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STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW: East St. Louis vs Fenwick, MSHSAA Show Me Bowl Classes 1-6, Predictions · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gateways Sports and You Show. I
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Speaker 1: am John Huff joined by a Roman Bishop. And it's
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Speaker 1: that time of the year again where it is the
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Speaker 1: last preview show of the football season.
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Speaker 2: Here for twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: It's always just a handful of games, but it's always
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Speaker 1: bittersweet as we.
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Speaker 2: Get into the Show Me Bowl. But also for the
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Speaker 2: first time as well that we're.
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Speaker 1: Doing this in Illinois State Championship and that's because East
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Speaker 1: Saint Louis and Fenwick, their game got pushed back to
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Speaker 1: Mother Nature was really harsh in central Illinois this past
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Speaker 1: Saturday with tons of snow several inches, and that game
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Speaker 1: got moved to Tuesday, and we'll be able to talk
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Speaker 1: about it now.
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Speaker 3: Yes, we'll actually go with that game first.
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Speaker 4: So we got Fenwick out of Oak Park, Illinois going
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Speaker 4: up against the East Louis Flyers and the ISSA Class
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Speaker 4: six championship game. Lewis is favored by fourteen and a
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Speaker 4: half over runs at fifty three and a half. Just
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Speaker 4: some brief info on Fenwick before we get into Eastint Louis.
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Speaker 4: So they currently are ten and three on the season
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Speaker 4: and they've beaten Nazareth Academy, they beat Nagalithe Academy by
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Speaker 4: one point in semi finals in a very exciting game
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Speaker 4: to get here. They also beat Central High School out
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Speaker 4: of Burlington, Rolling Meadows and Kennedy Kennedy High School out Chicago,
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Speaker 4: and they're a playoff run.
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Speaker 3: And you know, you love to talking about teams that
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Speaker 3: have touch schedules. They've had a tough schedule this year.
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Speaker 3: They have had.
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Speaker 4: One of their losses is to Montini, who won stay
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Speaker 4: in Class four. Another one of their losses was by
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Speaker 4: one touchdowns. They lost in Mountini was by two points.
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Speaker 4: And they also lost to Mount Carmel, who was in
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Speaker 4: the Class eight state championship game, by one touchdown. So
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Speaker 4: this is a either they have three losses, this is
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Speaker 4: a really really good oak Park team or Fenwick team,
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Speaker 4: I should say yea. And you know, for East St. Louis,
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Speaker 4: we talk about their guys all year and they've been
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Speaker 4: a heck of a team. Jabari Law often Mysn Johnson, Cook, Rehees,
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Speaker 4: Shanklin just athletes up and on the field at every position,
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Speaker 4: playing with in Saint speed, especially in the offensive defensive lines.
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Speaker 4: And I think that's gonna be the difference here is
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Speaker 4: just how fast this East St. Louis defensive line is.
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Speaker 4: I think they're gonna have a really effective pass rush.
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Speaker 4: And you know they've shown all playoffs if they have
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Speaker 4: been an absolute machine. So I'm gonna pick the flyers
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Speaker 4: to cover here, and I'm gonna go with the over.
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Speaker 3: So I'll get this would be what their eleventh state
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Speaker 3: title or twelve.
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Speaker 2: It would be number eleven for East Saint Louis if.
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Speaker 1: They actually, oh gosh, no, it would be number twelve.
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Speaker 2: It'd be it would be number twelve.
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Speaker 1: They would still be third all time behind Mount Carmel
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Speaker 1: and Juliette Catholic.
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Speaker 4: I think both those teams have fourteen.
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Speaker 1: I think no, Mount Carmel's got fifteen or not. Well,
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Speaker 1: if Mount Carmel wins, no, I believe Mount Carmel's got sixteen,
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Speaker 1: and I think Joey at Catholic's got fourteen. And so
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Speaker 1: if Mark Mount Carmel wins Beatswego, which they are favored
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Speaker 1: to do, then they would get seventeen and take a
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Speaker 1: commanding lead. And they're only getting better romans. Yeah, pretty crazy.
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Speaker 1: So and then yeah, so is East St. Louis.
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Speaker 2: I mean they've got they've been on a run right now.
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Speaker 1: That's been not entirely unprecedented in their history, because in
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Speaker 1: the eighties they were on a real they were they
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Speaker 1: had arguably the best team in America, the best program
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Speaker 1: in America throughout the eighties and even seeping into the
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Speaker 1: nineties a little bit there too. And yeah, so from
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Speaker 1: that nineteen seventy nine through nineteen seventy one nineteen, from
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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy nine to nineteen ninety one, East Saint Louis,
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Speaker 1: that's the bulk of their history right there, and they've
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Speaker 1: certainly been able to rewrite a lot of their a
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Speaker 1: lot of new history for themselves going back to twenty nineteen.
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Speaker 1: As of you know, recently winning they've won three state
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Speaker 1: titles since twenty nineteen and are looking to make it four.
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Speaker 4: I mean, the fact that coach Sunkan is making the
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Speaker 4: debate of who the best coach in East Louis history,
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Speaker 4: to make that on actual debates pretty insane, because you know,
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Speaker 4: coach Bob Shannon is one of the greatest high schootball
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Speaker 4: coaches of all time, regardless of the state.
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Speaker 2: Area or wherever.
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Speaker 1: I still think it's Shannon, and it is Shannon for sure,
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Speaker 1: but have won so many state titles.
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Speaker 4: He did, and he turned East Louis in a national powerhouse.
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Speaker 4: But if the Flyers can win today, and then if
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Speaker 4: if coach chuncan could just keep up what he's doing
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Speaker 4: for another ten to fifteen years, which is which is
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Speaker 4: very difficult, but he.
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Speaker 1: Can.
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Speaker 4: If he can do it, he can you know, be
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Speaker 4: in the argument for you know, best coaches school history.
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Speaker 4: But Eas Saint Louis has been blessed, blessed with some
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Speaker 4: amazing coach and athletes to come through. And you're picking
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Speaker 4: them to cover here or what are you gonna pick
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Speaker 4: them to win?
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Speaker 2: And yeah, I'm picking him to win.
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Speaker 1: That would actually make more headlines if one of us
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Speaker 1: picked them to lose, if anything. Yeah, yeah, I'm picking
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Speaker 1: East Louis to win, and I do have him covering.
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Speaker 1: I just think with Fenwick running a spread offense, it's
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Speaker 1: just unless they got all kinds of dudes up there
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Speaker 1: and can match East Saint Louis his athleticism. And if
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Speaker 1: you run a spread offense, that's great, but I just
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Speaker 1: don't think they have it in that regard as far
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Speaker 1: as just the matching up to the athletes right there,
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Speaker 1: and you know they're not a run they're not a
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Speaker 1: particularly run heavy team. So I just think if you're
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Speaker 1: going monoemano with East Saint Louis effectively, then it's probably
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Speaker 1: gonna be a long day for you and the Flyers
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Speaker 1: just they're the better team in that regard, and I
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Speaker 1: got them winning. They've had some interesting games though, you.
