We didn't stink it up this week, but we came close

Just as we hit the halfway point of the season, we discovered that local football teams still have a lot of surprises left in them.

Nobody correctly picked all six winners in our Cash Money Football Contest on Friday, and only person — our guru named CW — correctly picked five. Turns out that Chaffee's win over Scott City and Malden's win over Dexter really threw us off; only person (sportswiz) picked Chaffee, and only three of us picked Malden.

After the night was settled, two stand at the head of the pack — zoe95 and hardknocks both have 25 points out of a possible 30 so far. Two are tied at 24, and four others have 23 points apiece.

And in case you forgot why you're playing along: The leader after the regular season in our first annual contest wins $100 in cold, hard cash, along with the distinction of being Southeast Missouri's wisest high school football swami.

I'll have next week's lineup of six more games posted by the end of the day Sunday.

Here are the top 15 after Week 5:

1. hardknocks, 25 points
1. zoe95, 25
3. billythekid, 24
3. headhunt, 24
5. bystander, 23
5. CW, 23
5. epnation, 23
5. roundbelly, 23
9. dj, 22
10. daddy, 21
10. jamiehall, 21
10. officerpigskin, 21
10. sportswiz, 21
14. epfan08, 19
14. hb1025, 19