Does anyone know when the contact camp at Sikeston is?

Caruthersville is going to be VERY good this year. Probably even better than last year! I can't wait til the season kicks off!!! Go Tigers!!!

Hayti is usually always legit. Is Hayti usually always discipline? Eeehh no. So if they can straighten that out they could be good, they are in a district that has held the Class 1 East representative 6 outta last ten years with 3 state championships so they better be real good to compete.

Hey Bill how can you speak on the discipline at Hayti? Have you been at a practice or around the team? Or are you just making assumptions? Those kids work hard and DO have discipline. Hayti will be just fine next year.

I should have clarified, as cheese said I'm talking strictly between the lines football here, I have no knowledge of kids in the program outside of football and therefore couldn't say either way if I wanted to, sorry for the communication lapse

Look for North County to be up a little bit and Farmington lost a lot but feel as though they will be competitive. Sikeston should be better. Fredtown didn't lose a lot of players from last year and should be better but still behind Park Hills, Dexter and Ste. Genevieve. Hayti will be very good but not good enough to beat Valle which will surprise a lot of people with their strengh and quickness and predominantly juniors and sophomores but the 5-6 seniors they have are good players. Ste. Gen. will be huge averaging close to 230 on the L.O.S but not real deep in the backfield but skilled. Park Hills has a lot of speed and will have a very big front. QB position may be a question mark.Games to watch Sikeson vs Cape; Park Hills vs Dexter and SG; Ste.Gen. vs Caruthersville and Hayti vs Valle.

Doniphan is starting its program? Good news if it happens. First news I've heard about the Dons starting football again.

Doniphan will not field a team this year Gianthook.

That's my understanding Gianthook from some Doniphan folks. I guess time will tell if they get it off the ground again.

Cape's size and activity levels were very impressive at contact camp......new facility, new mindset maybe...they seem to have it going in a good direction,

They have great O and D line to build around....

up to them to fill in the holes...

They had an athletic looking left handed QB at camp....any background on him ? Soph? Junior? Senior??

headhunt his name is dennis vinson hes going to be a junior this year

Vinson was the backup last season as a sophomore. He came in when cavaness got hurt at sikeston and played the perryville game.

I don't think I see any mention of Jackson yet on this thread. Any thoughts or insights with where things are headed now that there's a new coach & system?

Jackson should be decent his year under Eackley. Nothing earth-shattering because they have to get used to him.

Cape should be pretty loaded this year. Vinson at QB - jury is still out but from what we saw in game 10 last year, very promising.

New playoff system should somwhat equalize the field, although not by much.

Cheese, I have to tell you that I've watched some film on Mt. View Liberty and they have a good bunch coming back. They played eventual state champ Lamar closer than anyone else in the playoffs. Can't match the Tigers speed wise but man they execute and are really disciplined. I figure will give the Tigers a better game than most folks in this area anticipate. Have to give both coaches kudos for strengthening their schedule.

Don't overlook Dexter, Cheese. The Bearcats will be better than expected. The conference championship should be decided when Dexter and Caruthersville play.

I'll grant you that C'ville will be the favorite going into that game, Cheese. Stevens was a big loss, but our new QB, DJ Dowdy, is a better pure passer in my opinion and maybe a bit faster. Our biggest question mark is our OL; if we get good play there from a young OL, the Bearcats will surprise some people this season!

Hayti-Thayer opener should be dandy. I believe if Thayer can win first 4 games They go all the way, but not many class 1 teams could go through Hayti, Highland Ar., Liberty, and Salem.

I'm not high on Dexter this year either.

Lonesomedave, as I said in my analysis of the Bearcats above, they do indeed have big question marks on the OL and in the running game. If those come together, we will surprise some people. Right now, its not even for sure who is starting on the OL. The running game is coming together with Ryan Joyner getting the majority of the touches. The kids tell me that there is a sophomore who is really emerging at RB as well. As far as Dowdy vs. Stevens goes, I simply meant that I think DJ is the more accurate passer of the two. Defensively, the Bearcats will be very solid, esp. in their pass defense. I also agree our receiving corp is among the best in the area.

Of course, only time will tell...

No question there, Reddirt Dog. The biggest concern with Cody Neldon is staying healthy; he has been injury prone. But when healthy, he is a great all-around athlete. A game changer, just like you said.

