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WEEK 9 REVIEW: Ritter falls to #1 Jackson, Out of area struggles for local teams, Ladue avoids upset scare, Illinois (618) Opening Round · Gateway Sports Venue Show

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  Speaker 1: Hello everybody and welcome back to the Gateway Sports Venue Show.
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  Speaker 1: We ended the regular season with a bang.
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  Speaker 2: This is what makes high school football so fun and
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  Speaker 2: unpredictable because at the end of the day, these are
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  Speaker 2: teenagers and they are unpredictable and we had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of eye-popping and head-scratching results. Let's get into it first
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  Speaker 2: with Cardinal Ritter at Jackson.
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  Speaker 1: This game actually kind.
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  Speaker 2: Of went the way I think most people thought it
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  Speaker 2: would go, ultimately, with Jackson coming out on top. However, though,
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  Speaker 2: it kind of ended up being a bit of a
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  Speaker 2: blowout with the Indians winning 38-12. Jackson, they outscored Ritter
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  Speaker 2: 21-0 in the second half, absolutely dominated them there, and.
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  Speaker 1: It was close to the first half.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, Ritter scored first on a Ryan Richmond-McDavis touchdown
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  Speaker 2: run in a wildcat, which is, I think, something new
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  Speaker 2: that they're doing. I mean, I've seen Ritter in person
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  Speaker 2: these last three games, and that's the first time I
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  Speaker 2: think I've seen him do that, and it works. But
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  Speaker 2: the thing about Jackson is, and I think what makes
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  Speaker 2: him so great and the best team to state and
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  Speaker 2: one of the best teams in the Midwest is that
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  Speaker 2: they get better as the game goes on. And it's
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  Speaker 2: been a reoccurring theme all season for them, speaking to
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  Speaker 2: people who've covered them, They started slow, and I really believe,
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  Speaker 2: looking back now, the reason that Ritter was able to
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  Speaker 2: score on them early and have a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: success was just because Jackson was just slow getting into
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  Speaker 2: the game. Ritter scored their touchdown, and then Jackson immediately
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  Speaker 2: answered back with a methodical drive. They took the lead
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  Speaker 2: on the PAT and led the rest of the game.
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  Speaker 2: It was a really great performance by them. Tyler Fisher,
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  Speaker 2: their junior quarterback, was awesome. Jalen Hampton and Gage Parker,
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  Speaker 2: two running backs for them, two senior running backs. They're
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  Speaker 2: kind of thunder and lightning combination. Hampton's like small and shifty, fast,
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  Speaker 2: and Parker is just going to run people over. And
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  Speaker 2: he's fast as well. So Evan Turley and Jory Thoma
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  Speaker 2: are two really good receivers for Jackson. They all impressed me,
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  Speaker 2: especially their defense, holding Ritter to a– Not a season
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  Speaker 2: low for Ritter because they only scored six points against St.
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  Speaker 1: James Academy, but it's a... It's.
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  Speaker 3: A non-prep school, their season low.
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  Speaker 1: It is correct. Yes, that was what I was looking for.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, just a fantastic performance by Jackson. And to me,
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  Speaker 2: they showed me they're the best team in the state
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  Speaker 2: until proven otherwise.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, they have the athletes to hang with
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  Speaker 3: the best of them. I mean, we know the elite
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  Speaker 3: speed that Carter Ritter has and the ability to get
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  Speaker 3: the ball down the field. And River was able to
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  Speaker 3: contain them the entire second half, really. I mean, the
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  Speaker 3: athletes that the Indians have are extremely impressive. Really, it's
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  Speaker 3: just the discipline and the communication on defense is that
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  Speaker 3: their coaches relay to the players what coverage to run.
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  Speaker 3: And the players talk so well among each other on
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  Speaker 3: the field that there's never any confusion on what to do.
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  Speaker 3: And they're all on the same page at all times.
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  Speaker 3: And really, it's the little things that Jackson is so
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  Speaker 3: good at that helps them be so good. Blocking, tackling...
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  Speaker 3: Communication on defense, being on the same page is just
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  Speaker 3: so huge, and especially against teams that can run. Carl
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  Speaker 3: Ritter doesn't run super complicated concepts, but they run concepts
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  Speaker 3: that can be tough to keep up with because of
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  Speaker 3: how fast their guys are, but because Jackson is always
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  Speaker 3: in the right spot, and always in the right spot
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  Speaker 3: because they communicate so effectively. They were able to contain them.
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  Speaker 3: And then offensively, they just did plenty enough to win. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Jackson continues to impress. They finished the year 9-0. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: definitely the favorite in Class 6, which, you know, de
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  Speaker 3: facto is the best team.
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  Speaker 1: In the state.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, second straight season, they go undefeated in the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: The Indians have now won 24 consecutive regular season games
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  Speaker 2: going back to 2024.
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  Speaker 3: It was darn least Summit Tigers just ending that streak.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm talking about regular season.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it could have been overall if it wasn't for
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  Speaker 3: that semifinal game.
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  Speaker 1: Correct, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I feel like it's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: lot harder to see Jackson slip up before the state championship.
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  Speaker 2: And that's even saying they'll eventually have to play like
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  Speaker 2: a DeSmet or a CBC and potentially a Kirkwood. And
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  Speaker 2: then I think they're– I mean, we can talk about
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  Speaker 2: this later in our– you know, preview show of the
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  Speaker 2: state with the brackets. So, um, but yeah, I just
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  Speaker 2: can't be more impressed about this Jackson team. I mean, this,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this potentially could be one of the best
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  Speaker 2: Missouri teams in recent memory that we've seen, you know.
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  Speaker 3: They got to clutch it up though. I mean, we
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  Speaker 3: were seeing the same thing last year about.
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  Speaker 1: Nixon, uh, Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't quite clutch it up. Yeah, I just... Nothing
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  Speaker 3: against Nick, though. It's just, you know, the season's... What
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  Speaker 3: I'm saying is the season's far from over. The important
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  Speaker 3: games have yet to be played, so.
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  Speaker 2: And I think also people from Kansas City will say
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  Speaker 2: that Carney is the best in the state, too.
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  Speaker 1: And they are very good, too. That's what's close.
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  Speaker 3: Carney is absolutely a top five team in the state.
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  Speaker 1: I would say... Absolutely. I would say.
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  Speaker 3: We're not sleeping on Carney.
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  Speaker 2: I would say right now Jackson and Carney are the
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  Speaker 2: two best teams in the state.
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  Speaker 1: But I have Jackson as number one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's fair.
