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WEEK 10 PREVIEW: Top 15 Games and Picks · 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 it's playoff time, baby. We are in
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  Speaker 1: week 10 in the St. Louis metro area for high
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  Speaker 1: school football. We are going to preview the top 15
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  Speaker 1: games of the week as usual. It's the round of
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  Speaker 1: 64 in Missouri. And in Illinois, it's the round of 32.
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  Speaker 1: And we have a lot of great games on tap.
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  Speaker 1: Starting with our number 15 game of the week. East St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis versus Revis High School. East St.
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  Speaker 2: Louis is paid by 41.5 points. The Overns by 50.5.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like every single year when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: the first, I guess the round of 32, the round
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  Speaker 2: of 16 in Illinois, East St. Louis has yet to
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  Speaker 2: have a game that is decided by less than 35 points.
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  Speaker 2: It just seems like every single year they absolutely boat
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  Speaker 2: race their first two playoff matchups. And I think that
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  Speaker 2: continues here. I'll pick them to cover, and I'll go
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  Speaker 2: with the under.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's always the tough question. Like, do you pick
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  Speaker 1: the over or the under? Because you know you have
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  Speaker 1: East St. Louis covering. Yeah. But the question is, like,
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  Speaker 1: do they hit the over?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they seriously just always destroy their first couple
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  Speaker 2: playoff games. It's kind of funny.
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  Speaker 1: And, yeah. So, anyway, I guess we owe it to
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  Speaker 1: Regis Philbin. Revis beat Elgin 31-28 in their opening round game.
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  Speaker 1: Revis is the 36th seed out of 48.
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  Speaker 2: They're from Burbank going over to the same town that St.
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  Speaker 2: Lawrence is from who just came down and played Double East.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. And funnily enough, they're literally right next to each
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  Speaker 1: other at those high schools. Yeah, I looked it up.
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  Speaker 1: But Revis is going to probably have a A quiet
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  Speaker 1: bus ride home back to Burbank as the Flyers. I'm
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  Speaker 1: picking them to cover and to take the over in
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  Speaker 1: this one as the Flyers should have a pretty easy win.
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  Speaker 2: All right, next up we've got Hazelwood East at McClure North.
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  Speaker 2: This is Class 5, District 3, I'm pretty sure. The
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  Speaker 2: overrunners at 38.5. McClure North saved by 2.5 points here.
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  Speaker 2: Hazelwood East has had, I would say, their toughest year
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  Speaker 2: in quite a very long time.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that was one of their worst regular seasons
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  Speaker 1: in school history.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, this is a program that has been
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  Speaker 2: one of the best public school programs. When you look
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  Speaker 2: at what they've been able to accomplish over the totality
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  Speaker 2: of their program, one of the best public school programs
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  Speaker 2: in the whole St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis area. Of all time.
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  Speaker 2: Ever. Yeah, seriously. And they picked up a win against
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  Speaker 2: Hazelwood Central back a couple weeks ago, and they Almost
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  Speaker 2: scrapped out a win against Pattonville. Almost. And they almost
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  Speaker 2: beat Rittner back in week four, I will say. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's a team that's got some talent, but just not
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  Speaker 2: nearly as much as what they've previously had. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: this is a team that they finished 6-6 in 2021,
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  Speaker 2: and that was a massive down year for them. They
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  Speaker 2: won state back in 2008, most recently. They're a perennial,
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  Speaker 2: at least for a while, they were a perennial 8-plus
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  Speaker 2: win team and they just haven't quite put it together
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  Speaker 2: this year. But I honestly think that they can win
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  Speaker 2: this game. I think they will win this game against
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  Speaker 2: McClure North, actually. I'll go with Hazelwood East to cover
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  Speaker 2: and win, and I'll go.
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  Speaker 1: With the under. Yeah, this is a team that's made
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  Speaker 1: some– they've had a late surge. They beat Hazelwood Central
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  Speaker 1: 36-0 and then almost had a huge victory over Pattonville.
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  Speaker 1: Pattonville team, who had been ranked in our– they actually
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  Speaker 1: are ranked again in our top ten rankings, so they
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  Speaker 1: almost took down a top ten team in large schools. Um, so,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that, that, that for me is just a
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  Speaker 1: screen that they, they should probably beat McClure North. This is, uh,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be the only Saturday game in St. Louis. Hmm. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think we'll have a camera there, unfortunately. Um, but, uh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so this, this, this should be a good one. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, McClure North there, I mean, Coach Stanton, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's done a great job for like what he's
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  Speaker 1: had to work with. I mean, they've, they're down to
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  Speaker 1: like 30 kids and they got like several, numerous injuries and,
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  Speaker 1: But they're still winning. I mean, they still went 6-3. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we can talk about they don't have a great schedule.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it is what it is.
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  Speaker 2: They're taking care of business.
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  Speaker 1: They're taking care of business against every team who they
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  Speaker 1: really should be beating. And I know we say that
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  Speaker 1: a lot. We kind of hammer that home. But it's true.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you can win the games you should win,
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  Speaker 1: that's always big. And they have. They've won their six games.
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  Speaker 1: They should have won, and they've won all of them.
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  Speaker 1: But I think Hazel Ades is playing at a, Pretty
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  Speaker 1: good level right now, and I like the Spartans in
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  Speaker 1: this one. I think they've got a late-season resurgence going,
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  Speaker 1: and they could be a pretty... I think if East
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  Speaker 1: wins this game, they could give Chaminade something they could
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  Speaker 1: handle a little bit. It'd be interesting to see that game.
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  Speaker 1: So anyway, I've got Hazel with East covering, and I'll
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  Speaker 1: take the over. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Next up, in the Class 4 bracket, we got
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  Speaker 2: Holt at Orchard Farm. Orchard Farm figured by 12.5 points.
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  Speaker 2: The overruns at 47.5. These two teams actually played each
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  Speaker 2: other a couple weeks ago back on the 16th, and
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  Speaker 2: Orchard Farm came away with a 35-18 victory. Orchard Farm
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  Speaker 2: came in quietly going 7-2. I feel like when they
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  Speaker 2: lost to Zumwalt East on a Thursday game back in
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  Speaker 2: Week 3, everyone kind of wrote them off for the
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  Speaker 2: rest of the year. But they finished the season strong.