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Speaker 2: Know, against Kerry Grove.
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Speaker 1: I mean obviously they lost to them, and twenty one
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Speaker 1: and twenty three, and then even last year against Geneva
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Speaker 1: that was an interesting game for a while. It was,
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Speaker 1: and so I would like to have it to be
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Speaker 1: an interesting game. I root for good football games, so
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Speaker 1: in that regard, and I don't really care who wins though,
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Speaker 1: but I think if you want to have a great
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Speaker 1: football if you want to see a great football game,
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Speaker 1: you might be disappointed because I think Eas St. Louis
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Speaker 1: is going to win by a comfortable margin.
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Speaker 4: All right, looks like we agree on that one. Next up, now,
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Speaker 4: we're just going to go through all Themsouri championship starting
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Speaker 4: off in Class one, Class one Mission State Championship game.
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Speaker 4: This game is going to be on Friday, December fifth
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Speaker 4: at three pm at Spratt Stadium up there in Missouri
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Speaker 4: Western State.
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Speaker 3: We got undefeated.
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Speaker 4: Putnam County and the midgets are going up against the
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Speaker 4: twelve to one Tipton Cardinals.
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Speaker 3: And some brief overview on Puttingham County.
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Speaker 4: They are up there in Unionville, Missouri, which is really
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Speaker 4: close to the Iowa border, and they had to travel
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Speaker 4: about six hours south to go play Hey Tie in
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Speaker 4: the semi finals and they crushed hay Tie by final
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Speaker 4: score of fifty three to twenty two. This Putnam County
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Speaker 4: team has been just crushing teams all year. Their closest
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Speaker 4: game all year was a Week two win in South
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Speaker 4: Harrison where they beat them on. South Harrison finished the
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Speaker 4: year at nine to two, and then also their next
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Speaker 4: closest game was an eighteen to zero win in the
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Speaker 4: quarterfinals against Salisbury, who was eleven to zero doing the game.
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Speaker 4: So this Putnam County defense is really really good. And
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Speaker 4: Tipton as well. There from Tipton, Missouri obviously, and Tipton's
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Speaker 4: kind of I would say, about a half hour west
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Speaker 4: of Jefferson City, so right there in the central part
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Speaker 4: of the state. They're twelve and one this year, with
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Speaker 4: their one loss coming to Lamar. You know's it ain't bad.
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Speaker 4: They were able to beat last year's runner up Fair
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Speaker 4: Grove in Week two, which is pretty impressive. They beat Skyline, Russellville, Thayer,
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Speaker 4: and West Platte to get here.
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Speaker 3: So the Cardinals.
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Speaker 4: And the Midgets of putting Puttingham County a very very
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Speaker 4: funny mascot there for Puttingham County. So Putnam County is
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Speaker 4: favored by ten and a half and the over runs
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Speaker 4: at thirty three and a half. You know, don't I
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Speaker 4: don't know any of the players reach these teams. I
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Speaker 4: wish I did, but just based off how Putnham County
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Speaker 4: has been just crushing their opponents, I'm.
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Speaker 3: Gonna go with them to cover, I'm gonna go with
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Speaker 3: the under.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I got no reason to.
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Speaker 1: I literally have zero reason at all because I don't
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Speaker 1: know anything about these teams. But yeah, I mean you
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Speaker 1: pretty much covered everything right there. Gotta respect tipped In
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Speaker 1: for you know, having a close competitive game against Lamar
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Speaker 1: There only losing by fourteen, and you know, so that's
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Speaker 1: a that's gotta be a big deal for them too.
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Speaker 1: And yeah, both these teams have been crushing it in
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I mean, that was an impressive victory for
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Speaker 1: tipped In over West Platte there and obviously for you know,
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Speaker 1: Putnam County to go all the way down to Hayti
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Speaker 1: six hour drive, six plus hour drive really probably longer,
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Speaker 1: probably seven hours in a school bus, yeah or whatever, with.
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Speaker 3: Some stops probably around this area.
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Speaker 1: I actually saw them off Clarkson Road on my way
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Speaker 1: to the Kirkwe game.
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Speaker 2: The other day.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, in Chesterfield there, so yeah, so I guess I'll
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Speaker 1: go with Putnam County as well. I'm just I'm basically
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Speaker 1: copying you. You laid out the groundwork pretty well for
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Speaker 1: that game, and I'll have Puttnam County covering and take
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Speaker 1: the over.
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Speaker 4: All.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 4: Next up Class two Steache Championship game. This game is
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Speaker 4: going to be played.
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Speaker 1: This could possibly be the most lopsided game of the.
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Speaker 4: Entire and I hate saying is this game is gonna
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Speaker 4: be on Saturday three o'clock. We got Blair Oaks against
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Speaker 4: Saint Pius. Blair Oaks is played by twenty five and
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Speaker 4: a half points in the over runs at sixty two
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Speaker 4: and a half. Saint Pius, I'm sorry, You've had an
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Speaker 4: amazing year, you know, Cody Shaver being one of the
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Speaker 4: best running backs in school history.
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Speaker 3: I don't think this game is close.
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Speaker 4: And when you're talking about teams that have just been
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Speaker 4: laying waste to their competition. Blair Oaks is the epitome
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Speaker 4: of that. Any team in the state this year, Blair
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Speaker 4: Oaks has been just crushing teams left and right. They
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Speaker 4: beat Liberty Mountain View last week forty two to zero.
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Speaker 4: Blair Oaks's closest game all year was actually the second
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Speaker 4: round of the playoffs, where they beat attend To One
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Speaker 4: Centralia team nineteen to eight. And you know even before that,
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Speaker 4: you know this is blair Oaks team that beat Lutheran
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Speaker 4: North forty four to twenty six. They beat Maryville Week one,
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Speaker 4: forty two fourteen, a really good Maryville team forty two fourteen.
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Speaker 4: And I'm sorry, Saint Pius, I I think blair Oaks
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Speaker 4: win this one when this one by forty Now I
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Speaker 4: hate saying, because this this would be an amazing This
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Speaker 4: would be such a cool story, This would be one
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Speaker 4: of This would be one of the coolest stories of
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Speaker 4: Saint Pius wins just a no like just a totally
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Speaker 4: out of nowhere team. I'm gonna go out, but I'm
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Speaker 4: gonna I think blair Oaks wins and covers this one
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Speaker 4: easily and I'm gonna go with the over.