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  Speaker 1: That's me. Yeah, so... That's all I've got to say
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  Speaker 1: on that game.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, well, I think Jackson's defense did more than enough.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, 38 points. They kind of poured it on
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  Speaker 2: late with two late scores. I've got to say, though,
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  Speaker 2: that Marshawn Ivey for Ritter, he came out of the
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  Speaker 2: game and about early in the third quarter, it was 17-12,
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  Speaker 2: and he came out with what looked like he was
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  Speaker 2: holding his left knee. It's on our video, and he
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  Speaker 2: was limping noticeably, and he did not come back in
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  Speaker 2: the game. That's something to look at, potentially. Hopefully he's okay, though.
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  Speaker 2: He was able to walk off the field under his
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  Speaker 2: own power, but that doesn't confirm or deny anything else
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  Speaker 2: other than that.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully he gets better soon.
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  Speaker 2: For Jackson to allow 12 points to a really good
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  Speaker 2: Ritter offense, even stabbed off a fourth-quarter red zone visit
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  Speaker 2: for the Indians and they were able to defy them.
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  Speaker 2: And that, that was one of the bigger plays of
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  Speaker 2: the game too, because then after that, I think they
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  Speaker 2: scored two more touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson did.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, uh, great, great win to end the regular
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  Speaker 2: season for the, for the Indians there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: We'll shift over to Kansas city where Rockhurst defeated slew
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  Speaker 3: high by final score of 16, 10. This had some
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  Speaker 3: controversy to it at the end of the game. Um,
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  Speaker 3: apparently the way that the clock was operated, uh, did
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  Speaker 3: not go in Slough High's favor. I was not at
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  Speaker 3: the game, so I can't speak exactly for what happened.
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  Speaker 1: We're told this.
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  Speaker 3: We're told from the Slough High camp that stuff was
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  Speaker 3: mismanaged with the clock and possession of the ball. So, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: the Drew Bills go down 16-10.
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  Speaker 1: Their fifth straight loss to Rockhurst.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of which are very close games, but offensively,
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  Speaker 3: it seems like Passing-wise, Lujai was mostly there. They couldn't
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  Speaker 3: get too much of a run game going. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: they tried to just kind of keep ramming it down
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  Speaker 3: with Pat Stein, and Stein was, he was okay running
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  Speaker 3: the ball, but he was much better throwing the ball.
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  Speaker 3: He was 14-15 for 118 yards, and he was getting
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  Speaker 3: it all over the place. Ben Bartel and Tyler Kozabinski
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  Speaker 3: led the team in catches, but Henry Fitzpatrick and Will
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  Speaker 3: Rainey also kind of added some yards there, but Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: just 10 points is not going to be enough against
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  Speaker 3: a solid team like Rockhurst.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a Rockhurst team who seems to be reborn after some,
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  Speaker 2: you know, midseason troubles.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they were 2-4.
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  Speaker 2: Now they've won three in a row against, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Blue Springs, Blue.
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  Speaker 1: Springs South, and now SLU. So all three good teams
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  Speaker 1: right there.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, this is a Rockhurst team who's probably still
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  Speaker 2: in– you know, not really quite to what many people,
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  Speaker 2: including myself thought they would be before the season, but
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  Speaker 2: they are certainly back to being a really tough out
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  Speaker 2: to beat. And, um, you know, that's all you can
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  Speaker 2: ask for at this point in the season that in there,
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  Speaker 2: that's huge for them. Cause I mean, when you're Rockhurst
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  Speaker 2: is really tough to beat and, uh, you know, they,
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  Speaker 2: they have a good defense and their offense does enough.
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  Speaker 1: And, uh, so they're going to be a tough out
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  Speaker 1: in class six.
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  Speaker 2: And so, so slew because, uh, they're, um, they're in a,
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  Speaker 2: class six district three. And, uh, they will, um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's not an easy district, but I think certainly winnable
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  Speaker 2: for them at the same time. And, uh, yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: a tough loss to end the regular season, but I
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  Speaker 2: think they're still in really good shape overall.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So if you remember to the Illinois side, their playoff
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  Speaker 3: game started this past weekend and yesterday, actually St. Lawrence
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  Speaker 3: out of Burbank, Illinois, they defeated the Belleville East 25
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  Speaker 3: to 16.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So I got to see the second half and
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  Speaker 2: that's on our YouTube page.
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  Speaker 1: Um, This is a back-and-forth game. Beverly East, they scored first.
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  Speaker 1: Then St. Lawrence scored two straight touchdowns to.
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  Speaker 2: Take a 14-7 lead at halftime. But then on the
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  Speaker 2: first drive of the second half, East St.
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  Speaker 1: Louis... East St. Louis, sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Beverly East forced a fumble from the quarterback, and it
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  Speaker 2: was scooped and scored by James Johnson, who's committed to Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 1: But they weren't able to tie the game because the
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  Speaker 1: PAT was missed. However.
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  Speaker 2: East, on the ensuing drive, they forced another fumble and
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  Speaker 2: recovered it deep in St.
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence territory.
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  Speaker 2: And they ultimately settled for a field goal to take
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  Speaker 2: the lead. And then they got another stop on defense
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  Speaker 2: and then had an opportunity to increase the lead up to,
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  Speaker 2: up two points, but they weren't able to do it.
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  Speaker 2: And then that's when St. Lawrence kind of started to
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  Speaker 2: take control of the game. They had a sustained drive. Um,
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  Speaker 2: they did get a big, they did get a big
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  Speaker 2: pass interference call on.
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  Speaker 1: One play that, uh, moved the chains for them.
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  Speaker 2: And then there is another, uh, play where they threw
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  Speaker 2: an interception, but, um, that Belize picked off, but that
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  Speaker 2: was called back for, so I think St.
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence, they had a false start penalty, but there.
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  Speaker 2: Was also pass interference on that play, so it wiped
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  Speaker 2: it out, which was, you know, if you're St.
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence in that case, it's like, great, we still get
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  Speaker 1: the ball.
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  Speaker 2: So they eventually scored on the first play of the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter to take a 22-16 lead, and then on
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  Speaker 2: the very next play from Scrooge, they picked off a
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  Speaker 2: pass at midfield and returned it inside the 20-yard line,
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  Speaker 2: and then The Vikings settled for a field goal. Then
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  Speaker 2: Beverly East had one kind of last chance to make
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  Speaker 2: the game really interesting. They got down to the three-yard
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  Speaker 2: line and never got closer. A run for a loss,
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  Speaker 2: then two straight incompletions, and then a missed field goal,
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  Speaker 2: which I think it was okay to kick it because
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  Speaker 2: at that point it extends the game. right there, but,
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  Speaker 2: and it was a short field goal, and the kicker
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  Speaker 2: still missed it, unfortunately, and that was pretty much it
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  Speaker 2: right there.
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  Speaker 1: Burbank, I mean, or St.
