Some surprises and intriguing match-ups as the district football pairings are set at the beginning of the playoffs. First of all...as expected the Blair Oaks Falcons will host the Versailles Tigers on Friday night in the one vs. eight match-up. The Falcons are coming off a 70-0 shellacking of the Tigers last Friday night. Also Friday night...second place Fulton will host seventh place Boonville while Southern Boone...which finished sixth in the district despite a 5 and 4 rec

With John Burroughs' loss last week to Westminster Christian Academy, another top ranked team in class 3 bites the dust for the time being. That means, of course, the teams behind move up. So...this week's new number one team in Class 3 is last week's number 2 team...Maryville. Last week's number 3 team...the Blair Oaks Falcons...is now number 2. Now, we all know that these rankings mean nothing in the great scheme of things, but they can help spur debates and pump up pride a

Here are the state rankings after week six. No movement for the Falcons after they went from nunber 4 to number 3 last week. Here are the latest Missouri high school football state rankings as determined by a vote of Missouri sportswriters and broadcasters. CLASS 6 Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. CBC (15), 6-0, 150, 1 2. Francis Howell, 6-0, 134, 2 3. Blue Springs South, 6-0, 118, 3 4. Kirkwood, 5-0, 107, 4 5. Jefferson City, 5-1, 89, 5 6. Eureka, 5-0, 76, 6 7. SLUH, 5-