Week 7 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: FHS Defense Runs Hannibal Pirates Aground, Kirkwood and Farmington Shut Down Area Powers in Quarter 4

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 10, 2026 | News, Recaps

Festus 21, Hannibal 12 The front line (front-seven?) story goes up front. The real-life, honest-to-goodness Festus Tigers defense of 2026 showed up again on Friday, leading the Black & Gold to its third critical win in three games. The Tigers have now beaten 2023...

Brody Kube Expedites His Return From Injury, Seckman Jaguars Trounce Hazelwood East 40-6

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 9, 2026 | News, Recaps

Whoa. The Seckman Jaguars just laid yet another surprise on the STL Metro, and this one’s got Week 9 and Week 11 implications. The Jaguars’ 40-6 thrashing of the HEHS Spartans proved a point that went beyond the scoreboard. SHS quarterback Brody Kube made a stunning...

Week 6 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Fox Scores JeffCo’s Signature Win of Midseason, Kisner Breaks Record, and Blue Jays Make Breakthrough

by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 3, 2026 | News, Recaps

Fox 27, Parkway West 7 … and THERE’S the SIGNATURE WIN our county has been waiting for! Fox High School puts a schooling on the Class 5 power Parkway West, knocking the Longhorns from the ranks of the unbeaten. Dual-threat quarterback Jude Pribish has the...

Week 5 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Black & Gold’s Beast of a Defense Shuts Out Hawks, More Than One OT Thriller Goes on Dirty Dozen’s Scoreboard (UPDATED)

by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 26, 2026 | News, Recaps

Festus 20, Hillsboro 0 Editor’s Note: The Blue & White is black-and-blue with an expanding injury list, joining Seckman, Grandview, and rival FHS as the teams impacted the worst by Jeff County’s late-summer rash of injuries. Circumstances forced...

Geek Groaners: Fox Warriors Get Stephen A. Smith Treatment from Mississippi Magazine in Summer ‘26

by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 24, 2026 | News, Recaps

Call it Steve Harvey at the Miss America pageant, or Stephen A. Smith giving the ‘San Diego’ Chargers a fictional town and lineup in 2018. Call it the Three Stooges. Whatever the punch line might be, veteran Mississippi Magazine readers know the pain. Each season,...

Week 4 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: DeSoto Makes First-Half Run at Festus Tigers, Crystal City Nets Indescribably Needed Win on Homecoming

by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 19, 2026 | News, Recaps

Festus 36, DeSoto 8 So what, DeSoto Dragons, if Friday’s final score fell about the same as the Festus Tigers’ other recent wins in the series? Anyone who watched the contest knows exactly what you accomplished in that second quarter. Facing an...