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  Speaker 2: Lawrence, for that matter, they ran the rest of the
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  Speaker 2: clock out, and I just, you know, I really thought
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  Speaker 2: Beverly East had that, not that they had it secured
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  Speaker 2: by any means, because it was still a close game,
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  Speaker 2: but they really kind of had a strong grasp of
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  Speaker 2: that game in the third quarter right there, and just
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  Speaker 2: lost it, and so that was kind of disappointing to
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  Speaker 2: see for them in that regard, and, you know, they
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  Speaker 2: had The Lancers, they started out 1-4, and they did
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  Speaker 2: rattle off four.
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  Speaker 1: Straight wins, including two wins over O'Fallon and Mascuta. Their
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  Speaker 1: offense was rolling along.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, they ran into a pretty battle-tested St. Lawrence
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  Speaker 2: team that I really thought they should have beaten them
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  Speaker 2: just based on where they were in the game. And so, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I thought it was a disappointing loss. And I don't know, man,
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  Speaker 2: just kind of a disappointing season for the Lancers, you know.
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  Speaker 2: They finished 5-5 with the talent they have. I thought
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  Speaker 2: they could have done a little bit better than that. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they got– they're always going to have some
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  Speaker 2: talent over there.
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  Speaker 1: It's a huge school. So I don't know what they
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  Speaker 1: look like next year.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, they certainly– I mean, they lost a few
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  Speaker 2: really good players like, you know, James Johnson and Kerry Willis,
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  Speaker 2: you know, among those others.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, tough one.
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  Speaker 3: Well, a game that definitely didn't go how we expected
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  Speaker 3: it to, mainly because it ended up being very, very
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  Speaker 3: messy with a lot of turnovers. Rock Bridge comes in
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  Speaker 3: and defeats St. Mary's 20-12. And in this game, there
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  Speaker 3: were six combined interceptions. Ja'Cory Battle, the freshman QB for St. Mary's,
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  Speaker 3: he threw three interceptions. And then on the other side,
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  Speaker 3: defensive backs Mike Hollis and Ricky McCaw. Hollis got two
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  Speaker 3: interceptions and McCaw got one. So both teams threw three
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  Speaker 3: picks here. Super messy game. I kind of feel bad
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  Speaker 3: for Jacory, the San Marys QB, because I feel like
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  Speaker 3: we gave him so much praise last week. I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if that put pressure on him. I don't know
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  Speaker 3: if any people listen to this, though. I mean, I
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  Speaker 3: gave him a ton of praise last week because he
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  Speaker 3: deserves it. He's been having a heck of a year.
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  Speaker 3: And then he has his worst game of the season
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  Speaker 3: this past week. I mean, there's no real good way
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  Speaker 3: to put it. just didn't do well at all. There's
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  Speaker 3: nothing against the kid. I think he's still a fantastic QB.
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  Speaker 3: He's got an amazing rest of the season, rest of
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  Speaker 3: his career ahead of him. It's just this week just
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  Speaker 3: didn't work out for him. 7 of 26 for 72 yards,
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  Speaker 3: zero touchdowns, three interceptions. Running the ball in the air
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  Speaker 3: is okay. Milano Mitchell got.
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  Speaker 1: A bulk of the yards.
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  Speaker 3: Kingston Miles did not record any carries, so I'm not
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  Speaker 3: sure if he is hurt. Oh.
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  Speaker 1: That would suck if he re-aggravated his injury.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so we're not really sure what's going on with
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  Speaker 3: that one.
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  Speaker 1: Milano Mitchell Jr. is pretty good as well. Yes, St.
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  Speaker 3: Mary's has great depth at running back and slot receiver especially.
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  Speaker 3: They should be fine athletically. You just can't turn the
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  Speaker 3: ball over a bunch of times. It's not going to work,
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  Speaker 3: especially against a decent Rockbridge team. This Rockbridge team is
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  Speaker 3: not like previous Final Four Rockbridge teams of the past,
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  Speaker 3: but they're still a solid program. I mean, it's a
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  Speaker 3: program that wins playoff games year in, year out. And
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  Speaker 3: this year they are, they finished the year seven and
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  Speaker 3: two with their only two losses being to an undefeated Elias.
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  Speaker 3: And then at least some of the West.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, Rockbridge is a, they're a big physical
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  Speaker 2: classics team.
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  Speaker 1: And they, they.
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  Speaker 2: Got Neville's who's their quarterback. I know he had a
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  Speaker 2: big touchdown run. He's more of a running quarterback, but
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he, he had some, he had some big
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  Speaker 2: plays in this game. You know, obviously the three turnovers
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  Speaker 2: has got to, you know, St.
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  Speaker 1: Mary's through or.
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  Speaker 2: Got to help them out clearly. And yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it was a, I'm not surprised at all. It's a
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  Speaker 2: low scoring game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, St.
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  Speaker 2: Mary's still, you know, did enough defensively to keep it close.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I think this is definitely Rockbridge's best win
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  Speaker 2: of the season, you know, to come into St. Mary's.
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  Speaker 2: I even said like this, this could be a trap
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  Speaker 2: game for the Dragons because, you know, you're coming off
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  Speaker 2: of a, huge victory.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, all-time great win over De Smet, um, for
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  Speaker 1: the program.
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  Speaker 2: And then, um, you know, you have the playoffs right
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  Speaker 2: ahead of them. And even though I'm, I'm sure they were,
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: you know, they, I'm sure they took, they were very
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  Speaker 2: serious about this game as well, but, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so it's just, uh, it's a, it's a tough act
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  Speaker 2: to follow, you know, having to play a pretty good
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  Speaker 2: rock bridge team after you beat a really good De
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  Speaker 2: Smet team.
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  Speaker 1: So, um, that was always going to be tough, but, uh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was, uh, it's a.
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  Speaker 2: Good game by, by the Bruins right there to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: come into, uh, south city and knock off one of
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: the hottest teams in the state to be honest with.
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: You so uh it was a big win for.
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: Them yeah all right next up gonna shift down let's
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: see we got week nine docket oh this is a
• 16:19
  Speaker 4: game that was.
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: A tale of two halves to say the least the
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: cement goes on a 51 to 14 tear in the
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: second half to defeat luther north by a final score
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: 58 to 28 scoreless game at the end of the
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: first quarter, and then Luther North was actually winning 14-7
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: going into halftime. And then the dismal offense just went ballistic.
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: That's the lightest.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: Way I can put it.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: Camp Sharp, to no one's surprise, another incredible game. 17 carries,
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: 149 yards.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: Two touchdowns.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: And then... His little brother.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Rocky, was incredible on special teams with an 80-yard kickoff
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: return for a touchdown and that 40-yard punt return for
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: a touchdown.
