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2009 Mid-Lakes All-Conference Football

Folks, this is telling it like it is.  Caleb Schaffitzel selected offensive and defensive player of the year in the Mid-Lakes conference.  Schaffitzel was also a unanimous selection on both the first team offense and defense, as was Zach Wallace of Skyline.  Fair Grove’s Jason O’Neal was selected as coach of the year.  Very well deserved.  And I’ve mentioned a few times throughout the season that I thought Stockton was on the way back.  Look through the below lists and you’ll see seven different Stockton players honored in various capacities on the second team and honorable mention.  Of those seven, six are underclassmen.  Watch out of the Tigers in 2010.

2009 Mid-Lakes All-Conference Football Team

Offensive Player of the Year: Caleb Schaffitzel, Fair Grove
Defensive Player of the Year: Caleb Schaffitzel, Fair Grove
Coach of the Year: Jason O’Neal, Fair Grove

First Team

Offense

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Week 10 picks

For this week, we’re gonna break it down a little differently.  Because it’s a different time of year.  It’s a time when a team that has one win on the year can be playing for a shot at the playoffs.  It’s a time when a coach could say “This game really means nothing.” and be right.  And most importantly, it’s a time when one game can make the difference between playing on, and getting ready for basketball season.  The playoffs don’t officially start until next Wednesday.  But you’ll never convince some of these teams of that.  Let’s get it on with the…

Week 10 Picks

For All the Marbles (Winner takes first.  Loser takes second)

  • Warsaw (9-0) (#4 class 2) at El Dorado Springs (6-3) – Thursday
    • Since giving up a fourth quarter lead against Fair Grove, the Bulldogs have been playing well winning three straight.  But this is a Warsaw squad that hung 62 points on Strafford and 8-2 Blair Oaks.
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OzarksSports.Net week 5 football update

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

  1. Rolla (5-0)
  2. Camdenton (4-1)
  3. Joplin (3-2)
  4. Nixa (3-2)
  5. Lebanon (3-2)

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2009 Grin Iron Classic

Rosters were announced over the weekend for the 8th Annual Grin Iron Classic in Springfield.  With this years game at Briggs Stadium(aka Plaster Sports Complex) on the campus of Missouri State University.  Friday June 5th is the date and tickets are $6.  Head coaches this year are Jason O’Neal of Fair Grove for the East squad [...]

State football semifinal review

Civil War Saturday ended in a decisive win for the South as the Ozarks claimed 3 of 4 games.  The #1 teams in class 3 and 4 saw their seasons end as Chillicothe fell to Cassville 14-13, and Kearney was upended by Webb City 14-7.  Thayer gets their rematch with Orrick after trouncing Tipton 13-0.  And Fair Grove sees their season end at the hands of the true #1 in class 2.  Here’s all the news that is news.

CLASS 1

  • Thayer, 11-1 at Tipton, 13-0
    • This is a great matchup for Thayer.  They won’t put up 70 like they did against McAuley, but they should be able to top 14.  Which is the most anyone has hung on Tipton this year.  Tipton has not seen an offensive attack as multi-dimensional as Thayer’s this year.  With Jacob Eckman and Josh Huckabee leading the way, should be able to win the ball control battle.  On defense, the Bobcats need to sell out to stop the run and make Tipton pass to win.  They haven’t been very successful in doing that but their defense has been strong enough to get them through.
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