, they lost to Kirkwood, but held
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: them under 30, which is, you know, not bad. No,
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: I mean.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: Held some up to 14, and here they are.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: Winners were five in the last seven. We'll see what
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: they can do next week against Jackson, but.
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: Hey, they won a playoff game.
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: They got revenge for last year, because these two teams
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: played last year in the same.
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: Same round, same venue.
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, they've come so far, Lindbergh, this season.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, they gave up 272 yards to Robert Etherton
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: against Vianney and lost and, um, and which has turned
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: out to be their worst game defensively of the season,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: giving up 35. And, you know, the next, I mean,
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: the next two weeks were just really tough, close losses
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: against Oakville and Sackman, uh, losing by seven and both
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: of them. And they got to, they back to back
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: to really close wins over Lafayette and summit. And then
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: since then, it's been, they've really been taking care of business.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: I mean, they had a close win over Marquette and
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: very nearly upset Eureka, um, But, yeah, they're playing. I mean,
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: they're 5-5. I mean, they are one of the best
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: 5-5 teams. Just not the best 5-5 team in the
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: whole state right now. But their reward is got to
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: play probably the toughest team in the state.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: And the toughest place to win a game in the state. Yeah. So.
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: All right. Down the line. This was a crazy game.
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: This one went to overtime, actually. Marquette, they defeat Lafayette.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: Final score of 28-27. And yet again, the most important
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: points are extra points. And this is a super back-and-forth game.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: Cody Keene for the Lancers start off the game. First drive,
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: the 55-yard rushing touchdown to take the lead for the Lancers.
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: Next drive, Marquette answers right back, ties the game 7-7.
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: And then... the Stanks couldn't get anything going until the
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: fourth quarter, uh, and Cody Keene was able to get
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: two more rush touchdowns in the meantime, so the Lancers
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: were up 21-7 going into the fourth quarter, but then
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Colton Richards and the, the Mustangs kind of got it
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: going again on offense, and they scored a couple times to, uh,
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: make it 21-14, and then with about three minutes left, 21-21,
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: and the Mustang defense was able to hold strong and
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: stop the Lancers at the end of regulation, and, uh,
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: The Lancers were able to score because they had the
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: ball first in overtime. Lafayette did. They scored almost immediately.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Cody Keene and Sam Hewlett.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: Well, no, sorry. They got that backwards. No, that was Marquette,
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: their first play. They scored on a 25-yard run from
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: Jermon Abbott.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: Oh, okay.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: And then Lafayette, they got the ball next. I think
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: they scored in their second play. Actually, no, I think whatever.
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: I'm going to Lancer feed right now.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: They scored on a fourth down.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, so Marquette did get the ball first. Sorry,
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: it's backwards here in the stat sheet.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: I edited the highlights for the game.
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: I remember.
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: Okay, yeah.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: So, yeah, Marquette got the ball first. Looks like in
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: their first play they scored. 25-yard run from Jermon Abbott.
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: They got the PAT. Laffey gets the ball. They score.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: But then Marquette blocked the PAT to win the game.
• 32:39
  Speaker 3: I mean, this is a.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: one of the most fun home games from Marquette.
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: In a while.
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was.
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: Just to win this in-district.
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: Rivalry game in overtime. They're going to remember that for
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: a very long time. And, hey, defensively, they totally shut
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: down Lafayette's passing attack, which, to be fair, hasn't been
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: that good all year, but that's something to hold your
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: hat on for sure.
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: And, yeah, congrats to the Mustangs, and they get to win.
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: Got to say, Jermon Abbott, he's a sophomore, and he's
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: now rushed for 1,000 yards this season. So another good
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: sophomore running back in our area. Yeah, so the Mustangs,
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: I think, and they rematch with Kirkwood. And, you know,
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: we'll talk about that in our next show, but that's
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: a game I think that's, it's not out of question
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: for them, I think, for them to potentially pull out
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: an upset.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: But, yeah, really solid win for the Mustangs against a
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: rival in Lafayette. Mm-hmm.
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: Moved in line, we got Parkway West, they took care
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: of business. They defeat Washington 43-22. Solid win. Parkway West
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: gets two guys.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: With 100 or more rushing yards in this one.
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: Jackson Gieselman and Josh Miller both had 100 yards on
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: the ground.
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: Pretty sure that's the first time all year they've had that.
