GRC/GRC West Week 5 Power Poll

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com

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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 Westran for the first time (since 2007).

Power Poll

Next Week's Schedule

#1 Brookfield at #8 Gallatin

#9 Maysville at #2 South Harrison

#3 Polo at #6 Putnam County

#7 Trenton at #4 Milan

#5 Marceline at Salisbury

GRC West (8-Man)

The GRC West continues conference play. Here are the results for Week 5:

Scores

#1 Albany 38 #3 North Andrew 20

Albany defeated North Andrew for the 2nd consecutive year after losing 7 straight.

#2 Worth County 22 #5 St. Joseph Christian 18

Worth County wins their 6th straight over St. Joseph Christian.

#4 King City 50 #7 Pattonsburg 8

King City wins their 5th straight over Pattonsburg.

#6 Princeton 44 #8 Stanberry 42

Stanberry and Princeton split their last two games, and the road team won both.

Power Poll

Next Week's Schedule

#1 Albany at #6 Princeton

#2 Worth County at #8 Stanberry

#4 North Andrew at #3 King City

#5 St. Joseph Christian at #7 Pattonsburg

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