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  Speaker 2: They finished with four straight wins. Again, overtime winning against
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  Speaker 2: the Stingy Warrington team. Finished second in their conference, so
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  Speaker 2: that's good on them. They're taking care of business mostly.
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  Speaker 2: They're not as flashy as previous Orchard Farm teams, but
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  Speaker 2: Liam Sinclair has been a pretty solid QB for them
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  Speaker 2: so far this year. I think they take care of
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  Speaker 2: business here. I'll pick them to cover, and I'll go
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  Speaker 2: with the over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, Terrence Curry Jr. and Patrick Deggars both have
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  Speaker 1: over 500 yards of receiving yards uh been two good
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  Speaker 1: targets and madden boeing he's a another nice player he's
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  Speaker 1: about six five he's a good basketball player too and
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  Speaker 1: uh six five tight end so they really have three
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  Speaker 1: good options at uh at receiver for them too and
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  Speaker 1: uh yeah so i i like the sorcher farm team
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  Speaker 1: they they started slow you know they had a disappointing
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  Speaker 1: loss to zoom all the east and then you know
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  Speaker 1: obviously that that loss to san charles west can't really
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  Speaker 1: blame him much for that but then they picked themselves
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  Speaker 1: up with a Really close win over Warrington. And since then,
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  Speaker 1: they've been rolling ever since with three straight convincing wins.
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  Speaker 1: And they beat Holt by 17 early in the season. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'll go with Orchard Farm to cover, and I'll take
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  Speaker 1: the over.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, next up, up to the Class 6 District 4 bracket,
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  Speaker 2: we've got Howell Central at Liberty. Howell Central is straight.
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  Speaker 1: By 2.5 points.
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  Speaker 2: The over is at 47.5. This is an interesting line
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  Speaker 2: because these two teams played not even– a month ago.
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  Speaker 2: They played on October 9th in conference play, and Liberty
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  Speaker 2: won the game 13-12. Uh, but I guess this is
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  Speaker 2: gonna come down on momentum.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Hal.
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  Speaker 2: Central got the big upset against Timberland 21-14 in Week 9,
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  Speaker 2: and these are two teams that, um, have good athletes,
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  Speaker 2: but they just, the difference between these two teams and
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  Speaker 2: other teams in their district is they just don't have
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  Speaker 2: very good offensive line play. Uh, you know, no line,
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  Speaker 2: no shine. Uh, at least relative to other teams in
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  Speaker 2: their district. But they still have good athletes that can, uh,
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  Speaker 2: do fun things around the field. This should be a
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  Speaker 2: super close, hard-fought game. These are two teams that desperately
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  Speaker 2: want to playoff game win. I'm going to go with
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  Speaker 2: Howell Central to cover by a hair. I think Howell
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  Speaker 2: Central wins by three exactly. So I will go with
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  Speaker 2: the Spartans to cover, and I'll go with the under.
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  Speaker 1: I will take Liberty to win because... I don't have
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  Speaker 1: much of a reason except that they are 3-0 all-time
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  Speaker 1: against Central. And their offense has shown enough flashes this
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  Speaker 1: season to put together some decent games together. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be very defensive, though. And, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 1: that's a very generous over-under. I'm taking that under. I'm
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  Speaker 1: smashing that. And I have Liberty... Winning Caleb Orcutt's a
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  Speaker 1: nice player for Liberty. House Central also has this guy
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  Speaker 1: named Jack Brown. I don't know if you've ever heard
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  Speaker 1: of him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, tight end.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He's a darn good athlete.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Next up, on to a pretty big rivalry
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  Speaker 2: game here in the GAC Central that we find ourselves
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  Speaker 2: in the Class 5 bracket. We've got Zumwalt South at
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  Speaker 2: Zumwalt East. Zumwalt East is paid by 5.5 points. The
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  Speaker 2: Overs are 38.5. These two teams are quite literally right
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  Speaker 2: down the road from each other off Mexico Road.
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  Speaker 1: It's a Mexico war.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. Well, technically any time that West, South, or East
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  Speaker 2: play each other, you could call it a Mexico war.
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  Speaker 1: Because, and.
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  Speaker 2: I think we've mentioned this before, but it'll never not
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  Speaker 2: be funny that three of the four Zumwalt high schools
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  Speaker 2: are all on the same road. I think Zumwalt West's
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  Speaker 2: address is technically Turtle Creek Drive, and then Zumwalt East's
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  Speaker 2: address is technically like First Executive Drive or something, but.
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  Speaker 2: The properties of both schools are on Mexico Road.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Zumwalt East is.
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  Speaker 2: It's slightly off Mexico Road.
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  Speaker 1: Zumwalt East makes more sense because it isn't technically on
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  Speaker 1: Mexico Road. Yes, it's right there.
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  Speaker 2: It's right there.
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  Speaker 1: But the road that you pull into is technically not
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  Speaker 1: Mexico Road.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: When you pull into their high school. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But.
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  Speaker 1: Zumwalt West is just... I think they're just trying to
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  Speaker 1: not be on Mexico... claim to be on Mexico Road.
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  Speaker 1: Because literally, you can enter the school off of it,
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  Speaker 1: Mexico Road. Yeah. Like, directly into the parking lot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Again, it'll never not be funny that a very large
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  Speaker 2: public school district has three schools.
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  Speaker 1: In the same street.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: But, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Zumwalt East... Barely beat Zumwalt South by a final score
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  Speaker 2: of 20-18 back a few weeks ago. So it should
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  Speaker 2: be a hard-fought game here. Everything to play for. You've
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  Speaker 2: got nothing to lose with these teams. This is a
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  Speaker 2: bragging rights game here. A lot of the kids know
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  Speaker 2: each other from both these schools. It should be a close,
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  Speaker 2: hard-fought game. And actually, for Zumwalt East.
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  Speaker 1: Even though.
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  Speaker 2: They are 3-6, I should say, They kept it mostly
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  Speaker 2: close in the first half against St. Charles West. And
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  Speaker 2: then their running back, Carter Mitchell, has over 1,200 rushing
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  Speaker 2: yards so far this year, which makes him top five
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  Speaker 2: in the area. He's been a really good athlete for
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  Speaker 2: them this whole year. Great agility, great job of just
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  Speaker 2: bouncing off contact. I think he leads the Lions to
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  Speaker 2: a win here. I'm going to go with them to cover,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll go with the over.
