Top 100 – No. 86 De Smet wins Missouri Class 6 title

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De Smet, ranked No. 86 in the latest High School Football America 100 national rankings, is the 2019 Class 6 high school football state champ. The Spartans capped a perfect 14-0 season with a 35-20 win over previously unbeaten Joplin.

Joplin, which entered the game ranked No. 2 in the High School Football America Missouri Top 10, took a 12-0 lead on the top ranked team in the statewide rankings. The Eagles had a 20-14 lead early in the fourth quarter before De Smet reeled-off 21 unanswered points.

The championships completes an incredible turnaround. In Robert Steeples first year as head coach in 2017, De Smet finished 1-9.

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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.