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WEEK 4 REVIEW: Trae Taylor Shines against Ritter, Jackson is Legit, Triad keeps impressing, Suburban League and GAC Games · 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. And we are in the midway point of
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  Speaker 1: the regular season in the area. Slightly past the halfway
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  Speaker 1: point in Illinois. Yeah, so we're officially at the midway
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  Speaker 1: point here this season. I don't know about you, but
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  Speaker 1: I feel like it's gone by not as fast as
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  Speaker 1: it usually does. That's just me. But yeah, we were
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  Speaker 1: treated as some really awesome games in the first couple weeks.
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  Speaker 1: But these last two weeks I felt like is... we
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  Speaker 1: kind of gone back down to reality a little bit. Um,
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  Speaker 1: we did have, um, the game. I think we're going
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  Speaker 1: to talk about first off was amazing, but Roman, what's
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  Speaker 1: just kind of been, I mean, halfway point where you're
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  Speaker 1: kind of general thoughts so far this season.
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  Speaker 2: Well, kind of given how teams make their schedules nowadays,
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  Speaker 2: you get a lot of, uh, big time marquee mashups
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  Speaker 2: and out of conference games early in the year. Uh, See,
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  Speaker 2: for example, Louisville versus Trinity, or CBC versus Louisville Trinity.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. East St.
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  Speaker 2: Louis.
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  Speaker 1: East St.
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  Speaker 2: Louis versus the out-of-area teams they play, and then DeSmet
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  Speaker 2: versus Carter Ritter and Live for Life. You get those
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  Speaker 2: really fun matchups. And then in this part of the season,
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  Speaker 2: you get a lot of these conference matchups, and.
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  Speaker 3: It really is who can take care of business and
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  Speaker 3: who can't.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes you get a team that do take care
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  Speaker 2: of business, and they win by 35-plus against teams they should,
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  Speaker 2: East St.
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  Speaker 3: Louis being one of them.
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  Speaker 2: And then sometimes you have teams who haven't quite figured
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  Speaker 2: everything out yet, and that doesn't mean they're going to
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  Speaker 2: have a bad playoffs or anything, but it just means
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  Speaker 2: that they have more to figure out. And it is
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  Speaker 2: a long season. We've got nine regular season games. In Missouri,
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  Speaker 2: everyone makes the playoffs. In Illinois, basically everyone makes the
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  Speaker 2: playoffs now. So you've got time to figure it out,
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  Speaker 2: but it is interesting to see everyone kind of go
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  Speaker 2: week by week and who plays down to the competition
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  Speaker 2: and who doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: Sure. Yeah. Well, by far the game of the week.
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  Speaker 1: Millard South taking on Cardinal Ritter. And this game was,
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  Speaker 1: everything is pretty much advertised. A lot of offense, high
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  Speaker 1: scoring game, a lot of great highlights. And then, arguably,
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  Speaker 1: he's not technically the highest rated player in the country,
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  Speaker 1: but important-wise and skill-wise, he just might be. And that's
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  Speaker 1: five-star quarterback Trey Taylor through... five touchdowns, over 400 yards,
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  Speaker 1: and rushed for three more touchdowns for a combined eight
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  Speaker 1: total touchdowns and a 55-40 win for the Millard South Patriots,
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  Speaker 1: who are the number one team in Nebraska and one
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  Speaker 1: of the better teams, I think a top ten team
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  Speaker 1: in the Midwest. And that dude, he is a future
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska Cornhusker, and he put on a show.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he did.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, his pocket awareness was great. He goes through
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  Speaker 2: his reads excellently, and he can scramble as well. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's everything you'd want in a high school quarterback. He's
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  Speaker 2: a reason why Millard South is the best team in
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  Speaker 2: Nebraska and why they're probably going to run the table
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  Speaker 2: and win state in Nebraska.
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  Speaker 3: We've got to give some credit to Cardinal Whitaker. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: this was a tie game at halftime. It was 28-28.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And ultimately it just came down to the talent edge
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  Speaker 2: for Millard South, especially on their offense. They just had
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  Speaker 2: the tools and they had a diverse enough playbook to
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  Speaker 2: keep throwing different things at Ritter in the second half
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  Speaker 2: to where Ritter just couldn't keep up. And, yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Ritter was only down by– eight points to win the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter. I mean, this is a really close game.
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  Speaker 2: And it just came down to Millard South converting on
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  Speaker 2: second and longs, third and shorts, and Ritter just couldn't
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  Speaker 2: get it done yet. But good effort by the Lions,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm sure it'll make them better in the long
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  Speaker 2: term for this game.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, Trey Taylor and the rest of the Patriots
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  Speaker 3: are a heck of a team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and also, Paul Halfacre got an incredible interview from
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  Speaker 1: Trey Taylor after the game where he said like the
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  Speaker 1: night before he had like 25 wings from wing stop.
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  Speaker 1: And then like, it was, I guess ate some junk
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  Speaker 1: food before the morning. And so it, it, he threw
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  Speaker 1: up a few times during the game, but he still,
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  Speaker 1: he still did what five stars do. And that's, um,
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  Speaker 1: absolutely ball out. And, um, but we have, we got
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  Speaker 1: to give a big shout out to Darnell Jones, who
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  Speaker 1: is the backup quarterback for, for Cardinal Ritter, who threw
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  Speaker 1: four touchdown passes, um, in, in, in this game. Um, And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Ryan McDavis, he had a huge game for
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  Speaker 1: Ritter as well, three touchdowns. He actually did one of everything,
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  Speaker 1: a kickoff return, a 30-yard reception, and then a– no,
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  Speaker 1: he did have two touchdown receptions. I misread that. I
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  Speaker 1: thought he had a rushing touchdown in there. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so he had three touchdowns on the game for Ritter.
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  Speaker 1: And he's a four-star, and so he was– he showed out.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the stars really kind of showed out tonight
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  Speaker 1: in this game. for both teams. So, um, yeah, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm told that reliably that early in the game, Ryland Moore,
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  Speaker 1: who's the Raiders standout sophomore quarterback, he sustained an injury. Um,
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  Speaker 1: don't know how bad it is. Uh, I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it's from what I've heard. It's, it's, I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be that serious. Um, but he potentially
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  Speaker 1: could miss the next game. So, um, but it shows
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  Speaker 1: that even without him as a quarterback, everything doesn't fall apart. And,
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  Speaker 1: Jones is also, he's listed as a sophomore as well.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe next year, I don't know. If Jones is
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  Speaker 1: as good as what maybe his stats imply, maybe they
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  Speaker 1: go back to that two quarterback system.
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  Speaker 2: I was about to say, we've seen Ritter get pretty
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  Speaker 2: crazy good success in the past with two QB systems.
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  Speaker 3: So that would be fun to see if they can
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  Speaker 3: pull it off again.
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  Speaker 1: For sure. I mean, they'll certainly have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: athletes available next year and then return two of their
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  Speaker 1: three running backs who seems like they have a really
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  Speaker 1: loaded sophomore class and a pretty good junior class as
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  Speaker 1: well right now. So, yeah, I mean, they're 1-3 right now,
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  Speaker 1: but you look at their losses, DeSmet, Knoxville Catholic, and
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  Speaker 1: Millard South. I mean, Millard South.
