Hack and Sratch
Zac Hoppes (the Hack) and Treg Fawl (the Scratch) talk sports from McPherson County to the pros — hometown Friday nights, Kansas colleges, and the big leagues. Powered by Citizen Journal. New episodes twice a week.

Zac Hoppes (the Hack) and Treg Fawl (the Scratch) talk sports from McPherson County to the pros — hometown Friday nights, Kansas colleges, and the big leagues. Powered by Citizen Journal. New episodes twice a week.
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2 days ago
2 days ago
34 min
00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome: NFL week 1 is in the books (Wednesday through Monday); Scratch has some explaining to do about Monday night01:14 – Area football recap: McPherson loses 21-3 at Great Bend, Elyria Christian falls 38-32 in OT at Chetopa, Moundridge and Inman both win 41-0, Little River rolls Herington 64-6, Smoky Valley (Caleb Lambert now 2-0) wins 24-14 at Ellinwood, Canton-Galva shut out 46-0 on the road02:25 – Coaching talk: Hack on ball distribution after the Canton-Galva loss; the McPherson film — two Ashton Malm touchdowns called back, the defense held Great Bend to 14, how to get Malm 10-plus touches; Buhler comes to town Friday, Little River visits Canton-Galva07:50 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank08:05 – Golf-ball giveaway: two dozen Pro V1x (a Farmers State Bank set and a Bullpup girls golf set) — like and follow on Facebook and Instagram, comment and tag two people, tag four for an extra entry; winner announced Friday10:07 – KU vs. Missouri: the hype video that crossed a line, Mizzou's D-line vs. KU's O-line, Isaiah Marshall 13-for-30, 81 rushing yards on 36 carries — outmanned by SEC recruiting13:00 – K-State vs. Washington State: Bill Snyder-style special teams and defense under Colin Klein, nearly 300 rushing yards, Fields over 100 again, Joe Jackson as a No. 2, Avery Johnson's two picks15:41 – Best-bet scorecard: Scratch's Oregon pick was a dud, Hack's Rhamondre Stevenson over 15.5 carries cashed — Hack 2-for-2, Scratch 1-for-216:55 – Big 12 outlook: KU to London vs. Arizona State with bowl eligibility on the line, K-State's softer path to the title game, BYU's tough quarterback17:55 – Hack's NFL week 1 takeaways: the Browns are still terrible, Lamar and Derrick Henry aren't done, the Bears put up 52 under Ben Johnson, Bieniemy's return to KC, scoring up across the league, stars in new places already hurt (Myles Garrett, Kyler Murray)23:42 – Scratch's takeaways: 49ers over the Rams in Australia, Josh Allen's MVP pace, Bengals 1-0 on defense, Ashton Jeanty and Jahmyr Gibbs do it all, Titans and Chargers stink; Cam Ward doubts, Jeanty under Kubiak, the Bills' escape in Houston27:35 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief28:01 – Monday night, Broncos at Chiefs: Kenneth Walker III 173 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries, Sean Payton without the play sheet, the Broncos' top-three defense gives up 3130:15 – Is Mahomes a top-10 quarterback right now? (Scratch: top 10, not top 5)30:52 – PFF stats: Walker broke 14 tackles in one night (Chiefs backs broke 13 all last season), the Broncos missed 20-plus, the undrafted left tackle allowed zero pressures against Nik Bonitto32:34 – Mahomes 2.0: managing games behind a run game — "the Chiefs might be back"; Scratch eats his Broncos money-line words, Hack picked the Chiefs in the Back Nine and leads 6-134:15 – Wrap-up / sign-off: giveaway reminder, winner revealed next week