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: Rocky is... Making a very strong case as Special Teams
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: Player of the Year because he has been absolutely excellent
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: in the return game. He had, it wasn't a touchdown,
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: but it was like an 80-yard return to the Live
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: for Life 2-yard linebacker in Week 1. He had a
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: kickoff return touchdown back against Cardinal Ritter, I'm pretty sure.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: He's had great returns all year. And then I think
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: he had a return touchdown against CBC, for that matter.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: I could be wrong, but I think he did. And
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: then he has two return touchdowns this game. So this
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: kid in space is absolutely insane. He's so good at
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: finding the gaps downfield and just keeping his great straight
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: line speed even after contact. And, yeah, they just– the
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: Spartans went on a freaking tear. Okay, so is Luther
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: North made a change at QB? Because Caden Johnson– Was
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: there a QB this game?
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: He had a nice game.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: He had a good game. 17-23, 246 yards, four touchdowns,
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: one interception. Offensively, Luther North did good. I mean, 28
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: points is solid against DeSmet, but that's just going to
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: be tough to win the game whenever DeSmet gets amazing
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: field position every single drive in.
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: The second half.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, yeah, it looked like he was, yeah, and
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: he was their quarterback in their last game against St.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Pius.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe Jonathan Moore got hurt in that
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: game because he only had one rush for three yards. Yeah,
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: and then just didn't appear the rest of the game.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: So hopefully it's nothing really bad, you know, for him.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, but.
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I think the main thing is, like, Lutheran North's defense,
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: it's kind of been tough sledding.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Even, you know, these last three weeks, even though.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: They, in their win against MSCS, they still gave up
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: 35 points, and they gave up 49 to St.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: Pius, and then 58 to the Smet. So they've, it's been.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: A tough, I mean, good, tough offenses in their, in
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: different ways on the road, by the way. So yeah,
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: tough sledding, but yeah, something, something to think about as
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: they head into the playoffs and in class three, which
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: competition should, should get significantly easier, especially they, there's a
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: very good chance they run in the MICDS again, but yeah,
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: they're not going to be facing teams like, you know,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Ritter and DeSmet, you know, and, and in there and,
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: They could potentially play St.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Pius X, but only if that's in the state championship game, though. Well,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: speaking of St.
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: Pius X, the St. Pius X in Festus, they ran
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: into the buzzsaw that is Valley Catholic in 2026. Final
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: score of this one was 52-6. A lot of folks,
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: including myself, has Valley Catholic as the team to beat
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: in Class 2. Extremely deep Class 2, though, I will say.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: Lamar is still Lamar. Lamar is 9-0. Yet another undefeated
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: season for the Tigers. Surprise, surprise. Centralia is also 9-0.
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: They're having a fantastic year. They're in Class 2, District 7.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: And then Blair Oaks, as usual. After a week one
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: loss to Maryville... They're 8-1. And they beat Lutheran North. Yeah, exactly.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: So Valley Catholic, I would put them as probably the favorite.
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: But this is a super deep class, too, that's going
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: to be really fun to watch. Not too many singles
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: area teams, but a lot of schools that are across
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: the whole state, all corners of the state, really, that
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: I think could be very interesting to keep track of
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: and follow. And a lot of good athletes, too. I mean,
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: a lot of people, you know, especially, you know, Most
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: kids and fans that listen to our show or watch
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: our coverage, they're usually affiliated with the bigger schools. More
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: folks go there. But do not sleep on these smaller
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: classes because they have a ton of talent. More talent
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: than you would think, to be totally honest. And it's
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: really good football. And it's a ton of fun to watch.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: So, yeah.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: Congrats to the Warriors on finishing the season 9-0. And
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: for the Lancers... They should be okay. I think they're
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: in Class 3 District 2. Yeah, Class 3 District 2.
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: They get a bye week this week, so that's good.
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: Just recover their bodies. They'll host the winner at Park
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: Hill Central in Potosi. They're in a very winnable district.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: In fact, depending on who they see in the semifinals,
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: it might be... I don't know. But the left side
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: of the Class 3 bracket's pretty wide open. Um, Ken,
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: it's probably the favorite. They're eight and one. Um, the
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: one loss being to Hillsboro back in week one, but
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: since then they've won eight in a row. So we'll
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: see what happens there. But yeah, St. Pius the 10th
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: and they, they could make another run. We'll see. Coach
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: Haver's still really, really good. It's just, they, they happened
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: to run into one of those teams this week.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: So yeah. All right. Next up.
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: Uh, this was a pretty wild game down to the, uh,
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: last drive, uh, Fort Zumwalt North, they really turned things
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: around over there. They ended the year with a 14-7
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: win against Troy. And one of my guys who was
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: at the game, he said that the Fort Zumwalt North
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: pass rush had their best game of the season.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: That's huge.
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: Which makes sense. I mean, obviously it's a 14-7 game,
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: super low scoring.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: Zumwalt North, they didn't do a ton offensively.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: Only 225 yards on offense for Zumwalt North. Troy does
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: not have their stats in, but according to my– a
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: friend of mine that was at this game, he said
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: that pretty much in every single passing play, someone got
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: a free shot on Carter Schaefer.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: So I'm not sure if it was just FZN sending
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: the house every single play, if it was just playing
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: man coverage and sending five or six every time, or
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: if it was just great stunting and moves by their
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: interior and exterior defensive linemen from all north. But, you know,
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: FZN defense has– By far their best game of the season.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: Jaden Burleson scored both touchdowns for Zamal North. He also
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: got two sacks for himself. So, yeah, seven sacks in
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: the game for Zamal North. That's a ton. That's going
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: to be hard to win a game. That's going to
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: be hard to establish a passing attack when you get
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: sacked seven times. It's pretty much every single drive you're
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: getting sacked. And sacks are drive killers. Logan Bauer got
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: two sacks. Burleson got two sacks. Teddy Militello got two sacks,
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: and then Brixton Lawson got a sack. So that Panther
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: defense really showing up. Congrats to Coach Cooper and that unit.
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: Congrats to Coach Bacon and the rest of the team
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: on ending the season well. It's a team that was
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: dealing with some drama in the early season, started 1-3,
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: but have since won five in a row. I do
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: need to give some credit to the Zumwalt North administration
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: because they decided to make this game their homecoming game.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you talked about that.
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: They made their Week 9 game at home against a
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: really good Troy team. The GSC South champions.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: They knew what they were getting themselves into.
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: They knew what they were doing. They made this the
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: homecoming game. Really ballsy move, and it paid off. They won,
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: and I'm sure they had a fun Friday and a
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: fun Saturday homecoming dance. Yeah, congrats to the Panthers. I
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: know the north side was having a good time this weekend.
