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...

Week 3 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Hillsboro Hammers Holt Indians, St. Pius X Contends for Missouri’s Top Scoring Day of 2026

by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 12, 2026 | News, Recaps

Jefferson 30, Herculaneum 14 What a heartening win for the Jefferson Blue Jays. Head coach Matt Atley’s team braved Blackcat Drive with the kind of crisp, versatile teamwork that characterized Jefferson’s memorable win at St. Pius X in 2023. For example, the Blue...

Week 2 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Northwest Cruises Past Fox Again as Quarterback Drama Takes Center Stage

by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 6, 2026 | News, Recaps

Northwest 27, Fox 7 Cohenn Stark with a haymaker! The Fox Warriors had overcome a sluggish first half to sit within 13 points of the host NHS Lions when No. 5 rifled an 81-yard touchdown pass to Jax Newcomer, giving Cedar Hill a prohibitive 20-0 edge in the third...

Week 1 Friday Night Scores & Analysis: Windsor Rates Higher than North County or DeSoto Following First-Friday Surprises

by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 31, 2026 | News, Recaps

Windsor 34, Jefferson 20 The Windsor Owls found a way to produce that “long game” that Mississippi Magazine considered Windsor’s simplest path to glory in Week 1 – score really, really long touchdowns and keep those Referee’s Timeouts...