Make it two in a row for Cardinal Ritter. The Lions beat Republic 38-25 Friday night to capture Missouri’s Class 5 championship, the school’s second straight high school football state title. The state championship comes two classes up from the Class 3 title Ritter won in 2022.
Jamarion Parker had two rushing touchdowns and Dejarrian Miller caught a pair of touchdown passes in the team’s 28th straight victory.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.