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  Speaker 1: I've just got to talk about Miles Medlin, who's thrown
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  Speaker 1: for 2,256 passing yards this season. So they can run
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  Speaker 1: with Mitchell and throw with Medlin. So I will go
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  Speaker 1: with the Lions because of that. I expect it to
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  Speaker 1: be another close game. I'll take the over as well,
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  Speaker 1: so we agree on that.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, next up, heading over to the Illinois side, we've
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  Speaker 2: got Waterloo at Rochester.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a rematch from last year's playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: Rochester is favored by 29.5. The overrun is at 60.5.
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  Speaker 2: Waterloo got a nice win against Tamerville 34-28 in the
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  Speaker 2: first round of the Illinois playoffs. But now they face
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  Speaker 2: the Rockets. And Rochester is one of the best programs
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  Speaker 2: in Central Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: Illinois in general.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're a machine. And this is in the Class
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  Speaker 2: 5 bracket, right?
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  Speaker 1: Or is this Class 4? Class 4.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, Class 4. I always get confused if it's
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  Speaker 2: Class 4 or Class 5.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of classes. It's okay. Yeah, um.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Rochester 8-1 so far this year. Their one loss
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  Speaker 2: is by a point to a really, really good Sacred
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  Speaker 2: Heart Griffin team. Other than that, they've been absolutely rolling
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  Speaker 2: so far this year.
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  Speaker 1: Their best win was beating Batavia, crushing them. They crushed Batavia. 44-16.
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  Speaker 2: 28 points back in Week 2. And if we go to,
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  Speaker 2: one thing I think is cool about the IHSA site,
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  Speaker 2: if you go to playoff team info, it'll show you
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  Speaker 2: kind of each team's playoff history.
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  Speaker 1: Very, very helpful.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just a cool kind of comparative thing to
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  Speaker 2: look at. And Rochester, they have seven of the teams
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  Speaker 2: they've played have made the playoffs. And then all-time, the
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  Speaker 2: IHSA site will show you each team's record for all-time
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  Speaker 2: playoff games and how many times they've gotten first and
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  Speaker 2: then gotten second. and then also how many times they've
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  Speaker 2: consecutively made the playoffs. This is Rochester's 19th consecutive season
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  Speaker 2: in the playoffs. They are 68-15 all-time in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: They have nine state championships and one runner-up. So this
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  Speaker 2: is a Rockets team that, really for the past several decades,
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  Speaker 2: no matter who the coach is, they are going to
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  Speaker 2: be a serious threat.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there's only been one coach, and it's Derek Leonard.
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  Speaker 2: But hey, I appreciate you trying to love the other guys.
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  Speaker 2: Was it SHG that got the new coach recently?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: And it was Ken Leonard, whose son is Derek.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, that's right. See, I'm sorry I don't have all
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  Speaker 2: of my Sangamon County football.
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  Speaker 1: Sangamon County.
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  Speaker 2: Football knowledge perfect yet, but we're getting there. It's okay.
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  Speaker 1: Good learning. It's always this time of year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Seriously, it is. But yeah, an excellent program... I
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  Speaker 2: think they cover and win. It's just they're a heck
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  Speaker 2: of a ball club. So I'll go with Rochester and
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  Speaker 2: the over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with everything you said right there. Not
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  Speaker 1: much else needs to be said. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Next up, we got Warrington at Hannibal. This is in
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  Speaker 2: the Missouri Class 4 District 3 or District 4?
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  Speaker 1: District 4, Class 4. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Warrington at Hannibal. Hannibal is favored by 9.5 points. The
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  Speaker 2: over is at 55.5. Hannibal has been through the absolute
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  Speaker 2: meat grinder so far this year. They've I guess kind
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  Speaker 2: of come out of it in one piece, you could say.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Warrington, they're a solid team. We're 6-3. But
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  Speaker 2: this is going to be the best team they've played
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  Speaker 2: all year so far this year. I mean, they've played
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  Speaker 2: solid teams in St.
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  Speaker 1: Dominic, St.
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  Speaker 2: Charles West.
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  Speaker 1: So you're saying Hannibal's better than St. Charles West.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I kind of picked them to win the district,
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  Speaker 2: so I already kind of said that last episode.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. I think St. Charles West is... I want
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  Speaker 1: to say it, you know, officially.
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  Speaker 2: I think St. Charles West is an excellent team, but
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  Speaker 2: Hannibal is just.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I would hope St. Charles West wins the
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  Speaker 2: inevitable matchup, but we'll see. Eli Schneider, actually, the running
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  Speaker 2: back for Warrington, with 17 touchdowns so far this year,
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  Speaker 2: I think he's top 10 in the area on points scored.
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  Speaker 2: He finds his way into the end zone a lot
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  Speaker 2: for the Warriors, but I think the Pirates are going
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  Speaker 2: to be a bit too much. I'll go with Hannibal
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  Speaker 2: to cover, and I'll go with the under.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Hannibal's a very physical team. And Warrington, they can
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  Speaker 1: play physical football too. But yeah, they've been through a gauntlet.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully it's not taking too much of a toll on
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  Speaker 1: them because the style of football they play is brutal.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll see how healthy they are. I mean, they
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  Speaker 1: literally were very competitive with Jackson for three quarters in
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  Speaker 1: Week 8. And then, yeah, they had some trouble with
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  Speaker 1: Zuma West, but ultimately came out on top, 54-47. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the Pirates on this one.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they're a really tough team to beat at
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  Speaker 1: home in the playoffs every year. They have one of
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  Speaker 1: the better stadiums, I think, in the state. It's really
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  Speaker 1: nice if you've ever been up there. So, yeah, I'll
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  Speaker 1: take the Pirates to cover, and I'll take the over
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let me just get that in real quick.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, next up.
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  Speaker 2: This should be a fun one. We've got Washington at
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  Speaker 2: Parkway West. This is in the Class 5, District 3?
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  Speaker 1: We've got a... Bracket? Yes. 2-2-2. District 4, Class 5,
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  Speaker 1: District 2. This is one of those rare GAC Suburban
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  Speaker 1: League crossover games. Yeah.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: You should tell Lafayette that.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: Parkway West.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: Outside of Lafayette. This season. Yeah.
