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Sectional Football Preview

Monday night is rematch night.  Seven of the ten games feature teams playing each other for the second time this year.  Six of those being replays of district games.  Two of the remaining three are repeats of games from last year.  Some things are quite different, some are exactly the same.  Here’s what to look for.

CLASS 1

  • Miller (9-2) at Thayer (9-1)
    • The big question here is did Lockwood find a chink in Thayer’s armor with the passing game?  Or was it just one of those nights?  In week 8 Thayer brought the heat on Miller QB Justin Jack in his first game back & battered him on their way to a 54-14 trouncing of the Cardinals.  As usual, the Bobcats found major yards on the ground rushing for almost 500 yards.  Miller has changed up their defense since then with good results, but can they shut down that Thayer rushing attack?  Before you answer, consider this.  Last year’s district game between these two at Miller, Thayer wins 43-7.  When they met in the second round at Thayer, the Bobcats won but only by a score of 28-21.

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Week 6 review

When did basketball season start?  Seriously.  54-41? 60-41? 69-63?  7-6?  Oh wait, that’s more like it.  Yes it was an offense happy week 6.  But the defense was still out there.  Nixa & Camdenton played a 7-6 headknocker.  Pierce City & Miller only put up 25 points combined, and even #1 Monett only managed 14 points in their 14-7 win over Aurora.  Ava & Mt. View-Liberty setup a big matchup next week.  Osceola got a little help from the team they need to beat Friday.  And Ozark & Kickapoo got their district campaigns off to good starts.  Read all about it.

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Week 5 review

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.

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The Good

  • Nixa (3-1) at Webb City (4-0) (#1 class 4)
    • Prediction: No matter who’s at QB, the Cardinals take it.
    • Result: Webb City 42, Nixa 21.  Braxton Baker & Maddy Johnson rush for 3 TDs each.  Patrick Drake returns to go 11 of 18 passing for 173 yards.

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Sectional football review

Great action last night in the state football sectional round.  The Battle of Barry County Part 2 did not disappoint as Cassville ends their rivals perfect season and title hopes.  Miller and Liberty make statements in defeat.  While Bolivar and Greenfield make their statements in victory.  Webb City looks like the team to beat.  And in class 5, the Ozarks goes 0-2 against the Kansas City area, but 1-0 vs St. Louis.  Still waiting on some information on a couple of games, but here’s what we do know as we move to the quarterfinals.

CLASS 1

Sectional football picks

The sectional round features a few rematches that should be very interesting with Miller @ Thayer, Cassville @ Monett, West Plains @ Farmington, and Neosho @ Webb City.  Even Lee’s Summit West @ Ozark is a rematch from last year’s playoffs.  Miller/Thayer isn’t the only meeting of state ranked team as #10 Liberty travels to #7 Fair Grove.  Bolivar gets to see the Jordan Webb Show as #2 Union comes in to face the Liberators.  It should be cold and it looks like it will be rainy which means crazy things are bound to happen.  My disclaimer?  These predictions are null and void in the event of rain.  You will receive no refunds.  Still, enjoy it all.  I’ll be posting scores as soon as I get back from Monett.
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