by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 12, 2023 | News, Recaps
Hillsboro 29, Festus 28 We grow tired of High School teams who can’t get to the next level and stay there, or at least the ones who appear to have quit trying in the midst of sunny days. It’s hard to remember now, but 15 years ago, the Gateway Tech Jaguars...
by The Gridiron Geek | Nov 5, 2023 | News, Recaps
Jefferson 28, St. Pius 15 The box score of Friday’s Highway 61 rematch would seem to show that Week 11’s grudge turned into a dud, at least compared to the electrifying tilt between Jefferson and St. Pius X at Hill Valley earlier this year. Jefferson R-7...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 29, 2023 | News, Recaps
Herculaneum 32, Kennett 26 Weeeeee are loyal to you Herky, Honnnnnnor is our aim Whyyyyyyy does Coach just keep complaining? His name rhymes with “insane” Rah! Rah! Rah! Holy heck. The Herculaneum Blackcats have righted the wrongs, stolen the show, and...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 15, 2023 | News, Recaps
Cardinal Ritter 34, Hillsboro 21 The Gridiron Geek has groaned about Mississippi Conference clubs getting what’s known as a Pyrrhic Victory, in which a team wins in the short-term but loses out in other long-term ways. It happened to Festus High in 2020 when...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 8, 2023 | News, Recaps
Festus 49, Pacific 13 Friday night was a time for Cinderella to sing. In case anyone doesn’t think virtually ALL of MSHSAA’s favorites were playing under the season’s real full moon in Week 7, consider that the DeSoto Dragons took the football and...
by The Gridiron Geek | Oct 3, 2023 | News, Recaps
This season’s Herky Blackcat pep squad has sadly become like the 2 guys walking along the road at the end of “Dumb and Dumber.” Things are feeling lonely, downcast, even hopeless. “When are we ever gonna catch a break?” For Dunklin R-5,...