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  Speaker 3: All were close games, too.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, DeSmet was one point game, Knoxville Catholic six
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  Speaker 2: point game, and then Millard South really was the last
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  Speaker 2: two minutes.
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  Speaker 3: It was a two-score game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. It was. So, yeah, it's looking like,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we could Since it's halfway point of the season,
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  Speaker 1: we could talk about some district standings here, but it
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  Speaker 1: looks like there's a really good chance Ritter's going to
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  Speaker 1: be probably like a four seed in their district.
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  Speaker 2: Which I'm sure they don't care about, which is the
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  Speaker 2: respectful way to go about your season for them, I
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  Speaker 2: would say, because really the only, in this current Missouri
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  Speaker 2: playoff format, the only incentive to make your schedule softer
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  Speaker 2: is to get a better district standing, but what does
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  Speaker 2: that actually get you?
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  Speaker 3: It gets you home field in districts, and that's it.
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  Speaker 1: You still got to go up against, like, mostly, you
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  Speaker 1: still got to probably play against a pretty good team
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  Speaker 1: in this championship game in districts.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and honestly, I think Cardinals is doing this as
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  Speaker 2: wisely as you could because if they don't get the
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  Speaker 2: one team in their district and say they don't even
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  Speaker 2: host any district games, they'll probably host the quarterfinals.
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  Speaker 3: And the semifinals and the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: It depends.
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  Speaker 2: Because it goes down to, when it comes to the
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  Speaker 2: quarterfinals and semifinals, the host comes down to whoever has
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  Speaker 2: hosted the fewer number of playoff games so far. Yeah. So,
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  Speaker 2: if anything, making this a very difficult schedule, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hopefully they stay healthy.
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  Speaker 3: That would be the only potential.
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  Speaker 2: Drawback is a higher number of injuries because of the
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  Speaker 2: higher level of competition they're playing. But I think Ritter's
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  Speaker 2: approaching it pretty well, and it looks like they're mostly healthy.
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  Speaker 2: I mean... Hopefully, Rylan Moore can come back soon. But, again,
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  Speaker 2: even if he doesn't, you know, we hope he does.
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  Speaker 1: I think he should.
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  Speaker 3: They should be in good shape.
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  Speaker 1: I think– I'm pretty sure his injury is not a
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  Speaker 1: long-term injury. That's good. So, I'm pretty sure he'll be
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  Speaker 1: back soon. All right. So, yeah, that's– I mean, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't make him feel any better, but that is another loss.
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  Speaker 1: They're not used to losing. And, by the way, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think this is their longest losing streak since the
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  Speaker 1: COVID year in 2020 when they lost all their regular
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  Speaker 1: season games. But then– Made the Final Four.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So– Yeah. Yeah, so there's that. All right, next up is,
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  Speaker 1: there's a few games. There was some pretty interesting games
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  Speaker 1: that ended up not high on our radar, but ended
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  Speaker 1: up being pretty good. I think one of them was
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  Speaker 1: Lafayette versus Lindbergh, where the Flyers, they were off to another,
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  Speaker 1: I think their second straight season where they started 0-3,
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  Speaker 1: but they end up getting an upset win over the Lancers, 28-27. Um,
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  Speaker 1: thanks in large part to a last minute touchdown where
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Fisher scored on a hook and lateral.
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  Speaker 3: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Um, and he got into the end zone with, I
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  Speaker 1: think just a handful of seconds left in the game.
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  Speaker 1: And unfortunately we don't have any, neither teams have put
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  Speaker 1: their stats in, in this game, but it was really
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  Speaker 1: close the entire game. I mean, nobody, I mean, nobody
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  Speaker 1: had a two score lead. I've kept a little track
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  Speaker 1: of this game. Um, but yeah, just what a, Really
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  Speaker 1: nice win for Lindbergh. It seems like they always have
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  Speaker 1: these wins every year where they beat a team that
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  Speaker 1: on paper maybe they aren't favored to win, but they
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  Speaker 1: do it. Kind of a typical Lindbergh win.
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  Speaker 2: The hook and ladder is one of those plays where
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  Speaker 2: it's only going to work for you once, maybe twice
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  Speaker 2: the whole season because the first time you run it,
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  Speaker 2: the defense is going to have no idea how to
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  Speaker 2: stop it.
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  Speaker 3: You have to have your.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, depending on where the hook route is run,
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  Speaker 2: you have to have your corner just... If he's in
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  Speaker 2: the flats, just see the crosser coming across early and
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  Speaker 2: then get that. Or if he's manned up, just get
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  Speaker 2: off the man and hope he pitches it. It's an
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  Speaker 2: extremely difficult play to defend, and you have to hope
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  Speaker 2: your safeties can get over fast enough too. But super,
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  Speaker 2: very bold of Lindbergh to call that, and even better
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  Speaker 2: for him to pull it off. I'm sure that's a
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  Speaker 2: play that those players remember for a.
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  Speaker 3: Very long time.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. All right, another game, Eureka versus Rockwood Summit. The
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  Speaker 1: Wildcats win again, 22-7. It was a close battle. Most
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  Speaker 1: of the action... ended up in the fourth quarter. Eureka
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  Speaker 1: actually took a 19-0 lead, but Summit made it a
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  Speaker 1: little bit interesting in the end where they were able
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  Speaker 1: to get a touchdown pass with six minutes to go.
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  Speaker 1: But Eureka ultimately added a field goal late in the
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  Speaker 1: game to... Ultimately win by 15, which is important because
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  Speaker 1: they were able to get all the district points they
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  Speaker 1: needed to win in that game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it looks like Eureka's offense was humming this game.
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  Speaker 2: They had over 400 yards of offense. Another solid game
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  Speaker 2: by Zach Kemp. He was 18-29 throwing the ball for
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  Speaker 2: 198 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions. He also had 94
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  Speaker 2: rushing yards.
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  Speaker 1: Leading rusher.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and as a team, they averaged over 5 yards
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  Speaker 2: per rush. So, I don't know if they just had
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of fumbles lost or.
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  Speaker 1: We don't have so many stats yet.
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  Speaker 2: Had a bunch of fourth down, missed fourth down attempts,
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  Speaker 2: but a little bit of a discrepancy there with your
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  Speaker 2: total yards gained and your points scored.
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  Speaker 3: And again, it's not a knock on Eureka. It's just
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  Speaker 3: an interesting observation. I think they'll be okay.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you gained over 400 yards and scored three touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it just feels a little interesting there.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, they have the talent there.
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  Speaker 2: That's not the question, but, and you know, good one
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  Speaker 2: for Eureka, but As we start earlier in the season,
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  Speaker 2: they kind of shot themselves in the foot against Hamble
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  Speaker 2: with the late turnovers.
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  Speaker 3: And then here, they've got to be able to finish drives.
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  Speaker 2: And we've seen them do that this year in bits
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  Speaker 2: and pieces, especially last week against Parkway North.