Cape will have they're hands full the first week! John Burroughs is going to be very tough. They have the best running back in the state in Ezikiel Elliott (I think that's how you spell it lol) I watched the kid last night on the Espn App on my Xbox, he played in the Nike 7ON Tournament, and looked very impressive against the nations top defensive players. I think Cape will have no answer for him. Caruthersville travels on the road to Mt.View that week so I'll prolly come check that Cape/JB game out.

That statement is even crazier the second time i read it

Sikeston's defense is going to be a force this year as well. Not gonna compare them to anybody else but I really like the personnel. As always, I'll predict Sikeston to be the top team in the area but Caruthersville will also be able to make a claim at that title. Those are my top two. We open with Charleston this year. The most interesting game to me on the schedule is Farmington since Sikeston and Farmington will be playing in the Dome in Week 4 as part of something MSHSAA put together between teams who've been consistently good and travel well. That'll be fun.

That JB running back is going to Ohio State from what I've heard. I highly doubt that's all they have either; every great running back that produces has a phenomenal team around him that helps. Week one will be very tough for cape. This group of boys hasn't played a team like JB. I think the last time the school played a team similar was Parkway North in 2009, they had several d1 football recruits that year.

IMHO, I think Cape will be much better than their overall record shows. The schedule is beefed up this year, I know they dropped NMCC and Perryville.

Well from what I've heard and seen even, JB seems to have a pretty good squad that's why I'm not taking away anything away from them. They're a well rounded squad no doubt, but they run everything off that one kid. Cape will have some answers, and with the speed and power of J. Campbell, J.Thomas, and C. Martin even I think JB will have a run for their money. I'm excited to see the boys go at it!

Agreed. Don't see that one being close.

Elliott isnt the only thing JB has plus their coach gets them playing with alot of heart also. They have alot of returning starters coming back.

Younger Sideline let me know about it the other day.

I don't have the logistical information. If I find it out before the general population, I'll make a post. Younger Sideline just let me know it's happening.

Sikeston Schedule

Aug. 24, 2012 CHARLESTON NO 7:00 PM

Aug. 31, 2012 AT NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL NO 7:00 PM

Sep. 7, 2012 DEXTER NO 7:00 PM

Sep. 14, 2012 AT FARMINGTON YES 7:00 PM

Sep. 21, 2012 POPLAR BLUFF YES 7:00 PM

Sep. 28, 2012 AT JACKSON YES 7:00 PM

Oct. 5, 2012 AT CAPE CENTRAL YES 7:00 PM

Oct. 13, 2012 AT JENNINGS NO 1:00 PM

Oct. 19, 2012 CARDINAL RITTER NO 7:00 PM

I believe it is on Saturday as well.

Yep. The game is on Saturday the 15th....forgot to put that. Thanks for watching my back, sideline.

Dexter's Schedule: (According to MaxPreps)

1. Aug. 24 @ Ste. Genevieve

2. Aug. 31 Poplar Bluff

3. Sept. 7 @ Sikeston

4. Sept. 14 @ Caruthersville

5. Sept. 21 Kennett

6. Sept. 28 @ NMCC

7. Oct. 5 Charleston

8. Oct. 12 Park Hills Central

9. Oct. 19 No game yet listed

MaxPreps has been known to make mistakes before so I'm not 100% sure about this. NMCC should come to Dexter this year and we should go to PHC based on last years schedule. Also, I'm guessing that the last game will be against either Malden or Fredericktown. Does anybody know for sure? Personally, I hope it's against Malden as that is a big rivalry game. Go Bearcats!!

Preacher Man,the Dexter High School activity calander has us at Malden Oct.19th

wow, dexter could actually be a pretty good team this year but start out 0-4 with their schedule.

Sorry that's 4-5 lol..

I think Dexter will be underdogs against Sikeston, Caruthersville, and Park Hills, but even odds against Ste. Gen and Poplar Bluff and favorites to win the rest of their games. Like us, Ste. Gen lost alot to graduation and has some big question marks, esp. replacing Weiler at QB. Still, it will be a tough game on the road for the season opener. Bluff has been way down the last couple of seasons; there's no doubt in my mind we would've beaten them and this season we've got them at home.

I think we'll be 5-4, maybe even 6-3 heading into the playoffs.

