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2009 SCA All-Conference Football Team Co-Backs of the Year: Evan Williams, Mountain Grove; Josh Wendler, Ava C0-Linemen of the Year: Eric Pelate, Mt. View-Liberty; Levi Wiles, Mountain Grove Coach of the Year: Dan Swofford, Ava First Team Offense
It was almost a perfect night to be an eagle on the gridiron. 4 out of 5 Eagle teams playing won including Pierce City knocking off undefeated Warsaw. Fair Grove, Mt. View-Liberty, and Nixa also soared to wins. Only Jasper falls from the feathered football ranks. Enough with the bird puns. A great night of football for Ozarks teams. Some last minute finishes, huge performances, a big upset, 11 teams say goodbye to another football season, and 19 are still alive. CLASS 1
It was simply a glorious couple of nights for football. While I enjoy catching a game indoors, I think football should be played outside. The elements are part of the game. And Thursday night was a football cathedral. Wind & rain. Mud & muck. Slipping, sliding, sloshing. It was beautiful man. A perfect end to a great regular season. Yes, some teams lost that wouldn’t have if the weather had cooperated. But that’s just another nuance that we all love. Unless it’s your team that loses. Last year I picked the playoff games and did really freaking good. But, I’m not doing it again. I’m going to sit back and enjoy them myself instead of rooting for someone because I picked them. You’ll still get a preview before each round so you’ll know what to look for. But I’m shutting down the prediction machine until next year. I’m done channeling my inner Carnac. The crystal ball has left the building. Shed no tears my friends as we say good bye to this year’s last…
The Good Some teams rise up when the stakes are high. Others fall flatter than a Kansas wheat field. Seeing a team make the transition from one who falls to one who stands strong can be exhilarating. Watching a team go the other way can be painful beyond all measure. Friday’s action showed off some of both. And for many of you, you don’t have to search your memory very much to find those teams who have changed lately. A couple examples of teams that have changed for the better? Cassville. 0-10 a few short years ago and a team that won only 1 district title from ’05 to ’07 despite losing only three games during that stretch. Now, the defending state champs have consecutive wins over excellent teams to win their district title. How about Lebanon? After breaking a 14 year losing streak to Camdenton last year, they put a huge crimp in the Lakers playoff fortunes by starting their own winning streak in the series. I won’t point out teams that have changed for the worse. I’m sure you can come up with those on your own. Remember to slow down and savor your next to last helping of… OK folks, I’m wrapping this up for now. I’ll post the full scoreboard later. And if I ever suggest doing this again, somebody kindly shoot me. Thanks. 9:37 – Lockwood 39, Sarcoxie 13 – final. Jasper 55, McAuley 0. Bolivar 55, Hillcrest 14. 9:33 – It’s a final, Fair Grove 38, Strafford 30. Other finals. Lamar 35, Pierce City 0. Stockton 35, Diamond 18. And just for everyone’s interest, the #1 class 3 team in the state Potosi is tied 36-36 with St. Genevieve late in the fourth. 9:16 – Mt. Vernon 29, Reeds Spring 19 in the fourth. 9:13 – Final, Cassville wins their district with a 24-13 win over Seneca. Bolivar leads Hillcrest 48-14. Rolla defeats Waynesville 14-0. And a final from KC. Glendale 41, East KC 6. A final from Sullivan, Salem 29, Sullivan 26. 9:07 – And the record TD may make district champions out of Fair Grove. 38-30 Eagles over Strafford with less than 7 minutes left. Wow! I mean wow! If you look at the state rankings, and remember that we’re in districts now, the Ozarks has the possibility of 4 meetings between state ranked team. One in class 4 with three teams there, two in class 3 with 4 teams ranked, and one more in class 1 with the three ranked teams there. That’s the best we could do. Well guess what, that’s exactly what we’ve got. Four matchups between state ranked squads tonight. Not only are we gonna have a big time in the Ozarks, we’re gonna shake up the state. Get ready to go, here’s the… Week 8 Picks Game of the Week
I think it’s safe to say we had the upset of the year this weekend. I had Greenfield/Lockwood on my ‘Games to keep an eye on’ list, but only thought it would be closer than expected. Lebanon has found the power switch after a slow start to the season. They’ll need it going into a district that features undefeated Rolla, a Camdenton team that is lethal when on, and a Waynesville squad that has one two of their last three. Webb City & Cassville look to be in great form to defend their titles, Mountain Grove may have found the springboard they need to get them to the Dome, and our favorite Eagle continues to soar. All in this weeks hermetically sealed version of… A super week of action this week. Huge matchups with Mountain Grove traveling to Bolivar, Greenfield going to Jasper, and Branson taking on Carthage. Huge conference games with Salem at Mt. View-Liberty, Neosho at Webb City, Pierce City at Miller, Hillcrest at Lebanon, and Camdenton at Nixa. And the huge district gets underway with class 5 district 7 action between Ozark and Parkview, and Kickapoo and Glendale. No jokes this week folks. Here’s the… Week 6 Picks Game of the Week
Let’s face it, polls & rankings are useless. They really are. They have no bearing whatsoever on the actual outcomes, cause debate & hard feelings, and mainly serve to show that we really have no idea what’s going to happen. Pre-season rankings are the worst. Trying to decide who is best when you have nothing to go on? Ridiculous. If your going to rank teams, you should at least wait until you have something to go on. And even then, there’s no point. But they are a whole lot of fun and we could all use that. So here are my initial set of rankings for the year. Guaranteed to be questionable, debatable, and absolutely unrelated to how things will ultimately turn out. Included are the latest conference standings. And finally, I’ve listed the winless & undefeated teams remaining along with an assessment of their chances of staying that way this week. CLASS 5 & 6
Just call me butter baby, because I am on a roll. Only one ugly game this week and it truly was ugly as Rolla & Joplin slugged it out in the slop. Other than that, I only missed close ones. So, yes. I am feeling better about myself. I am somebody. Wednesday we’ll debut the rankings for each class along with the undefeated & winless lists. But rest assured, I’ll be studying hard to do even better this week in the meantime. Because I’m not happy, until all the ugly is eliminated from…
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