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: I was about to say. They've had a decent amount
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: of time.
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: In a long time, by the way. They've struggled to
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: run the ball for the last handful of seasons. Yeah,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: so that Two guys rush for over 100 yards is
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: really good for them.
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, just given their personnel, the coaching staff knows they
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: kind of have to pivot with their offensive philosophy. And
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: it's working out.
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: You know, putting 43 points against a.
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: Washington team that was allowing about 28 per game against
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: a pretty good schedule, to be totally honest. So to
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: put up 43 is pretty impressive. And, yeah, they take
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: care of business. And a lot of these Missouri first-round games,
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: there's not too much to say because.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: Either A, we haven't seen the highlights, which for a
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: lot of these we haven't, because there were a lot
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: more important games on the Illinois side to worry about.
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: I'm just going to be totally frank with you all
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: on that. And then these are the lower-seeded games, like
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: the four-versus-five games, the three-versus-six games. And honestly, outcomes that
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: we expected. We both thought Parker West would win this game,
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: and they did.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: I thought, at least for me, I thought it could
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: be pretty close. But yeah, no, they took care of business.
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: And I think this is their most complete win of
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: the season. Mm-hmm. That win over Parkway North looks better now,
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: but I don't consider that a complete gain from them.
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: That was more Parkway North just giving it away than
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: West just.
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: Taking it from them.
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: No, but I think these last two weeks, against Ledoux
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: and Washington, I think West has played their best football
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: this season. And I guess you could throw in Hazelwood-West, 49-20,
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: but they should be doing that. But really, against two, well,
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: Ledoux's a really good team. Washington is all right. And
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: for them to, I think, West play to their potential
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: in both those games is a really good sign for
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: them right now.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: Speaking of teams playing their best games this season, Zumwalt South,
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: they played by far their best game of the year.
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: They defeat their in-district rivals, Zumwalt East, 42-21 with a
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: final score in this one. And Anthony Bayless with Bulldogs
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: had a great game, 17 carries for 162 yards.
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: And it looks like.
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: the John Stickman to Rylan Gardner connection was the real
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: deal in this game. They, they got, they connected three
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: times for touchdowns on this.
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: One for the Bulldogs.
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: And, um, yeah, almost 10 yards per passing attempt for Stickman.
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: So a run first offense there for the Bulldogs and
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: on the, on those third and longs. And when they,
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: when they had to throw it, they completed most of
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: those passes and Gardner got in the end zone and,
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: The biggest thing here is that South had three different
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: defenders with interceptions this game. Will Bishop, Alex Gamble, and
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: Chad Ross. So congrats to them. And yeah, they held
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: Zumwalt East's rushing attacks actually decent this year. Carter Mitchell
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: is actually like top 10 in the area in rushing yards.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: They held the Bulldogs to just 107 rushing yards as
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: a team, less than four yards per carry.
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: And they forced four interceptions.
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: And so, yeah, just a great.
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: Complete all-around game for the Bulldogs. Hasn't been the best year.
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: For them, but I'm sure they're going to enjoy this one.
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: You know, winning a playoff game over your rival, that's
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: always going to be huge.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: So, yeah. And they played Timberland this week, which they
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: only lost that game by one score a few weeks ago.
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: So even though Timberland's the one seed and they won
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: their conference, you know as Maltzouts, they're riding the wave,
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: they've got the momentum, and it's definitely not a gimme
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: for Timberland.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: Nope.
• 37:23
  Speaker 3: Not a gimme at all.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: Especially if if South can keep playing like this, and if,
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: I know Timberland can be really good offensively, but, you know,
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: I don't know. That could be a, that could be,
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a really good game.
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and we'll talk about more about that next episode,
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: but yeah, congrats to South on getting the win this week.
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: This next one, this is a barn burner. Liberty, the Eagles,
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: they defeat Howell Central 7-3.
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: And they stay undefeated all time against Central.
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And no offensive touchdowns the whole game for your team, obviously.
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: Oh, really?
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: Just three points.
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: The only touchdown was a Drew Dudley 48-yard penalty touchdown
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: for Liberty in the third quarter. And, yeah, I mean,
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: this was a secondary master class for Liberty. They held
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: House Central to 4 of 21 passing 26 yards in
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: the day. just 141 yards of offense for.
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: The Spartans.