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Parkway West shared by 2.5 points. The Overs are at 43.5.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Washington running back Carter Hill has 21 touchdowns in the season,
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: which puts him at sixth in the area in total
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: points scored. And then Parkway West, their defense almost did
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: enough to help defeat Ledoux last week, but they ultimately
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: fell short. These are two teams that have gotten really
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: close to some really good wins so far this year
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: and have been just right on the edge of that
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: highlight season moment. Um, and I'm sure whoever comes out
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: on this, of this game, that's going to be their
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: best win of the season. Um, you can't look at
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: Washington's record here because they, they, they, I feel like
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: Washington this year reminds me of Rittner of previous years
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: where they're a talented team that has just found their
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: way on the wrong side of a lot of one
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: score games. Um, but this is two, um, fun to
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: watch teams, honestly, two very different styles as well. Um,
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Parker West, I mean, there's, there are solid six and
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: three team with, with, A couple of their losses being
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: pretty close games to a good Fox team and an
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: excellent Ledoux team. And Braden Bierman, he's got one of
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: the best touchdown INT ratios in the area. He's got
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: 20 touchdowns, 900 receptions, almost 1,800 yards. I mean, he's
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: a really good QB. So we'll see if Josh Miller
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: and Jackson Giesemann can get the rushing attack going for
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: the Longhorns, and I think they can. I'll go with
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Longhorns to cover, and I will go with the over.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: I will take– I still ultimately have Parkway West. I
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: don't know.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: I think this Washington team could pull some surprises, and
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: I think– Oh, you know, it's interesting. So Coach Duncan,
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: he used to coach at Washington for– Parker West current
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: head coach. Huh. He was the previous head coach at
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: Washington before he came to Parkway West. So this is
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: a big, really big game for him and his family.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Um, yeah, but I think this Washington team could, you know,
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: pull a few surprises here, but maybe it's just for
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: my St. Love of St. Louis County. I'll go with
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: Parkway West to cover, but I'll take the under. I
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: think this is, I think this is going to be
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: a fairly low scoring game. And, um, you know, I
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: think Washington's going to do, they're going to, they can
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: do to, you know, try to keep West's offense off
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: the field with their run game. And, um, Yeah, so
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: I'll still go with the Longhorns. I will not be
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: shocked at all if Washington wins this game, though.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: Our Franklin County contingent listener base will not like that St.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: Louis County comment you just made.
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: About what?
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: Your love for St. Louis County makes you want to
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: pick the Longhorns.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Well, I've always lived here, and I just, I don't know.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: I really don't know, honestly. I just, I was impressed
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: with how Wes was able to hang with Ladue this
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: past week, so... um i'll go with that although they're
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: playing a completely different type of a team though uh
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: in washington who's going to be more physical i mean
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: not saying ladue is not physical i mean actually we
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: do really impose their will against west like like you
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: know late in the game but um But yeah, I
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: think this is going to be really interesting. And historically,
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: West is not so great in the playoffs. And Washington's
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: had some moments. They were back-to-back state champions, right? In
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: the 70s. Yeah. They had that big win over Eureka
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: two years ago.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that massive upset win against Eureka.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Matt Kline's a great head coach for them. So
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: Carter Hill's a... I can't say he's going to be
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: the best player in the field because there's Max Jones
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: on the other side for Parkway West. But, you know...
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: You know, if Washington's going to win this, he's going
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: to have to play a great game. But I'm still
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: going to– I'm giving West the edge right here.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: Next up in the Rockwood School District, we've got an
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: in-district rivalry here. We've got Lafayette at Marquette. Marquette fared
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: by a point and a half. The overruns at 46
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: and a half. Two teams that are kind of stumbling
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: into this game, to say the least, that in Week
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: 9 neither team played to their expectations, I would say.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Lafayette lost to Kirkwood 35-7. And then Marquette lost to
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: Rockwood 7 at 40-14. I'm sure both defenses know they
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: can play better. And that's the difference between this year's
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: Lafayette team and other Lafayette teams in the past. Especially
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: the last couple of years, Lafayette's front seven was really,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: really good. Just being able to take on double teams
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: really well and plug gaps was what made the Lancer
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: so good, especially against the run. Not so the case
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: this year. Maybe because they just had a really good
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: class in 2026. But yeah, this is just interesting. You
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: don't see many matchups where both teams come in with
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: really weak nines. Sometimes one team is hot, one team
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: is cold. So we'll see who steps up. I mean,
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: this is a rivalry game. This is two big schools
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: that are in the same school district. A lot of
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: the kids know each other and have been playing against
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: each other for a long time. Have a... A rivalry going.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: So I think this should be a fun one. I
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: will go with Lafayette to win this.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: Actually, no. This is going to be a close game.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: You know what?
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll stick with that. I'll go with Lafayette to win,
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: and then I'll go with the under. This is going
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: to be a really close game, though. I don't know.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: You know, you expected Lafayette to lose to Eureka and Kirkwood,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: and then they did not have a good game against Summit. Yeah,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: they were really close against Marquette and Lindbergh and Pattonville and, um,
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: that one against Troy, 28-0 is by far the best win.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: Looks decent now, but Lafayette, you seem like you kind
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: of know what you're going to get out of them. Like,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: Marquette's just been so up and down. I don't know, man.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: I will, I think I'll, I think I'll go with
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: Lafayette in this one. I don't know why, but I'll
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: go with them. Just, there's no reason for it. I'm
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: just going to go with them. And, um, I can't
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: really explain why. So I'll have Lafayette covering and I'll
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: take the over. Both teams have good enough offenses.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: Alright, next up we've got Lindbergh at Oakville in the
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: Class 6 District 1 bracket. We've got Oakville minus 2.5.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: The overrun is at 40.5. This should be a fun game.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Lindbergh is a team that refuses to quit. They get
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: four scrappy wins this year and then a few other
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: one-score losses against really good teams. These two teams actually
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: played back in Week 2 with Oakville winning 14-7. And
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: the reason why Lindbergh is really in most of these
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: games they play is because Noah Norman is a crazy
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: good returner. He has four return touchdowns so far this year,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: and I think he's averaging like, I need to pull
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: up the stat, but it was like over 20 yards
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: per return, which that's just, oh, excuse me, 36.5 yards
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: per return. So, yeah, well over 20 yards per return.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: But they're getting good field position just because of him.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: Well, now they're just not going to kick it to him.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Finding space. Well, we'll see.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to kick it to him now.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: Are they going to onside it then? What are they
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: going to do? Pooch it. Well, then that gives Lindbergh
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: better field position. So, they'll take that.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Better that than kick it to him.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Oakville, they ended the year with a tough one-point
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: loss in northwest Cedar Hill. I think we should have
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: talked about that game. I don't know how we did
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: not talk about that game in our last episode.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sorry.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: We apologized to both teams. That is definitely a game
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: we should have talked about. Northwest won the game 22-21.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Cohen Stark got the go-ahead touchdown, or I should say
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: the potential tying touchdown with a minute left, and then
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: Northwest went for two, and they got it with another
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: Cohen Stark run. So Northwest with a huge last-minute win there. Again, apologies.
