Week 11 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Crystal City Cracks Iron Ceiling, Claims Hornets’ First Playoff Win Of MSHSAA’s Modern Era

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 5, 2023 | News, Recaps

Jefferson 28, St. Pius 15 The box score of Friday’s Highway 61 rematch would seem to show that Week 11’s grudge turned into a dud, at least compared to the electrifying tilt between Jefferson and St. Pius X at Hill Valley earlier this year. Jefferson R-7...

MSHSAA District Semifinal Predictions: Blue Jays, Lancers Have All-Or-Nothing Rematch, and We Pity The Foo Who Plays Week 11’s Winner

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 2, 2023 | News, Predictions

St. Pius Lancers at Jefferson Blue Jays (Class 2, District 2) Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? St. Vincent may have turned out to be the “A-Team” of the I-55 Conference this season, and yet it’s a crazy fact that the Jefferson Blue...

Week 10 District Q-Final Scores & Analysis: Herculaneum Blackcats Turn Middle Seed Into Magic With Roaring Win Over Kennett Indians

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 29, 2023 | News, Recaps

Herculaneum 32, Kennett 26 Weeeeee are loyal to you Herky, Honnnnnnor is our aim Whyyyyyyy does Coach just keep complaining?  His name rhymes with “insane” Rah! Rah! Rah!  Holy heck. The Herculaneum Blackcats have righted the wrongs, stolen the show, and...

Week 10 District Quarterfinal Predictions: Triumphant Eve Not Guaranteed With County’s Top 2 Sitting Out

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 26, 2023 | News, Predictions

DeSoto Dragons at Festus Tigers (Class 4, District 1) Russ Schmidt’s return to Midmeadow Lane as DeSoto’s head coach is a triumph in more ways than one. It was Schmidt’s mastery of DeSoto as FHS’s skipper that stuck in the minds of R-6 faithful...

2023 District Playoff Preview: Brackets For Class 1 Thru Class 6, Hillsboro-Festus and Seckman-Jackson on Collision Courses

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 26, 2023 | News, Previews

“The Karate Kid” is turning 40 years old, and it’s fascinating to observe how Americans had Martial Arts so “bass-ackwards” as they say, so plainly and demonstrably wrong on dual counts back in the day. We thought the dumbest thing about...

Week 9 Friday Night Predictions: Iconic Tri-City Rivalry Writes Another Chapter as Herky Blackcats Host Crystal City Hornets

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 19, 2023 | News, Predictions

Crystal City Hornets at Herculaneum Blackcats Week 9 being the time when Mississippi Magazine begins to close down its regular-season coverage and starts looking at the District playoffs more closely, most of our predictions for this Friday night will be of the...