Ste Gen's questions to me are their skill players, I think they lost about all of them from last year's team. Also what experience they have on the O & D lines. However I have no doubt the QB will be good, saw him take a few snaps last year, as good as Weiler without the experience. The teams that get Ste Gen late in the year may have their hands full. Early, they may be beatable...

I see 5-4 for Dexter beating Bluff, NMCC, Kennett, Charleston, and Malden. Preach, sometimes when there is redistricting, schedules for home and away have to be switched so that all teams have five home and four away or vice versa designated. I know Sikeston had that with a few different teams over the last few years playing two in a row at each place.

I'm not saying they don't have a shot in the other games. The good teams around here can win any game. That's just my early inclination for wins and losses.

I see them somewhere between 6-3 and 9-0. I hate predicting perfection but I don't see a team on the schedule they couldn't beat. Cape and Farmington will both obviously still be good and Jennings and Cardinal Rittet are still relatively unknown to me. I'd be shocked if the Bulldogs were worse than 6-3 though and really 6-3 would even surprise me.

Ritter was 5-5 last year on a fine but not great schedule. Jennings was better. They had a 7-2 regular season record and lost in the first round of the playoffs in a blowout against St. Charles West. Not too overly formidable.

Dexter will be better than given credit. DJ Dowdy is a very accurate passer, the only problem is that he may not have as much time to throw as Stevens had and he doesn't have Miller back who in my opinion was an all state caliber 1st team receiver. Yes Dexter still has Neldon and Young.

SG has a good QB coming up that has a lot of weapons around him.Not as strong of an arm as last years or as accurate but will be an area top QB. SG lost one reciever and the RB they have this year is a stud, at 5'8 185.What will make SG a good team this year is their lines will be huge and strong.They finally have TE FB type kids so they can really diversify on offense.I believe seven starters bac kon defense.Park Hills is still the team to beat in the district but SG and PH are very close.

Dexter has had a better team the past two seasons and Bluff has been way down as well. Is there any reason to believe the Mules will be any better this season?

yes, bluff has been down the last couple of years. however, the schedule they've played hasn't done them many favors either. this is barrousse's 2nd year back and the mules will be better. dexter probably would've beaten them last year but i don't see it happening this year. i think the mules will start to turn the corner this season and possibly finish at .500. not great granted, but definitely a step in the right direction in getting the program turned around.

John Burroughs only lost a few players due to graduation. Key losses were mainly in their LB core. They have potentially 3 Div. 1 athletes which include a OT-DT that is 6'4 255, Elliot RB and a receiver-DB that can light you up. DT is built impressive for a h.s. player. Read an article couple weeks ago that commented on the Elliot kid living in Alton Illinois..If that is the case, Alton H.S. lost a stud but Burroughs picked up one....Farmington lost a lot. Look for them to be ranked 4-5 in their district. Festus is hurting at QB as their QB moved to Kirkwood. NC will be much,much better as they have many more athletes than in the past.Sikeston and Cape will both be better than Farmington and for the first time in years, Farm-N. County will be a decent game.....

Farmington will be down as they lost 10 starters or all eleven on offense. They have their scrimmage Thur and Fri. from 5 until 8. Sikeston should be good but not real sure about their personnel...

pb went to the 2nd round of the playoffs in 09 before losing at sikeston. the last 2 seasons, the mules have won only 3 games. some issues with the previous coach definitely contributed to that. with mark barousse in his 2nd year now as coach again with the mules, things will get better. numbers are up a bit and pb appears to have more athletes on the field than in past years. i think a .500 season is a reachable goal this year and would mark a pretty good turnaround and a step in the right direction for the program.

Tigers, Sikeston is going to have another very good team this year. Everybody I've talked to has said their defense is similar in ability to the ones of 2009 and 2010 and the offense has a lot of weapons to work with. Good quarterback, top notch corps of running backs. As long as the offensive line is consistent, they will be tough for anybody.

Caruthersville already played in the Sikeston Contact Camp! They have a ton of talent on this year's team. Going to be a more balanced offense and not just relying on the run game. Should be a great year for them!

Who will be the Feature RB and QB for Sikeston this year? They graduated a lot of skill players last year.

Tell me more experts!

Sideline, have you heard or seen how Gross is doing throwing the ball?

Is there a possibilty of rotating quarterbacks again?

Reddirt, I'm in no way inside of the minds of the coaches so I can only offer my own take on it but I believe it is going to just be Kyland playing QB unless injured or if there is some sort of one-off trick play with somebody else under center.