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: And then for Liberty, 207 yards of offense. And then
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: Hal Central's defense also did amazing. They forced Langston Labratt
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: to 6-14, passing it for 70 yards, zero touchdowns, three interceptions.
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: So QBs in this one, zero touchdowns and seven INTs combined.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness.
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: Four, excuse me.
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: Four, yeah, yeah. Excuse me, sorry.
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: But yeah, not much better than that.
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: But yeah, this is like an Iowa versus Penn State
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: game from a few years ago. The offense just couldn't
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: do anything. Which is interesting because the weather on Friday
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: was perfect. So it wasn't like it was some sloppy mess.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: There was no excuse for weather. Yeah, so there wasn't
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: any weird happenings going on. There was no tornado in
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: Wentzville either, or Lake St. Louis I should say, to
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: cause that. So, yeah, just a crazy defensive-centric game, and
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: Liberty gets the job done, and they're going to enjoy that.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: They are now 4-6 in the year, and they got...
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Troy this week, which they played him a few weeks
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: ago and lost 3-1-0, but Troy's been... Troy's a great team.
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: They really are.
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: But they've shown some inconsistencies this.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Year, and they're definitely the better team. I'll pick them
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: to win, but again... Liberty's got some momentum, so we'll see.
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: This is the third year out of four where Liberty
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: has won a playoff game.
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: That's good stuff.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: There you go. But I think it's going to be
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: really tough against Troy. Since 2019, they have not won
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: multiple playoff games in a season.
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: Staying in the GAC North matchup here in the Class
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: 4 District 4 bracket, this was a crazy game. So
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: for those who are looking at the stats on SU
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: high school sports, this does not show the complete story
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: because Orchard Farm very quickly got out to a 21-0 lead.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: So in the first quarter, uh, Liam Sinclair connected with
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: Terrence Curry Jr. to make it 7-0. Just a few
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: minutes later, Sinclair and Curry scored again on a passing touchdown.
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: And then the next drive for Orchard Farm, um, Jamarcus
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: Harris got in for the Eagles to make it 21-0,
• 40:52
  Speaker 2: less than eight minutes into the game. And that was
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: the same score at the end of the first quarter, 21-0.
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: So at that point, it's like, wow, Orchard Farmers just
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: ran away with this one. But then Holt gets one back,
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: make it 21-7. Orchard Farm gets the three and out.
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: Holt scores again, make it 21-14. Holt gets another quick stop,
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: and then scores again to make it 21-21. So, less
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: than ten minutes after less than 10 minutes of game
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: time after Orchard Farm made it to 21-0. Holtz comes
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: all the way back to tie it, just like that, 21-21.
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: But fortunately for the Eagles, they got some much-needed pre-halftime
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: momentum in their next drive. They ran a great two-minute
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: drill to score. Brendan Davis snuck into the end zone
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: to make it 28-21. That was a score at halftime.
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: And then the teams kind of just traded scores in
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: the second half a couple times. And Orchard Farm came
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: out with a win, 42-35. But this is a scary
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: one for the Eagles for sure. And a heartbreaker for Holt.
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: That's just brutal to come back like that and still
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: unable to lose in the game. But yeah, Orchard Farm
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: fights to live another week. And they play Parkway North
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: this week, which could be a very, very interesting game.
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Parkway North, they're coming off of a 45-6 win
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: over St. Charles, expected. But it's two straight wins now
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: for the Vikings. They've got good momentum right now, and
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: they've been a tough out these last five years or so, or, yeah,
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: like when they were in Class 4. And, yeah, they
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: played a tough schedule. And this is– it looks like
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: they're finally– I don't know if they're hitting their stride,
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: but they're definitely playing among their better football of the
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: season so far right now.
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: Of the in-area games, this is another important one. Hazelwood East,
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: they defeated McClure North 18-6. This is in the Class
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: 5 District 3. Yeah, Class 5 District 3 matchup. Yeah,
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: they went 18-6, got their second win of the season.
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: Hazelwood East will now go to play Chaminade next week,
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: so that should be... That should be a dogfight for sure. But, yeah,
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: they have that much need to win for the Spartans
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: after what's been a pretty rough year so far.
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, 1-8. I mean, we talked about it a week ago.
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, it probably is one of their worst seasons
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: in school history just because they've been in school for
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: over 50 years and their football program has been probably
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: the best public school football program St. Louis has to
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: offer historically.
