by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 7, 2025 | News, Recaps
Seckman 21, Fox 14 (OT) It was, by any definition, one of the greatest games ever played in Jefferson County. Seckman and Fox’s overtime drama was as thrilling and suspenseful as Hillsboro’s overtime title tilt with Cape Girardeau Central, Herky’s...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 31, 2025 | News, Recaps
Festus 30, Rolla 14 The Gridiron Geek has begun the 2025 season with a set of the worst predictions you’ve ever seen. You know how rap music fans started wearing that T-Shirt, “Real Bad?” Mississippi Magazine’s predictions were REAL BAD and...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 24, 2024 | News, Rankings, Recaps, TGG Classics
The Geek knows that everyone’s been waiting a while for this year’s All-Star selections (thanks to Festus and Crystal City!) so we won’t dare publish a long preface before getting right to it. Just a fair warning first, though – 2024’s...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 12, 2024 | News, Recaps
–-Jefferson County Large Schools Coach of the Year— A.J. Ofodile, Festus Tigers Honorable Mention: Russ Schmidt, DeSoto Dragons Weirdly enough, there’s a local Large Schools coach who deserves all kinds of the honors in COTY-style awards, but his name’s...
by The Gridiron Geek | Dec 7, 2024 | News, Recaps
So the Gridiron Geek (and everyone else) had to endure a Class 4 Show-Me Bowl that went as badly for the FHS Tigers as one could have possibly feared. The quick 0-14 deficit. The stalled-out drives. The weird, conservative play-calling that persisted even after Essien...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 22, 2024 | News, Recaps
Seems like our humble little Mississippi league with 5 teams in it has figured out how to whip Missouri’s state playoff field up, down, and sideways…through the snow if necessary. We can only say that the Tigers’ mean pigskin conference values...
