as they got for all but one unfortunate quarter: no small achievement versus Clark County. Sometimes its easy to forget that these guys are going to slide comfortably into a Class 1 District next week and I have yet to see the like-sized team who can contend with Trace Windsor, Wes Mefford, David Heathman on a night like last Friday, when all the major pieces are moving well. ------------------------ THE THIRD TIER 13) KEOKUK 14) KNOX COUNTY 15) PALMYRA 16) WEST CENTRAL 17) BROWN COUNTY 18) QUINCY HIGH 19) WEST HANCOCK 20) HIGHLAND --------------- FEARLESS PREDICTIONS Last Week: 12 of 18 (66%) Blah...... Season to Date: 114 of 138 (82.6%) TROY 24 QUINCY HIGH 15 QND 14 MACOMB 12 JACKSONVILLE 20 ROCHESTER 30 MON/ROSE 38 ILLINI WEST 35 WEST HANCOCK 28 ROCKRIDGE 42 SHERRARD 20 PGP 28 CSE 42 CALHOUN 7 BROWN COUNTY 12 CARROLLTON 20 TRIOPIA 50 NORTH GREENE 14 UNITY/PAYSON 13 WEST CENTRAL 18 FORT MADISON 12 KEOKUK 32 HANNIBAL 20 HELIAS 14 BROOKFIELD 8 CLARK COUNTY 24 CENTRALIA 30 MACON 14 PALMYRA 28 MONROE CITY 20 SOUTH SHELBY 34 MARK TWAIN 14 NORTH SHELBY 7 KNOX COUNTY 44 ---------------- RANDOM MUSINGS With scheduling issues forcing his team to play at least two Conference Football "re-matches" (likely Macomb and Illini West twice each) during the 2013 regular season, you have to applaud Pittsfield/Griggsville-Perry boss Don Bigley for being proactive in trying to avoid that scheduling snag in the future. As KHQA first reported Wednesday, the Saukees have reached