Things stay mostly the same as the statewide media football panel produces its final state football rankings of the regular season. The Blair Oaks Falcons sit where they have pretty much all season since the loss by Maryville in week two. With a loss by Seneca (albeit to Lamar) and another by Springfield Catholic, there's been a little bit of a shake-up in Class 3...where Eldon moves up to sixth from seventh, and Mexico re-enters the poll at number 10. Here are the complete

First of all...let me say thank you to all the folks from around the area who have asked about this column and this writer. It's truly humbling to think that people actually read, and looked forward to reading this collection of scores and words. I am sorry that I have been mostly absent from this space the last couple of weeks...but I have a new gig and an old gig that is taking up a lot of time lately, so I have been unable to update as often as I liked. The new gig? Mornin