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: Congrats to them. They get some much-needed momentum going into
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: the playoffs, and they officially clinched a bye, which is
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: big for them. And then for Troy, pretty sour notes
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: to end the season, honestly.
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: They lost their first game, and then they lost their
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: last game.
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah. They do finish with the one seed in Class
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: 6 District 4. They'll play the winner of Liberty, Francis
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: House Central. But Class 6 District 4 is basically just
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: the GC South again.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: It's just Troy.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: Liberty, France South Central, France South, and Zimbabwe West.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: So it really is just a whole conference tournament, basically.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: Which could be interesting. Troy and France South played a
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: pretty close game earlier in the season, so that little
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: bracket could give us some entertaining games. But, yeah, congrats
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: to Zimbabwe North on the win there.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Sorry, this doesn't seem like the typical, because Troy's offense
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: has been really great the last two seasons. It just
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: doesn't seem like this season is that this year.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: They don't have– they don't– I mean, it's going to
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: be tough to recover from losing Carter Dowell and Chris
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: Wenger when you have such– having such a reliable counter-based
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: rushing attack with those two opens up passing lanes a ton.
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: And just allowing the defense to sit.
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: Back a bit and maybe give up one or two
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: extra yards per rush is worth it because they could
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: just totally shut down Troy's pass because– Troy just doesn't
• 25:55
  Speaker 5: have two elite backfield.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: Athletes anymore that can just rail off a 30-yard run
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: like it's nothing. Right. So, yeah, still a good team
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: who was a threat in Class 6 to get past districts,
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: but not a good showing for the Trojans, unfortunately.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: But, yeah.
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: Next up, a Thursday game that you were at. Ledoux
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: clinches the 9-0 season.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Barely. Barely did it. That's all that matters. Look, that
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: was the game that, you know.
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: A trap game.
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: Kind of felt that way, even though I don't think
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: it really should have been, because there's a.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Big game for Littler.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: They had a lot to play for in terms of
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: winning the conference outright, the Suburban Green, which they did,
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: and to be the ninth team ever in school history
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: to finish with an undefeated regular season, and they accomplished that.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: But I've got to give tons of credit to Parkway West.
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: I thought they played their best game of the season,
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: even though it was in a loss. They had a
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: good game plan going into it. They got off to
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: a good start with scoring on their first drive of
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: the game. Max Jones, I think, had three catches on
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: that first drive, including, I think it was a 26-yard
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: touchdown reception. They were able to get him isolated on
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: a much smaller Ledoux defender, and he just came down
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: with a nice pass from Braden Bierman in the end zone.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: And then West's defense, they bent the whole game, but
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: they were able to get some stops on Ledoux, and
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: they did that in the first quarter on the ensuing possession,
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: and then they almost scored again on a touchdown, and
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: one I thought they probably should have scored on, but
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: it was just a little bit of an overthrown pass,
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: and so the dude was pretty fortunate not to be
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: down 14-0, and then they immediately responded with a 64-yard.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Touchdown pass from Emmitt McIntosh to try Reese Edwards.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: Edwards had two more touchdown receptions in the game, and
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: he's now got 12 on the season. I mean, those
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: are just two guys who've come from absolutely out of
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: nowhere this season. I mean, McIntosh... He's been incredible. We
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: talked about him on our last podcast. He's now got
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: 29 touchdown receptions. Just one interception with a 150 quarterback
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: rating this season. And then Edwards has got 12 touchdown
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: receptions as well. He's now probably going to go down
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: as one of the better Ladue receivers of all time
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: because of the season he's having this season.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: He's been huge for the Rams. I've got to say this.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: I'm not trying to take Credit away from Wes, but
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: Ledoux had three guys, three starters out on defense, including
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: Gus Logan, who's their best. He is their best defender.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: He leads the team in tackles, and he's made play
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: after play all season. So he was out, and they
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: had Alex and Alan Lloyd, who are two really good
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: pass rushers. I mean, both of them are out, and
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: they kind of suffered because of that because Ledoux was
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: not able to sack Brayden Bierman the entire game. And Bierman,
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: he made some pretty good scrambles to avoid some sacks himself.
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: But I think that's where, you know, the difference could
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: have been, you know, having those two.
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: Guys in there.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: Maybe they would have sacked him one or two more times.
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: But still, like I said, I thought West, you know,
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: they had no turnovers on offense. And, yeah, they were
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: able to drive the field numerous times. In the second half,
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: Ledoux opened with, you know, another touchdown from Edwards, McIntosh
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: to Edwards to go up 20-7.
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: That's where.
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: You know, Ledoux really threatened to run away with that
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: right there. But West came back and another big catch
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: from Max Jones to set them up inside the 15-yard line.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: And then they scored.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: On a, I think, I believe on a fourth down
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: conversion to uh, um, Oh my gosh.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: I got up. Um, I got, I got to say
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: his name. I forget.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: I'm bad with names right now. Um, it was to
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: Grayson Smith. Another, uh, their other six, five tight end.
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: They have two, six, five tight ends at Parkway West
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: and they're both juniors.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So a lot of, a lot of.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Good juniors and sophomores on the field for West in
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: this game. I mean, that were all their key contributors. Um,
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: And then the big play of the game, I mean,
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: it was getting pretty nervous for Ledoux. It was the
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: middle of the fourth quarter. West is driving, and it
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: just isn't looking like Ledoux's going to stop him because
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: they're getting, like, seems like five yards of play.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: But on a third and 12, Roman, have you seen this?
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: Okay, so there was an interception by Evan Vai, who,
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: I mean, he and Edwards were, like, two of the
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: players of the game for Ledoux easily. They're two best players.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: It looked like a 50-50 catch, but the referees ruled
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: that Vai caught it in real time. He came down
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: with it. And looking at the replay, I mean, people
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: are going to say I'm biased because of this, but
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: I really want to look at the replay and get
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: all the evidence possible because I want to have a
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: clear judgment about this. I really believe Evan Vai caught that,
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: and that was the right call. So Jace Peterson actually,
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: he initially established the receiver for West.
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: He initially.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: established the first, you know, coming together with the pass
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: where he did catch it, but then Vai was able
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: to kind of pluck it out of his hands as
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: they're falling down, and by the time their backs hit
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: the ground, Vai's got two hands on the ball, and
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: then Peterson's got one hand on it, and his left
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: hand is being shielded by Vai's left hand, who's corralling
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: the football.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: So that, to me, says interception.
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: And I've talked with multiple people about this and they
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: both agree with me on it.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: And that's just from my video angle.
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: And apparently that's the only video that somebody was taking
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: that was really close.
