Schools are starting back up again, jamborees are tonight, and temperatures are still in the 90s. Ah, football season in the Ozarks. And so here begins the flood of football information over the next week. Today is the preview with my entirely meaningless yet so much fun preseason rankings, week to week games to watch and why, and the players to go see. Next will come my conference by conference previews & predictions. And we’ll finish up with my entirely fearless predictions on who advances to the playoffs. With that, away we go.
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And now we finally get the sportswriters all-state team. To no one’s surprise Cassville leads the way with 6 players selected for the class 3 team. RB Joseph Gouvion, OL Dylan Gibson, K Matt Angel, and DL Garrett Mahurin all make the first team. With LB Devin Linenbrink and DB Josh Lewright making the second team. Next comes nine different Ozarks squads who place 3 players. Bolivar, Carthage, Miller, Rogersville, Thayer, and Webb City each have 2 first team and 1 second team pick. Lamar, Rolla, and Seneca each place 3 players on the second team. Notables include Carthage’s Brian Poston who, after being left off the coaches all-state team, gets a well deserved class 4 first team selection. Jeff Pipenbrink of Jasper gives the Eagles their first all-state player in 15 years. And Hillcrest’ Doriel Green is the only sophomore selected for the class 4 team. Notable exclusions would include Webb City’s Scott Roderique, Kyle Smith of Lamar, and Cassville’s Trevor Tanner. Each was a coaches first team pick. Many times at the end of the season, the team that ends up #1 has people question them. Usually by using ‘IFs’. For example, statements like this were made about last Cassville state title run last year. IF they hadn’t changed the playoff system, they wouldn’t have even made it. IF Harrisonville was still in class 3 they wouldn’t have won. IF Chillicothe hadn’t missed that extra point, they would have won instead. Some people might say that IF Centrailia hadn’t lost to Brentwood, they would have beat Maryville in the championship. Sometimes the ‘IFs’ are true statements, but they’ alsore in the past and can’t be changed. But to some people, they will always leave a question mark on a teams accomplishments. |
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