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Published November 04, 2009 12:59 am - Spring River Valley places five teams in prep playoffs By Jim Henry
jhenry@joplinglobe.com Lockwood is a prime example of the topsy-turvy football world in the Spring River Valley Conference. “Diamond, a team that was in the the lower part of our conference, led us for a huge chunk of the game,” Lockwood head coach Clay Lasater said. “And we beat Greenfield, who was one of the best teams. “It’s gotten so much better the last couple of years. I thought it was tough last year even though the records were not as good as they are this year. So many schools returned so many players, it was fun week to week. There were a number of games you felt you knew what was going to happen, but you knew any week somebody was going to surprise you.” Six SRVC teams — five in Class 1 and one in Class 2 — will be in action tonight when postseason play kicks off in Missouri. “We saw early our conference was a lot stronger from top to bottom than we have been,” said head coach Jamie LaSalle of Greenfield, whose team tied Miller for the conference championship. “Everybody I’ve talked to said this is a lot tougher conference than it was a year ago,”Miller first-year head coach Dustin Baldwin said. “It shows the conference is improving, but it also worked out that only one district had three teams in it.” Miller at Jasper Miller beat the visiting Eagles 33-20 in the regular-season matchup on Sept. 18. “They broke some big run plays on us,”Jasper head coach Josh Dirks said. “The counter play hurt us that night.” “We were up 20-0, and their receiver made a big play before half to get them back in the game,” Baldwin said. “They were able to do some stuff on offense in the second half they could not do in the first half.” Jasper (8-2) is in the playoffs for the first time since 1993. The Eagles’ eight victories are one less than their combined total from the previous five seasons. “I expected a good year. I don’t know if I expected this good of a year,” Dirks said. “I think we’re playing pretty well. We’re running different offensive personnel than we ran against them the first time. I think we run it a little more effective. ... We need to control the ball and sustain some long drives.” Miller (8-2) bounced back from its district-opening loss to Thayer to win its last two games over Cabool and Marionville. 
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