The Gridiron Geek's Mississippi Magazine
Welcome to The Gridiron Geek’s Mississippi Magazine, a journal of Jefferson County’s 12 Varsity football teams and the greater MSHSAA landscape on Friday nights. Our mission is to help restore free-of-paywall prep pigskin content and media to alumni and padawans near and far, putting student-athletes back in the public spotlight.
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I-55 Conference Season Previews: St. Pius, Jefferson, Herky, and Very, Very Large Birds of Prey
Dan Jenkins of Yahoo Sports spawned a new style of sports-writing in 2007, when WR Plaxico Burress...
Crystal City Hornets Season Preview: Can Missouri’s Smallest Pigskin School Win a Championship in 2023?
The Geek spent much of 2022 serving up a dish on how compelling Crystal City football could turn...
TGG Classic: Emily Holt Makes All-Star Debut, Sets New Standard For Girls in MSHSAA Pigskin
Despite an advocacy of women's sports that includes a very first gig as a hoops reporter, The...
TGG Classic: Crystal City Beats Gateway Tech, Moves To 5-0 For First Time Since 2007
(Author's Note: TGG doesn't know why the 15-year milestone of a 5-0 Crystal City debut didn't show...
TGG Classic: Hillsboro Scares the Horns Off Ladue Rams in Icy State Quarterfinal
MSHSAA 2017 Class 4 State Quarterfinal Recap Ladue Rams 34, Hillsboro Hawks 20 The past few weeks...
TGG Classic: Colby Ott Crushes Class 2, Leads Jeff County to a Trifecta of District Championships
How does TRIFECTA work as an acronym? True Revival In Football Excellence Commands Total Awe. Hmm....
TGG Classic: Moser’s Maulers, DeSoto Dragons Stop Hillsboro Hawks Cold at Joachim Junction
DeSoto 14, Hillsboro 8 Buddhists say a man is shaped in his earliest years. One of The Geek's...
TGG Classic: Ryan Ruble’s Pick Six Sparks Grandview’s Senior Night Squash of St. Vincent
Grandview 47, St. Vincent 25 Where to begin covering a slate like Week 8? St. Pius X clinched an...
Jefferson County Power Poll: Final 2022 Season Rankings and a Look Ahead to 2023
#1 - Hillsboro Hawks Was the Blue & White unfortunate to peak on the gridiron just as Class 3...
Hillsboro’s Fighting Loss Points Way To Greater Things For County Pigskin
St. Mary's 55, Hillsboro 34 Well, that's that. The Geek allowed the words "Show-Me Bowl" to slip...