Friday night lights is win or game over now for Missouri, Kansas high schools: podcast
So who ya got in the high school football playoffs? Liberty North? Center? Kearney? Olathe North or perhaps Mill Valley?
All have had excellent seasons and each is among the favorites in their respective Kansas/Missouri classification. But anything can happen in the postseason, and on today’s episode of The Star’s SportsBeat KC podcast, Dion Clisso — managing editor of KC Star prep football coverage partner prepskc.com — is here to break it down.
Clisso discusses the brackets and top contenders on both sides of the state line, and also gets into some of the changes he’d consider making to improve the level of competition.
Here are the defending state champions:
Missouri
Class 6: Christian Brothers College
Class 5: Webb City
Class 4: Smithville
Class 3: St. Mary’s
Class 2: Lutheran St. Charles
Class 1: East Buchanan
8-man: Drexel
Kansas
Class 6A: Blue Valley Northwest
Class 5A: Mill Valley
Class 4A: St. James
Class 3A: Andale
Class 2A: Rossville
Class 1A: Olpe
Class 8-player Div. I: Meade
Class 8-player Div. II: Axtell