With all the Week 9 games complete the brackets and matchups for the District Playoffs are now set..
No big surprises, as must things were lined out last night..
Class 3
- Cassville- win over Lamar was just punctuation mark
- Reeds Spring- win over Mt Vernon in week 3 proved huge
- Mt Vernon- survived upset bid by Hollister but spot known for weeks
- Seneca- knew it would be tight.. did just enough to jump Hollister
- Hollister- Tigers made it interesting… playing really well right now
- Aurora- played well vs Reeds Spring.
- Nevada- gets to go back to the same place they played Week One
- Clinton- Its been a tough year
Clinton at Cassville
Hollister at Seneca
Nevada at Reeds Spring
Aurora at Mt Vernon
Cassville/Clinton winner will face Hollister/Seneca winner in semis
Nevada/Reeds Spring winner will face Aurora/Mt Vernon winner
Team with the better seed will host
Class 5
- Carthage- Locked this down weeks ago.
- Parkview- One of the best backs in the area
- Nixa- finished behind Republic but beat them
- Republic-margin of win/loss helped get them a home game
- Branson- Pirates did beat Republic but you cant drop more than 1 spot
Branson at Republic
Carthage, Parkview, and Nixa get first round byes
Branson/Republic winner at Carthage
Nixa at Parkview
Class 2
- Ava- Have not had a problem since week one
- Fair Grove- Knew they would be now worse than 2
- Strafford- the head to head loss to FG hurt
- Liberty- needed a win to get a home game and got it
- Mountain Grove- win over Houston gives them a rival in round 1
- Houston- upstart team against high flying Strafford
- Willow Springs-still think they are better, even if record not
- Forsyth- as I have said for weeks.. it just takes time
Forsyth at Ava
Mountain Grove at Liberty
Willow Springs at Fair Grove
Houston at Strafford
Forsyth/Ava winner vs Mountain Grove/Liberty winner
Willow Springs/Fair Grove winner vs Houston/Strafford winner