Month: October 2016

Wolves crack the Rankings

The Reeds Spring Wolves have made their way into the Class 3 State Football rankings according to the latest Media Poll.  Reeds Spring checks in at #10 replacing John Burroughs from last weeks poll.

Reeds Spring is 6-1 on the season and faces Buffalo on Friday Night.

Rankings are as follows…

  1. Maryville (13), 7-0, 139, 1
  2. Blair Oaks (1), 7-0, 127, 2
  3. Center, 7-0, 106, 3
  4. Monett, 6-1, 93, 4
  5. McCluer South-Berkley, 6-0, 79, 5
  6. Richmond, 7-0, 70, 7
  7. Park Hills Central, 7-0, 63, 7
  8. Mexico, 5-2, 48, 8
  9. Osage, 6-1, 14, 9
  10. Reeds Spring, 6-1, 13, NR

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the way I see districts…

With two regular season games to go most positions in the district standings seem to be close to set with a couple of interesting possibilities to change stuff. Both the Class 3 and Class 5 area districts have some important games in the middle and at the bottom of the standings.

Class 3

The top 5 are close to being set.  Yes I know that Seneca is only .19 behind Hollister but unlikely to win again, as they have Monett and Lamar the next two weeks.  Their only hope is to pass the Tigers because they will get a nice boost from strength of schedule when facing these two.  But, also remember that Hollister has a bonus point game coming up when they play Marshfield week 9. Now, the bottom 3 will be interesting because they have beaten each other.  If it stays the way it is right now, East Newton would jump to the 6 spot because they beat Seneca head to head. (yes I know Aurora beat East Newton, but the jump goes from top to bottom and only one jump can take place with a team)  Now the Patriots and Houn Dawgs each still have a game with McDonald County coming. Taking all of this into account… here is my guess for now.

  1. Reeds Spring
  2. Monett
  3. Cassville
  4. Mt Vernon
  5. Hollister
  6. Seneca
  7. Aurora
  8. East Newton

I am basically saying that Hollister will hold off Seneca for the 5 spot either by winning at least one game or by the bonus being enough.. it will be close so its not guaranteed.  At the bottom, anyone knows… I am going with the theory that McDonald County beats East Newton (it would be their first win of the year) and Aurora beats the Mustangs that final week.  So to say that my projections are fluid is an understatement.

Now, on to Class 5.  This one has been set, in my opinion for a little while.  Now, Ozark has made things a little interesting with their win over Webb City.  But still not sure they are going to make it to #2.  At the bottom, it will be tight, extremely tight.  Waynesville is only 2.38 behing Central and they have bonus points coming for playing Kickapoo.  I dont think either team will win and both will likely lose by more than 13 both weeks.  I am going to say the bounus is not quite enough so Branson will still get to play Central Week 10.  Here is how I still see it..

  1. Glendale
  2. Lebanon
  3. Ozark
  4. Branson
  5. Central
  6. Waynesville

I admit I have made some guesses and assumptions in coming up with this,  And while I have been pretty consistent through the weeks, still some big changes could happen.  Its all for fun, anyway.

Updated District Football Standings..

Here are the updated District Football Standings.. Had to wait until the end of the Lamar vs Valle game because the result made a difference in strength of schedule for many teams.  With that now in the books here is a look at where it stands as of now…  My weekly projections will be posted tomorrow…

Class 3

  1. Reeds Spring     6-1    48.26
  2. Monett               6-1   42.69
  3. Cassville            5-2   40.73
  4. Mt Vernon         5-2   38.04
  5. Hollister            3-4   27.84
  6. Seneca               3-4   27.63
  7. East Newton     2-5   20.94
  8. Aurora              1-6    20.07

Class 5

  1. Glendale         7-0   51.34
  2. Lebanon         5-2   38.33
  3. Ozark             5-2   36.76
  4. Branson         2-5   22.67
  5. Central          0-7    14.38
  6. Waynesville  0-7    12

Wolves and Pirates win again, Tigers fall

Reeds Spring remained on track last night as they continue their quest for their first ever outright small COC title.    The Wolves frustrated the BlueJay offense all night and claimed a 36-8 conference victory.  You can read my brief report at Wolves win

Meanwhile, the Branson Pirates picked up their second victory in a row.  This time, they did so on the road.  The Pirates traveled to Republic and took care of the Tigers on their Homecoming.  21-14 was the final as Branson moves to 2-5 on the season.  The Pirates will look to continue this string of success when they host Willard next week at Pirates Stadium.

Not quite as good news for the Hollister Tigers.  Coach Jacob Hammon took his Tigers up to Springfield Catholic to face a couple of familiar faces.  Hammon played for Steve Hancock and Ron Martin at Branson.  Now the duo leads the Irish.  And this night, the Irish had it going.  Catholic claimed the COC victory 45-7.