• 43:23
  Speaker 3: On the Missouri side.
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: On the Missouri side. You know, 15 guys, the NFL,
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: four state titles. I think right there it says a lot.
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: Um, but yeah, they've, uh, I mean, they had a,
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: I think this is, this is off the back of,
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know, a 36, nothing went off
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: against Hazelwood central two weeks ago. And then last week,
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: you know, taking Pattonville to over double overtime and losing ultimately.
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: But the fact that they nearly beat one of the
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: better teams in the area, uh, is a little bit
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: of a statement to say like, Hey, just don't, don't
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: count us out yet. Um, and yeah, well, you know what?
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: Probably a lot of people had counted them out, but
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: it's like, okay, look, just don't sleep on us for
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: the playoffs because we got a little bit more than what,
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: you know, everybody else is thinking. And then against McClure North,
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: it was six and three going into the game. You know,
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: they took care of them 18 to six. Uh, so
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: we do have this game. Uh, we filmed it. So
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: I'm not, not expecting the greatest of highlights from it, but, uh,
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: You know, I don't even know if East played all
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: that great in that game, but they still just got
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: the job done. And, you know, if I'm Chaminade, I
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: would have probably preferred to play McClure North just because
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: Hazel East is a lot more battle-tested than McClure North,
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: and I think that's what won out, ultimately. And it's
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: going to be.
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: We're not... This isn't in our top 15 games of
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: the week, but... this is not an automatic win for Chaminade.
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: And I know it's a two, it's a, well, it
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: was supposed to be a two, three seed game. Now
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: it's a two versus six seed game in the district semifinals,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: you know, Chaminade, I'm sure they got, I, you know, they, they,
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: they've had, it seems like the right mindset all season.
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: And this has been a team who has been really
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: hot since the second half of the season. Look, I
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: expect the, you know, I expect the Red Devils to
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: win this game, but you can't look past Hazel East
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: at this point now, because they've won, they've, They literally
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: almost beat Pattonville. East is a Class 5 large school,
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: and they're well-coached. Coach Scholes is, I think, a great coach.
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: They've got athletes, and I think they're physical and they're disciplined.
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: It looks like they're finally playing near that potential right now.
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: That's going to be a really intriguing game. That's why
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: I'm kind of fired up for it.
• 45:46
  Speaker 3: I think that's it when it comes to important.
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: In area games, we'll go over some of the scores
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: of the area teams real quick. Parkway South, they beat
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: Webster Grove 42-0. Parkway South very quietly putting together a
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: 7-win season, which is great for the Patriots. That's good
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: stuff for them. They'll play Eureka this week. Summit, they
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: take care of business against Parkway Central. They'll play Parkway West.
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: Cardinal Ritter, unsurprisingly, takes care of business against McClure. 66-0
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: with a final on that one.
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: St.
• 46:19
  Speaker 2: Dominic, they defeat North Point 40-7, and Tyson Griner got
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: a sack in that game, so now I think he's.
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: Two away from tying the record. I think it's two.
• 46:27
  Speaker 3: I think he's at 22 now in the season.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: Well, I thought he needs one more, I think, to tie.
• 46:32
  Speaker 3: Oh, two to take the lead.
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: Should be tough to do against the North team. He
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: almost never throws it, but we'll see. I'm not going
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: to count him out because he's one of the best
• 46:41
  Speaker 2: in the state. Hillsborough, they beat Windsor 54-16, so they
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: advance to play Sykeston. Vianney, they beat Afton. They'll play
• 46:50
  Speaker 2: Union this week. Sullivan beat Pacific, and Westminster beat Baylor,
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: so they'll now play each other on the other side
• 46:55
  Speaker 2: of that district. Jennings beat Riverview, so now we get
• 46:58
  Speaker 2: another UC.
• 46:59
  Speaker 3: Versus Jennings matchup.
• 47:00
  Speaker 2: That was a little feisty rivalry there, so we'll see
• 47:04
  Speaker 2: if those two teams can keep it under control.
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: And then Gateway beat Clayton Brentwood, so they'll play Live
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: for Life. Hannibal defeated Warrington, so now Hannibal's going to
• 47:14
  Speaker 2: play St. Charles West, which should be a very interesting game.
