Cape Central

Caruthersville

Chaffee

Charleston

Park Hills Central

Hickman

Malden

Fredericktown

Perryville

Poplar Bluff

Living Word Christian

St. Vincent

Ste. Genevieve

Valle

Sikeston

Top Five Games of the Week:

1) Jackson at Hickman

2) Caruthersville at Hayti

3) Normandy at Poplar Bluff

4) Sikeston at Jennings

5) Living Word Christian at Scott City

Jennings is a 2-4 Class 4 team out of St. Louis with wins over Northwest Academy of Law and Affton (neither a power player) and losses to McCluer, Normandy, Clayton, and McCluer South-Berkeley. Maxpreps has them ranked as the #243 team in the state of Missouri (not including Week 7 results in that ranking). Meanwhile, they have Sikeston as the #55 team in the state of Missouri. Jennings is currently ranked 7th of 8 in Class 4 District 5 with a point total of 25.36. St. Charles West who Cape defeated convincingly is ranked above them in 4th. If Sikeston comes in on point, I expect them to walk out with a nice victory.

Cape

Caruthersville

Jefferson

Charleston

PHC

Columbia-Hickman

Malden

Fredericktown

Perryville

Poplar Bluff

Living Word Christian

St. Vincent

St. Gen

Valle

Sikeston

I went 10-1 last week! Farmington was my only loss.

I went 10-1. I missed the Poplar Bluff - Farmington game.

Cape Central at Chaminade... cape has a good game. wins BIG.

Caruthersville at Hayti... ain't nobody in hayti throwing up H's this game... they might be throwing the bird or eggs at c'ville's bus on the way out of town though...

Chaffee at Jefferson... this is the deal breaker for the picks....... since it's at jefferson, i'll say jefferson. but not by much.

East Prairie at Charleston... blackman gets another good win!

Park Hills Central at Dexter... i feel bad for dexter. maybe they'll take park hills out for bbq before the game and put laxatives in the food. that's the only way they'll win.

Jackson at Columbia-Hickman... this is gonna be a disappointing drive back for jackson.

Malden at Kennett... a green wave is coming to kennett. but its not malden. it's a head cold with mucus. they lose plus have 4 kids out sick.

New Madrid County Central at Fredericktown... well i hope freddy wants to redeem themselves for blowing the game at SG. cause if they do, they ought to break the scoring record friday night.

Perryville at Windsor... windsor is bad. but perryville is less bad. perryville wins very much more bad.

Normandy at Poplar Bluff... thank GOD it's not at normandy! have you ever been up there?! nelly raps about killing people with tupac up in their parking lot! bluff wins.

Living Word Christian at Scott City... don't ever play a religious school. god likes them more than the other schools. BIRD IS THE WORD (and the win). living christian word that is.

Grandview at St. Vincent... grandview is gonna get a grand-view of the back of the SV running backs and receivers jerseys all game long.

Desoto at Ste. Genevieve... well i think SG's jv will be playing after the first quarter.

Herculaneum at Valle... HAHAHA! herky... oh poor herky...

Sikeston at Jennings... sikeston. i guess.... :P

Just a simple question, how many people are just guessing when it comes to the games featuring Chaminade, Normandy, Living Word Christian, and Jennings? I would guess it is a lot. This weekend is almost like a SEMO-STL Showdown.

Sideline, I did a little research on MaxPreps before making my picks with those schools. Still some guesswork there I guess.

Daddy, love the picks once again (except for Dexter, of course, LOL). "You may not like it, but learn to love it, because its the best thing going today! WOOOOOOOOOO!"

Cape Central

Caruthersville

Chaffee

Charleston

Park Hills Central

Columbia-Hickman

Malden

Fredericktown

Windsor

Poplar Bluff

Scott City

St. Vincent

Ste. Genevieve

Valle

Sikeston

Question about Valle Catholic...Did I read right that they ran the ball 40 times and only threw 8 times against NMCC?? I know they run the ball more than most spread teams, but that is pretty lopsided. Was it the conditions of the game or have they changed their philosophy?

They prefer to run especially with Fallert there RB but they can throw as well I think Judd just takes what your going to give him! Both him and Martin are really good coaches!

Just FYI Sikeston is spread and they run it 40-50 times a game so Spear isn't necessarily just a passing offense

What's kinda funny is as bad as Kennett is they have a chance to win the next two games based purely on talent. They get my vote for the most talented teams with the fewest wins this season!

