GRC/GRC West Week 2 Football Power Poll

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com

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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.  Polo's win over Trenton is their first since 2021 and their first at home since 2020.  Polo is 3-6 vs. Trenton since 2016.

#4 South Harrison 41 #9 Putnam County 7

South Harrison is 2-0 for the first time since 2019.  Putnam County drops to 0-2.  South Harrison defeats Putnam County for the 2nd straight year and is 8-3 vs the Midgets since 2016. You can read more about this game here.

#5 Milan 47 North Platte 24

Milan is 1-1 and avenges a loss to North Platte, who defeated them in the Class 1 State Semifinals last season. 

Power Poll

Next Week's Schedule

#1 Brookfield at Highland

#3 South Harrison at #2 Marceline

#4 Milan at #8 Maysville

#7 Gallatin at #5 Polo

#9 Putnam County at #6 Trenton

GRC West (8-Man)

All 8 teams in the GRC West were at home against Highway 275 teams in Week 2.  Each game was a rematch of last year's Week 2 games.  Four of the eight GRC West teams were victorious.

Every game had the same outcome as last year except for the Rock Port-Stanberry game, in which Rock Port came out victorious over Stanberry this season. Rock Port's win over Stanberry was the first since they joined 8-man in 2012.  Stanberry was previously 10-0 vs. Rock Port in 8-man football.

Scores

#1 Worth County 44 Mound City 14

#2 Albany 58 East Atchison 48

#3 St. Joseph Christian 54 Stewartsville-Osborn 0

Rock Port 44 #4 Stanberry 22

South Holt 73 #5 Pattonsburg 66

#6 North Andrew 56 DeKalb 0

Nodaway Valley 38 #7 King City 20

Platte Valley 74 #8 Princeton 34

Power Poll

Next Week's Schedule

#4 North Andrew at #1 Worth County

#2 Albany at #3 St. Joseph Christian

#7 King City at #5 Stanberry

#6 Pattonsburg at #8 Princeton