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Speaker 1: If Saint Pias X were to win this game, it
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Speaker 1: would be one of the biggest upsets in the entire country.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, absolutely in the state championship right there, I mean
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Speaker 1: Blair Oaks, they technically haven't laid waste everybody in the
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Speaker 1: playoffs because they sweated out a nineteen to eight win
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Speaker 1: over Centralia, a pretty good Centralia team by the way.
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Speaker 1: And and then since then, yeah, they were able to
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Speaker 1: mop the floor with Summit Christian Academy and then and
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Speaker 1: then Mountain View or Liberty from Mountain View, Missouri forty
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Speaker 1: two nothing.
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Speaker 3: The third most known Liberty High school in the state.
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Speaker 1: There you go, And yeah, Saint Piek's as act they've been,
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Speaker 1: you know, they've they've been brilliant. They're at the whole
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Speaker 1: playoffs as well, just getting getting there. I don't know
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Speaker 1: if they were. They probably weren't favored to beat Montgomery
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Speaker 1: County and then Monroe City, but.
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Speaker 2: They still won.
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Speaker 1: Blairks. They still got to figure out a way to
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Speaker 1: stop Cody Shaver. And but I think it seems like
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Speaker 1: if you can take him away, then you're most likely
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Speaker 1: gonna beat Saint Pye Saks and Blair Oaks they're gonna
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Speaker 1: they're gonna do what they do offensively. A lot of
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Speaker 1: our pos, a lot of you know, runs by back
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Speaker 1: to their quarterback QB power, and they're really good at
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Speaker 1: mixing things up offensively with all the weapons they have there.
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Speaker 1: And it's just it's just so hard to They're so
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Speaker 1: hard to defend, and I just I just can't really
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Speaker 1: see how Blair Oaks loses this game, to be honest
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Speaker 1: with with you. So, yeah, I got blair Oaks covering,
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Speaker 1: and I will take the over all, right, And yeah,
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Speaker 1: I think I would even say a turb o' clock.
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Speaker 4: Blair Oaks looking to bring their seventh state title school
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Speaker 4: history back to Wardsville. Next up for the Class three
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Speaker 4: state championship game, We've got Lyft for Life against Seneca.
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Speaker 4: This game is going to be on Saturday at eleven am. Yeah, Saturday,
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Speaker 4: December fifth, at eleven am.
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Speaker 1: Probably the biggest game for our area if our area is.
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Speaker 4: Friday, excuse me, Friday eleven am. This this so this
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Speaker 4: will be the first States championship game played of the weekend. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: Friday at Spratt Stadium.
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Speaker 1: This is why I have to go up and travel
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Speaker 1: up on Thursday to get a hotel room.
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Speaker 4: So Seneca has favored by twelve and a half points.
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Speaker 4: The overruns at sixty six and a half. So we
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Speaker 4: know of the the usual suspects for Lyft for Life, Phoenix,
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Speaker 4: Isaiah Heli and Henderson T. J. Woolfolk other guys, and
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Speaker 4: they're a heck of a team and they've won five
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Speaker 4: in a row, some nice wins, especially in the playoffs
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Speaker 4: against Saint Genevieve Valley Catholic.
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Speaker 3: You thought about sweating one out. They sweather one out
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Speaker 3: against Dexter a couple weeks ago when they want eight
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Speaker 3: to six.
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Speaker 4: That one was a very interesting game.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was weirdly close as well, because I mean
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Speaker 1: a lot of people had Lift for Life winning that
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Speaker 1: game pretty comfortably. Really, I think a lot of people
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Speaker 1: had that had Lift for Life winning beating Dexter the
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Speaker 1: way they actually beat Saint Michael the Archangel in semi finals.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, I think the way that they
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Speaker 4: were able to beat Saint Michael with just very very
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Speaker 4: few mistakes and just being able to impose their well
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Speaker 4: offensively was huge.
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Speaker 3: That's gonna be a big test in Seneca.
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Speaker 4: I mean, Seneca has been the favorite to win state
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Speaker 4: since the preseason in Class three. And you know their
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Speaker 4: guy Roman Miller, the state, current state leader in touchdowns,
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Speaker 4: current Seneca record holder and career touchdowns. He's been running
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Speaker 4: all over the place for the Indians. And you know,
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Speaker 4: Seneca's a very proud program that has won two state
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Speaker 4: championships in their history, but they have not won one
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Speaker 4: since nineteen ninety five and they have gotten second three
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Speaker 4: times since then.
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Speaker 3: So they're looking to get back on top.
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Speaker 4: And these two teams actually did play last season in
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Speaker 4: the semi finals where Seneca won thirty one nothing pretty comfortably.
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Speaker 4: And you know, if Lyft for Life could just come out,
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Speaker 4: and you know, it's we say, we say very basic
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Speaker 4: things in these state championship games because you know the fundamentals.
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Speaker 4: You know, you think that, oh, it's the state championship games,
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Speaker 4: so of course the fundamentals are you know, gonna do whatever,
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Speaker 4: But that's what it is. If you just don't cut penalties,
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Speaker 4: take care of the football, you'll be in good shape.
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Speaker 4: But it's gonna be tough to do. And I'm gonna
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Speaker 4: pick m Seneca has been crushing teams. I I'm gonna
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Speaker 4: pick Lift for Life to cover. But I think Seneca.
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Speaker 3: Wins this game, and I'm gonna go with the over.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's exactly how I was gonna put it. By
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Speaker 1: the way, I amended my last pick. I have blur
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Speaker 1: Oaks winning covering, but ultimately the under hitting. Yeah. So
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Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be a really good game.
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Speaker 1: I think Lift for Life there. I mean, they struggled
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Speaker 1: a lot against Dexter offensively. If they play like that,
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Speaker 1: then it's it's gonna be a blowout against Seneca because
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Speaker 1: Lift for Life. You just don't really know what you're
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Speaker 1: gonna get with this team every game, which is it's
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Speaker 1: it's why they're actually really interesting to watch, and they're
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Speaker 1: they're they're very entertaining team, Uh don't get me wrong.
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Speaker 2: And but Seneca.
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Speaker 1: They're they're very very physical, and you know, it's just
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Speaker 1: it's hard to imagine them not winning the game in
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Speaker 1: a way because it's like they've been this is the
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Speaker 1: third time in a row they've been to the state
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Speaker 1: championship and I mean the last time last team I
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Speaker 1: can think of, you know, going zero for three back
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Speaker 1: to back years, back to back to back years in
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Speaker 1: state title game. Is John Burrows back in the you know,
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Speaker 1: mid the twenty tens, and I think they lost like
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Speaker 1: four or five years in a row too, which is
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Speaker 1: pretty crazy, and so I mean it can happen. But
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Speaker 1: Seneca was really close like the last two years and
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Speaker 1: probably should have won last year, but just had a
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Speaker 1: really bad last fourteen minutes of the game against Blair Oaks.