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  Speaker 3: They did that very well.
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  Speaker 2: They finished drives very well, and they cut the turnovers down.
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  Speaker 2: So really for Eureka, it's just about smoothing out those
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  Speaker 2: rough patches in their game, like finishing their turnovers. convert
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  Speaker 2: on third downs as the season goes on, which I
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  Speaker 2: think they should be able to do. But they got
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  Speaker 2: a big test this week against Kirkwood, so we'll see how.
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  Speaker 3: That pans out.
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  Speaker 1: Sure. All right. Summit, they are now at 2-2 this season.
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  Speaker 1: And Lafayette, or sorry, Eureka is now 3-1. We'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about Kirkwood. They remain undefeated at 3-0 with a pretty
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  Speaker 1: convincing 52-21 win over Marquette. However, again, they had another
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  Speaker 1: close first half. It was 10-7 at halftime, but then
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  Speaker 1: Really seemed like Kirkwood figured it out in the second
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  Speaker 1: half again, like they did last week against Hazelwood Central
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  Speaker 1: where they scored. They actually, in this game, they went
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  Speaker 1: on a 28-0 run. They scored in the second quarter,
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  Speaker 1: but then in the third quarter they scored 21 points
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  Speaker 1: in a little under four minutes. Darion Brown, three-yard touchdown run.
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  Speaker 1: And Joey Goodman was their quarterback through the entire game.
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  Speaker 1: He had a 25-yard touchdown pass to Mekhi Mansfield, and
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  Speaker 1: then Travis Shores Jr., who's a receiver, he had a
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  Speaker 1: 47-yard touchdown run there. And I got to say, we
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  Speaker 1: got to shout out Jason Dudley, a 19-yard pass from
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  Speaker 1: Colton Richards, an incredible one-handed diving touchdown in the back
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  Speaker 1: of the end zone. That was not the most important
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  Speaker 1: play in the game, but just from a pure highlight perspective,
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  Speaker 1: that was the play of the game because that was
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  Speaker 1: an incredible catch.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. This has to be the most rushing yards in
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  Speaker 2: one game by Kirkwood in quite a while.
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  Speaker 3: They had 436.
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  Speaker 2: Rushing yards as a team for over nine yards per carry.
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  Speaker 2: Darion Brown, 152 yards. Chase Griffin, 86 yards. Benji Rice,
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  Speaker 2: 42 yards. Travis Shores Jr.
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  Speaker 3: 51 yards.
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  Speaker 2: Demarcus Tatum, 93 rushing yards. I mean, that is, what,
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  Speaker 2: five guys with 40 more rushing yards?
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  Speaker 3: That's pretty insane.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if they had a bunch of end-of-round
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  Speaker 2: or jet sweep plays, because it looks like they had.
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  Speaker 3: Their receivers run the ball. So I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. if that was just screen passes or backwards passes
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  Speaker 2: for laterals technically or how that worked out.
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  Speaker 3: But either way, a lot of yards on the board
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  Speaker 3: for Kirkwood.
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  Speaker 2: Not the craziest deadline passing it, but I'm sure they
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  Speaker 2: don't care. I mean, putting up that many points is
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  Speaker 2: almost always going to win you the game.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, they're going to wake up. I would
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  Speaker 3: assume their turnovers came in the first half.
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  Speaker 1: They did, yeah. Both those interceptions were in the first half. Yeah, so.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of like Eureka, as long as they can keep
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  Speaker 2: those down, they should be in good shape. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Kruger keeps going.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Interesting how long Nick Tucci is going to be
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  Speaker 1: out of quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Because he did, I was wondering on our last podcast,
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  Speaker 1: or like a week ago, like why was he in
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  Speaker 1: the game and then Joey Goodman was in the game
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden. But, no, apparently it was an
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  Speaker 1: injury on Tucci. But Goodman did okay. He managed the
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  Speaker 1: game well, obviously, besides those interceptions. He made a few
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  Speaker 1: nice throws. But, you know, if he can run like that,
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  Speaker 1: over 400 rushing yards and have three guys over 86 yards, uh,
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  Speaker 1: get all those yards and you're in pretty good shape. Um, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So the pioneers are in a good spot right there. Um,
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  Speaker 1: all right, going back. Chaminade had a big victory over, sorry,
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  Speaker 1: the Smet had a big victory over Chaminade.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Um, yeah, the spread was minus 24 and a half.
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  Speaker 3: That would be a massive victory if Chaminade pulled that off.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. It was 62 to 14, the final.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Now DeSmet had a little bit of a slow start,
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  Speaker 2: but then really took it over in the second quarter.
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  Speaker 3: Chaminade was actually up 7-0 at the end of the
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  Speaker 3: first quarter.
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  Speaker 1: They scored early, too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they did. It was like one of their first
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  Speaker 3: plays from scrimmage. It was like a minute into the game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And that was pretty much, I mean, that was cool
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  Speaker 2: because Chaminade scored first with a 75-yard pass touchdown from
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: Jamarion Barnes to Miles Lowe. And after that, they had
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: just a bit over 200 yards of offense the entire
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: rest of the game. So DeSmet, I guess that was
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: just a blown coverage that one play, and then from
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: then on they kind of figured it out. But, yeah,
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: Chase Cooper, he got back on track, 18-23 for DeSmet QB,
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: 260 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions. Malik Waters with an
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: incredible game out of the backfield, 20 carries for 196 yards,
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: averaging just under 10 yards per carry.
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: Well, no Cameron Sharp for DeSmet, who just got offered
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: by Kansas State, and so did his brother Rocky Sharp, so.
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: And Waters got in the end zone five times this game,
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: which I'm sure is his personal record.
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: It's got to be. But, yeah. He's a sophomore. Yeah.
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: So, slow start for the Spartans, but I think they'll
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: be okay. They forced a couple turnovers.
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: They had seven sacks on the game.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: Ty Veltrip and Tyson Senseney both got two sacks apiece.
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: So, yeah.
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: Very dominant display by DeSmet, and... Congrats to the Spartans
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: for getting back the win column.
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: Chase Cooper, he's the number one out of the Missouri
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: schools in our area. He has the most passing yards
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: so far with 1,143. It's really efficient there. The Smets
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: are in a good spot right here. 3-1, that tough
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: loss to CBC, but I mean, it's not going to
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: get a whole lot easier because we can go into
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: this game, Vianney against CBC. This is their next– Smet
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: plays Vianney this coming week. Vianney gave CBC a run
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: for their money in this one.
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, CBC pulled away in the fourth quarter.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: But Vianney was keeping a competitive– they wouldn't quit. The
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: Griffins would not quit, that's for sure. Dylan Austin Harvey
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: had another incredible game for CBC. He had 83 rushing yards,
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: only eight completions, but 216 passing yards. That's, what, 20
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: yards per completion, which is ridiculous. But the Vianney offense
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: wouldn't quit. I mean, it wasn't the most efficient, but
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: Harlan Futrell at QB was 16 of 32 for 223
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: yards and two touchdowns. And as a team, they were
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: getting almost 14 yards per reception from Harlan's brother Kirk.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Kalai Thomas and Noah Williams were the only three receivers
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: that caught passes for them. Seems like for Vianney, they've
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: got good athletes that when they get in space, they
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: can pick up some yards.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: They're just young.