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: To the play right there.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: So, you know, I know West people are not too
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: thrilled with that decision right there because I think a
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: lot of people, a lot of them are thinking if
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: they ruled out a touchdown, then, you know, they'd probably
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: go and win the game. At the same time, though,
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: you can't say that because there were still six minutes
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: to go. and then Ledoux just didn't even throw a
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: single pass on the next drive and got all the
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: way down inside the 10-yard line methodically by running the football,
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: so yeah, so that was a good way for Ledoux
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: to end the game right there without much drama, and
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: it wasn't pretty, but they ended up winning the game.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: And having a go 9-0 and are.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Playing like a top 10 team in the state, even
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: though they were by no means impressive in this game,
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: but Without some injuries, including Trevor Walker at receiver, they
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: were still able to beat a Parkway West team who
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: I thought played their best game of the season. Yeah,
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: some other.
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: Games to go over briefly. Rockwood Summit came out of
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: the gate firing its Marquette. They scored 20 points in
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: the first quarter. They win this game 40-14. Another funny
• 32:37
  Speaker 3: stat line to go over. If this is correct, Rockwood
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: Summit did not have any running backs attempt a rush.
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: McCoy Brown, their QB, was the only player to record
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: any rushing yards. Wow. He had five carries for 28 yards.
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: He had a good game throwing the ball, though, 15
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: or 25, 243 yards, four touchdowns, one interception. Liam Matthews
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: had five catches for 110 yards, led the way for
• 32:56
  Speaker 3: the Falcons there. But Kobe Barton got three touchdowns from
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: Brown in the air. He had seven catches for 85 yards.
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: And then Summit, defensively, they got four interceptions. Anthony Wilson
• 33:09
  Speaker 3: got two of them.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: So.
• 33:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Rockwood Summit, they finished strong. They finished 5-4. They're
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: going to the playoffs against... I think they have a
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: bye week to start, actually, I believe. But let me
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: double-check that. I lose track of who has a bye
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: and who doesn't. Oh, no, they host Parkway Central. So,
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: basically a bye week.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry. I had to say it.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Colts.
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: It's just.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: You're 0-9.
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: It's just.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: Sorry.
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: Sorry, not sorry.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: I think everybody agrees with you there. Yeah.
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Chaminade defeated Francis Howell in a pretty high-scoring game here.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: This was kind of a trap beat, honestly. The Red
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: Devils beat the Vikings 55-42 in this one. And I
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: don't know... I mean... If this box score is correct,
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: it's a crazy box score. This is on... S2H Sports
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: is claiming that.
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: Sorry.
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: Sorry. Whoever put the stats into S2 High School Sports
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: is claiming that Chaminade got all 55 points in the
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: first half.
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: That's correct.
• 34:16
  Speaker 2: They were winning, I think it was 55 to 28
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: at halftime. Wow.
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: That's pretty incredible.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: I remember checking the halftime scores on Twitter, and yeah,
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: it was that.
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: Well, the Red Devils got 546 total yards of offense,
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: excuse me, Mo Smith, I think, breaks his record for
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: passing yards in a game. 16 of 21, 365 passing yards,
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: five touchdowns for him. And he ran into the end
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: zone once in the, or twice, actually. Once the first quarter,
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: once the second quarter. So, game of his career, for sure.
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's definitely stepped up big time this season.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'd like to, I mean, because, yeah,
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: they got, they got some pretty good weapons that are underrated.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: I mean, Josiah Buchanan, who's a great.
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: Basketball player for Shalman, he's a great athlete. I mean,
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: he's a, He's like 6'2, 6'3, and a really good dunker,
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: and he's playing wide receiver, and he's kind of had
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: a breakout. I mean, I thought there was a breakout
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: game for him right there, and we all know Isaac
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: Hudson's a really solid receiver. Donovan Irvin's been good for
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: Chaminade all season, too, and then Michael Alexis is another.
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: Kid, too.
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: So they've got four quality receivers right there who can
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: all make plays. Still without Miles Lowe at running back
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: and which they still gained 150 yards on the ground.
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: Miles Shaver's actually kind of filled in okay, actually, for
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: it there. He had 87 yards and 26 rushes, and
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: even a rushing touchdown for him, too. So, man, the
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: Red Devils are looking pretty good. I mean, mostly their offense.
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: I mean, their defense is definitely not the strongest due
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: to their team, although they did only give up eight
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: points to live for life, but live for life offense
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: is not so good, but Um, but their, their offense
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: has been really good since, um, it seems like they
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: really figured something out ever since October, ever since their
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: first game in October against Bionni, their offense has really
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: taken a turn for the better.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: And, um, yeah, they're, and they've won, I mean.
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: Ever since they beat St. Dominic, they've won four of
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: their last five games. I mean, this is, uh, they're
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: borderline a top 10 team in the, in class five, right.
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: Top 10.
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: Only, only because it's just, this is a loaded class five. And, um, yes.
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: And they're, and again, they're in that district with fortunately
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: for Chaminade, they get to avoid a Ladoo and Chaminade
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: in the second round.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: So they'll play one of them in the, in the
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: district championship game.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: So, um, they actually kind of got the better, the
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: better luck of the draw, you know, weirdly, uh, as
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: a two seed.
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: So, um, Yeah, that's a really, really tough district that
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: they're in. It's going to be tough to win it.
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: But their offense is flying high pretty good right now.
• 37:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, shifting over to the Illinois side, Altoff. Even without
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: scoring any points in the second half, even with negative
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: three passing yards on the day, they find a way
• 37:12
  Speaker 3: to win. They defeat Harrisburg 13-12 to advance in the
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: IHSA playoffs. Stephen Brown, I mean, I guess the player
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: of the game would go to– just the whole Altaf
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: front seven, honestly, um, just clutching up the end of
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: the game to prevent Harrisburg from, uh, from tying it. Um,
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: I haven't said it this much as I have in
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: previous seasons, but the most important points are extra points.
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: Altaf was one of two, Harrisburg was zero of two. That's,
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: that's the term who won the game. Um, so yeah,
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: congrats to Altaf for getting the win there.
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: They, um, well, um, Harrisburg, um, According to Norm Sanders,
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: who's a great long-time reporter in the Metro East who
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: was volunteering his time, he.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: Reported on the game.
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: And so he reported that Harrisburg attempted to go for
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: two late in the game.
• 38:05
  Speaker 3: Oh, why? They had the momentum. Just kicked up extra points.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: Maybe that's why they did it. Hey, we have the momentum.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: Let's just go for the win.
• 38:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know.
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: I guess.
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: I need more of a– I guess I shouldn't have
• 38:22
  Speaker 3: jumped to a judgment there. I need to know that
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: game better.
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: It just depends. Yeah.
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: But that's why you make a PAT earlier in the game.
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: That's why– like if they made their first one– I'm
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: sure they tried. That's too bad. Yeah, that's too bad. Well, Altaf,
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: they move on to play St. Joseph Ogden. This is
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: going to be a tough one.
