Grand River Conference

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by Week 5 of high school football has been completed.  Both conferences are in the middle of conference play. GRC (11-Man) With nine teams in the conference, every week will feature four conference games and one non-conference game.  All but Gallatin played a conference game this week.  Here are the results for Week 5. #1 Brookfield 50 #5 Putnam County 14 Brookfield and Putnam County played each other for the first time since 2011, when they were both in the Tri-Rivers Conference. #2 South Harrison 36 #6 Trenton 28 (OT) South Harrison defeats Trenton for the first time since 2021. #8 Polo 10 #3 Milan Polo defeats Milan for the first time since 2016 and ends a 7-game losing streak against the Wildcats. #4 Marceline 21 #9 Maysville 13 Marceline and Maysville played each other for the first time since 2018 when Marceline defeated Maysville in the Class 1 District Quarterfinals. Westran 44 #7 Gallatin 13 Gallatin plays West...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by Week 4 of high school football has been completed.  Both conferences are in the middle of conference play. GRC (11-Man) With nine teams in the conference, every week will feature four conference games and one non-conference game.  All but South Harrison played a conference game this week.  Here are the results for Week 4. #1 Brookfield 54 #7 Polo 20 Brookfield and Polo face each other for the first time. (Since 2007) #2 South Harrison 22 Scotland County 15 South Harrison defeats Scotland County for the second straight season.  They defeated Scotland County 38-6 last season. #4 Milan 40 #3 Marceline 14 Milan defeats Marceline for the second straight season.  They defeated Marceline 26-21 in Districts last season. #8 Trenton 35 #5 Gallatin 12 Trenton defeats Gallatin for the second straight season.  Gallatin had defeated Trenton 7 straight before last year. #6 Putnam County 36 #9 Maysville 8 Putnam and M...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by On Friday night, North Andrew played its 400th game in 8-man since MSHSAA sanctioned 8-man in 1988. In addition, the Cardinals were celebrating homecoming against St. Joseph Christian.  Coming off a disappointing loss to Worth County, they were looking to rebound against the Lions.   St. Joseph Christian took the opening kickoff but was facing a fourth and 5 at their own 20 when Mason Stewart completed a short pass to Cy Carlson, who advanced into North Andrew territory.  But the drive was stalled when North Andrew's Avrey Miller recovered a fumble at the North Andrew 19-yard line.  Braxon Linville took advantage of the turnover with a 61-yard touchdown run to give North Andrew a 6-0 lead with 8:07 left in the first quarter. After the Lions' next drive stalled, they were able to force a North Andrew fumble at the St. Joseph Christian 35-yard line.  Peyton Hausman tied the game with a 23-yard touch...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by Week 3 of high school football has been completed. While GRC teams started playing conference games in Week 1, the GRC West kicked off conference play this week. GRC (11-Man) With nine teams in the conference, every week will feature four conference games and one non-conference game.  All but Brookfield played a conference game this week.  Here are the results for Week 3. #1 Brookfield 62 Highland 0 Brookfield played a non-conference game this week, but it was a familiar opponent when they played their former CCC opponent, Highland.  Brookfield has won the last three games vs Highland and 15 out of 16 since 2010.   #3 South Harrison 38 #2 Marceline 37 (OT) South Harrison defeats Marceline in a matchup of teams that entered the game 2-0.  South Harrison built a 30-16 lead before Marceline came back to tie the game to send it into overtime.  After Marceline took a 37-30 lead in overtime, South Harri...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by Louis "Bubba" O'Brien took over as head coach of the Princeton Tigers this season when long-time head coach Nathan Powell retired. Unfortunately, the Tigers faced state-ranked teams in their first two weeks, falling to #5 South Holt in Week 1 and #2 Platte Valley in Week 2. This week, Princeton faced Pattonsburg, who also entered the game at 0-2. However, both of the Panthers' games were within one score, and they came into the game averaging 63 points.  Pattonsburg opened the game on offense, and it looked like it would be another high-scoring game for them.  Quarterback Camden Griffith found Landon Preston for a 44-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage.  After a Griffith run for the conversion, Pattonsburg was up 8-0 with 11:51 left in the first quarter. Princeton would answer when Clay Evans connected with Mitchell Walker on a catch and run for a 24-yard touchdown reception.  The conversion failed, ...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by Week 2 of high school football is in the books. Most of the GRC teams have played two conference games. GRC West schools have finished non-conference games against Highway 275 Conference opponents and will begin conference play next week. GRC (11-Man) With nine teams in the conference, every week will feature four conference games and one non-conference game.  All but Milan played a conference game this week.  Here are the results for Week 2. #1 Brookfield 46 #8 Maysville 0 Brookfield moves to 2-0 with a shutout of Maysville, which falls to 0-2.  MSHSAA showed no recent matchups in the series between these two schools. #2 Marceline 41 #6 Gallatin 12 Marceline moves to 2-0, and Gallatin falls to 1-1.  Since 2018, Marceline is 3-0 vs. Gallatin, including a win over the Bulldogs last season and a 29-0 win in the 2018 District Semifinals. #7 Polo 35 #3 Trenton 14 Polo is 1-1, and Trenton falls to 0-2....

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by The South Harrison Bulldogs were coming off a big win over Milan in Week 1, which earned them the Green Hills Insurance LLC Team of the Week honors.  They were attempting to go 2-0 for the first time since 2019 with a trip to Putnam County. The Bulldogs were able to control the game from the opening kickoff to knockoff the Midgets 41-7.  South Harrison was led by Crae Coffey, who scored three touchdowns.  The Bulldogs were close to midfield on the opening drive, facing 4th and 8.  They were able to convert, which led to Coffey's first touchdown, a seven-yard run with 5:34 left in the 1st.  Jett Cornett added the PAT to put South Harrison up 7-0.   Putnam County had to punt on their opening drive, and the score was 7-0 at the end of the first quarter. Regarding the early 4th down, South Harrison coach Chris Schoning said, "I thought tonight things didn't go our way, and we were digging ourselves a ...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Sponsored by Week 1 of high school football is over. Each GRC and GRC West team has played a game, so it is time for the first Power Poll for each conference. I am using the coaches' poll as the starting point for the poll and will adjust it weekly based on the results. GRC (11-Man) With nine teams in the conference, every week will feature four conference games and one non-conference game.  All but Polo played a conference game this week.  Here are the results for Week 1. #3 Brookfield 35 #1 Trenton 14 Brookfield won their inaugural GRC game over Trenton.  It was the 5th straight year that Brookfield and Trenton opened up against each other, but it is the first time they have been conference opponents.  Brookfield snapped a three-game losing streak against Trenton, avenging a 36-18 loss from last season.   #6 South Harrison 36 #2 Milan 29 South Harrison knocked off the defending conference champions and avenged a ...