Missouri Media football rankings Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 15-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Sam McDowell, The Kansas City Star; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Jim Powers, High School Sports Caravan; Cameron Teague, The Columbia Tribune; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Mike Scott, Ozone Sports; Harrison Keegan, The Springfield News-Lea

What a wild and weird week of football we went through last weekend. Huge performances, huge scores, huge games. And maybe a message sent by the Blair Oaks Falcons. Blair Oaks 46 Oak Grove 7 As the title of the article suggests...we didn't see a rout of that magnitude coming when the Falcons lined up with the Oak Grove Panthers. Oak Grove is a highly regarded program, just coming off an impressive win in its opener. But right from the first defensive snap, the Panthers were i

Missouri Media football rankings Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 15-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Sam McDowell, The Kansas City Star; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Jim Powers, High School Sports Caravan; Cameron Teague, The Columbia Tribune; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Mike Scott, Ozone Sports; Harrison Keegan, The Springfield News-Lea

We didn't see any weather-related thunder and lightning in Kirksville Friday night...but we sure had some on the field. The thunder coming from Blair Oaks' receivers thundering up and down the field. In all...Falcons receivers caught...unofficially...30 passes for more than 350 yards. We knew about Ben Thomas and Braden Pritchitt and Ethan Luebbering...but where did Hayden Irvin come from? Great to see a senior finally getting his chance and running with it. The lightning cam

The Blair Oaks Falcons are the highest ranked area team in the first state football rankings of the season. A quarterfinalist last season, the Falcons came out number 4 in Class 3 in the preseason poll selected by a group of sportswriters and sportscasters from around the state. The top team in the Class 3 poll is McCluer South Berkley, the team that ended the Falcons season last year. Defending state champs Monett come in ninth...with Southern Boone making it into the rankin