You could come up with what Lamar did. Play both at the same time....

I know we're discussing a lot of big schools here but does anyone have an idea on the smaller schools and who will be good this year? Scott city, Chaffee, hayti, Malden, and east prarie?

I have it on good authority that Tanner Murphy will not be playing football for Malden this season. He is evidently totally focused on his baseball career. My info also says that their back-up QB has also quit the team. If that is so, I'm afraid it's going to be a long season for the Green Wave.

I agree Cheesehead.

Preacher, I have heard the same thing about Tanner Murphy...from a good source as well. I did not hear about the back up. May be a long year for Malden football.

How did Sikeston look in the Red V. Black Game?

I just talked to some family who live in Malden

and they did say that Tanner Murpy did decide

last week not to play football this year and

just focus on baseball. Also their back up

quater back Darrin Green who wasn't a too bad

of a player is not going to play he is goinig to

focus on beta club and baseball they said.According to them a freshman is their

choice for quaterback right now so everything

is thinking this might be a very long season

for Malden football.

I appreciate your passion for your Dragons, Bleed Green, but you're hardly being objective. The truth is that Ste. Gen lost alot to graduation while Park Hills brings back most of their team. Ste. Gen has many more question marks than Park Hills does entering the season. Why are you so sure Ste. Gen will beat Dexter when we've won 2 of the last 3 games? Now they may very well win the game, but its hardly a sure thing.

You obviously havnt watched PH play alot! They could have all the talent in the world and Schweiss would blow it! What's SG ? Marks QB RB!! That's all there o line is going to b great as well as there d line! They have all there secondary back as well and not to mention an all state WR!! Matt Drury the QB is going to be good really good!! He's 6'2 and has a very accurate arm along with some good wheels!! And at RB the We have 2 juniors Dallas and I don't remember other one but both are going to be good! Dallas had a few kick returns for TDS last year! And don't forget about the Allstate Dan Terana 6'6 260 he's a beast going to be hard to stop him!! Oh and our Coaches are pretty darn good to best in State IMO! Weiler is an offensive genius!!

I really don't know much about St. Gen but I'm glad we are playing them this year. Caruthersville has been making strides at beefing up their schedule by adding Liberty(Mountain View) and St.Gen. Both games will be tough for the Tigers but playing them will make them better and more prepared for the playoffs, win or lose! Looking forward to hosting St.Gen.. Come say hello to me and beef BleedGreen.. We are friendly people!

That's the truth Zach! On serious side Drury is really good, but still inexperienced. I don't doubt he will come up to speed quick. Same to be said on the RB's Bleed points to. They seem to me to be about like a couple years ago, talented but inexperienced, got beat early but came on late in the season.

Don't know Bleed, I haven't seen my 'Cats yet in action. QB and skill positions will be senior dominated (with a really good sophomore as WR and in Def secondary), but unless some kids had a growth spurt, the O/D lines may be on the small side. If they are going with the spread offense, maybe they overcome that size problem. They've had more time to get better at it.

I heard Freddy tore it up at Farmington this year! Heard there D looked really good!!

That hurts! (not really) if it makes you feel better I heard that straight from a former Freddy coach! Let me ask u this how many times have u seen SG with a huge line? And we have done pretty darn well! Don't get me wrong it helps but as long as they are strong have good foot work they will b fine! Especially in the spread!!! I don't know if remember about 10 years ago we had a lineman by the name of Jerrod Kertz he was 5'9 around 190 but was strong as a rock we played Festus that's when they had Kyle Riggs 6'5 275 and a Mizzou signee! Jerrord ate that boys lunch all game! As coach Stoltzer would say PLAY WITH HEART!! I really believe a lot of Freddy's players do just that!!!!

I agree with ya Cheesehead!!

Semoball North posters (and let's define that as everything north of Perryville), what would you all rank as the top tier or in order top three to five teams up there? I'd assume Farmington and Park Hills would be on the list. Ste. Gen probably as well. I'm just curious. Trying to gauge everyone so that I can get some insight for my preseason top five or ten. I'd figure things will definitely be a little clearer after jamboree as well.

Farmington is the team I'm most curious about. Sikeston, Caruthersville, and Cape are the three best down this way. After that is a lot of question marks in my eyes.