• 47:18
  Speaker 2: And then, yeah, the Orchard Farm. I already mentioned Parkway
• 47:21
  Speaker 2: North and Orchard Farm. And then Class 3. Let's see.
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: Herculaneum beat Lutheran South.
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: Winfield.
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: Winfield beat Burroughs.
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: Interesting.
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: Okay. Hmm. Hmm.
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: And then Lutheran North beat Lutheran St. Charles.
• 47:38
  Speaker 3: MICS defeated Priory.
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: So we get a nice Metro League rematch there in
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: the semifinals of Class 3, District 3.
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
• 47:45
  Speaker 3: And then, yeah, Borgia, they beat Owensville 3-7-0. They'll play Hallsville.
• 47:49
  Speaker 2: That should be a tough one.
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Hallsville's good.
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: And then in Class 2, we didn't have any area
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: teams win in Class 2, unfortunately. And then in Class 1,
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: your very own Veritas Christian Academy Eagles, they beat Ramsey 49-14.
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: That was the first on-field playoff win for... O'Fallon Christian
• 48:14
  Speaker 2: is the last very fast Christian since 2019. So definitely
• 48:18
  Speaker 2: huge for that team to break the seal. There was
• 48:21
  Speaker 2: a COVID forfeit win back in 2020. So that was
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: technically the last playoff win, but it doesn't really feel
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: like it because that wasn't an on-field win. But yeah,
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: congrats to the Eagles. They play Louisiana this week in
• 48:34
  Speaker 2: what should be a very mucky game given the forecast
• 48:39
  Speaker 2: this week in eastern Missouri. It's probably going to rain
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: most of the week. And Louisiana has a A natural
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: grass field, so we'll see the conditions up there.
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: Well, look, it's a small school, small town. Is that
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: really surprising nowadays? Or even still?
• 48:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah. You've got to love the natural grass places. You've
• 48:55
  Speaker 2: got to appreciate that.
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: I did. I mean, I was at Jacksonville yesterday, so
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: I do appreciate it.
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: There weren't really anything, any other crazy out-of-area scores to mention,
• 49:06
  Speaker 2: but the one I do want to talk about is
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: Carthage defeated Webb City in a final score of 10-7
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: in this one. Mm-hmm.
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: That was probably the biggest game in the state.
• 49:15
  Speaker 3: Oh, for sure.
• 49:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah. it was really the only first round game that
• 49:19
  Speaker 2: included two solid teams that are playing each other. And
• 49:26
  Speaker 2: they did give us a good game. And it's tough
• 49:30
  Speaker 2: for Webb City, man. I mean, it's the best public
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: school program in state history, as many would say, with
• 49:35
  Speaker 2: 16 state titles for their name.
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: But Their last day title was back in.
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: 2021, which is, that's now more than a full high
• 49:43
  Speaker 2: school class away, and they have yet to reach the
• 49:46
  Speaker 2: 10-win mark in a season since 2023. So, it's a
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: tough ride in there for the Cardinals.
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: I'm sure if we were a Southwest Missouri-centric podcast, I
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: think we'd be talking a lot about probably their head
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: coach and what the future is like, because it's certainly
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: a lot of questions going around Web City with You know,
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: it's such a, it's such, it's an, it's an impossible
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: act to follow with John Roderick. Yeah. You know, retiring.
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: He's arguably the greatest head coach in Missouri history. Yeah.
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: And then, you know, and so they're not as good.
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: And I think Web City people realize it's probably never
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: going to be like that ever again, the run they
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: were on. But they're not, but at the same time,
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: they're not going to say, hey, we're not just going
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: to be, accept and be happy about being, you know,
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: going six and four or whatever it was. Like, we're
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: still going to, do our darndest to keep a huge,
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: you know, standard. And so I think that's what they're,
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: that's probably what they're, in fact, I know that's what
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: they're upset about there. So it's, but it's, it's also
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: a huge win for Carthage. And then the reward is
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: to play a Republic team who's one of the best
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: in the state and who beat them, who beat both
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: them and Web City in the regular season.
• 51:00
  Speaker 2: Close game though between those two. This is only a
• 51:02
  Speaker 2: couple weeks ago between Republic and Carthage.
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: I think whoever gets out of this district is going
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: to be favored to win state.
• 51:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's even going for like.
• 51:11
  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know. I mean, the winner of this
• 51:12
  Speaker 2: district is going to play likely Elias in the quarterfinals.