Better to watch HS FB than Mizzou. Gonna be a slaughterhouse this weekend.

i'll take the ribs! i ate at some place down there that year basketball districts were there. i think it was '10... and that was the best bbq ever. i cant think of the name though... and good luck to everyone friday as well. i'd like to see PHC and SG lose this week. ;)

Cape Central at Chaminade- I think Capes offense isnt gonna get it going enough, Chaminade

Caruthersville at Hayti- Pregame will be fun to watch as anticipation builds, unfortunately it gets boring quick if your from Hayti. Tiggers.

Chaffee at Jefferson- Jefferson runs the strait T. Chaffee doesnt know what they wanna run at times. I dont like Chaffee therefore, BlueJays???

East Prairie at Charleston-East Prarie.. well you cant fault them for trying, Charleston by alot.

Park Hills Central at Dexter- Thing about Dexter this year is, BBQ is good, football team is not. The Rebels yell.

Jackson at Columbia-Hickman- Thankfully Mizzou is hosting Alabama so this will only be the second biggest blow out in columbia. Hickman.

Malden at Kennett- Green Wave ride the tide all over these Indians. Malden.

New Madrid County Central at Fredericktown- NMCC hasnt faired well against decent teams so far this year, nor do I expect things to change. Blackcats all up in this one.

Perryville at Windsor- Game of the week. Does someone actually have to win?? Windsor, because even though they lose, they score points. PHS does not. Owls.

Normandy at Poplar Bluff-Normandy has been competitive at times, other times not, same could be said of PB. Also normandys colors are red and green, that makes my decision. Mules

Living Word Christian at Scott City- LWC has beat Cardinal Ritter and barely lost to Duschene. Good luck Rams. Eagles win.

Grandview at St. Vincent- Well at least one of the three area Indians will pick up the Victory. Homecoming week too. Poor Eaglets. SV.

Desoto at Ste. Genevieve- Bold Prediction of the Week. Dragons win. Thats right. SG by mucho.

Herculaneum at Valle- Blackcats wont stop the warriors run game, so the warriors wont need to pass. Good news for the Warriors. Valle.

Sikeston at Jennings- Im tired of researching these STL teams. Sikeston takes care of business.

Last week only missed SG/Freddy game so not a bad week at the office

Anybody else getting a Sikeston-Roosevelt vibe from this game?

Weather from what I've heard. It was awful and the game was covered by webcast, radio, and Cover-It-Live. Cold, wet, and travelling to sit in outdoor conditions are not the recipe for drawing lots of Sikeston fans to football.

Sikeston's fans typically come out in droves for big, pumped up matchups and of course all playoff games. Usually, even in games that aren't "big" games, they still bring a ton of fans. This year for the Jackson game, I was very impressed with Jackson's turnout. They always have good crowds up at Jackson. They love their football up there.

it was the hickory log... must have been because on the way back to freddy i had to drop a hickory log at some gas station that had a spitoon. which was handy because i had a good ole swamp nugget in.

Oops... Didn't mean to pick Windsor... I want Pville in that one

Cape and sikeston filled hock a couple years ago. That was the largest high school crowd I've seen.

Well it sounds like it won't take a whole lot to make the Jennings stadium look full, since they only seat around 700. All though I dont know how many people from Sikeston will be traveling to this game, as Jennings record is 2-5.

Almost forgot to give my predictions lol.

Cape Central at Chaminade-Cape Central

Caruthersville at Hayti-Caruthersville

Chaffee at Jefferson-Jefferson

East Prairie at Charleston-Charleston

Park Hills Central at Dexter-PHC

Jackson at Columbia-Hickman-Hickman

Malden at Kennett-Malden

New Madrid County Central at Fredericktown-Freddy

Perryville at Windsor-Pville

Normandy at Poplar Bluff-TheBluff

Living Word Christian at Scott City-LWC

Grandview at St. Vincent-StV

Desoto at Ste. Genevieve-TheVieve

Herculaneum at Valle-Valle

Sikeston at Jennings-Sikeston

Why is Sikeston playing Jennings on a Saturday anyway? I hope everyone takes extra precautions with their stuff because Jennings is a really bad neighborhood.

Preach, I don't believe that Jennings has lights. Either that or they share their field with someone else. Those inner city St. Louis schools play a lot of Saturday afternoon games.

Appreciate it Preach. Same to the Beatcats tonight.

Jackson lost 27-14.. not bad for playing the 6th ranked team in 6A!

Valle looses 41-39 to herky but bigger news is they lost there QB to a concussion!