SG and ParkHills flip a coin, after them, I'd go with NC(yes) then Farmington due to having only one starter back and Fredtown then Valle. Valle has good talent however they are small and have no depth I didn't say a little depth, I said no depth. I think with Freds skill and line play, I would take them over Valle. Valle-Hayti will be a good game, NC-Farm, SG-PHills. South I would go with Sikeston, Cape and Caruthersville but don't know what order. Not sure how good Sikestons O line will be, heard there may be some concerns...

For Sikeston offensively I would say Kyland Gross at QB and Nick Nichols and Chris Word at RBs. Kyland is really quick and elusive while Nick and Chris have pretty good speed and a good amount of strength to burn.

For Caruthersville it's obviously Darrell Monroe who will be the premier back for the Tigers this year, along with playing DE on defense. Caruthersville also has 6'4 220 Tyler Grissom who will be much much improved from his sophomore season. He is a duel threat QB that will have plenty of talented targets this year. On both the offensive and defensive line we have the Stricklin Brothers, Jay Stricklin who is 6-4 325 and his younger brother Landon who is 6-3 280.. Jay is a D-1 talent on the offensive side. People will hear more about Hunter Dickey as well, kid is a ball hawk on defense and will be a big force for the Tigers this year. Barring any injuries this year, this will be a very good group for Cville.

I think the one weakness we have this year will be our secondary. We are having to replace a few guys from last year so they will be a little inexp to start the year but will get better as the year goes on. Coming in to last year, that was a concern for Cville also but it turned out to be one of our strong points. We have a great head coach and a great coaching staff so they will have everyone ready when the playoffs roll around.

It may be a year or two away but look for Jackson to come roaring back some time soon. Their new coach did very well at Union and I think is the right guy to get them back to being the team we all used to know.

I look for Sikeston's RB Nick Nichols to have a breakout, monster season. The kid was an absolute stud in his first season of wrestling last year. He also seems like a really good kid too.

As for Dexter, I look for senior OL/DL Chase Noe, Logan Quertermous, and Dylan Aaron to have big seasons too. Senior WR/DB Chase Young and junior WR/DB Cody Neldon will have big seasons too on both sides of the ball. Our secondary will be a real strength for the Bearcats. Both Young and Neldon are real game changers. Junior QB D.J. Dowdy should also put up good numbers and I predict senior RB/LB Ryan Joyner will surprise a lot of people this season.

Two underclassmen to keep your eye on are sophomore RB/LB Dylan Bazarian and freshman QB Ethan Stevens. Ethan will QB the JV team and be the back-up on the varsity. One Dexter coach told me that Ethan is a better athlete than his older brother Cody was at that age. A star in the making to be sure.

Not even going there X-coach. Let's leave the past in the past and judge every player on his own merits.

IMO Valle will be ok during Reg season but will get beat early in playoffs!! There schedule is pretty weak I think they play school of blind first week!! Been doing some checking up on Dexter and my informant says there going to be better then expected!! My bad Bearcat fans!! I think we get a better idea of our teams after tomorrow!! But I can already see Zach saying ( Park hills was dominate tonight there O line is huge and There RB is a stud and there D was dominate!!) I wonder if they called and asked me to be moved from the sideline yet like last year haha really did them some good!! Gotta love PH

Bleed Green.....I missed you during the off season. hahahah

I'll put up a few video clips tomorrow evening.

What teams are supposed to be in SG?

Who will make the SLAP reel from tonight's jamboree in SG?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn8oVrFKn...

Guest21- Please enlighten us all on who we "wrote off" At least we put the team we are talking about and don't leave things up to mystery. We are all here for friendly debate, and most don't shy away from backing up what they say. I'm curious to know what team your talking about. BTW- Welcome to the board, always love seeing new people on here!

Do you have the key to the city of Ste Genivieve too?

howd the teams look at the farmington jamboree?

PERRYVILLE!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT!! Has an incredible amount of RAW TALENT and a few coaches that are out of this world!! I myself am not from this area- just a lover of FOOTBALL- grew up watching football and my brother was a first round draft pick for Steelers in 1986. This team has had a few blows and seems to lack the confidence as a whole but has some individual players that have unharnessed talent-they seem to be a smaller team then the division suggests?? Not sure how this is done in the midwest. In talking to some locals, it appears there have been some key injuries that this team has suffered over the past few years-and several coaching changes-from what I saw-looks like a couple of coaches lost out at coaching some amazing talent-I wouldn't count them out! If not big numbers this year-most definately next year!

