With three weeks to go before district tournaments begin, let’s take a look at this week’s county prep football matchups.
Crystal City hasn’t tasted victory since Oct. 14, 2016. The Hornets are 0-6 this year and have been shut out four times. Crystal visits Herculaneum (2-4) in an I-55 Conference game on Friday. The Blackcats notched a conference win last week with a 26-20 victory at Grandview.
De Soto head coach Chris Johnson would love nothing more than to beat visiting Hillsboro on Friday in a Mississippi Area Football Conference Red Division game. Johnson has said this season that until the Dragons can break their long losing streaks against the Hawks and Festus, they can’t be considered true rivals.
Not only has Hillsboro beaten De Soto in the last two regular season tilts, the Hawks have ended the Dragons’ season twice in the last two Class 4 District 1 playoffs.
De Soto is coming off of its most impressive offensive performance last week after beating Fredericktown 51-41. Running back Cole Watson gashed the Blackcats for 210 yards and quarterback Briar Fischer completed 13 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns.
Hillsboro’s three-game winning streak was erased after being thumped 34-12 by North County last week. Head coach Lee Freeman has been swapping QBs Ethan Eckrich and Tyler Sizemore during games, but the Hawks are always a run-first team and have a deep backfield, led by the 502 yards by Dylan Dace.
Fox is the lone undefeated football team in Jefferson County, but the Warriors will have a tough test at Hazelwood East on Saturday when temperatures could reach the upper 80s. County teams historically melt in North County on hot Saturdays.
If the Warriors beat the Spartans, Seckman and Northwest stand in their way of perfection through nine games.
St. Pius X is 5-1 with three I-55 games remaining. Right now, the Lancers are in third place in the conference at 2-1, behind Jefferson (3-1) and Valle Catholic (3-0). But if St. Pius wins out, it will capture its first I-55 title.
Crystal City Hornets (0-6)
Chaffee 20, Crystal City 0
Kelly 31, Crystal City 0
Principia 14, Crystal City 7
Valle Catholic 49, Crystal City 0
Jefferson 63, Crystal City 0
St. Vincent 49, Crystal City 12
Oct. 5 at Herculaneum
Oct. 12 St. Pius X
Oct. 19 at Grandview
De Soto Dragons (3-3)
De Soto 6, Perryville 3
Mehlville 52, De Soto 22
De Soto 36, Windsor 14
North County 60, De Soto 28
Festus 28, De Soto 18
De Soto 51, Fredericktown 41
Oct. 5 Hillsboro
Oct. 12 at Ste. Genevieve
Oct. 19 Potosi
Festus Tigers (4-2)
Fox 27, Festus 6
Festus 20, Sullivan 13
Festus 42, North County 20
Hillsboro 34, Festus 22
Festus 28, De Soto 18
Festus 41, Windsor 6
Oct. 5 at Pacific
Oct. 12 St. Francis Borgia
Oct. 18 Troy Buchanan
Fox Warriors (6-0)
Fox 27, Festus 6
Fox 37, Lindbergh 7
Fox 22, Summit 19
Fox 50, Mehlville 13
Fox 28, Oakville 0
Fox 21, Marquette 17
Oct. 6 at Hazelwood East
Oct. 12 Seckman
Oct. 19 Northwest
Grandview Eagles (0-6)
Scott City 50, Grandview 0
Portageville 50, Grandview 20
St. Pius X 49, Grandview 13
Cuba 58, Grandview 18
Valle Catholic 56, Grandview 6
Herculaneum 26, Grandview 20
Oct. 5 Jefferson
Oct. 12 at St. Vincent
Oct. 19 at Crystal City
Herculaneum Blackcats (2-4)
Herculaneum 18, Cuba 14
Fredericktown 26, Herculaneum 12
Jefferson 60, Herculaneum 0
St. Vincent 44, Herculaneum 20
St. Pius X 35, Herculaneum 0
Herculaneum 26, Grandview 20
Oct. 5 Crystal City
Oct. 12 at Valle Catholic
Oct. 19 Charleston
Hillsboro Hawks (4-2)
Hillsboro 30, Sullivan 17
St. Charles West 30, Hillsboro 14
Hillsboro 36, Farmington 34
Hillsboro 34, Festus 22
Hillsboro 44, Windsor 18
North County 34, Hillsboro 12
Oct. 5 at De Soto
Oct. 12 at Jackson
Oct. 19 Poplar Bluff
Jefferson Blue Jays (5-1)
Jefferson 51, DuBourg/Hancock 6
Jefferson 57, Roosevelt/Cleveland NJROTC 19
Jefferson 60, Herculaneum 0
Jefferson 20, St. Pius X 0
Jefferson 63, Crystal City 0
Valle Catholic 20, Jefferson 0
Oct. 5 at Grandview
Oct. 12 Chaffee
Oct. 19 St. Vincent
Northwest Lions (3-3)
Northwest 34, Francis Howell North 14
Northwest 7, Parkway South 3
Northwest 33. Riverview Gardens 0
Seckman 14, Northwest 6
Lafayette 36, Northwest 0
Mehlville 42, Northwest 14
Oct. 6 at Hazelwood West
Oct. 12 Oakville
Oct. 19 at Fox
Seckman Jaguars (5-1)
Seckman 27, Washington 13
Seckman 47, Windsor 14
Seckman 50, University City 16
Seckman 14, Northwest 6
Mehlville 49, Seckman 7
Seckman 49, Oakville 22
Oct. 5 McCluer
Oct. 12 Fox
Oct. 19 at Eureka
St. Pius X Lancers (5-1)
St. Pius 42, Windsor 14
St. Pius 48, Bayless 0
St. Pius 49, Grandview 13
Jefferson 20, St. Pius X 0
St. Pius 35, Herculaneum 0
St. Pius 58, Cuba 22
Oct. 5 St. Vincent
Oct. 12 at Crystal City
Oct. 19 Valle Catholic
Windsor Owls (0-6)
St. Pius 42, Windsor 14
Seckman 47, Windsor 14
De Soto 36, Windsor 14
Lift for Life Academy 44, Windsor 18
Hillsboro 44, Windsor 18
Festus 41, Windsor 6
Oct. 5 at North County
Oct. 12 at Cuba
Oct. 19 Bayless