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: I don't know why we didn't mention that game.
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: I don't know if that was even our top 15
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: last week.
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: That should have been. I apologize. That was a game
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: between two 7-1 teams. I apologize for that.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Me too.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: That's very unprofessional on our part. Sorry, Lions fans. Actually, yeah,
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: Lions and Tigers fans.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: A battle of the cats.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Oakville, they're a solid team.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: They.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: Definitely take care of business against teams they should defeat.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: But I think this should be a close, hard-fought game.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: I think it could come down to special teams. And
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: can they jostle field position well enough to where Oakville
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: can score and get close enough? Can Lindbergh have enough
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: short fields to work with? I'm going to go with
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: Oakville to cover, and I will go with... I'll go
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: with the over. Let's have some fun.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Oakville's got three straight wins over Lindbergh, which is nice.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And this is a rematch of last year's first-round game, where...
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: The Tigers beat the Flyers 19-17. Game was also at Oakville, too.
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: So we are back at the same spot. I don't
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: know if the... I guess 366 days ago, because this
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: game is going to be played on a Friday, and
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: that game last year was played on a Thursday. I
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: don't know if my math is exactly correct right there,
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: but it's close. The way that Lindbergh has been playing
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: these big teams close and winning some of them, I mean,
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: they've won... Even though they lost to Eureka, but they
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: lost to them by one. I'm... Probably... I mean, they
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: got two really... They got two good wins over Summit
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: and Parkway West. Crushed West. Had their way with them
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: and got by Lafayette and Marquette. So... Yeah, I'm going
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: to go with Lindbergh in this one. They just really
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: earned my respect over the course of the season. You know,
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: dealing with some adversity, losing their first three games. So,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: I'm picking... Lindbergh to cover, and I'll take the over
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: as well.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: Okay. Next up, over to Illinois, we've got Civic Memorial
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: at Centralia. Centralia is favored by 28.5 points. The over
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: is at 59.5 points. These are two teams that actually
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: played each other earlier in the season, I believe. Yeah,
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: they played in Week 2. Centralia came out on top 49-7.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: And even though Centralia is just outside of our coverage area,
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: they still put all their stats in International Sports, which
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: we definitely appreciate. They're 9-0 so far this year. And
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: their closest game was a 9-point win against Breeze Central
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: a couple weeks ago. And Jashon Staples, if we count
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: them in our area, just for the purpose of this discussion,
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: he leads the St. Louis area in total points scored
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: with 28 touchdowns so far. And it looks like he
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: even got a tackle on a safety, so that's two
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: more points for him.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: He has been absolutely incredible for them so far this year.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: He's got a lot of yards on the ground and
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: receiving the ball as well. For example, he's primarily a
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: running back, but against Bree Central, he had 87 rushing
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: yards and then six catches for 184 yards. So they
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: use Staples every which way. He's extremely effective out of
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: the backfield. I think Central is going to cover easily,
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: and I'll go with the under. I think Central is...
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: one of the best teams in the state of Illinois
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: in Class 4.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and Staples has been a big-time impact because he
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: transferred from Mount Vernon, who's Centro's biggest rival.
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: Right there, yeah, like 20 minutes away.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: And he's been one of the best players. He is
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: probably the best player, most productive player in Southern Illinois.
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: This season, so that's been huge for them. And Centro's
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: already really good, and now they've got him, so. um, yeah,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: they're nine and oh, and I think, I think, I mean,
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: civic Memorial, sorry, we didn't talk about this game too. Um,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: they beat Quincy Notre Dame 20, 14, kind of a
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: thrilling game, uh, where they led, uh, they actually came,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: they came back, uh, they were trailing, um, 21 to
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: 14 going into the fourth quarter and ended up winning
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: 28 to 24. So it was, um, nice victory for them.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: Luke Clousters had a good season quarterback for them. Uh,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: They've got a nice offense going for them. Klauser's thrown for...
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Yeah, he's thrown for 2,004 yards, 17 touchdowns,
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: 4 interceptions. So this is a CM team who's got
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: to throw the ball, but this Centralia team has been
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: a buzzsaw this season, and I don't think they're stopping
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: the orphans in this one. So I got Centralia winning
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: this one pretty comfortably. I think Minus 28 and a
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: half was the score of their previous game. They're 49-7. Okay.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: You know what? I will have them covering, and I'll
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: take the over. Okay.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: Next up, staying on, we've got Washington at Triad. This
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: is in the Class 5 bracket. Triad's 3-by-7.5 points. The
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: over is at 51.5. Washington defeated Mascuta this past week
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: to move on and play the Knights. Triad 8-1 so
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: far this year. They have one of the better offenses
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: in all of Southern Illinois. And Brody Haskwin has been
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: one of the most reliable QBs in all of Southern Illinois.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: He's got 15 passing touchdowns to zero interceptions so far,
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: over 1,200 passing yards. And then Jaden Rodgers out of
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: the backfield has been excellent for the Knights. So one
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: of the best offenses to go around for Triad. We're
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: just going to act like week six didn't happen against O'Fallon.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: We only put up three points.
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: I saw O'Fallon– We didn't talk about this game, too.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: There was a lot to unpack there.
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: There was. O'Fallon's got a pretty good defense. I saw
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: that in person. They did a pretty good job of
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: bottling up Juliet West, only allowing one touchdown to them.
