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My Big (unlucky for the) SCA Road Trip

As I prepared for the football season, I started looking at what games I wanted to see. I highlighted a number of them to try to catch throughout the year, but in week one, there was one I didn’t want to miss. Hogan Prep at Mt. View-Liberty. After last year, there was no doubt that this would be a meeting of top 10 teams. Liberty had made the second round for the second straight year and gave Fair Grove a struggle before falling. While Hogan had pushed eventual state champion Maryville to the limit. Hogan is usually loaded with athletes, including Devante Bausby this year. Mt. View returned a host of all-conference players on offense. Plus throw in my personal reason of getting a chance to see my awesome grandmother, and this was a must see for me.

There was just one wrinkle, it was set for Saturday afternoon. Well this was a very opportune wrinkle since it would allow me the chance to watch not one, but two games in week 1 because Hwy 60 would be crawling with games. Continue reading My Big (unlucky for the) SCA Road Trip

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2010 OzarksSports.Net Football Preview

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.

2010 OzarksSports.Net Football Preview

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2009

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.

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Class 3 Show-Me Bowl Review & Analysis

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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Class 3 Show-Me Bowl Preview

I know that many of you would love to crown Cassville state champions right now. After going through Seneca, Rogersville, and KC O’Hara, they’ve done enough to deserve it. But there’s still one game left to play. And it’s against a team that deserves to be mentioned with those three. So let’s take a few moments to get to know Cassville’s opponent, and break down what we may see in St. Louis on Saturday.

Bowling Green Bobcats

Record: 14-0
Colors: Red & black
Playoff appearance: 6 (’81, ’83, ’86, ’91, ’08, ’09)
Playoff record: 4-5
PPG: 38.1
APG: 8.5
Offense: Spread
Defense: 4-3
Road to the Dome:

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Quarterfinal Football Review

A great Saturday of football. Some great performances, a couple of fantastic finishes, and three area teams took a step closer to state titles. The Big 8 had a big day. And a future high school legend took his last trip to the end zone.

CLASS 1

Valle Catholic 42, Miller 6
- Just a dominant effort by the Valle line and by QB Michael Greminger. The Warriors scored on all five of their first half possessions. Greminger had a part in the last four as he threw for 197 yards and 3 TDs, and rushed for 62 and a TD in the half. Justin Jack lead Miller with 59 yards rushing and threw for 129 yards and finally got Miller on the board as time expired with a 7 yard TD pass to Tyler Hinshaw. The Cardinals see a fine season come to a disappointing end.
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Quarterfinal Preview

Alright folks. Quarterfinal Saturday. Here’s what to look for.

CLASS 1

Valle Catholic (12-0) at Miller (10-2)
- After getting the past their recent nemesis, Thayer, the Cardinals come up against an even more formidable challenge in Valle Catholic. The Warriors have scored an astonishing 125 points in their first two playoff games. And average over 45 ppg on the season. They run a spread offense triggered by senior QB Michael Greminger who passes well, runs well, and causes havoc for opposing defenses. The Warriors also have athletes all over the field for him to hand off & pass to. Defensively, they use their speed to attack & force turnovers. The key for Miller will be to contain Greminger, force him to throw to beat them, and close on receivers quickly to minimize gains. If they try to cover man-to-man, Greminger has the arm strength to go deep. If they try to blitz to bring pressure, he read the field very well and will hit his check down receivers. A balanced, consistent, defensive approach is needed. Derek Jack and Damon Dempster having big days would help also. They will score points, just keep it from being too many. Offensively, Miller has the horses to open some holes, and the speed to exploit them. But Valle brings great speed also. Justin Jack needs to use a variety of receivers, Daniel Parscal needs to use his speed to make some plays on the ground, and the Miller offense needs to keep the Warrior defense on the field as much as possible. A big challenge, but not out of reach.
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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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