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're young and their defense isn't physical enough to
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: hang with CBC's own line.
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, their defense is especially young. Mostly sophomores who start there.
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and CBC's always going to be able to take
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: over the game in the front seven when they face
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: a young team like that.
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: Averaged over 7.5 yards per carry as a team.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: So, yeah, I wouldn't say it's a disappointing game for
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: CBC by any means. I mean, they put up a
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: bunch of points. They won pretty easily. But I would
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: say for Vianney, there's definitely some bright spots to look at.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: You come into this one, you know, you're never going
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: to come into a game thinking you're going to lose. But,
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: you know, the way that CBC's been playing, the way
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: that Vianney's been playing, especially from a couple weeks ago
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: when Vianney gave a bunch of points to Ledoux and
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: was kind of just out of it.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: In the second half.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: This is a good improvement in just the level of
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: competing throughout the.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: Game for the Griffins. I mean, they trailed 38-24 with, like,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: going into the fourth quarter. So, yeah, I mean, that's
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: the closest that Vianney's competed with CBC and probably since, like,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: back when they had Kyra Williams. Yeah, yeah. And, you know,
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: that says something a little bit. I mean, they're making improvements.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they definitely are. They definitely are.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: They just got to get a bit stronger and a
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: bit more experienced in the front seven and the offensive line,
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: which will come with time. I trust the Griffins to
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: keep taking steps forward.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I think they will as well. Okay,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: we've had some blowouts this week.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: Jackson laid the wood on St.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Mary's, to say the least, and Jackson continues to show
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: people why they should be.
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: Ranked number one in the state of Missouri.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So I was at this game and, you know,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: there was kind of a sense in the stadium beforehand.
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: It was not as energetic as I've been, I've seen
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: at the pit, you know, um, it just seemed like
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: everybody would just kind of assume this would happen. And
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: it did. I mean, Jackson scored on their first drive and, um,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: They went up 14-0 fairly easily, didn't have a whole
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: lot of trouble on defense until St. Mary's completed a
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: big pass play that got them down inside the 20-yard line.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: This was late in the first half, and there was
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: a big sequence where it was fourth and one at
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: the four-yard line. And then I think they tried a
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: QB sneak, and Jackson stopped it. And so with 96
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: yards to go, Jackson does what Jackson does, which is
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: get into a two-minute drill offense. And they get first
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: down to first down. They move fast. They go tempo.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: Tyler Fisher looked like he was one of the best
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the state. And Jalen Hampton looked like one
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: of the best running backs in the state, how they
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: would utilize him. And by the way, they also have
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: a really good freshman, Memphis Maddox, who's going to be
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: a really great player for Jackson. So, They go down
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: and score to make it 21-0. That kind of took
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: the wind out of St. Mary's sales. I know they
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: gave up 42 points, but St. Mary's has got a
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: really good defense. It could have easily been 14-7 at halftime.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: This is without Kingston Miles. We can't say when he's
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: going to get back, but he will be back this season.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: We'll just say that. We can confirm that, which is
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: great to hear. Their offense was Definitely, going into the
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: season and last year, kind of the weakness of their team.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: It's not a bad offense, it's just they're not that explosive.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: Especially when you take away their best player, who's one
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: of the better players in the state. They're just not
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: going to look that great. I like the Dragons as
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: a team. I think they could be a dangerous team
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: in Class 5 when they get there fully healthy. But
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Jackson is just a... I said it last week how St.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: Mary's played Cahokia, and now they play the Comanches, and
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: now they're playing the Indians, and the Indians are a
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: whole different tribe. Yes, they were. It was a completely
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: different team, and so that's probably going to be the
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: best team St. Mary's sees the rest of the regular season,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: and probably just in general, honestly. So, yeah, they lost
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: by 35. It was a running clock. Jackson looked great.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: I had a awesome time at the pit as I
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: always do I love going down there anytime when I
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: get the chance and so the Indians are really good
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: arguably the best team in the state but St. Mary's
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: they're okay they're going to be okay and they move.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: On yeah another game that ended in a blowout that
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: I didn't see this one coming I knew that well
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: I thought Pattonville would win but I did not expect
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Pattonville to just totally shut down Seckman the Pirates defeat
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: the Jaguars by a final score of 35 to nothing
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: This Paddleville defense has taken a huge step forward since
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: week one. They are just so much better at plugging
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: gaps in the run game, especially in the interior. Their
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: outside linebackers and D-ends are setting the edge really well.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: They held second to 134 yards of offense the whole game,
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: averaging under four yards per carry, which is huge.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: It doesn't help that second for the last few weeks.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: Brody Cube has been out for them. He was their quarterback. So,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: just want to give some context, but yes, this is
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: still really good.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Still, I mean, with, I mean, Suckman, they had solid
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: O-line for these past few weeks.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: I mean, they came into the game 3-0.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: But, Pat will shut that down completely.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: I mean, Ryan Monroe, Myles Smith, Stephen Booth, the second,
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: all rack of the tackle to the Pirates. Myles Smith
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: also got an interception this game. So, good job to him.
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: And then, Trevor.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Beckerman continues to impress. 17-23, 306 passing yards, two touchdowns,
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: zero interceptions. 18 yards per completion for him. Gilbert Lake
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: on the third, six catches for 166 receiving yards and
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: two touchdowns.
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: That is an incredible stat line for him.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, averaging 27 yards a carry. Beckerman's now.
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: Is he second on the St. Louis side for passing
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: yards behind?
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: I don't think, I don't know. He's got 805 yards,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: but his.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: His completion percentage is amazing, 71%. His QB rating is 140.
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: So I would think that's really high up there.
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, his efficiency is very impressive.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely. So, yeah, Pirates, this is their best win
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: of the season so far as far as just being dominating. And, yeah,
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: I think there's a legitimate chance they go undefeated.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, there is.
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're 4-0 to start the year, and These
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: next two games, next three games, I should say, they're
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: probably going to be heavily favored.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: I think they're going to be favored in the rest
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: of their games.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: Well, they'll be favored against Parkway North and Hazelwood East,
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: but at least these next three games, they'll.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: Be, like, you know, heavy favorites.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, they got Rittner.
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: It would take a miracle for Parkway Central and Hazelwood
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Central to beat Patton Hills, I'm trying to say.
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. I know in two weeks they have Rittner.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: I mean, and historically, yeah, they've gotten... I think they
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: had like a 13-game winning streak or something like that.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: It's been a long time since Rittenhouse beat Pattonville, but it's.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: A rivalry game. A 10-game winning streak.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: Okay, it's a rivalry game, so you can't write them off.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: And the last handful of games have been really close.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: They have.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm looking forward to that game when it happens.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: But the Pirates are rolling for sure. Since I know
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: a lot about this, we'll talk about it. And this
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: was a game that actually kind of went almost exactly
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: how the sports book played it out, and that was
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: Ledoux beating Fox 27-14.