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: And a convincing 36-6 win for them. So, yeah, that's
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: a good– O'Fallon's got some nice guys on defense. So
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: I can see why Triad– I'm still a little perplexed.
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: They only still scored three points because Triad's been really
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: good all season. But that was probably the toughest team
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: they've played.
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: All right, well, with this Washington Triad game, I think
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: Triad comes out on top. I think they cover, and
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: I think they overhits. I think just they really had
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: the one stinker game against O'Fallon because they just made
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: a lot of mental mistakes. But since then, they've been
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: really good at making the smart play. And I wouldn't
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: say necessarily being conservative, but just never doing anything too
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: much and just always– Triad's really good at taking the
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: defense against them.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: And that's why they're able to get in such a
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: good field position pretty much every single drive. So, yeah,
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: I'll go with them to cover, and I'll go with
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: you over.
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Haskins has been great, and they got,
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: you know, Jaden Rodgers is a nice running back, and
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: Dayton Detheridge compliments him pretty good, you know, with six
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns, and then, you know, they got like four
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: nice receivers. Like Nathan Ratka has got 464 yards. Matt's
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: hunts got 371 yards, five touchdowns and Andrew Myers and
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: Jamie Heller, two other guys with over a hundred receiving
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: yards too. So they got, they've just all around good triad.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: And if you want to compare, um, you know, a
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: common opponent between them and Washington, try a beat in
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: a scooter for nine 16 in Washington beat in a scooter, 35, 28.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: So I'm, I'm, A lot of people are– I've heard
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: a lot of people say a lot of good things
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: about Triad, more than I think I've ever had. So
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: I'll go with the nicest one to cover, and I'll
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: take the over. All right.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: Gets me to agree on that one. Next up, staying
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: in Illinois, but here we are at the Class 4 bracket.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: Metamora at Bree Central. Bree Central paid by 35– excuse me,
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: not 30. Three and a half points. The overrun is
• 32:41
  Speaker 2: at 40 and a half. These are two really good teams,
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: and it's unfortunate that they're getting matched up this early.
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: Metamor right now is 7-3. If that name sounds familiar,
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: it's because we talked with them back in Week 2,
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: and they defeated Cahokia 22-15. And two of their three
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: losses this year are really close losses. One to a
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: really good Dunlap team back in Week 3, 30-26. And
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: they lost to a pretty solid Pekin.
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: Team, 21-18.
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: And they lost to Morton in Week 9, I think.
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: crushed Alton Marquette this past week and become one of
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: the Class 4 bracket. And then Bree Central is coming
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: off a bye. This should be a dogfight. This should
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: be two teams that love to run the football and
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: love to just be physical. That's really it. Who can
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: stay wrapped up on their tackles? Who can make the
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: fewest mistakes on defense? Who can communicate effectively, plug gaps
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: quick enough? But this should be a very interesting game.
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: This is a... Man, Bree Central, they got a really
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: tough draw.
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: Extremely tough draw. I mean, if you just look at
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: the bottom half of the Class 4 bracket.
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: They'll have to beat Metamora, most likely SHG, then most
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: likely Centralia, and then most... If they get to the semifinals,
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: then most likely Rochester. Yeah.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: It's... If... That route is unreal. Totally unreal. I mean, that.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: The South is really competitive this year. Seriously.
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: Like, a good Metamora team. As you just said, SHG,
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: who's under-seeded, in my opinion.
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: And they beat Rochester. Yeah. And Rochester's got the three-seed,
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: so that's.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Centralia, who we just talked about, and then Rochester, who
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: we talked about earlier in this episode. So, yeah, Saginaw
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: County and then the rest of Southern Illinois are really
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: coming through so far this year in football. Yeah, I'll
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: go with Breeze to win this one, and I'll go
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: with the over, but this should be a dogfight. This
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: should be a good game.
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll take Central as well. Man, beating Central, it's
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: really hard to go into Breeze and beat Central at Central.
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: And Central put up a really good fight against Centralia,
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: so they've been playing pretty good football, you know, yeah,
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: really all season. I mean, outside of their close win
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: over Jerseyville, they've really taken care of business, you know,
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: crushed Wood River, crushed Freeburg. they were within one score
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter against Centralia. Then they took care
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: of Aaron and, uh, this will be a tough game
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: and Friday night, by the way. So we could get
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: someone out there. I don't know, but, um, that's definitely
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: something to ponder for, uh, yeah. Cause the 30th is
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: a Friday, right? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Man, really that's something
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: to consider. So, all right. I'll still take central, uh,
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: Owen Carrera has been fantastic as we thought he would
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: be this season. 19 touchdowns, four interceptions, just shy of 2,000
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: passing yards, and he leads the team in rushing yards
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: with 715. Emmanuel Velasquez has got 10 rushing touchdowns for Central.
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: Then they have three receivers who are over 400 yards,
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: Carson Weber, Alex Athmer, and Cole Hugin. And all of
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: them have four touchdown receptions. Just like how they were
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: last year, they're really balanced at receivers. This is a
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: well-oiled Central Cougars team who have gotten absolutely no favors
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: in this playoff. It'll be really fun to watch them.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Going with Central on this one.
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: Over or under?
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: Over.
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: Okay, next up. Staying in Illinois, we've got Highland at Freeburg.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: Freeburg is fair by 8.5 points. The over is at 74.5.
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: A couple of 7-win teams going out of here. And
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: A couple of high-scoring teams going at it as well.
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: Freeburg had a bye week last week, and Highland defeated
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: Lincoln by a final score of 56-12. And it's funny
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: that I don't think these two teams have any common opponents,
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: which is kind of funny. They're in the same class
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: in the same general area in Illinois, but they've somehow
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: not played the same teams. But I guess that just
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: happens sometimes. Jax Oren... Now, thanks to the game against Lincoln,
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: Illinois has not 30 passing touchdowns so far this year,
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: so congrats to him. That's a mark that very few
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: QBs get to in a single season. But we'll see
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: how Highland can contain this free-row rushing attack because Cooper
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: Kiskin's been one of the most reliable running backs all
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: year in the whole area. 17 touchdowns over 7 yards
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: per carry. He is just short of 1,200 yards so
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: far this year. So two touchdowns. Really fast offenses who
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: have been really, really good so far this year. Should
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: be pretty entertaining to watch. I think it's going to
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: come down to turnovers, which QBs can push the ball
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: downfield but still keep it in their own team's hands.