ThaT'S Fine-you are entitled to your opinion. I never said they would bring home a title-espcially in this midwest state that is riddled with scandal and politics-way too Bible-beltish. However what I look for is REAL TALENT. Talent that could stand up to REAL TEAMS.As I said-may not be this year-Look at the real individual talent-more is there then what most will see. This school was really let down by a few former Coaches-speculation that some "caculated politics" were involved-sadley it's only the students that have suffered-there are a team of highly skilled and dedicated Coaches now-Unlike the 2 prior...just wait and see...

You are 100% WRONG....there are several players who work year round on getting stronger, faster, and better. Their current coaches DO CARE and love them as their own. It may only be a beginning-but everything has to start somewhere-and no it's not going to take years-the talent is there NOW.

I was there I was standing on Pville side I saw how they played they gave up 73 points!! SG was good last year but not that good!! And u wanna talk discipline pville had how many kids suspended because of drinking? Try like 7 and most of them were starters so please forgive me if I don't think that that is discipline!! Pville might win 4 games this Year they can't compete in 4A nor with the likes of SG or other established programs!! Pville should just stick to Soccer that's Football in Europe right!!! Haha just playing 4 wins and that's being nice!!!!

I was at Perryville Jamboree and I can offer you these opinions, Perryville looked good against a smaller Scott City team, played even against Potosi with the help of a couple of lucky bounces (tipped ball to #28)Potosi has a RB who could definitely play and against there class 1 cross town rivals, well honestly they took it pretty bad, gave up about 60 yards on first two plays, gave up a TD and were about to give up another before plays ran out. Offensively I dont think they gain over 30 yards including a couple of St. Vincent penaltys. This is all not to say that they werent close at times, Guest, I will give you this that PHS isnt downright awful anymore, But they sure aint good.

Zach I promised my wife a little less trash talkn this year!! Haha I think SG will be fine Friday night!! I was just trying to put my 2 cents in!! Guest 21 you have to earn Respect do u honestly believe Perryville football should be takn seriously right now? If so have u been hiding under a Rock? They have been a laughing stock for years!! I do hope that changes but like I said time will tell!! Good luck on the season I hope I'm wrong but I doubt it!!

Guest21, seeing that your not from this area, let us welcome you to the board! First off, to get respect, or credit, you have to earn that here. Most of us have been following these schools for many years and we have a pretty good gauge on them. I know what your going through though at Perryville. Caruthersville used to be in the same boat as Perryville. They were an easy win back many years ago. They started taking the game more serious and got head coaches in there that cared and they turned the program around. It took hard work to get it where it is today and they have earned that respect they have now. People talking about them, how bad we were back in the day, it was all warranted. Perryville players are just going to have to shake all that trash talk off, go out and earn people's respect. Sikeston was the same way, they were nowhere near the program they are now, but with a little hard work, good coaching, they turned that program around to one of the better teams in Semo on a consistent basis, just like Caruthersville. You have to learn to quit taking things so personal. If we say they are not that good, it's not a personal attack, it's just our opinion about their program as a whole. We are not attacking the kids on a personal level or even the coaches. Learn to lighten up a little.

There are some pretty good guys and gals on this site, who for the most part, know what they are talking about. Loosen up a little and you'll enjoy the board more. Anyway, welcome to the board.

Was gonna say something similar Cheese. Good post.

I agree Zach but he thinks we are attacking the players personally when we are not. I'm all about some heated debates but saying high school kids get drunk is really something that needs to stay off here. Let's keep it about the game and it's all gravy

I Agree Cheese!! Some guys just take things way to personal! When I said pville had 0 players that could play for SG that was based on the way they played that game and how they reacted on the field!! They literally gave up I have never seen a team do that!! As all of u know I love a good debate heated or not I'm passionate about my Dragons but I agree with cheese let's not Bash players by saying they get drunk!! If a player gets on here and runs there mouth then I'll give them some crap but not attack personally!! There was a player from PH last year who said "were are going to run the ball down SG throat and there's nothing they can do about it" well we shut down there run and I gave him crap a lot of crap but did not attack him as a young man!! Cheese any Hotels in the area were thinking about staying down there after the SG victory!! Haha

Any predictions on Farmgton at Festus? Festus always seems to play schools tough but never able to get the win. Farmington in a cake walk.