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Speaker 1: Lift for Life as a team who can move the
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Speaker 1: ball very effectively though, and very score quickly with Phoenix
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Speaker 1: Iaia who's thrown for over three thousand yards, and they
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Speaker 1: have a great receiving corps. I'm still gonna pick Seneca,
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Speaker 1: though I do have a Lift for Life covering, but
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Speaker 1: I do have Seneca ultimately winning the game and finally
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Speaker 1: getting over the hump of winning a state championship just recently.
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Speaker 1: Like Roman pointed out before, they have one state a
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Speaker 1: few times, but Seneca has been knocking on the door
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Speaker 1: of these last three seasons.
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Speaker 4: And that does it for the Saint Louis area teams
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Speaker 4: that will be Saint Joseph only this weekend, only Saint
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Speaker 4: Pius and Lived for Life, which if you would have
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Speaker 4: told me that only two teams would make state in
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Speaker 4: Saint Louis this year, and one of them would be
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Speaker 4: Saint Pius. I would have punched in the face. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: I would have been just completely shocked. But that's that's
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Speaker 4: where we are.
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Speaker 1: If you would have told me that CBC wouldn't have
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Speaker 1: won State, I shocked.
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Speaker 2: I would have punched you in the throat.
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Speaker 3: That's where we are.
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Speaker 4: And we're gonna enjoy the games where get because we
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Speaker 4: should get some really really good games the upper classes,
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Speaker 4: one of which will be the Class four State championship game.
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Speaker 4: This will be on Saturday at eleven am. Carnee versus Hannibal.
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Speaker 4: Carney is favored by two and a half points. The
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Speaker 4: over runs at fifty one and a half. This one
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Speaker 4: should be very interesting. So Hannibal has yet to win state.
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Speaker 4: They have two runner up finished I would have thought
17:21
Speaker 4: they would have won one. They have two runer up finishes.
17:23
Speaker 4: The most previous was in twenty twenty one, which was
17:24
Speaker 4: one of the Nis Williams led teams for them. And
17:28
Speaker 4: Carney has one state as recently as two years ago,
17:30
Speaker 4: and they have five two championships to their name. Karne
17:32
Speaker 4: comes into the game with an undefeated thirteen to zero
17:35
Speaker 4: handbal comes in eleven to two.
17:37
Speaker 1: This Carney team feasibly could be they could have. They
17:40
Speaker 1: were built to win a state title. In twenty twenty two,
17:42
Speaker 1: they just they lost to a good, really good Smithfield team.
17:45
Speaker 1: And then last year, if it wasn't for Lutheran North,
17:48
Speaker 1: they would have won state in the humble opinion, so
17:51
Speaker 1: they have. They have been really really good for at
17:53
Speaker 1: least the last four years, and all they're only getting
17:55
Speaker 1: better too.
17:57
Speaker 4: I think this Hannibal defense was very, very impressive against
18:00
Speaker 4: Saint Mary's and that the key to the game is
18:05
Speaker 4: whose lineback and corps can just be gritty enough to
18:09
Speaker 4: force the other team to settle for those two three
18:13
Speaker 4: yard runs and force those second along, third and longs.
18:16
Speaker 4: Because if you force me, both these teams are I
18:18
Speaker 4: mean especially Hannibal just loves to run the football.
18:22
Speaker 3: And I think it's really.
18:25
Speaker 4: Gonna come down the linebackers in this game on both sides,
18:28
Speaker 4: and this is such a tough game. This is gonna
18:32
Speaker 4: be one this should be. I hope it would be
18:35
Speaker 4: one of the most fun games we see in the
18:36
Speaker 4: state this whole season. I think Campbell gets the upset.
18:39
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go with Hannibal to win this game, and
18:41
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go with the under.
18:43
Speaker 1: I don't agree with you. I think Carney is gonna win.
18:46
Speaker 1: Their defense has been unbelievable this season, led by the
18:49
Speaker 1: Beaver twins Mason and Isaac, both committed to North Dakota
18:53
Speaker 1: University both go to be Fighting Hawks the next season.
18:57
Speaker 1: And they also have a nice quarterback or quarterback and
19:00
Speaker 1: Carter Temple with them.
19:02
Speaker 2: As well, and just overall really good team.
19:04
Speaker 1: They're a very very good football team all around, and
19:08
Speaker 1: they're undefeated for a reason.
19:10
Speaker 2: We've talked about how they have only.
19:11
Speaker 1: Just lost a handful of football games these last four seasons.
19:15
Speaker 5: Really ever since, I think coach Learner has tooken over
19:19
Speaker 5: for taken over for Karney, and his fourth year for them,
19:22
Speaker 5: he's been incredible, just a grand slam higher.
19:25
Speaker 1: For them, and you know, they've been amazing.
19:28
Speaker 2: And then you know, Hannibal is great too.
19:30
Speaker 1: I mean, I got to see them this week this
19:33
Speaker 1: past week, and yeah, we've noted how great they are
19:37
Speaker 1: defensively as a team, and this is probably one of
19:40
Speaker 1: the best defensive teams they've ever had, honestly, and which
19:43
Speaker 1: says a lot because there's been so many really good
19:45
Speaker 1: Hannibal football teams over the years. I'm not a big
19:49
Speaker 1: Hannibal football historian. But I would imagine they have they
19:51
Speaker 1: have had just over the last twenty twenty five years,
19:54
Speaker 1: they've been really good at football, I can tell you
19:56
Speaker 1: that much. And I think Carney, I think they're well,
20:00
Speaker 1: here's the thing. Both teams are pretty battle tested.
20:03
Speaker 3: It's your favorite phrase, battles tested.
20:05
Speaker 1: It is.
20:05
Speaker 2: I'm a big schedule guy.
20:06
Speaker 1: I'm a big strength schedule guy. Yeah. But Karney, they've
20:10
Speaker 1: got a great They've got great victories thirty four to
20:13
Speaker 1: fourteen over Smithfield and beat North Kansas City twenty four
20:17
Speaker 1: to twenty beat Grain Valley, who is a quarterfinalist in
20:20
Speaker 1: Class five, twenty.
20:21
Speaker 2: Eight to fourteen.
20:23
Speaker 1: But since, I mean since the playoffs have started, they've
20:25
Speaker 1: just they've blown out teams. But by far, their most
20:27
Speaker 1: impressive win was twenty four to nothing over Savannah to
20:30
Speaker 1: win the district championship. Because Savannah they're ranked, they were
20:32
Speaker 1: ranked number two in the state, right behind Carney.
20:35
Speaker 2: And the fact that Karney beat them, I'm.
