Missouri Class 6 District 1 preview

<strong>DISTRICT 1</strong> <strong>Seeds:</strong> 1. CBC (8-1), 2. Marquette (8-1), 3. Lindbergh (8-1), 4. De Smet (7-2), 5. Kirkwood (6-2), 6. St. Louis University High (5-3), 7. Northwest (Cedar Hill) (5-4), 8. Vianney (1-8) <strong>Bracket:</strong> <a href="https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictTournaments.aspx?alg=19&amp;class=6&amp;district=1&amp;year=2021">MSHSAA.org</a> <strong>Notes:</strong> Seven of the eight teams in District 1 have a winning record and the top three seeds have combined for just three losses. CBC (No. 1), De Smet (No. 4) and Marquette (No. 10) were all ranked in the Top 10 in the final regular-season Missouri Football Media rankings. ... Top seed CBC, which has won eight straight games, has wins over De Smet, St. Louis University High and Vianney this season. The Cadets are averaging 48.7 points per game this season. ... No. 2 seed Marquette closed out the regular season with seven straight victories. The Mustangs are allowing just 9.1 points per game this season. ... Third-seeded Lindbergh’s lone loss was a 19-13 two-overtime defeat at Ladue in Week 3. The Flyers have won six straight games and are allowing just 13.4 points per game. ... De Smet, which won the Class 6 championship in 2019 and finished second a year ago, has won six straight games since losing to CBC, 44-29, in Week 3. The Spartans could get a rematch with CBC in the district semifinals. ... Fifth-seeded Kirkwood is averaging 41.4 points per game. SLUH is a dangerous No. 6 seed and is averaging 44.1 points per game. The Junior Bills’ three losses came against MICDS, CBC and De Smet, three state champion contenders. <strong>Players to Watch:</strong> CBC 2022 QB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="37608" first="Patrick" last="Heitert"]</strong> (2,440 total yards, 21 total TDs); Marquette 2023 QB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="207474" first="Jack" last="Ahlbrand"]</strong> (1,673 total yards, 31 total TDs); Lindbergh 2023 RB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="101709" first="Jake" last="Hnilo"]</strong> (1,188 rushing yards, 17 TDs); De Smet 2023 RB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="101710" first="Keshawn" last="Ford"]; </strong>Kirkwood 2023 WR <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="207488" first="Tyler" last="Macon"]</strong> (42 catches, 793 yards, 13 total TDs); SLUH 2024 WR <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="125255" first="Ryan" last="Wingo"]</strong> (686 total yards, 13 TDs); Northwest 2023 RB <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="215092" first="Chase" last="Viehland"]</strong> (1,177 rushing yards, 12 TDs); Vianney 2023 TE <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="101712" first="Jack" last="Burke"]</strong> (53 catches, 592 yards, 5 total TDs) <em><strong>You can follow Nate Latsch on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/natelatsch">@natelatsch</a>.</strong></em> &nbsp;