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Due to tonight's Kansas City Chiefs pre-season game, Friday's Hannibal Pirates vs. Quincy Notre Dame football game will be streaming online only. You can catch the play by play here on 979kickfm.com or on Network 1 Sports. The Chiefs game will be broadcast in its entirety on 97.9 KICK-FM.

A few weeks ago we embarked on a hugely unscientific journey to find the absolute most beloved high school mascot in our area. For our purposes, “our area” included…literally anybody that stumbled upon the post. Anyway, more than 3,000 people joined in on the fun and cast more than 20,000 votes.

Northeast Missouri is well represented on the 2015 All State High School Football Teams as selected by a statewide panel of writers and football broadcasters.

Hannibal kept their unbeaten season going with a 35-14 victory over Jefferson City Helias. Shamar Griffith again led the Pirates' offense with 30 carries for 137 yards and four touchdowns, while Jerry McBride carried 15 times for 169 yards and a score.

It's district semi-final week for high school football teams in Missouri and the opening weekend for post season football in Illinois this weekend.

Missouri high school football teams enter district tournament play this week.

A number of northeast Missouri high school football teams continue to do well in the weekly football rankings.

The Hannibal Pirates wrapped up an undefeated season and the Palmyra Panthers bounced back against a traditional rival Friday night.

The Hannibal Pirates, Palmyra Panthers, Missouri Tigers and Kansas City Chiefs all play away from home this weekend.

With Missouri high school football district tournaments just two weeks away, both the Hannibal Pirates and Palmyra Panthers are home Friday night.