20:39
Speaker 1: Not gonna say easily, but they beat them going away,
20:42
Speaker 1: which is a huge statement for them, and that honestly
20:44
Speaker 1: told me a lot what I needed to know about
20:46
Speaker 1: this Carney team. Again, and then destroyed Warrensburg forty nine
20:50
Speaker 1: to seven, and then Festus fifty two to twenty four
20:54
Speaker 1: on the road there. I respect Hannibal a lot, but
20:57
Speaker 1: I think Carney's defense is going to be really, really good,
21:00
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna limit Hannibal's offense, and I
21:02
Speaker 1: think it might. I think it's gonna be a fairly
21:04
Speaker 1: defensive battle here, even though Carney's offense has been able
21:07
Speaker 1: to step up to the plate recently. But I do
21:11
Speaker 1: have Carney covering. I've been winning, and I'm taking the under.
21:15
Speaker 1: I don't know how many state championships this is for Karne.
21:18
Speaker 1: I think this would be their sixth or fifth or
21:20
Speaker 1: sixth for them.
21:21
Speaker 3: This would be Carney's sixth state championship.
21:23
Speaker 4: There you go, Yeah, all of which have been this
21:25
Speaker 4: century exactly as in the twenty fourth century.
21:28
Speaker 1: A lot of people attributed Carney's two thousand and three
21:31
Speaker 1: team as being one of the best teams in state history.
21:34
Speaker 1: And you would love to know that the team they
21:36
Speaker 1: beat in the state championship in two thousand and three
21:38
Speaker 1: was Lodo, and it was it was a blowout.
21:41
Speaker 4: Well, there you go, all right, Moving up to the
21:43
Speaker 4: Class five stey Tittle Game, we got Platte County versus Carthage.
21:46
Speaker 4: Platte County feared by six and a half, the over
21:48
Speaker 4: runs at fifty eight and a half.
21:51
Speaker 3: I think the key to this.
21:52
Speaker 4: Game here is can Carthage's pass rush get to Rocco
21:56
Speaker 4: Marriott Because we saw the Platte County offensive line give
21:59
Speaker 4: Mary got all the time in the world all day
22:02
Speaker 4: against Kirkwood. That allowed him to not even have to
22:06
Speaker 4: make quick froze in the pocket.
22:07
Speaker 3: He was able to just let Braden Stevens run his routes.
22:11
Speaker 4: And I'm sure that if you know, if they gave
22:14
Speaker 4: him time, he'll find Jack Guts down the field as well.
22:18
Speaker 4: So can Carthur just d line really put pressure on
22:22
Speaker 4: on Mary I And that's gonna be a very tough
22:23
Speaker 4: thing to do. I think that the Platte County line,
22:26
Speaker 4: you know, they're not not like as massive as you know,
22:29
Speaker 4: intimidating as the Knicks offensive line, But this plat County
22:32
Speaker 4: offensive line is extremely strong and extremely fast as well,
22:35
Speaker 4: especially in the pass protection.
22:36
Speaker 3: They hit their kickslides very very well.
22:38
Speaker 4: They're very good at communicating, picking up blitzes, and this
22:42
Speaker 4: should be a very interesting test.
22:43
Speaker 3: And this cart is defense.
22:44
Speaker 4: You know, it's a team that held Carda Ridars at
22:46
Speaker 4: only eight points and is a plat Counting offense that
22:49
Speaker 4: led by Adam Giessler at running back who had an
22:51
Speaker 4: insane stat line against Kirkwood. This is like the the
22:56
Speaker 4: unstoppable force of the Platte County offense versus the immovable
22:59
Speaker 4: object the Carthage defense. And this is gonna be a
23:01
Speaker 4: very very interesting matchup to watch and cam Platt County
23:06
Speaker 4: keep this winning streak alive. I think it's a twenty
23:08
Speaker 4: seven games in a row now they've won. And Carthage
23:11
Speaker 4: is looking for their second state title in school history
23:15
Speaker 4: and the last time came in twenty nineteen. Platt County
23:18
Speaker 4: is looking for their fifth state title in school history.
23:21
Speaker 4: They're looking at to repeat his champions which would be
23:23
Speaker 4: the second time in school history that they've repeated. And yeah,
23:26
Speaker 4: so a lot of.
23:27
Speaker 3: Storylines for this game.
23:29
Speaker 4: Two programs that, especially the past five six years have
23:33
Speaker 4: been headliners of the state. You know, I feel like
23:35
Speaker 4: everyone in our area has heard of Carthage and Platt County,
23:37
Speaker 4: at least those who care about high school football. So
23:42
Speaker 4: I am gonna go. I was I was so impressible
23:44
Speaker 4: with what Platt County did on fridaygainst Kirkwood. But I'm
23:46
Speaker 4: also very impressible with what Carthur's defense did against Cardinal Ritter.
23:51
Speaker 3: You know, I'm gonna go with Carthage.
23:53
Speaker 4: I think Carthage wins this game, and I'm gonna go
23:55
Speaker 4: with the under I think this is gonna be a
23:57
Speaker 4: defensive war. And really it really may be one of
23:59
Speaker 4: those games where it's Quiver has the ball last wins
24:02
Speaker 4: this game. So I'm gonna go with Carfage.
24:05
Speaker 1: Well, I was thoroughly impressed by Platte County and like,
24:10
Speaker 1: I gotta be honest, I mean I was, or like
24:12
Speaker 1: transparents a better word. You know, I have Platt County
24:15
Speaker 1: is the number two team in the state beginning of
24:17
Speaker 1: the year, behind Nixa.
24:18
Speaker 2: Obviously things have changed.
24:19
Speaker 1: But your team overall in the state, Yeah, and I
24:23
Speaker 1: would still have those teams as top five. And you know,
24:27
Speaker 1: Platte County they really might be the best team in
24:29
Speaker 1: the entire state right now, and just in general, honestly,
24:32
Speaker 1: with what they've been able to do. I know people
24:34
Speaker 1: have said that they don't play the toughest regular season
24:36
Speaker 1: schedule and but that perhaps it's helped them I mean,
24:39
Speaker 1: because they don't have to.
24:41
Speaker 2: It's not as grueling as a schedule.
24:44
Speaker 4: Alright, alright, you you just like five minutes ago you
24:46
Speaker 4: were saying, oh.
24:49
Speaker 3: So battle test schedule, you don't let me finish finish.