Dexter really played hard tonight and gave PHC a run for their money. We had two chances inside the red zone and came away with no points. I was really impressed with PHC's defense, esp. their DL. The Bearcats are much better than their 1-7 record. With just a little luck, we could easily be 4-4 right now. Oh well, on to Malden next week for a huge rivalry game. If we play like we did tonight, I think we'll beat the Green Wave next week.

Hey Daddy, looks like we're coming to your place for the first round of the playoffs.

Sounds like it was one heck of a game PMF. I know Hayti gave Caruthersville all they wanted tonight, Hayti has a very good QB that should have been the starter at the beginning of the year. I think they can upset some teams in the districts if they play like they did tonight.

Like Cheese said Landon was a huge loss for our line. I hope he gets healthy come district time we are gonna need him. St. Gen looks like a tough task next week but I think it has the potential to be a good game.

i might have to make it to that game then and meet ya!

when exactly would that be? i might be down in the area that whole weekend if its during my fall break.

ok never mind... my fall break is next week...

Looks like Oct. 26 for the first district game Daddy.

Cheesehead, Grissom is going to need to have a big game passing the ball to loosen up SG's DL so Monroe can do his thing. Pass defense has been their achilles heel all season. Also the Tiger defense is going to have contain the Dragon QB's scrambling and short passing game. He won't hurt you passing long IMO. If Caruthersville can do those two things, I like your chances. Another key is going to be if Stricklin can keep Terrana at bay so Grissom can have time to pass.

Semo Sports Player it doesn't change my mind at all as I've said all along Portageville has a great chance to upset Valle and win their district.

I watched the Valle game tonight. Herky better than advertised..Their running back is one of the best I have seen. However according to the radio Valle had something like 200 plus yards more of offense and 11 or so more first downs then Herky. Not sure about their QB though other than he left the game and didn't return. I'm not going to back Valle but I did see some calls that really affected the game that seemed very very bad. I would really like to get my hands on a copy of that game to see how bad of calls they were or weren't since most of them were called while Valle was in the red zone..Hopefully I get to Portageville next week to take a look at a possible match up between them..I say possible since both would have to beat some good teams to get their..

Agreed Cheesehead. I look for a low scoring defensive battle next week. I sure would like to see the Tigers put a hurting on the Dragons going into district play though!

As for Malden, don't forget that Charleston is playing really well right now too. I think that will be a really interesting match-up in districts. I'll prolly go to see that game if it happens.

well i might be there since its going to be on a friday. my birthday is the 25th. if we win you guys ought to take me out for a few beers! :)

Wine is ok though....

That one guy turned water into it....

Zach, this isn't the place for a discussion of the different ways the word "wine" is used in the Bible, but if you're interested, I highly recommend "Bible Wines" by Patton. BTW, what did you think of the game last night?

Too bad you can't make it Daddy. Would've been good to meet you. Maybe next time.

Anyone have the Sikeston score?

Cheese I'm coming down early to grab a bite to eat! Got any recommendations?

I heard several starters saw VERY limited action. I do not know why though.

I know Word didn't play alot because he's hurt but that's the only one I know

Newman has been hurt also. I guess he felt they needed to save them for later games I thought Word played a little in 1st qtr sorry

one heck of a fake

This was the sloppiest game they've played all year. I guarantee you that they are not happy with the results and they will be handling business when Monday gets here.

MSHSAA has the first round games set for Friday Oct 26, but I think they say the game can be moved to Thursday if both schools agree. I can see the pros and cons of either day, but prefer Friday nights.

Preach, Does look likely we'll see you Week 10. Outside possibility you can move up to #5 with a win over Malden and NMCC loses at Portageville. Did the Bearcats lose to NMCC and would the Eagles appeal to travel to FredMo again?

BTW, I saw the place where the Big Guy changed water to wine and a few other places. You can really feel His presence when you walk on the dirt of the Holy Land. (sorry for slight off topic...)

all class 4 district one first round games are thursday oct 25th...and yes TFA, scott county football played sikeston yesterday at the show me center...neal e boyd sang the anthem ;)

I know they don't have football guys! Lol

Not sure if this means anything or not but Ritter only lost to Maplewood by 10. Maplewood happen to beat SG by 8 so this should shed some light to the whole SG/Sikeston matchup. I'm not a big fan of comparing like opponents but that gives you an indication that Ritter will come to compete.

Caruthersville played them a few years ago. They have great athletes, some fast ones as well. Sikeston should pull out the win but you just never know. After Valle losing to Hercky, no game is a given this time of year.