by The Gridiron Geek | Sep 3, 2023 | News, Recaps
Valle University 20, Festus High School 6 Friday’s Festus Tiger loss was so grim, grinding, and gol’dang ugly that it turned The Gridiron Geek’s usual recapping style on its head. Mississippi Magazine readers are used to the “this, BUT...
by The Gridiron Geek | Aug 27, 2023 | News, Recaps
Windsor 7, Herculaneum 6 Herky Blackcats head coach Blane Boss is Mississippi Magazine’s unofficial “Coach Of The Week” for Week 1 after nearly leading HHS to a crazy upset of Windsor High. Herculaneum is outmanned, outgunned, and inexperienced in...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 20, 2022 | News, Recaps
St. Mary’s 55, Hillsboro 34 Well, that’s that. The Geek allowed the words “Show-Me Bowl” to slip into this season’s coverage many times, and references to Hillsboro and the state-title game had nothing to do with SMBs that happened in...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 13, 2022 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 55, Festus 6 Saturday, November 12 USPS Envelope Half-Sealed NO STAMP Dear MSHSAA, Thank you for the apology in my inbox following MSHSAA TV’s attempt to broadcast the Class 4 District Championship Game at Hillsboro High. I thought I’d respond...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 6, 2022 | News, Recaps
Festus 28, North County 15 TGG doesn’t pretend to understand defense as well as he understands offense and special teams, even though Mississippi Magazine will always argue that offense (i.e. scoring points) and defense (i.e. “stoppin’ a team from...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 30, 2022 | News, Recaps
Seckman 50, St. Louis University High 41 Who says a 1-loss team can’t make a statement in the Q-Finals? Seckman High School – in a narrative that Mississippi Magazine consciously soft-pedaled on Thursday – probably had the worst opening-round playoff...