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: A gritty but good win for the Rams.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, look, if you're Ledoux, you're happy with the win
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: just because they've lost to Fox the last two years,
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: and it's usually not pretty against them when they play
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: because they just, they're never, it's just, Fox is a
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: one-off game every year for them because it's like nobody,
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: they don't play anybody else like them where it's just,
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: under center a triple option and fox doesn't really deviate
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: much from that they just kind of.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Go straight only five guys for fox even touched the
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: ball this game jacob edwards ryan joggers jude privish nehemiah
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: glanville and gavin pecoraro usually you have you know two
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: or three before guys get it carries but usually you
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: have more than two guys get receptions but you know,
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: Fox does their.
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: Thing and it is.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: We do contain them really well.
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: I mean, they held them to under five yards per
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: carry and only 257 yards of offense the whole game.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah. It's, yeah, it's really good. Um, Ladew's offense, they,
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: they bent quite a few times. Um, it took a
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: while for them to get off the field, but they
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: would still ultimately, you know, hold Fox and there'd be
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: some like five to seven minute drives, but they would,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: you know, hold them, which is good. Ladew also, they
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: did have three touchdowns called back, including two on the
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: same drive. Um, but, uh, They still got the job done.
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: Emmitt McIntosh had another decent game, 13-22, passing 153 yards,
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: one touchdown, and I think three touchdown passes called back.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: But once again, McIntosh, he's been really great. And I
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: know when you say game manager, people think, oh, that's
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: just a nice way of saying a quarterback's not that good.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: But no, he is a game manager in the best
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: sense because... He's only turned the ball over one time
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: in four games. Ledoux's offense only has one turnover in
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: those four games, and that was an interception against Vianney
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: when they were winning in the second half. So yeah,
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: Ledoux's offense, they don't turn the ball over. They make
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: some mistakes with some penalties, but they're overall pretty efficient.
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: And then we've got to shout out K.J. Sutton, who's
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: a sophomore for Ledoux. He had a receiving touchdown and
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: then a probably the biggest play of the game, which
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: was a kickoff return for a touchdown late in the
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: first half, which gave him to do a 17 to
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: seven lead. And that was huge because, um, you know,
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: it was able to kind of give him to do that,
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: like two score advantage that ultimately they held on to
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: for the rest of the game. And, uh, that was
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: absolutely vital. So, uh, um, yeah, they have a, it
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: looks like they have another pretty good, uh, receiving prospect
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: on their hands, uh, with this, uh, with With Kyler
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: Sutton there, that's his full name. And then Evan Vai
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: had an interception late in the game. He's a cornerback
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: going to Stanford, so that was his first interception of
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: the season. It wasn't pretty, but Ledoux got the job done,
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: and they remain undefeated at 4-0.
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: Congrats to the Rams. The last time they started a
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: 4-0 was not last year. 2019.
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: I was going to say.
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: They were like 5-1. They lost in Week 2, then
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: they won 4-0 in the middle of the season, right?
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: They started like 0-4. I forgot what they did last year. Oh, okay.
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: Didn't they go like a four-game win streak? No.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: So I got it wrong last week. I said last year,
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: like last week when they beat Riverview, that's the first
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: time since 2019 they went 3-0. I was incorrect. So
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: that was actually the first time since 2021. But then
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: they lost to Kirkwood the next week, so this is
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: now officially the first time since 2019 that they have
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: started 4-0. Yeah, so they're obviously off to a really
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: good start, and they've got some interesting games coming up
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: for them.
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: Well, you know who else is off to a really
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: good start? It's Triad.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: They are 5-0. Offensively, they just keep rolling. They defeat
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: Mascuta 49-16.
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: This is the best-looking Triad team I think I've ever seen.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they just... run the ball extremely effectively. I mean,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: we've talked about other teams that have a bunch of
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: guys getting a bunch of rushing yards. Triad's one of them, too.
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: I mean, Dayton-Deathridge, 7 carries, 79 yards. Brody-Hasquin, the QB,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: 5 carries, 65 yards.
• 29:53
  Speaker 3: Grady-Miller, 5 carries, 45 yards.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: And then Jaden Rodgers, who I think is their main
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: running back, he carries for 125 yards.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got 536 yards on the season.
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: It seems like he's averaging like 12 yards per carry,
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: which is totally ridiculous.
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: He averages eight yards a carry on the season, so
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: it's pretty close.
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: Incredible balance after contact for Rodgers. I mean, it almost
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: always takes more than one guy to take him down.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: And then they don't pass it too often. When they do,
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: Haskin usually makes the right decisions. He was 5-9 for
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: 70 yards and two touchdowns.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: Well, he's been really good. He's thrown for 636 yards
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: with nine touchdowns and no interceptions.
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so a run-first team that makes very few mistakes
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: turning it over, that equals a team that can really
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: make a run in the playoffs.
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think they have a really good shot
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: at going undefeated. Probably their last remaining toughest game is
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: this week against O'Fallon. But yeah, I think Granite City, Collinsville,
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: Belleville West, I think they'll be favored to win those games.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: This is a good Knights team. They're ranked in our
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: large school rankings, which is the first time that's ever
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: happened for them since we've been doing GSV. They'll be
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: in there for the second week in a row. They're
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: a well-coached team. Triad's always got size, but it looks
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: like they're They have a good run game, but they
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: also have a pretty good passing attack as well when
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: they need to pass or choose to when they don't
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: even probably need to. So, I mean, that's just how
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: good their offense is.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Next up, this game, the score is not in
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: on Estes Hospital Sports, but it was played last night
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: due to a heat delay.
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: You were there, actually.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: MICDS defeats Westminster 22-12 was the final score.
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: It was, yes. That was a game that was.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it was sloppy because I felt like
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: there was a lot of good football being played. It
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: was just kind of Westminster did a really good job
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: of after the first quarter, really kind of dictating the
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: tempo of the game. They, their defense was really good.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: I mean, they have a really nice middle linebacker, John Henry, uh,
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: John Henry stream. He's a six, three senior. Yeah. Um,
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: I think he's definitely going to be, he's definitely going
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: to go play in college. I think it'd be a
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: really good college football player when it's all said and done. Uh,
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: I like what I saw from him. I think the
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: thing that made Westminster really good is they're able to
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: have long possessions and run the football and make some
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: passes here and there, but they weren't particularly good at
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: finishing off drives, though. They got in the end zone
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: only one time, and they got into the red zone
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: three other times, but all the rest of those times
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: they settled for field goals, and One of the biggest
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: plays of the game was a missed field goal midway
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: through the fourth quarter. And by that point in time, MIC, yes,
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, even though it was a close game, it
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: just felt like they were kind of down and out
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: a little bit. You know, they couldn't really get any
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: drives going. But that seemed to be the momentum shift
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: they needed right there because immediately they were able to
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: complete a long pass to Amari Roberts. And that's when
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: their fab freshman took over the game. I mean, he was,
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: you know, they... Noah Maneke completed another long pass to
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: him that I think got past the 25-yard line. That
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: was probably the biggest play of the game in terms
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: of circumstances because Charlie Beckmeyer, who's Westminster's quarterback, he was
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: playing safety. He got hurt pretty badly on that play.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't think I'm at liberty to
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: disclose the injury, but it's not a good injury for him.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: I'll just say that. He had to come out of
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: the game and then if Moments later, MICDS scored on a,
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: I believe it was a 17-yard touchdown pass, yeah, to
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: take the lead, and then they got the two-point conversion
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: to make it 15-12, and then with Westminster's back quarterback
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: in there, he threw an interception, and then Roberts, running
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: back now, even though he's a receiver, he put him
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: in at running back because, let's just give the ball
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: to our best player, and then he found his way
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: into the end zone to make it 22-12, and That
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: was the final score. So it wasn't pretty for the Rams,
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: but in those last six minutes of the game, they
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: took it over and outplayed Westminster to get a vital
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: Metro League win, and that was a nice win for
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: them too. They're 3-1 now after they lost to Ladue
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: in their first game, so they've now won three in
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: a row. And, yeah, I mean, the Rams are looking.