24:55
Speaker 1: I said all that. I think it's you know, and
24:58
Speaker 1: here's the thing. They have credibility because last year it
25:01
Speaker 1: was kind of the same deal, but they still blew
25:03
Speaker 1: everybody out and then blew out Hallies to win a
25:06
Speaker 1: state championship. Because some teams you just see it with them,
25:08
Speaker 1: like they have so many great players on their team
25:11
Speaker 1: and they're just that good. And then we saw it
25:14
Speaker 1: first hand. I mean, and this year, here's the thing,
25:16
Speaker 1: they have proven they're that good. You know why, because
25:18
Speaker 1: they beat Rockers too. Arguably they Rockers might have been
25:22
Speaker 1: the other best team the state and Class five, and
25:25
Speaker 1: they certainly have looked that so far because they almost
25:28
Speaker 1: beat Platte County and then nobody has come that close
25:31
Speaker 1: to beat Platte County in the last two years. And
25:33
Speaker 1: then Grain Valley a pretty tough team, a team who's
25:36
Speaker 1: given you know, Platte County fits over the years, and
25:40
Speaker 1: who know, those two programs know each other well and
25:42
Speaker 1: Platte County kind of had to sweat it out against them,
25:44
Speaker 1: and then they won. And then they blew out Kirkwood,
25:46
Speaker 1: a team that you and I respect very much. So
25:49
Speaker 1: this is a legitimate Platte County team, and this is
25:52
Speaker 1: also a legitimate Carthage team. You know, they had to
25:56
Speaker 1: get through probably arguably the toughest district in the state
26:00
Speaker 1: to win. I mean, they had the same district as
26:02
Speaker 1: Web City and Republic and I think a few other
26:06
Speaker 1: I think one other school who had a winning record
26:08
Speaker 1: in that district too, But you know, Carthage they got
26:11
Speaker 1: out of it. They beat Republic twice, which is really impressive.
26:14
Speaker 1: And then and then yeah, they were able to beat
26:16
Speaker 1: a really good Cardinal Ritter team at home and kind
26:19
Speaker 1: of a trench warfare style game right there. And I
26:23
Speaker 1: think if Carthage wants to win this game, they're going
26:25
Speaker 1: to have to make it a trench warfare style game,
26:27
Speaker 1: and they're gonna have to do their best offensively to
26:30
Speaker 1: milk the clock. Keep Platte's offense off the field as
26:33
Speaker 1: long as you can, because eventually that offense is inevitable.
26:39
Speaker 1: They're gonna get points. And it's so hard to to
26:44
Speaker 1: maintain a quarterback like Rock and Marriott who's fast and
26:46
Speaker 1: he's also really effective with his throwing.
26:49
Speaker 2: And they got probably they.
26:52
Speaker 1: Got four really really good receivers Platte County does, and
26:58
Speaker 1: they have a lot of depth and they're extremely talented.
27:02
Speaker 1: So having said that, I'm gonna have to go with
27:04
Speaker 1: the pirates in this one. I have them covering and
27:08
Speaker 1: I have them winning their second consecutive state championship, and oh,
27:13
Speaker 1: let's see over under fifty eight and a half. I've
27:18
Speaker 1: been pretty I'll go with Yeah, I'll go with the
27:20
Speaker 1: over in this one, I think. But here's the other thing.
27:22
Speaker 1: Apparently Pie County's had a little bit of trouble stopping
27:25
Speaker 1: the run against teams who can run the ball effectively.
27:28
Speaker 2: So I think that's gonna help car.
27:29
Speaker 4: That was a big qualifier because they were very effective
27:32
Speaker 4: a stop and they run against Kirkwood.
27:33
Speaker 2: Kirkwood does not have.
27:34
Speaker 3: A good rushing attack, that's the thing.
27:35
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's what really Kirkwood is able to still
27:37
Speaker 1: put up to thirty five points, but that really doomed
27:39
Speaker 1: Kirkwood though ultimately. So yeah, Carthage definitely has a really
27:43
Speaker 1: good rushing attack, and I think that that's gonna make
27:46
Speaker 1: for a pretty interesting game. I think it'll be a
27:47
Speaker 1: nice close game, but I still got County winning and
27:52
Speaker 1: might get a backdoor who knows, they might get a
27:53
Speaker 1: back door cover at the end, or or it could
27:55
Speaker 1: be a blowout to So yeah, go with the Pirates
27:58
Speaker 1: for there.
27:59
Speaker 2: Think if they win and.
27:59
Speaker 1: Be their fifth ever state championship, yes, it would be
28:03
Speaker 1: yeah and second in a row.
28:05
Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, here we go. This should be the
28:08
Speaker 4: game of the year in Missouri. Saturday, December sixth, at
28:13
Speaker 4: seven o'clock, this will be the final highest cool football
28:15
Speaker 4: game played in Missouri. The Class six state title game.
28:18
Speaker 4: We got at Least Summit versus Nixa.
28:21
Speaker 1: Raise your hand if you thought Least Summit would be
28:23
Speaker 1: in the state title game.
28:24
Speaker 4: Not me. Nixa by thirteen and a half points. The
28:27
Speaker 4: over runs after forty seven and a half. Coach John
28:30
Speaker 4: Perry has done an incredible job making Nixon the program
28:33
Speaker 4: that it is. I mean, this is a team that
28:36
Speaker 4: you know, they had some solid years, like at twenty
28:38
Speaker 4: fourteen they got second in state, but for him to
28:41
Speaker 4: turn Nixa into really a powerhouse down there in southwest
28:44
Speaker 4: Missouri and kind of run Springfield has been very, very impressive.
28:48
Speaker 4: I mean they've their average margin of victory this year
28:51
Speaker 4: is over thirty points, which has been insane. You know,
28:54
Speaker 4: they did they defeated Pattonville forty five zero this week.
28:57
Speaker 4: Beating Halied by seventeen was impressive. They kind of had
29:00
Speaker 4: a hiccup game with jop one because I think they
29:02
Speaker 4: were down it was like twenty one seven in that game, yeah,
29:05
Speaker 4: but then ended up pointing forty two twenty eight. You know,
29:10
Speaker 4: being able to beat Carthage. You know, that's Carthage's one
29:12
Speaker 4: loss this year. It was a sixteen point lost in
29:14
Speaker 4: a NIXA back in week four. They were also being
29:16
Speaker 4: able to beat Website earlier in the season, and they're
29:21
Speaker 4: looking for their first day title in school history. But
29:23
Speaker 4: so's the least Summit and least Summit losers of four
29:26
Speaker 4: in a row to start the year have just totally
29:28
Speaker 4: turned it around and won nine in a row. And
29:32
Speaker 4: you know, these are two teams that they have so
29:37
Speaker 4: much on the line, because I mentioned it a bit
29:39
Speaker 4: last episode in that you only get this one chance
29:47
Speaker 4: with this one team. This is your one chance and
29:49
Speaker 4: even though you got you know, we'll talk about NIXXA
29:52
Speaker 4: here for a second. This is clearly a good program that.
29:58
Speaker 3: Has great development. It's a big program.
30:01
Speaker 4: They have plenty of guys there and a great coaching staff.
30:04
Speaker 4: So they're gonna be a very competitive, very successful team,
30:08
Speaker 4: I would assume the next several years. But making the
30:11
Speaker 4: state title game is never a guarantee, and especially when
30:14
Speaker 4: you've never won one and all the pressures on you
30:16
Speaker 4: there was.
30:17
Speaker 3: We could tell there was a lot of.
