by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 7, 2023 | News, TGG Classics
DeSoto 14, Hillsboro 8 Buddhists say a man is shaped in his earliest years. One of The Geek’s childhood friends was an All-Conference pass-rusher at a private school. In his senior year, the team played Festus and Hillsboro in consecutive weeks. The first Friday...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 6, 2023 | News, TGG Classics
Grandview 47, St. Vincent 25 Where to begin covering a slate like Week 8? St. Pius X clinched an I-55 Conference title, Seckman High School paved its way to Suburban League glory with a 20-13 victory over Fox, and of course, TGG’s favored (if not always favored)...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 2, 2022 | News, Rankings
#1 – Hillsboro Hawks Was the Blue & White unfortunate to peak on the gridiron just as Class 3 and Class 4 are leftover-turkey full of private school division-killers? Considering the machine HHS otherwise had its hands on in 2022, it’s tone-deaf not to...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 20, 2022 | News, Recaps
St. Mary’s 55, Hillsboro 34 Well, that’s that. The Geek allowed the words “Show-Me Bowl” to slip into this season’s coverage many times, and references to Hillsboro and the state-title game had nothing to do with SMBs that happened in...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 18, 2022 | News, Predictions
MSHSAA Class 4 Quarterfinal: Hillsboro Hawks at St. Mary’s Dragons (Saturday Nov. 19) It takes a whole lot to cause The Geek to change a prediction. Especially when it’s a long-term prediction, made on a game-date everyone can see coming up the pike. For a...
