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McCluer North, Hazelwood East Battle for District 2 Football Title
BY JIM WIENERS
McCluer North head football coach Jim Schottmueller said it best last Friday in Troy, Mo., about this Saturday’s 1 p.m. game against visiting Hazelwood East for the Class Five, District Two title and it’s “for all the marbles.”
McCluer North goes into this Saturday’s game ranked first in Class Five State by the Associated Press, with a 9-0 record, first time since 1989, is 6-0 in the Suburban North Conference and is 3-0 in Class Five, District Two. Hazelwood East is 8-1, 5-1 in the Suburban North, losing only to Hazelwood Central, and is 3-0 in district play.
Hazelwood East or McCluer North hosts Eureka or Parkway West Nov. 11at 1:30.
Hazelwood East head coach Corey Johnson best said about district football that the players understand the district situation and for most of the games played the effort was there. However against McCluer North he said East needs to “try to be sound as you can.”
Last Friday McCluer North won 50-0 on a rain-soaked and windy Troy-Buchanan field as Quartize Jackson scored three touchdowns and Juan Redmond added two. “I thought we handled the wet ball (and) did a good job,” said Schottmueller.
Hazelwood East, with three William Anderson touchdowns, shut out visiting McCluer High 42-0 last Saturday. “We made mistakes but we did some good things,” said Johnson.
Class Three, District Five — Trinity Catholic at Lutheran North — Saturday, 1 p.m. — Winner plays at the winner of Class Three, District Six, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. Trinity Catholic, 5-4 overall and 2-0 +15 in Class Three, District Five, has more wins this year than the previous three years combined, which included no district wins. Prior to thE Aquinas-Mercy-Rosary merger only the 1969 Mercy team completed in the state playoffs and was Class 3A runner up. Lutheran North (7-2, 2-0 +14), attempting to win their fifth straight district title, has been in post-season play 19 times and has won five state titles.
Trinity got three touchdowns from Marquise Hill last Friday at home in a surprising 42-0 shut out of McCluer South-Berkeley. Lutheran North won 43-8 at Cardinal Ritter, rescheduled last Monday after heavy rains last Friday resulted in a postponement.
In Class Six, District Four Hazelwood Central (8-1, 5-1 SNC, 2-0 District) will play at least two more games at home, Saturday, 1 p.m., against Hazelwood West and Nov. 11, 1:30, against the winner from Class Six, District Three (CBC, Parkway South or Rockwood-Marquette to be determined Friday). Hazelwood Central, with a 13-2 home win over Riverview Gardens and a 49-12 Pattonville win at Hazelwood West last Saturday, won the district title for the second straight year.
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