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, they still have, you know, they had a
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: really tough time running the football up until, like, the
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: end of the game. Um, yeah, they couldn't really establish
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: a rushing attack, but their team, it's certainly, you know, they're,
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: they're a high tempo offense and they've got to try
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: to pass the ball all over the place and they
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: have good athletes. And then on defense, I think it
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: really just boils down to Miles Coleman at middle linebacker
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: making plays. Cause, um, you know, when he's not getting blocked,
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: he's probably going to make a play in, in the,
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage or do that. So, um, yeah, he's,
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: he did, he did a nice job. He impressed me
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: once again. So it's a team that's, uh, it's a,
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: it's a, I see this as a pretty decent small
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: school team. Yeah.
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: All right, shifting gears, let's head over to Slough High
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: defeating St.
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: Dominic 33-3.
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: St. Dominic got a field goal in their first drive
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: of the game, and then that was it for them.
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: The Slough High defense continues to impress, keeping the Crusaders
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: out of the end zone completely. Slough High, offensively, they
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: also had a really.
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: Good game.
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: They had 462 yards of total offense. Pat Stein had
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: an excellent game. from the ball and rushing as well.
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: But defensively, they flew high. They had two sacks, forced
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: two turnovers.
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: They held St.
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: Dominic just 148 total yards of offense the whole game,
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: just over four yards per carry, and flew high. They
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: got athletes all over the field. John Ramell, Anthony Busby,
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Marquise Hill, Henry Fitzpatrick, Ben Yust, I think is how
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: you pronounce his last name, Y-U-S-T, Yust, I would think.
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: I apologize if I'm mispronouncing that, but no, it's too high.
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: They're very disciplined, um, and just doing their job.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: I think that's, that's one thing that a lot of
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: high school teams have held back by is just, um,
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: players having bad instincts, but that's one thing I think, um,
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: slew high doesn't have as bad instincts. I think they're
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: really good at, um, uh, staying disciplined on their zone coverages. Um,
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: they're outside backers and DNs never getting sucked inside for
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: inside runs. Um, Middle linebackers taking care of business and
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: getting tackles when they need to. They're just a very
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: well-coached team and do things the right way.
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: And another impressive win for the Junior Bills.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: And they're 3-1. They got one of the best. I mean,
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: now we can say statistically one of the best defenses
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: because they're averaging nine a game.
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and even though they lost to CBC, that's one
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: of the CBC offense's worst performances of the entire year.
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: So, man, they've played Live for Life this week, and
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: it's a Live for Life team that has a solid offense,
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: but we've seen them get contained before. So this should
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: be a very interesting test for Slew Hot coming up.
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: All right, let's go into the GAC for our next
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: few games here. Let's see. Do you want to talk
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: about Timberland at Zumwalt North?
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Timberland squeaks one out, and they get a huge
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: conference win.
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: They beat the Panthers 21-20.
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: Timberland's now 3-1, and they beat the Panthers on a–
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: last-minute touchdown pass.
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: To take the lead.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: And I have not said it yet this year, but
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: it applies here. The most important points are extra points.
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: And we saw FZN struggle with that last week in
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: their close win against Zumwalt West. But they missed a
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: PAT in the fourth quarter, and that allowed Timberland to
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: take the lead with the instant touchdown PAT a few
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: minutes after that. Timberland's stats are not in. unfortunately, but
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: it seems like Tavern Williams had a solid enough game
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: to get the job done for them. The Timberland defense
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: had a good game as well. The Panthers got 305
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: rushing yards and almost 70 yards per carry, but they
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: just couldn't get big plays when they needed them. They
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: couldn't come in on third downs very well. They couldn't
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: get in the end zone very much. I mean, 20
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: points isn't horrible, but that's not a very reliable way
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: to win games.
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: And they just... only three to five passing yards.
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's just, you can, you can get away
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: with only throwing the ball five times a game if
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: you're getting 400 plus rushing yards a game.
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: Um, but they're not doing that so far. Um, and that's,
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: that's just not going to get, not going to get
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: the job done.
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: And I'm not.
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: Sure if their philosophy is going to change, if they're
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: going to just stick with, um, um, outside options and just, um,
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: you know, they'll obviously be run first team, you know,
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: unless something crazy happens, but I'm not sure if they'll
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: maybe increase the, number of times they're thrown on first down,
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: you know, even saying the phrase throwing on first down
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: is some blasphemous on the North side, but I don't know.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: Maybe change is necessary with that kind of, um, I'm
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: not going to say it's the play calling. I would
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: say it's mostly just the offensive line plays not there. Yeah. Um,
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: cause when you, when you let a backside defensive lineman
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: get through, um, that's going to blow up any kind
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: of running play one run, no matter where it's going.
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: So that, I think, is a big part of it.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: It's not just play calling. It's not just, like, you know,
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: the QB making bad reads. Like, yeah, maybe that's part
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: of it, but it's not just one thing. There's several
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: different things that are going on with that offense to
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: make it not run as efficiently as it has in
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: years past. But, yeah, they're off to a 1-3 start,
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: which is– This is one of their worst starts in
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: probably 15 years. If not their worst start in 15 years. But, yeah, Timberland,
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: they're 3-1.
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: Well, this is probably their best start since 2022.
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, huge conference win. And looking at how the rest
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: of the G Central is playing out so far, Timberland
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: could very well finish this year 8-1. And they got
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: North Point this next week. And then Washington, who is 0-4.
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: And then Zumwalt South, who I think is 1-3.
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're 1-3.
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: They just beat Washington this week, actually, 28-26.
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: And then Zumwalt East, who had the good winnings against
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: Orchard Farm, but just lost to North Point by 21 points. So, Timbaland,
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: and under Coach Harris' second year, they could.
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: Return some hats so far.
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they have. I mean, they've won their fair share
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: of close games. I mean, you know, they're just beating
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: North by one, and then they squeaked another one out
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: against Liberty a few weeks ago. And they did lose
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: to Lafayette by, I think, six. So... Yeah. But they've
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: clearly been a good team in close games. And that
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: means they're probably well coached. Yeah.