30:18
Speaker 4: Pressure on them last year to win state yea, having
30:21
Speaker 4: the season that they were having, coming up against the
30:23
Speaker 4: De Smet team that you know, had lost a couple
30:25
Speaker 4: of games earlier in the season. Nixon came in, you know,
30:29
Speaker 4: expecting to win and the Nick Knickson was a really
30:31
Speaker 4: good team last year and ultimately came up short. But
30:35
Speaker 4: this Nixon team here is very very good. Like Adam
30:41
Speaker 4: QB Adam Gosh, I should I should know this. I
30:45
Speaker 4: should know Jackson can't will to tackle Jaden mccast at
30:49
Speaker 4: running back. He's had a great year former De Smet
30:51
Speaker 4: running back and Knicks is a heck of a team.
30:54
Speaker 4: But for whatever reason, Lee's Summit refuses to die. They
30:59
Speaker 4: beat least some of North by two points in the
31:01
Speaker 4: first round of the playoff. They beat North Kansas City
31:04
Speaker 4: by twenty one in the district championship game.
31:07
Speaker 3: They had an upset winning at Liberty by ten points.
31:09
Speaker 4: In the quarterfinals, and then they had a stunning win
31:13
Speaker 4: thirty five to twenty eight against Jackson. Whether defense just
31:16
Speaker 4: completely locked down the Indians in the fourth quarter. And
31:20
Speaker 4: Preston Hatfield is their main guy for the Tigers. He's
31:24
Speaker 4: averaging one hundred seventy two rushing yards per game. Carston
31:28
Speaker 4: Fine has leave the team in touchdowns to twenty one.
31:31
Speaker 4: I believe he's a receiver for them. And then Drew
31:35
Speaker 4: Benassi is a junior linebacker for them, getting ten tackles
31:38
Speaker 4: a game and least some of the team just gets
31:41
Speaker 4: it done.
31:42
Speaker 3: And Nixon by thirteen and a half.
31:45
Speaker 4: That's I think Nixon just based off, like you know,
31:48
Speaker 4: just talent level on the roster. Nicks has probably thirteen
31:51
Speaker 4: points better than the least Summit. But for whatever reason,
31:54
Speaker 4: I think lest someone's gonna make this and make this
31:56
Speaker 4: a close game. So I'm gonna pick LEAs someit to cover,
31:59
Speaker 4: but I'll play Knickson to win, and I'm gonna pick
32:02
Speaker 4: I'm gonna get.
32:02
Speaker 3: I'm gonna pick Nickson to win their first state title
32:04
Speaker 3: in school history.
32:05
Speaker 4: But you know, because both these teams come in having
32:08
Speaker 4: never won state, the pressure is so high for each team.
32:12
Speaker 4: It's so high. Like if you look at you know,
32:16
Speaker 4: Saint Pius versus Blair Oaks, it's like, okay, Blair Oaks,
32:18
Speaker 4: you know, the very talented team. You know they should
32:22
Speaker 4: win this one. You know they had the rich history.
32:24
Speaker 4: It's whatever, but both the you know, Nick Siber's least
32:26
Speaker 4: summit here. This is this is your one chance and
32:30
Speaker 4: you never know when you're gonna get back here. Yeah,
32:32
Speaker 4: so I'm gonna pick NIXA. But it should be a
32:34
Speaker 4: heck of a game. It's too bad I can't be there.
32:37
Speaker 2: And by the way, Knick's quarterback is Adam mknight who.
32:39
Speaker 4: I knew it was a mixed something. Adam mcknighty. He
32:42
Speaker 4: was great last years a sophomore, is been doing great this
32:44
Speaker 4: year as a junior.
32:44
Speaker 2: Yeah.
32:45
Speaker 1: And John Perry he's he's a really good interview and
32:48
Speaker 1: he said that like Adam mean I he's the best.
32:50
Speaker 1: He's the best quarterback in the state and even better
32:53
Speaker 1: than the quarterback in Kansas City.
32:55
Speaker 2: And that name Patrick.
32:57
Speaker 3: Mahomes And that's funny. That's funny.
33:00
Speaker 1: Yeah, but no, he yeah, he's really good, and that's great.
33:03
Speaker 1: It's always good for the state when he got two
33:05
Speaker 1: of the best qbs in the state, you know, Rock
33:08
Speaker 1: and Marriott than Adam McKnight. You know, it's you know, people,
33:14
Speaker 1: the quarterback is the biggest and most important position and
33:17
Speaker 1: arguably all the sports. And you know, it's great when
33:20
Speaker 1: you got two really good quarterbacks in your state in
33:22
Speaker 1: the state at state championship game. And that's same goes
33:25
Speaker 1: for for I think Nick Backs, not Nick, but no,
33:28
Speaker 1: he played for Clayton and for basketball like ten years ago.
33:31
Speaker 1: I'm thinking of I think another Backs, but that's two
33:33
Speaker 1: he is for Blair, Ok, he's a really great quarterback too.
33:36
Speaker 1: So it is Phoenix, Phoenix Isaiah as well in Carter Temple.
33:40
Speaker 1: He's gotten a lot of plotts too for Carney. So
33:42
Speaker 1: just those are some really good quarterback play right there.
33:45
Speaker 1: And yeah, this at least Summit team, they're pretty gritty
33:48
Speaker 1: and they're you can tell they're extremely well coached because
33:52
Speaker 1: of just the strategy they've had. They kind of have
33:55
Speaker 1: like a two quarterback system where they have two guys
33:57
Speaker 1: in the backfield always. You know, you don't know who's
33:59
Speaker 1: gonna get the ball. It's necessarily so that's that's a
34:01
Speaker 1: unique system right there. It's not so fun to scheme for.
34:05
Speaker 1: And but I agree with where you're going with as
34:09
Speaker 1: far as who's covering, I think Least Summit covers and
34:14
Speaker 1: I I will take the over. Oh boy, I just
34:21
Speaker 1: think this. Everyone expected NIXA to get here, and and
34:28
Speaker 1: they got here. They did their job. Yeah, in this
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Speaker 1: Least Summit team, they've done a They had a lot
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Speaker 1: of good things going for them in the offseason. They
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Speaker 1: were getting some you know, some they were getting rated obviously,
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Speaker 1: you know, but obviously NIXA with Jackson Cantwell out of McKnight,
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Speaker 1: and then they've added Jaden mccastre.
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Speaker 2: That's that's been a huge.
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Speaker 1: Game changer for that huge game changer. I think this
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Speaker 1: Least Some team is a team of destiny. I think
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Speaker 1: they're gonna win the state championship class no way.
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Speaker 4: Wow, that would be That would be the most surprising
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Speaker 4: s Arello run probably ever.
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Speaker 2: Ever is a strong word.