• 51:16
  Speaker 3: That could be interesting.
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: Personally, I like whoever comes out of that. Because Carthage
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: or Republican, even Branson. That's... It's really good. It's really
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: good football down there.
• 51:29
  Speaker 2: And hey, Neosho, they're having one of their best years
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: in a long time.
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: They have a very good offense, yeah.
• 51:34
  Speaker 3: They're 9-1. So, we'll see.
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: That is....
• 51:38
  Speaker 2: And Branson Republic already played, and then Republic won in
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: a pretty close game, but, yeah, Class 5, District 6,
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: far and away the best district in the state, and
• 51:47
  Speaker 2: the most interesting district in the state as well.
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: It is, yeah, yeah, so that's been my kind of
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: claim all season, is that, like, whoever wins that's probably favored,
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: and that includes, you know, Ritter, if they get to
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: the state championship, because that'll be a really tough, you know,
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: physically for them to, you know, just to, you know,
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: keep some of those, those offenses off the field and
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: the Republican Carthage. And I don't know as much about
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: Branson and the Osho, but I know Republican Carthage have
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: good defenses, really well disciplined. And obviously Carthage a year ago, they,
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: they bottled up Ritter in the semifinals. I mean, different teams, obviously,
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: but you know, that's just, they, they, they typically hit
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: harder and they're more physical down there in Southwest Missouri
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: compared to St.
• 52:28
  Speaker 2: Louis.
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: And certainly last year at all levels prove that. Yeah. Yeah.
• 52:34
  Speaker 2: Well, very eventful week, Week 10, here in the St.
• 52:39
  Speaker 3: Louis area. It was fun, you know, plenty of highlights, but.
• 52:43
  Speaker 2: It's funny because, at least in previous years, Week 10
• 52:48
  Speaker 2: was always, at least in my opinion, the most boring
• 52:51
  Speaker 2: week of the season because the best teams on the
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: Missouri side were on a bye, and on the Illinois side,
• 52:57
  Speaker 2: there were no byes, but there were only a handful
• 53:01
  Speaker 2: of close matchups between decent teams. So, we were kind
• 53:05
  Speaker 2: of just clawing at content. But now, with the different
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: formats in both states, we got a better balance of,
• 53:13
  Speaker 2: you know, good games. Like, you look at the Bree
• 53:15
  Speaker 2: Central Metamora game, that's two really good teams playing a
• 53:18
  Speaker 2: really close game. We wouldn't get too much of that
• 53:19
  Speaker 2: in Week 10's previous seasons, but at least in Week 11,
• 53:25
  Speaker 2: to call it loaded would be a massive understatement. So, like,
• 53:31
  Speaker 2: and I'm not going to spoil it now, but you know, our,
• 53:36
  Speaker 2: our number two, our number 13 or the 14 game
• 53:42
  Speaker 2: of the week for this coming week would be number
• 53:45
  Speaker 2: three for most other weeks. So it's a loaded slate
• 53:48
  Speaker 2: next week. And, um, Hey, if you, even if you're
• 53:53
  Speaker 2: a high school player whose season just ended, um, I'm
• 53:56
  Speaker 2: sure it still sucks, but I'm sure a lot of
• 53:58
  Speaker 2: guys are going to go out and watch other teams
• 53:59
  Speaker 2: play just cause it's fun. And it's a lot of
• 54:01
  Speaker 2: other good teams playing and, you know, if your team
• 54:04
  Speaker 2: is still in it, make sure to, if you're a student,
• 54:06
  Speaker 2: make sure to go out and support your team. Cause, uh,
• 54:09
  Speaker 2: it's never a guarantee to host playoff games this late
• 54:11
  Speaker 2: in the year.
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: No, it's not.
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: So yeah, go out and enjoy it while you can.
• 54:14
  Speaker 2: And yeah, that's all I got.
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: It's always a fun time. And yeah, whenever your, your
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: team can host a playoff game, your school, like go,
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: go to that game. Cause it's, especially it doesn't happen
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: very often. So take full advantage of that while you can. So,
• 54:28
  Speaker 1: all right. Thank you guys for listening as always. And
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: we'll see you, uh, We'll see you really soon this
• 54:33
  Speaker 1: coming week.
• 54:34
  Speaker 2: Peace.