Class 4 State Semifinal Preview and Prediction: Hillsboro Takes On Another Manufactured Giant From STL Private School Ranks

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...

Week 13 Friday Night Predictions: Hillsboro Hawks Begin State Playoffs on the Meramec, Crystal City Heads Downriver Hoping For Gold at St. Vincent

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...

Week 12 Friday Night Predictions: Hillsboro and Festus, Seckman and Jackson Square Off in Championship Rumbles, Blue Jays and Hornets Host Dangerous District Foes

by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 9, 2023 | News, Predictions

C4 District 1 Championship Game: Festus Tigers at Hillsboro Hawks The Geek has taken just about every angle to previews of the Festus-Hillsboro series over the years. Once about 5 years ago, the Magazine even quoted the greatest Pacific Time Zone pigskin announcer of...

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 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...

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...