Anyone know how DeSoto will be this year? They lost a big portion of their offense last year via Jared White to graduation.

Bleed Green.....I am gonna have to call you on the one about SG and Central last year.

I'm not sure if you remember, but

Central played no huddle during the first meeting last year....they slowed the tempo of the game waaaaay down and gashed SG ALL NIGHT LONG.

Sure, Central ended up losing due to a couple of costly mistakes in the 4th, but it is complete nonsense to say that SG shut the Rebels' run down. Central is not flashy. 4 yards. 2 yards.6 yards. 10 yards. 2 yards. 6 yards. 1 yard. 8 yards......etc.etc.etc. That is Central Rebels football.

I have no comments in regards to the 2nd meeting against Central and SG last year. Not pretty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxdanauDl...

Cheese, let me also say how much I appreciated your response earlier to Guest21--it was very well said. As for the accusation of drinking by Dexter football players, Coach Pixley has let the entire team they have a zero tolerance policy and anyone caught drinking will be kicked off the team. That's how it should be and I commend him for it.

I'd say he probably just plays for Perryville and doesn't understand why Semoball isn't following the narrative his coaches are probably selling.

You're right sideline and I would say he plays on the right side of the defensive line based on his last post..

Zach I am talking about the 2nd game getween SG and PH!! We stopped the run the second game should of clarified that my bad!! And yes PH did a GREAT job of ball control the first game IMO they should of won the game but we all know why they didn't!!!!!

BleedGreen, that is the 2nd time I've read about a Dexter football player that moved to Perryville. To my knowledge, that isn't the case however. I will double-check that with my sons. I know we did lose two players to Malden.

Most of them do disappear lol.. I've seen so many over my span at Semoball.

If any one is insterstead the st louis post dispatch newspaper is free on line. On the sports page it tells alot about the st. louis area football teams. They are now covering the top 10 teams they think who are going to be good in their area in both the small and large school's

divisions. They talk a lot about the returing players and who they think they think are going to be good and to watch out for. i find it inlighting.

Guest21,

I don't think anyone here is trashing any particular player. As far as questioning a coaches ability, well to me they are big boys and should be able to take whatever heat the wits and witless on this list might be able to dish out. A lot of what's being said about Perryville could very easily be said about Jackson or even Potosi, those schools only a few years ago had winning programs.

I've seen some of Perryville's football players in other sports, so as far as raw ability, I think it is there. Seems to me that there are two types of players: guys who come in with a natural knack for the game and those without a natural ability but a strong desire to play and play well. Coaching the first type of kid should be easy, only take maybe 10% being the coach to develop the kid into a competent player. The other type may need it to be 90% the coach in making the player.

So looking back at Perryville, there's a few kids with the natural ability so coaching them should be relatively easy. The other kids are the "problem". Has Coach W had time to develop those kids? I don't think so. It starts down even to the pee wee level. And with the impatience shown by either the community or the school board (or both) the high turn over seen the last several years there has reaped results.

As a fan, I hope they do improve. Close games are usually so much more exciting to watch than a big blow-out.

Mojo3-

I agree with you 100%...from what I have seen here-the majority of the problem is the community and school board- Coach W has actually been with most of these kids for at least 3 years now- possibly 4 for the seniors (but can't be positive)- 1st year as an assistant. I know the coaches are doing all they can-but a definate downfall is the community support. There are several parents and assistant coaches that have stepped up to fill gaps- several of these kids have attended training programs, football camps ( Mizzou, and even Penn State football Camp) I believe they already have improved-I do believe they will win at least game and 2-and probably more!

SG and Valle have made the playoffs in the same year probably 10 times at least! Not to mention them both winning State Titles in the same year! I would NEVER compare Pville and St vincent to them!! That's one thing I've never understood SG and Pville are right next to one another look at all the Talent that has came threw Valle and SG and your telling me if you step a foot over the county line and there's 0 talent! And Pville is way bigger then SG!

hey hey there boyes! no meed for name calling on here Buckos. nekerwasben whot just is you rproblem? and just settle downs theree Bleedgeek and do just notjust not get our smartie panties in a wod Bucko.

My belly hurts! were you been bearcat?

Welcome back bearcat1forall from a fellow Dexterite!

Was that the guy that had Michael Myers as his thumbnail?