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: St.
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: Joseph Ogden is a really, really good team in Class.
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: 3 in Illinois. Yeah, for those of you who know,
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: it's St. Joseph Ogden. It's just a short drive away
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: from Champaign-Urbana.
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: Also on the Illinois side, Cahokia and Edwardsville breezed to
• 38:59
  Speaker 3: blow out first-round wins. So congrats to those two teams
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: for moving on.
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: Edwardsville won 42-0 over Lincoln Park. And then Cahokia, which
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: we thought beforehand, like this East Peoria team, didn't seem
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: all that great, and yeah, Keokia dusted them away 47-0.
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: And then also, Jerseyville, they win their game against Peoria
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: Notre Dame, A Jerseyville team that has loved finding its
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: way into one-score games, finds their way into a one-score
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: game again, but this time they win 28-21. Congrats to
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: Jerseyville for winning this one. Andrew Koenig had a pretty
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: solid game. 12-17, 190 yards, one touchdown, zero interceptions. Trevor Tucker,
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: 23 carries, 442 yards. Jerseyville, as a team, had 398
• 39:48
  Speaker 3: yards of total offense. Good stuff for them.
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: First playoff win since 2012. That's awesome.
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: Congratulations to the Panthers.
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: That's good stuff.
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: And their reward is another Catholic school from Central Illinois,
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: the Sacred Heart Griffins in Springfield, and that's a noon.
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: Game on Saturday. So Jerseyville will be heading up to
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: Springfield on I-55. I think I-55. Well, no. Well, where
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: they're situated, they're on 367, so I don't know exactly
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: where they're going. But, yeah.
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: All right. Otherwise, back on the Missouri side, St. Charles West,
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: they defeated Zumwalt East 52-28. They finished the season 9-0.
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: And Maddox Sikma got another interception. He got two this game.
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: I don't know why they keep throwing it to him.
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: I guess he's just a safety that's just ball hawking
• 40:37
  Speaker 3: his way through these games. I mean, he has 13
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: interceptions so far in the season. It's funny, he only
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: had two for the first three games of the year.
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: He had two against Clayton in Week 1. Did not
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: record any against Cape Georgia Central or France-South North. But
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: every game since then, he has recorded at least one.
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: And he's killing it. Him and the Warriors' defense are
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: doing really good. And yeah, they finished 9-0 for the
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: first time in at least a very long time. It
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: might be the first time in school history, but I
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: need to double-check that. I think pretty sure this century.
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: I was going to say, they had some really good
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: teams in the early 90s, late 80s. Shortly after they
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: became a school, they had some nice wars against Sumner
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: and Hannibal back in the playoffs. Class 4, way back when.
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: A few decades ago.
• 41:29
  Speaker 3: But yeah, it's been a while since they've had a
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: finish like this. So congrats to the Warriors on a...
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: Excellent end of the season. Any other Week 9 storylines
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: to go over?
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: Well, since we're talking about undefeated teams, University City, they
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: go undefeated in the regular season for the first time,
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: and also a pretty long time, as far as I'm aware.
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they beat McClure 35-0. This is a team who
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: is now.
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, they haven't given up more than two touchdowns
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: all season in the game. But I think they're... They're
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: going to get thoroughly tested once the playoffs start. But
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: needless to say, congratulations to the Lions and Coach Franklin
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: on doing a great job over there.
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: Eureka.
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: There are some crazy games that were not on our
• 42:14
  Speaker 2: docket that we've got to talk about. Eureka edges out
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: Lindbergh 14-13.
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: And I'm surprised about that.
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: We were not going to let this podcast go by
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: without mentioning this game. Sorry, Eureka. We had to mention it.
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: Oh, it's huge. It's a big game. Eureka, though, they are.
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: They went for two in their quarter, and they got it,
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: which ended up winning the game for them, which is crazy.
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they got some pretty good goal-line pass packages that.
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: I know that I saw a couple of them against Ledoux,
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: and they worked like a charm. Yeah, so... Man, how
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: about Lindbergh coming....
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: Lindbergh fights, man. That's a gritty team. I don't care.
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: Starting 0-3, their first game against Vianney, I would have
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: thought there's no way they would compete with Eureka.
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: It's a team that never quit. They may not have
• 43:06
  Speaker 3: found themselves at the right end of all their one-score
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: games so far this year, but this is a team
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: who edged out a 1.1 against Lafayette, edged out a 2.1
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: against Rockwood Summit, clutched up at the very end to
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: beat Marquette by three points last week, and they were
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: just a couple plays away from getting a big upset
• 43:23
  Speaker 3: against Eureka.
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: And against Oakville earlier in the season, and Seckman, they
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: kept both those games really close, too. This is a
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: team that, no matter who they play, they're going to
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: fight very hard to the very end, so props to them,
• 43:36
  Speaker 3: at least. But Eureka, yeah, it's... I mean, they'll take
• 43:40
  Speaker 3: the win, but it's a wake-up call before the playoffs,
• 43:42
  Speaker 3: for sure. They need to start converting on third downs.
• 43:46
  Speaker 3: I'll just say that.
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 43:47
  Speaker 3: That's kind of why they lost to Ladue. They just
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: couldn't convert on third downs.
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: Well, and fourth downs, too. Well... Especially fourth downs. Hence the.
• 43:53
  Speaker 3: having to go for it. If they were coming on
• 43:55
  Speaker 3: third down, they wouldn't have.
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: To go for it on fourth down. There you go.
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: And then another near upset, which would have been a
• 44:00
  Speaker 2: huge near upset.
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: This would have been the upset of the year had
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: this been pulled off.
• 44:05
  Speaker 2: Hazelwood East falls to Pattonville 39-31 in double overtime.
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: Hazelwood East got.
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: Out to a 13-0 lead, and they led at halftime,
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: and then led into the third quarter before Pattonville tied
• 44:22
  Speaker 2: it up. With a minute and 35 seconds left, a
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: 25-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Beckerman to Gilbert Lakin III.
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: And then nobody scored in the first overtime.
• 44:35
  Speaker 3: How does that even happen? That doesn't make any– I
• 44:39
  Speaker 3: guess neither team has a kicker. I've seen it happen.
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: I've seen it happen before.
• 44:42
  Speaker 3: I guess neither team has a kicker that they're willing
• 44:43
  Speaker 3: to try to out there within the 25-yard line.
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: I don't know about either team when it comes to
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: their kicking game, but– Yeah, but Trevor Beckerman, I'm guessing
• 44:56
  Speaker 2: this is on second down right here, where Beckerman found
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: Benjamin Heimsoft for a nine-yard touchdown, and they went for
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: two and got it, which was gutsy.