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Speaker 4: I mean, you know, we we've seen teams with four
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Speaker 4: losses win it before, but to get here the way
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Speaker 4: they did has been pretty insane. And the crazy storylines
35:13
Speaker 4: coming out of the case this year, like with least
35:15
Speaker 4: some of North their drama and you know, least some
35:19
Speaker 4: of the losing their first four games of the year. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: that would be insane for them if if they were
35:25
Speaker 4: to win this game. And you know, even though, like I,
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Speaker 4: you know, there is a lot of pressure on them
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Speaker 4: to win this game since they've never won state, they
35:32
Speaker 4: are kind of playing with house money because therein there
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Speaker 4: definitely is more. There's more pressure on Nickson to win
35:37
Speaker 4: this game.
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Speaker 1: For sure. These summit is is they are a dangerous
35:40
Speaker 1: team to play right now. We got absolutely nothing to lose.
35:44
Speaker 3: Is their first state title appearances.
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Speaker 1: The thing right here, I really thought Jackson was gonna
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Speaker 1: win the state championship after they beat CBC. So did
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Speaker 1: I at least up and beats them, And and I
35:57
Speaker 1: knew that was gonna be a really tough game for
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Speaker 1: Jackson too, coming off you know, emotional, all time great
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Speaker 1: win over CBC. And I don't think they were overlooking Platte. Sorry,
36:05
Speaker 1: I don't think they're overlooking least someone in that game,
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Speaker 1: because I think you know, least someone had proven of
36:09
Speaker 1: like hey, if you're in Class six, you're in the
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Speaker 1: semi finals and you come out of Kansas City. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: you're a damn good team. And that's who they are.
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Speaker 1: Nixon and Least some of are two amazing football teams,
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Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be I won't be surprised whoever wins it.
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Speaker 1: And yeah, I picked Nixon last year to win it,
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Speaker 1: and I kind of got egg on they face in
36:29
Speaker 1: that one. And it's not really because of last year, honestly,
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Speaker 1: I just I just like this matchup that Least Summit
36:36
Speaker 1: has brought. And I think it's gonna be a very
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Speaker 1: close game. And at least some has been able to
36:42
Speaker 1: really pull out some really close some close games, close
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Speaker 1: battles in the fourth quarter and most recently against Jackson,
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Speaker 1: and yeah, I'm going with them.
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Speaker 4: Should be a very fun week I was, I was bored,
36:55
Speaker 4: so I made some I found out the travel times
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Speaker 4: for every team to Spratt Stadium this weekend.
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Speaker 1: I see that very impressive.
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Speaker 3: A team that has to travel the furthest is Saint Pius.
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Speaker 4: They have right around a five hour drive up there
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Speaker 4: to Saint Joe and Platte County. They got a thirty
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Speaker 4: two minute drive. All they gotta do is hop on.
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Speaker 4: Was that I twenty nine. I think the I twenty
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Speaker 4: nine from Platte City up to Saint Joseph not a
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Speaker 4: far drive at all.
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Speaker 1: Then for least some it's just an hour and fourteen
37:24
Speaker 1: minute drives. So I would expect them to have a
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Speaker 1: massive crowd.
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Speaker 4: Oh they should, but Nix I should also have a
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Speaker 4: massive crowd as well. Nix's crowd last year at Pretty
37:32
Speaker 4: Good Zoo was pretty amazing, I will say.
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Speaker 3: So hopefully they can bring that.
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Speaker 2: Longer drive for them.
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Speaker 3: Oh, they'll, they'll, they'll meet the drive. They will that
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Speaker 3: that Nix.
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Speaker 4: The community is a very good football community. They'll make
37:42
Speaker 4: the drive. Absolutely, Yeah, they know this is uh and Carthage,
37:45
Speaker 4: even though Platte County has the you know, not home field,
37:49
Speaker 4: but definitely travel time advantage. I expect Carthage to travel
37:51
Speaker 4: well as well. That's another very proud football city and
37:55
Speaker 4: program too.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, And and you know, I kind of know what
37:58
Speaker 1: you're I kind of know where you're coming from Carthage.
38:01
Speaker 1: I don't know if they were the favorites in twenty
38:03
Speaker 1: nineteen when they beat Jackson in overtime.
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Speaker 4: That was that that was one of the craziest games
38:08
Speaker 4: we've seen in this century.
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Speaker 3: Carthag's beating Jackson for their first AID title.
38:14
Speaker 4: That that was honestly very similar to Nicks diversely some
38:16
Speaker 4: because both those teams came in with no state championships,
38:20
Speaker 4: both were really good teams, and it was an overtime
38:22
Speaker 4: game where Carthage ultimately won. But you know, Jackson ended
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Speaker 4: up putting state the next year, so they were okay.
38:28
Speaker 4: But this is a very different story. But dude, especially,
38:34
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, the Blair Oaks game I think
38:36
Speaker 4: should be kind of a blowout. But if Live for
38:40
Speaker 4: Life could just keep it close against Seneca, which I
38:43
Speaker 4: think they can do, they will close.
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Speaker 3: I think they can do.
38:47
Speaker 4: Then we should see five really really good say title games.
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Speaker 3: We should but we'll see.
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Speaker 1: I'm really excited. I'm going to film most of these games.
38:55
Speaker 1: I mean definitely classes. I think I'm gonna be filming
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Speaker 1: classes two through six. I'm gonna let the Class one
39:03
Speaker 1: game go, but uh yeah, with you know blur Oaks
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Speaker 1: Saint Pius X Class two, that's uh you know, it's
39:10
Speaker 1: an area game right there, So definitely filming that and
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Speaker 1: Class three is great, and then everything above Class four
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Speaker 1: is is awesome, and it'll be be.
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Speaker 2: A lot of fun.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be weird not being on a big stadium
39:23
Speaker 1: for this game. And you know, I'm you wouldn't believe
39:26
Speaker 1: how many texts I've gotten of like people insinuating that
39:30
Speaker 1: the game is being played in Missoo. They don't even know,
39:33
Speaker 1: Like there's gonna be a lot of people that are
39:35
Speaker 1: gonna figure out it's like, wait a minute, this isn't
39:37
Speaker 1: gonna be played at Zoo, It's in Sant Joseph. Oh,
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Speaker 1: we'll screw that. I'm not going this is just for
39:43
Speaker 1: you know, it's a lot easier for Saint Louis people
39:45
Speaker 1: to say that. So yeah, all right, So that'll do
39:51
Speaker 1: it for us. We still got I think at least
39:56
Speaker 1: one more official podcast for the season, and we're gonna
39:59
Speaker 1: have a few other podcast that we had planned afterwards.
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Speaker 2: So that'll do it for.
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Speaker 4: We don't worry.
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Speaker 3: We got plenty of content coming for you all.
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Speaker 1: Do not worry, absolutely all right, So see you guys. Peace.