He had Michael Myers for awhile too.

Bleed Green is a crazed SG football fanatic and his posts have a tendency to get kinda obnoxious at times. Please forgive him, for his mind is plagued with worry. He is worried how SG is going to consistently stop the run when they play Central this year.

I deleted two comments in this thread for cussing. You know who you are. Please stop and be aware that that is not allowed on semoball. I will suspend your account if the problem continue. Surely we can share opinion without vulgarities.

If I missed a comment you think you be deleted, please let me know by hitting the yellow exclamation mark by the comment. You must be logged in to see and use the exclamation point.

Rachel runs a tight ship! I'm glad because things do get out of hand from time to time. I used to get into it with everyone on here haha..

That's good I completely agree last year I was on another web site and it was a free for all!! I get attacked personally all the time! Im fine with it I just wish people wouldn't judge others by what they here or on here say or even a mans past! I was a little trouble maker as a teenager and a bit Cocky but I have changed but living in a small town like SG people are quick to judge and never forgive!! I'm a father of 4 work hard everyday !! I love SG football for my own personal reasons I love sports in general!! I don't mean harm by anything I say I just like talking to other fanatics who know the game as well!

i know just how old diddy is right this now. seens him on fakebook a nd such. facorite song is giddy up go daddy by Redsovine

Bowie67, I think we made a lot of mistakes against Ste. Gen that an inexperienced football team is going to make. Way too many penalties for example. I thought we played hard and the boys never quit even though they were so far behind. I saw improvement from the 1st half to the 2nd half. But you have to tip your helmet to Ste. Gen. They just lined up behind that massive OL and took it to us. No excuses, they were just the better football team that night.

There were plenty of positives for Dexter. Only two turnovers (and one of them was a bogus call that cost us an early TD). QB D.J. Dowdy had a great night rushing and passing for over 100 yards each. Our RB's were solid and WR's Young and Neldon were excellent. The OL is still a work in progress, but will be fine. Several of the underclassmen really stepped up and played a great game. That includes freshman QB Ethan Stevens who got a few snaps late in the 2nd qtr. and quite a bit of time at safety. Keep an eye on sophomore LB Noah Kronk too.

As for our defense, Ste. Gen caught us all flat-footed when they didn't come out in their spread offense. 3 weeks of prep went out the window! A couple of key injuries early in the game (one in pregame warm-ups) left us short-handed in the secondary and we gave up some long passes I don't think we ordinarily would've surrendered. We did force two turnovers. Again our defense is a work in progress, but we'll get steadily better there too I feel sure. I thought our special teams play was very good except for two shanked punts.

Can't wait for week 2 vs. Poplar Bluff, plus JV game tomorrow and a freshman game Thursday!

Tigers2638, I think we have a real shot to beat them. This is a big rivalry game and we haven't played them in two years. I know the team is fired up for it, esp. with it being the first home game. I know they feel like they have something to prove after the bad loss at Ste. Gen. It will be a challenge though as the Mules surprised alot of people (me included) by handily beating Union.

Thanks Rachel, this board can become a mess at times, I don't think I got out of hand but I guess you deleted my post because it was in response to the one that was causing trouble..

Hey Preach! I watched the Dexter/Poplar Bluff game and I just . to say. I really hate the home jersey's for Dexter this year. It's really hard to see the numbers on the uniforms. Is that just a one game thing, or have they got rid of the home black jersey's?

Cheese, I agree with you on the uniforms. It looks like we're stuck with them for the rest of the season.

Bleed Green, once again you show you just don't know what you're talking about. Beef and I were responding to a poster that personally attacked me, X-Coach, and a current Dexter football player. Neither Beef nor I responded in kind, but Rachel deleted all our responses for the reasons she gave. She had to delete our posts too otherwise people wouldn't know what we were responding to and that would be confusing. As I said, I agreed with her for doing so. But that doesn't mean I don't stand behind what I wrote.

Preacher Man Fan are you gonna make the trip down to Caruthersville this year? If so I would like to meet up with you maybe get something to eat and talk football?

Hey Preach! I'll get with beef before then and we can iron out the details.

wow, i just read all these... i'm glad people are talking about me. haha! and YES i did have michael myers as my pic. and Tyler, the creator is not an actor.... and mojo, i hope to be down this weekend. and if you let me, i'll come out and hunt some!