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: I think it's really what it's going to come down
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: to because both teams have the athletes to complete deep passes,
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: and they should go for it, and they will. They
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: both have been doing it all year so far this year,
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: push the ball downfield. I think turnover is the key here.
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: and I'll go with Freeburg to cover, and I'll go
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: with the over.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, for this game, yeah, smashing the over for sure.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: It's a high total, but I'm still going with the over.
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: Who cares?
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You know, looking at Freeburg, their defense
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: has been pretty good. I mean, 14 points allowed per game,
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: which is solid. You know, and it was actually, yeah,
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: just second behind by. 33 points below Centralia in the Cahokie, Mississippi,
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: and I just think this is going to come down
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: to getting some stops. I think both teams are going
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: to be able to score a lot of points, but
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: I think Freebird's got a better defense over Highland. I
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: think that's going to be the difference in the game ultimately.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: Highland has struggled all season offensively, and yeah, they got
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: a little bit better against Waterloo. They're only allowing 13 points,
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: and Lincoln was just really not that hard of a
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: game for them, honestly. But yeah, any team that has
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: been pretty competitive against them has been able to put
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: up points. I mean, Cokia put up 47. Mount Vernon
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: put up 34, even though Highland put up 63 points.
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: They lost to Carbondale by 70-38. So I just, maybe
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: it's a little bit different now. Maybe they've taken some
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: strides these last two weeks, but just the evidence, you know,
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: presented itself. It kind of leans Freeburg. Like, Jax Oren's
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: been amazing this season. I mean, 2,928 yards. Do they
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: have their stats in? Actually, I would imagine he's got
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: over 3,000 yards because their stats for the Lincoln game
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: is not in yet, Carter Harris is great running back.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: Their entire offense has been great this season. It's just
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: their defense has been kind of the problem. I'm going
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: to have to lean with Freeburg in this one. You
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: mentioned Kishkin has been fantastic for them. Joseph Carmack has
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: been a solid quarterback for them. He's only a junior.
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: Kishkin and Carmack are both juniors. So, yeah, this is
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: going to be a nice Freiburg team next year. And
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: same with Highland. I think both these teams are going
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: to be back and better next season. So, but, yeah,
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: kind of going on a long tangent there. But I'll
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: have Freiburg covering, and I'll still smash that over. That's
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: a ton, 74 and a half, but I'll take it.
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: Why not? Let's have fun. Right.
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: All right. Next up, number one game of the week,
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: sticking in the, uber-competitive southern bracket of the Illinois Class
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: 4 bracket. Jacksonville at, or excuse me, Cahokia at Jacksonville.
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: Cahokia fared by 6.5 points. The overruns at 62.5. Jacksonville
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: finished second in the Central State 8 Western Division. Second
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: only to Sacred Heart Griffin out of Springfield, Illinois.
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: Best team they've had in a long time.
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: Really long time. And a really good team, I must say.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: They crushed Decatur MacArthur in the final week of the season.
• 40:52
  Speaker 2: An 8-2 MacArthur team. And they also beat Jerseyville back
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: in Week 1. And their one loss of the year
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: was to Sacred Heart Griffin.
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: And guess who they played in Week 2?
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: Zumont East. I saw that and totally forgot about that.
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: I was like, oh yeah, Zumont East did play them.
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: That was super random and I don't know why they're
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: playing that game. I don't know if I don't know
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: if one of the employees at those, either of those
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: schools like knows another employee that other school, but I
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: don't know how that works out. Cause that seems like
• 41:20
  Speaker 2: a super random matchup.
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: But yeah, it is what it is. Um, but yeah.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: And then Cahokia, we've been talking about that a lot
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: so far this year. Um, their defense has actually been
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: kind of that, the pleasant surprise for them in most
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: of their games. Uh, they, they had the great winnings
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: in Mount Zion in week three. Uh, Their only loss
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: is a really close loss to a Metamora team who
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: we just talked about.
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: St.
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: Mary's team has been having an excellent year back in
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: Week 4. And then Morris, who I think is the
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: one seed in Class 5. And, yeah, fortunately Cahokia got
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: a nice 47-0 win against East Peoria. I don't think
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: we mentioned that last episode.
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: I think we did.
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: Okay, well, yeah, not too much to talk about there.
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: I mean, they crushed them. That was never a close game.
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: So good on the Comanches for pulling through on that one.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: This should be a fun, high-flying game. I think the
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: talent edge is going to get Cahokia to win here.
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the Comanches to cover, and
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the over.
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it seems like Cahokia is really finally starting to
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: figure things out, you know, kind of later in the season.
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: And also they have the, you know, they were in
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: the quarterfinals last year, so they kind of know what
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: it takes to win these sort of games. Like, playoff
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: experience is definitely a very real thing. And, you know,
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of teams over the years play
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: win games. It could be a little pressure-packed, but they
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: just are steady enough and find ways to win games.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: I think it could come down to their playoff experience
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: going into this one. They're very battle-tested. The fact that
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: they lost... I really think, looking back, Koki would love
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: to have that Metamora game back. Also, that St. Mary's game, too.
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: They had the lead with a minute to go. St.
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: Mary's was able to score Um, yeah, but they, other
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: than that, I mean, they've, you know, they've kind of
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: rolled through the rest of their competition. I mean, they
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: beat Highland 47, 14, and then, you know, gave up
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: only seven points to a Marion team who's got a
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: really nice offense. Um, so, or at least, or at
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: least they had, I mean, they've had some interesting results
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: since then, but, um, yeah, so no, I, I think
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: that this Koki team's been pretty.
• 43:39
  Speaker 3: Good and, you know, we've talked about you know, how good.
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: Nigel Gooden is a quarterback. He's once again, had another
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: splendid season over 2000 yards, 25 touchdown passes. Cameron Dell
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: has kind of come out of nowhere at running back.
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: He's rushed for 925 yards. So you imagine he would
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: get over a thousand yards and, um, this season, Kai
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: Henderson's a nice compliment running back to him as well.
