De Smet Jesuit ranked sixth among Missouri teams in the MaxPreps.com preseason top 25. It finished 7-3 last season and lost in the district semifinals after reaching the state championship game the previous two seasons. They won the state championship in 2019 in Missouri’s large school division, finishing 14-0.
De Smet’s roster includes senior cornerback Christian Gray, a Notre Dame recruit who ranks 55th in the class of 2023, according to Rivals.com. Tight end Mac Markway, an LSU recruit, ranks 157th.
Dellapina tried throughout the offseason to find a Week 2 opponent and put out another request on Twitter on Monday, two days after Springfield’s season-opening game on the road against Saint Ignatius was cancelled because of lightning on Saturday night in Parma.
“Does anybody want to play football this weekend?” he wrote.
This will be the season opener for De Smet Jesuit. It was supposed to play TDW Academy on Friday, but TDW dropped De Smet Jesuit from its schedule, according to a report by STLToday.com.
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