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: I got another one. Francis Howell versus Zumwalt West. 31-7.
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: Howell was in control the whole time. The stats aren't in.
• 41:08
  Speaker 2: But I would assume that Damian Donaldson, a solid game
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: for the Vikings, Derek Chubb probably had a couple passing touchdowns.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: But, yeah, just another good defensive performance for the Vikings. And, yeah,
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: stats aren't in, so we can't say too much about it.
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: I have not seen any.
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: Plays for this game.
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: But, yeah, it's been a very up-and-down season for the Vikings.
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: They have that brutal choke in Week 1, and then
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: they come back and dominate after the end of Week 2.
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: And then they get crushed by St. Pius X.
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: It was a really good team.
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: They were a good team, but that was a– Pretty
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: rough game. And then they come back and totally handled
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: Zermatt West. So we'll see if they can keep it
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: consistent and stay good against a Liberty team that they
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: should beat.
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think they should probably win these next two games.
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they should.
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: And hopefully set up a fun game against Troy. But
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: speaking of Troy, I think you were at the Troy.
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: I was there too.
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: I was at three games this week. Yeah. I was around. Yeah,
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: that was a fairly straightforward win for Troy, 42-2. I mean,
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: the worst part of the game, they may have played
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: their worst football all season in the first minute of
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: the game where they had two really bad snaps, and
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: the second one went out of the end zone for
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: his safety. And so they were losing 2-0, and it
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: was 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. Troy's
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: defense didn't give Hal Central a lot to work with,
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: and Hal Central never really threatened to score. in the game.
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: Had some, had some good runs, but other than that,
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: couldn't get much going. Um, kind of a bad night
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: all around for central because Jack Brown, he got hurt. Um,
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: it was, I think an ankle injury, but, um, it was, uh,
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: he told JP rock in an interview that he expect
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: he's going to try. I think, I don't know if
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: he expects it or not, but like he's got to
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: try to like make it back for next week. And then,
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: which is a good sign because obviously it's, it doesn't
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: seem like it's going to be that bad of an injury.
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: So it looks like he'd be able, we expect him
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: to be out there at the, At some point during
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: the rest of the season. And then probably the most
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: memorable thing of the night was Eli Drinkwitz flying in
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: on a helicopter.
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And, I mean, particularly I'm not, not that it's
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: a bad thing. I don't really care. It's a helicopter.
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: But I just don't seem, I don't think it's all
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: that impressive that, like, somebody flies in on a helicopter
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: compared to what most people think it is. And, I mean,
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: those videos just get so many views. Yeah. And I
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: think it's cool. To me, it doesn't blow my mind
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: compared to what a lot of people seem to.
• 43:44
  Speaker 3: The first time you see it in person, it's cool.
• 43:45
  Speaker 3: And then it's like, oh, yeah, it's a helicopter.
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I've seen some helicopter landings going to all these
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: high school games. But, yeah, obviously the Mizzou Nation seems
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: to love it. And he was there for about... He
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: left a little before the first half ended. And... Yeah,
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: and Troy was able to have a, yeah, they had
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: a decent game. I mean, nothing crazy for them. Actually,
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: I meant that. They did have one crazy thing happen,
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: and that was a Hail Mary right at halftime. Just
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: an absolute backbreaker for Central because it would have been
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: only 14-2 at halftime, and Central, they would have gotten
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: the ball. But, yeah, Carter Schaefer threw a, I forget how,
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: it was basically about 50 yards, and then Connor Ryan,
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: it was deflected, and he came down with it. all-in-one
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: motion to catch that for a touchdown pass to make
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: it 21-2 at halftime. That sufficiently popped whatever was left
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: of Central's balloon right there. Trey Lococo had a decent game,
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: 70 yards rushing for one touchdown, 11 rushes. Carter Schaefer
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: had two touchdown passes, one interception, and he also ran
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: for 38 yards, so.
• 45:06
  Speaker 4: Yeah, just– there wasn't a whole lot to– besides the
• 45:11
  Speaker 4: Hail Mary and drink what's coming out of a helicopter,
• 45:14
  Speaker 4: there was really nothing memorable about this game.
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 45:19
  Speaker 3: East St. Louis, they took care of business. They defeated
• 45:21
  Speaker 3: Bevel East 61-0.
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, nothing surprising there.
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's– yeah, just the way it is for them.
• 45:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: Edwardsville, they stay in the win column. They defeat Granite
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: City 48-0. So they've defeated their first two conference opponents
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: by a total margin of 75-0. So I'm sure they'll
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: be happy with that. Bree Central, they continue to win.
• 45:45
  Speaker 2: They defeated Jersey going a very weird one, 14-7.
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: I think they even needed like a goal line stand
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: to hold them off late in the game.
• 45:52
  Speaker 3: It was 7-7 at halftime.
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: Then Bree Central scored an Emmanuel Velasquez touchdown in the
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: third quarter. And then Jerseyville was threatening at the end
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: of the game, and Breeze Central came through and stopped them.
• 46:04
  Speaker 3: Not the worst. Kind of like the Eureka game, Breeze
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: Central got a fair amount of yards.
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: They got 320 yards of offense, but just couldn't convert.
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: Jerseyville seems like a team where they got some talent,
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: but they just can't finish games because they lost to
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: Jacksonville by seven. They lost to Civic Memorial by three,
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: and then they almost They lost central by seven.
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's brutal.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah. That is brutal. But it's nice to see that
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: they're getting some success, but the scoreboard just doesn't kind
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: of really– but it doesn't relate to scoreboard success, I guess.
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: But at least there's something. I mean, it looks like
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: they're improving in certain areas. So it's good to see
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: that Jerseyville's competing.
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 46:49
  Speaker 3: Highland, they defeated Macomb 49-27 in their 4-1.
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 46:52
  Speaker 3: So the Bulldogs continue their win streak.
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: And I think there's a really good chance they'll finish 8-1.
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, looking at their schedule right there. They
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: got Carbondale. Well, they got Cahokia.
• 47:02
  Speaker 3: It should be a fun one.
• 47:03
  Speaker 2: That one will be the de facto South 7 championship, right?
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: Probably, yeah.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: If both teams take care of business from now on.
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 47:12
  Speaker 3: Until that game.
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: I would imagine both of them will. Yeah. Yeah, so.
• 47:17
  Speaker 3: I'm not talking about any of the games.
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: That we mentioned. Yeah, Columbia, they lost to Centralia. Centralia's 5-0,
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: and Columbia, they're now 2-3. All three of their losses
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: are tough, tough games there. But, yeah, I'm trying to
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: think if there's, like, so many crazy games that we
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: didn't cover. Well, Oakville beat McClure North. Oakville's now 3-1,
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: and McClure North is no longer undefeated. So that was
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: a good win for the Tigers on the road. Right
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: before the heat really kicked in, too, because that game
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: started at 10 a.m.
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: So that was a— yeah, just a— Oakville' s now 3-1, and that's
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: kind of what they do typically. Like, they'll have good
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: starts to seasons.