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: So they got, they got, they got athletes everywhere. It's,
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: but Jacksonville is a pretty good team too. That Mark
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: rounds is a great head coach for them. Been there
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: a long time. Um, so it's, it's a big, it's
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: a big game in Jacksonville for that, uh, I plan
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: on being there for what it's worth, and then I'm
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: hoping to catch the Edwardsville Normal Community game as well
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: at 6 o'clock if I'm able to. Maybe or may not,
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: so we'll see about that.
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: I do highly suggest all those who are listening to
• 44:27
  Speaker 2: pull up IHSA.org and look at this Class 4 southern
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: half of the bracket.
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: It is insane.
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: This has to be the best southern half of the
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: bracket in Class 4 we've maybe ever seen.
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 44:40
  Speaker 2: I mean, Centralia is 9-0. We talked about them.
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: You've got an all-time great Centralia team, potentially.
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: Mount Zion, not an all-time Mount Zion team, but a
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: good Mount Zion team.
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they've been good. They've been competitive for the last
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: five years.
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: MacArthur's okay. Sacred Heart Griffin is an excellent team this year.
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: Because they're typically a Class 5 team. They're down in
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: Class 4.
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: A super scrappy Jerseyville team who they are four or
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: five plays away from finishing the year 7-2.
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 45:08
  Speaker 2: With one of the best years for them for quite
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: a while. Bree Central, who's 8-1 with one loss, being
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: to that undefeated Centralia team. A really good Metamora team
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: who beat Cahokia. Carterville, who is 9-0. Freeburg, who is amazing. Highland,
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: who has the really good offense. We talked about those
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: two teams. Rochester, I probably have them as the favorite.
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: They are unreal this year. Waterloo, who's also having a
• 45:34
  Speaker 2: really good year. And then Jacksonville and Cahokia is the
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: game we just talked about. I mean, this is an
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: absolutely loaded southern half of the Illinois Class 4 bracket.
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: And it probably would have worked out this way anyway
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: if it was still for the old format because all
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: the higher seeds won the first round. Actually, Jerseyville is
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: the lower seed, I should say.
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: They wouldn't have gotten in if this was the old format.
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're the only lower seed that won in
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: the first round. Um, but they were five and four,
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: so they would have, or they were four and five.
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: So they could have gotten in depending on how the
• 46:06
  Speaker 2: rest of the bracket.
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: They wouldn't have gotten in.
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: Well, I feel like, well, didn't Edwardsville get in at
• 46:10
  Speaker 2: four and five last year? That's not, I guess not,
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: not every time.
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: They wouldn't, they wouldn't have gotten in because Civic Memorial
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: is a 16 seed and they were five and four. Oh, okay. Hmm. Wow.
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it.
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah. But, um, well, I mean, and then like, I
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: think this, this might be Jacksonville's best team they've had
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: since 2012. I mean, they had some pretty good teams
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: in the mid-2000s, even after that, just talent-wise. But yeah,
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: and this is actually a rematch from a year ago,
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: where Cahokia, I think, beat Jacksonville in the second round.
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: I mean, I know they beat... Jacksonville came to Cahokia
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: last year. I can't remember if it was in the
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: first round or the second round. I want to say
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: it was the second round. So yeah, this is a rematch,
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: but in Jacksonville this time. And I mean, this Cahokia team...
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: this could be a better Koki team than last year. Um, just,
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: you know, given who, what, you know, their experience. I mean,
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: they're certainly older overall and, uh, well, whoever wins this
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: game most likely has a really, really tough task on
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: hand because they'll most likely have to play Rochester. And, uh,
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to this. I will be at
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: this game. I, I mean, I know I've been pretty
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: bad on my promises this, this year, but, uh, I
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: really want to go film this game, and I should
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: be able to go do it. So, therefore, I shall
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: be there. And maybe I might be.
• 47:33
  Speaker 3: Able to continue my Illinois voyage up to normal Illinois
• 47:41
  Speaker 3: if I can get to that game at 6 o'clock
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: with Edwardsville and normal community.
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: So, that's my schedule. And I do plan on being
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: in Carthage for the Web City game on the previous
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: Friday night. So I'm going to be in a lot
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: of different places on Friday and Saturday.
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: Should be an amazing weekend. And before we sign off,
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: I do want to shout out Malik Orsan for getting
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: the game-winning kick for South Carolina this past weekend against Tennessee.
• 48:12
  Speaker 2: Super cool to see St. Louis alums having great moments
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: at the next levels in college and NFL.
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: I can't remember a kicker from St. Louis, like kind
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: of being in the spotlight like this.
• 48:26
  Speaker 2: We have a punter, Jack Fox for lions.
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: But kicker wise.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Um, yeah, but like if you don't have.
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: A Russo with the Wisconsin kicker for.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: A while there, when did he graduate high school?
• 48:37
  Speaker 2: 2020 I think.
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: Where'd he go to school? I forgot.
• 48:43
  Speaker 2: I played baseball with that kid when I was, like,
• 48:45
  Speaker 2: a kid.
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: Really?
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I forgot what high school he went to.
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, Orson kind of came out of, I mean, he,
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: I know he got really good his senior year at MICDS. And, yeah,
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: I mean, he was really under-recruited. I mean, he, and, yeah,
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: you say, like, well, he's at South Carolina. But, like, yeah,
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: I think he was a walk-on there or something, so.
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: Oh, he actually went to GF City.
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: Okay, well. That's what I did. With the Hawaii's, that's right.
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: That's right. I remember him now. Yeah. He was a
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: really good, I think he was All-State two years in
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: a row. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, so yeah, yeah, Malik
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: with a great kick. I mean, he's got a great
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: leg and who knows, I mean, potentially he could be
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: an NFL kicker. I mean, I know he can make
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: it from like 60.
• 49:31
  Speaker 2: He's got a boot.
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he does. And yeah, he showed the, like millions
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: of people how good, how clutch he is. So that's
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: really cool to see. He even, He was even nice
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: enough to respond to some of my messages last night too.
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: So that was pretty cool. That's awesome. Yeah. All right. Well,
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: this is awesome. I mean, it's the best week of
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: the year and it's only going to keep getting better.
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: So thank you guys for having electricity and have a
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: good weekend.
• 49:55
  Speaker 2: Peace.