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: And then... Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait.
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: I needed to make sure that I'm not going crazy.
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: In college, they have a stupid, stupid rule that.
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: In the second overtime... You're not going crazy. I don't
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: think you're going crazy. I don't think that's a rule.
• 45:17
  Speaker 3: Okay, because in college, in the second overtime, you're required
• 45:20
  Speaker 3: by rule to go for two... I think in high
• 45:23
  Speaker 3: school you don't have to.
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: No. Okay, good.
• 45:25
  Speaker 3: Because that is a really stupid rule. Really, really stupid.
• 45:28
  Speaker 3: To be glad that's not a thing in high school.
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: Maybe they didn't trust their kicking game.
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 45:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, yeah, there you go.
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: Even though, well, even though they were 4-for-4 in their
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: previous kicks, though, from PATs. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: Maybe I'm wrong.
• 45:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so ultimately a really weird result for Pattonville, but
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: they got the job done and they finished 8-1. So
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: it's been a solid regular season for them as they
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: get a first-round bye in the playoffs.
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: And, yeah, I just... I don't know. And then we
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: also got another wacky result.
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: France South Central, they defeated Timberland.
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: And that wasn't even the game I was thinking about,
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: but go ahead. Oh, really?
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: Well, I was going to say, yeah, France South Central,
• 46:14
  Speaker 3: they beat Timberland 21-14. I did not expect this.
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to lie to you. I had a feeling.
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: I had a feeling Central had a game in them
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: like this, but I knew their defense was good, but man,
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: they really.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: Clutched up against a pretty good Timberland offense.
• 46:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they forced the turnovers in the clutch, and defensively
• 46:36
  Speaker 3: they really came through. They held Tavern Williams right around
• 46:40
  Speaker 3: 50% completion percentage. The Wolves offense just really couldn't get
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: anything going the whole game. And yeah, congrats to the
• 46:48
  Speaker 3: Spartans on A huge win. They had lost three in
• 46:51
  Speaker 3: a row. A heartbreaker to Liberty a couple weeks ago.
• 46:56
  Speaker 3: And they actually played Liberty. They go to Liberty in
• 46:59
  Speaker 3: the first round of the playoffs. And if they can
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: beat Liberty in the first round of the playoffs, they
• 47:05
  Speaker 3: would clinch their most wins in the season since 2013.
• 47:07
  Speaker 3: They're 4-5 right now, the Spartans are. They got four
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: wins in 2024, 2023, 2022. And that was the most
• 47:11
  Speaker 3: since 2013. They're so close. It was a super close
• 47:25
  Speaker 3: game against Liberty last time. That could be a very
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: interesting one that we'll talk about next episode. Congrats to
• 47:32
  Speaker 3: the Spartans. For Timberland, I'm not sure. They've got to
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: figure it out. They have a bye in their Class
• 47:40
  Speaker 3: 5 districts to start the playoffs.
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: They've got some really close wins over teams that you
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: would think they should be beating by more.
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: They beat Zumwalt South by one score. That's That was
• 47:51
  Speaker 3: not acceptable. They beat Liberty by... They beat.
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: They have.
• 47:57
  Speaker 3: Oh, my computer just cracked out.
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: Okay, we're good.
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: They beat Liberty by six. They beat FZN by one.
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: They beat Washington by eight. Zoom on South by eight.
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: And by the way, that FZN is not the same
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: FZN team now. True.
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: I'll just... I'll leave it at that.
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: I'll say it. I'll say it.
• 48:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: Congrats to Hal Central on the huge win. Coach Rattigan
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: and them. It's been a... It's been a tough year
• 48:21
  Speaker 3: where they've just been fighting back from adversity, and they're
• 48:25
  Speaker 3: coming through. They keep fighting to the end, and they
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: got a win, so congrats to them. What was the
• 48:28
  Speaker 3: other game that you were going to talk about?
• 48:30
  Speaker 6: Speaking about a team fighting adversity this season, the Parkway
• 48:33
  Speaker 6: North Vikings get a victory out of nowhere over a
• 48:38
  Speaker 6: previously 7-1 Suckman team, 21-14.
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: I mean, their best game by far this season, especially
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: their defense. Really stepped up to the plate in this one. Yeah,
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: I mean, they still had some turnovers that they've thrown,
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: but their offense just did enough, just a little under 300.
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: Yards in the game.
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Burns was 22 of 38 for 235 yards. Alex
• 49:08
  Speaker 2: Harvey had another good game, 116 receiving yards. But I
• 49:14
  Speaker 2: really think it was just mostly the North defense, you know,
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: holding Sackman to, you know under 200 and yeah actually
• 49:23
  Speaker 2: exactly at 260 yards in the game so hold them
• 49:28
  Speaker 2: under 300 total yards is pretty good yeah I mean
• 49:32
  Speaker 2: just you know Parker North was 3-5 coming into this
• 49:35
  Speaker 2: game and they've had a tough schedule I mean they've
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: had to play Eureka, Ledoux Rittner, Pattonville, and then, you know,
• 49:41
  Speaker 2: Parkway West.
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: At the beginning of the season.
• 49:43
  Speaker 2: Not been easy for them, and, you know, they've been
• 49:46
  Speaker 2: on the short side of some pretty close results, like
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: losing to Rittner by two, losing to Parkway West by three, and,
• 49:53
  Speaker 2: you know, having all those turnovers in that game.
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: But yeah, this one, this is a solid victory for them.
• 50:00
  Speaker 2: I mean, beating Sackman is a good win, and I
• 50:04
  Speaker 2: think that kind of, that really changes, I think This
• 50:07
  Speaker 2: is a North team that they still have a lot
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: of flaws in them, and as you can tell, I mean, yeah,
• 50:11
  Speaker 2: they certainly weren't particularly great on offense, but they can
• 50:15
  Speaker 2: kind of bottle this and play more together as a team.
• 50:19
  Speaker 2: They're going to be a tough out in Class 4
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: and District 4, I believe they're in, yeah, with Hannibal
• 50:24
  Speaker 2: and St.
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: Charles West, among others.
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: So, yeah, big-time, much-needed victory for the Vikings to end
• 50:30
  Speaker 2: the regular season.
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: On a high.
• 50:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Any other... wacky week nine happenings to discuss?
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think we covered just about
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: all of it.
• 50:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that was, that's a good, you know, Parkway
• 50:44
  Speaker 2: North ends this regular season on a high note, and
• 50:46
  Speaker 2: we can use that to end on this podcast on
• 50:48
  Speaker 2: a high note as well. So thank you all for listening,
• 50:51
  Speaker 2: and we will be back shortly with our annual Missouri District.
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: Playoffs preview show coming up soon.
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  Speaker 3: Peace.