• 47:58
  Speaker 2: Rittner beat Hazelwood East 32-24. Hazelwood East is 0-4.
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: That's got to be one of the worst starts this
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: season in their school history.
• 48:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's—and two of these losses being by single digits,
• 48:11
  Speaker 2: that's got to.
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: I think they're playing a little bit better football now
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: compared to their first two games. Yeah, losing to Hazel
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: West for East is unexcusable.
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's bad.
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: And then they got soundly beaten by Hillsborough. They competed
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: with Kirkwood for a half, and then Kirkwood kind of
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: does what Kirkwood does. Rittner is a better team than
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: Hazel West. So the fact that it was closer... I
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: guess means that there's some improvement going on with, with
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: East right there. And they had over 300 yards of
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: offense cause I'm just going, because they have their stats
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: and right now I can talk about it. Um, but yeah, um,
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: they were winning. Wait, um, I mean, it was, it
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: was a really, it was a really close game the
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: whole way really. And, uh, yeah, that scoreline.
• 48:55
  Speaker 3: East is only down by three going into the fourth quarter.
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And they may have taken the lead. I don't know.
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: Cause there's no, they don't have the score threads here, but, uh, Yeah,
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: but it looks like it was a pretty good North
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: County football game right there. And yeah, Hazelwood just can't
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: seem to get any breaks this season so far. And
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: as for Rittner, they're 2-2. And they probably should be
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: 3-2 after they... I would assume they would beat Hazelwood West, but...
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: West hasn't been so bad. They're 2-2. They, well, I mean,
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: they beat East, and they did crush Parkway Central. Okay, oh,
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: since now we're talking about Parkway schools, we're just kind
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: of hitting everything right here. Yeah. Parkway West is 4-0.
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: They beat Riverview Gardens 50-0. So they've outscored Central and
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: Riverview in their last two games by a combined score
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: of 97-0. They still don't really have a signature win
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: this season. The only time they could potentially get one
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: would probably be against Ladue in Week 9.
• 49:52
  Speaker 3: I feel bad because....
• 49:55
  Speaker 2: I feel like if they would have beat Parkway North
• 49:56
  Speaker 2: and Parkway North didn't have 1,000 turnovers, then I'd have
• 49:59
  Speaker 2: been like, okay, this is a really good win by
• 50:01
  Speaker 2: Parkway West.
• 50:01
  Speaker 3: And Parkway West is not a bad team at all.
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: I mean, they're a decent team. But because.
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: Again, I'm not trying to take anything away from Parkway West.
• 50:10
  Speaker 2: But because Parkway North just gave them that game pretty much,
• 50:12
  Speaker 2: it's kind of hard for me to take them super seriously.
• 50:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Until they, I guess, play LeDoux. We'll see how
• 50:18
  Speaker 3: that pans out.
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, they do got Fox coming up and Lindbergh,
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: and that'll be interesting. And I think.
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: I think he's what he is. Could make that a
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: game against, against Parkway West. I'll, I'll say that. Um, yeah,
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: but I think it looks like they're harder games the
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: rest of the season, like at Fox at Lindbergh, then
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: at Ladue, those will be certainly big test for them.
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: I think we've got to say Brady Beerman, he's got
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: 13 touchdowns and just two interceptions. Um, 922 yards completed.
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: 60% of those passes. I'll be it. Yeah. They played
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: some easier opponents. Um, But still, for a sophomore, that's
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: pretty good. And I want to talk about Parkway South
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: for a little bit. They're 3-1. They just beat Webster
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: Gross 41-0. And look, it's a different level of teams
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: right here. I get it, and they lost to Parkway
• 51:10
  Speaker 1: West by 32. But this is the best start to
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: the season they've had in a long time.
• 51:14
  Speaker 2: And they've had pretty consistent schedules based off of, you know,
• 51:19
  Speaker 2: they've played these kinds of teams before.
• 51:21
  Speaker 3: Every year and a lot of.
• 51:22
  Speaker 2: Times they would just finish two and seven because they
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: just never had anything together they would they would never
• 51:28
  Speaker 2: have talent and they would never have any sense of
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: cohesion and this year they have a little bit more
• 51:34
  Speaker 2: talent but they have a lot better team chemistry yeah
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: they actually have stuff working together and you could tell
• 51:40
  Speaker 2: based off the consistent consistent work they put in the
• 51:42
  Speaker 2: offseason that maybe they weren't going to go you know
• 51:46
  Speaker 2: 9-0 and win districts and everything. But, like, we knew
• 51:49
  Speaker 2: that they would take a step forward, and they definitely
• 51:50
  Speaker 2: have so far. So congrats to the Patriots for a
• 51:53
  Speaker 2: solid start.
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is their best start to their season since
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: 2014 when they started 3-1 that year as well.
• 51:58
  Speaker 3: That's awesome.
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think they got a few more wins
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: in them, too.
• 52:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, they got, like, Oakville's going to be
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: tough and Northwest Cedar Hill, but I think they can
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: beat McClure, McClure North, and Melville. I mean, they probably
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: will beat Melville, and good chance they beat McClure, too. So, yeah,
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: I think I think there's a really good chance they
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: finish over. 500 for the first time, I think maybe
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: since 2014 as well.
• 52:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right.
• 52:24
  Speaker 3: One last thing I want to mention.
• 52:26
  Speaker 2: St. Charles West is off to a 4-0 start. They
• 52:29
  Speaker 2: beat Warrington 17-0. Good start for the Warriors. This defense
• 52:34
  Speaker 2: is really good. They forced six interceptions this game. Maddox
• 52:38
  Speaker 2: Sigma himself got three interceptions. Devon Majors got two interceptions.
• 52:43
  Speaker 2: Ed Hogan got one. Maddox Sigma got 104 yards off
• 52:49
  Speaker 2: interception returns in this game alone, which is kind of hilarious.
• 52:51
  Speaker 2: Ed Hogan also got two sacks. So this Warriors defense is.
• 52:54
  Speaker 3: All over the place. They only got two yards total offense,
• 52:57
  Speaker 3: but hey, whatever.
• 52:59
  Speaker 2: And actually, funny enough, the only two touchdowns in the
• 53:03
  Speaker 2: game were Maddox Sigma pick sixes.
• 53:06
  Speaker 3: So they, St. Charles West won on defense, on defense. Yeah.
• 53:10
  Speaker 2: Their defense scored 12, 14 points. And yeah, that's, that's
• 53:14
  Speaker 2: a heck of a stat line right there. Sickman's going
• 53:17
  Speaker 2: to remember that one for the rest of his life
• 53:18
  Speaker 2: for sure.
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Single hand, not single handedly, but the scoreline suggests, yeah,
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: he single handedly won the game on defense.
• 53:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: So that's a, it's a heck of a stat and
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: that's a nice way to bring this podcast to a
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: close here. So, uh, We had some pretty funky stats
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: this week and some interesting games. So that will put
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: a bow on week four in the St. Louis area,
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: and our next show will be our week five preview.
• 53:45
  Speaker 2: Peace.