Week 12 Friday Night Predictions: Festus Confronts Rowdy Rookies of Bonne Terre and Caruthersville, Space Ship Lands in Hillsboro for Grandview vs Van-Far Title Game

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 13, 2025 | News, Predictions

Festus Tigers vs North County Raiders (Class 4, District 1 Championship Game) Teams filled with talented rookies are the ultimate Friday Night Lights spoilers in late fall. Sophomores, more so than juniors, seniors, or perhaps even freshmen, don’t stop growing...

Week 11 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Northwest Stuns Seckman in The Valley, Dirty Dozen Sends Lions, Lancers, Tigers, and Eagles to District Finals

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 8, 2025 | News, Recaps

Northwest 14, Seckman 7 A theme of today’s recap is things that went “WHOOP!” right over Mississippi Magazine’s head, coming down right on the broad shoulders of the Dirty Dozen’s student-athletes. The fact that Northwest and Seckman had...

Week 11’s Friday Night Predictions: Festus vs Hillsboro, Seckman vs Northwest Headline a District Semifinal Round of Rivalry Rumbles

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 6, 2025 | News, Predictions

Festus Tigers vs Hillsboro Hawks (Class 4, District 1 Semifinals) Today’s final prediction will forecast a game with Valle University Catholic in it, which is topical to the Highway A Game because – for all The Geek’s hanging around pigskin venues in...

Week 10 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Fox Warriors Whoop Into Semifinals, Herky Bombs Burroughs, and Jefferson Kicks Over the Table

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 1, 2025 | News, Recaps

Fox 49, Poplar Bluff 14 Woo hoo! Fox deserves this week’s top recap after what might be a breakout performance, dealing a Turbo Clock defeat to a Poplar Bluff team that waffled Hillsboro 30-21 one week ago. Leader Publications’ excellent live blog captured...

Week 10’s District Playoff Predictions: Halloween Suits Herky Blackcats Better than Others, Plus The Geek Meets The Cat in the Hat

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 30, 2025 | News, Predictions

The Gridiron Geek and The Cat in the Hat Rolynn’s Reviews make predictions on seven District Q-Final games featuring teams of the Dirty Dozen. Fort Bragg (where there’s always John Rambo’s corps to lend a hand) gets a crash course from The Geek on...

Class 6 District Playoff Preview and Predictions: By a Cat’s Hair, the Seckman Jaguars and Northwest Lions Have Their Rematch on November 7

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 29, 2025 | News, Predictions, Previews

Hooray! Mississippi Magazine’s readers have no idea how happy The Geek is to have been wrong about the Class 6, District 1 semifinals. We thought that an Oakville victory over Northwest last Friday night, by any final score, would help Oakville crack District...