by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 29, 2023 | News, Previews
Boy, has The Gridiron Geek ever quit feeling awkward about posting that “Karate Kid” retrospective on Mississippi Magazine right before the playoffs, all just to say that we’d gotten the gambit wrong on those pesky private-school powerhouses –...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 27, 2023 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 34, Lutheran North 12 The Geek admits to never thinking much about what it would be like to cover a Show-Me Bowl for Mississippi Magazine. Oh, sure, we can technically do whatever we want on a 12-team blog that has to report on all of MSHSAA anyway. When TGG...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 23, 2023 | News, Predictions
Happy Thanksgiving from Mississippi Magazine, and an especially Happy Turkey Day to the teams, fans, and programs of Jefferson County. For any of Week 14’s players in our readership who are destined to fall asleep from turkey/stuffing and wake up thinking...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 20, 2023 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 48, Pacific 35 Forget the score. Forget the Pacific Indians’ scary comeback. If Hillsboro won its Q-Final game 1-0, then that’s a better outcome than the team’s last 2 tries against Ladue High and St. Mary’s Prep, and by a margin of a...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 17, 2023 | News, Predictions
Hillsboro Hawks at Pacific Indians (Class 4 State Quarterfinal) Photo Credits: Paul Stuthers (Hillsboro) and Amaya Manning (CCHS) The Hillsboro Hawks were already facing a psychological see-saw from solid favorite to stout underdog, should the 10-1 Hawks be fortunate...
