SEP 9, 2016 REGIONAL RADIO HS FOOTBALL PREVIEW (Audio)

The J-98 Game of the Week features a chance at reversing history. The North County Raiders host the De Soto Dragons, a team they have not lost to since 2011. The Dragons however, enter the game with a record of 3-0 while scoring over 50 points in each of their last two games. This is what head coach of North County Dave Dallas had to say about the defensive game plan.

+++Coach Dallas says sophomore quarterback Kolten Poorman has the respect of his Raider teammates…

+++As for De Soto, their first year head coach Chris Johnson has been off to a strong start and that wouldn’t be possible without the back up running back entering the year, Austin Akers stepping up on offense.

+++Johnson knows the Dragons defense has to stand tough…

+++Kickoff for the J-98 Game of the Week is at 7 and don’t forget to tune into the Flieg’s Equipment Pre Game Show starting at 6:15.

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+++The undefeated Hillsboro Hawks are traveling to take on the Festus Tigers on AM1400 KJFF with a lot on the line in a conference and district match-up Friday night at Festus High School. Hillsboro comes into the game at 3-0 after defeating Ste. Genevieve 44-26 last Friday while the Tigers sit at 2-1 coming off of a 31-21 loss to North County. Hawks Head Coach Lee Freeman says the Tigers play fundamentally sound football…

+++Freeman believes his team will have to take care of the football in order to come out on top.

+++Festus Head Coach Russ Schmidt says after a difficult loss last week, they can’t afford to make mistakes this week against the Hawks.

+++The long lasting rivalry between the schools kicks off live on 1400 A-M KJFF and online streaming at mymoinfo.com.

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+++Farmington is looking to snap an eight game losing streak in the SEMO north at Poplar Bluff. The Knights last conference win came two years ago, when they shut out the Mules on the road. Farmington coach Erik Kruppe gives us the scouting report on Bluff…

+++Farmington comes in at 2-1, but their loss came last week in overtime against Cape. Kruppe says they can’t let one difficult loss become two…

+++Poplar Bluff is undefeated and putting up 48 points per game. Coach Mark Barousse (bar-ROOSE) says Farmington will be the most challenging team they’ve faced so far…

+++Barousse says the Knights play football with great discipline…

+++Listen in for this one on AM 800 KREI.

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+++The Ste. Genevieve Dragons are hosting the Fredericktown Blackcats in our J-98 WebTV “Game of the Week. Both teams are heading in opposite directions in the early going as the Dragons have lost their last two games. On the flip side, the Blackcats have dominated their last two opponents winning 41-14 over Herculaneum and 28-13 over Perryville. After limiting the Pirates to 90 yards through the air, Fredericktown coach Paul Sauer knows Ste Gen presents a bigger challenge offensively.

+++Ste Gen coach Ken Weik says their biggest focus is slowing down running back Matt Williams.

+++With confidence sky high for Fredericktown after back-to-back wins and Ste. Gen putting up huge numbers offensively, this game could come down to the wire. The Blackcats will look to surpass their 2 wins from all of last year with a victory and the Dragons will try to even their record at 2-2.