Sep 10, 2026
Sep 10, 2026
42 min
00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome: mic batteries strike again, hosts in separate locations; Labor Day is past and the NFL joins high school and college01:37 – Local preview: Canton-Galva at Blue Valley-Randolph (shot at first 2-0 since 2022), Elyria Christian at Chetopa, Inman vs. Marion, Little River hosts Herington, Moundridge at Sedgwick, Smoky Valley at Ellinwood03:57 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank04:18 – KU vs. Mizzou, Friday night in Lawrence: Friday college games, Isaiah Marshall's debut (14-19, 246 yds), last year's 42-31 collapse, Mizzou favored by 5.507:49 – K-State vs. Washington State: 70+ in Colin Klein's debut, the running-back stable (Rodney Fields, Joe Jackson), Avery Johnson in command (15-21, 199)12:07 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief12:34 – The Top 10 lists: Hack ranks teams, Scratch ranks quarterbacks13:17 – Hack's Top 10 NFL Teams: Rams, Patriots, Bills, Broncos, Ravens, Seahawks, Bears, Lions, Bengals, Cowboys — plus the first four out (Chiefs, Texans, 49ers, Jaguars)21:24 – Scratch's rebuttal: Eagles and Chargers belong; Patriots too high, Seahawks too low, Bears out23:51 – Scratch's Top 10 NFL QBs: Allen, Stafford, Burrow, Maye, Goff, Mahomes, Jackson, Prescott, Lawrence, Herbert — and the names left off (Williams, Hurts, Love, Darnold, Purdy, Mayfield, Nix)28:47 – Hack's rebuttal: Goff lower, Mahomes higher, Hurts and Baker Mayfield in32:06 – Mahomes and the Chiefs in one-score games: 11-0 in 2024, 1-9 in 2025 — whose fault? Plus the Raiders' brutal schedule33:48 – The Back Nine: everyone went 4-3 in week 1; picks for New England at Seattle, Dolphins at Raiders, Broncos at Chiefs, Mizzou at KU, Washington State at K-State, Rams vs. 49ers in Australia, Ohio State at Texas40:19 – Best bets: Rhamondre Stevenson over 15.5 carries; Oregon -22.5 at Oklahoma State42:13 – Wrap-up / sign-off

Sep 8, 2026
Sep 8, 2026
30 min
00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome: Week 1 is in the books; McPherson head coach Jace Pavlovich joins today01:09 – Local scoreboard03:33 – Coach Pav on the Augusta win — new defense, four in the box, five yards and zero first downs allowed05:02 – Inside the new defense — 3-4 / 3-3 stack hybrid, studied at Plano West, Hays High and Council Grove06:13 – Defensive standouts09:06 – Offense11:44 – Teams bracketing Ashton — winning the numbers game with RPOs; backup QB 14:49 – Cleaning up nine penalties — simulated snap counts and what gets fixed this week16:11 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank16:26 – Great Bend preview — a dynamic sophomore QB, K-State commit, a big physical front; picking your poison on defense19:27 – Injuries and depth — a lineman returns, tailback depth, update on Brody's ankle20:54 – Scheduling — why week-two games are hard to find, why Great Bend, and the rivalry (Hack's 2001 Salina Central memory)23:37 – "No fireworks" — the goal for Friday night in Great Bend24:07 – The Crazy Eight — rapid-fire questions for Coach Pav (the Canton-Galva QB battle, silverback vs. grizzly, the band Frozen Water, karaoke, the family depth chart)27:02 – Most memorable moment — the overtime play that beat Buhler, with Hack's son on the receiving end29:37 – Wrap-up: good luck in Great Bend + Citizen Journal sponsor read

Sep 2, 2026
Sep 2, 2026
35 min
00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome: Kansas heat, rescheduled games, and today's topic — Kansas high school and college football01:44 – Class 4A shake-up — Kapaun Mt. Carmel and Andover Central up to 5A, Aquinas and Great Bend down; Bullpups' outlook (Augusta opener, Great Bend week two)04:36 – Andale Indians — 110-4 over eight seasons, six of the last seven 3A titles, Coach Dylan Schmidt (and his golf-prodigy son)08:53 – Class 1A — Sterling Black Bears' first title in 43 years, the Schneider brothers, Inman Teutons, Moundridge under Tyler O'Connor12:19 – Eight-man shake-up — eight schools drop from 1A, Canton-Galva's new opponents, Elyria Christian starts six-man, Little River to 8-Man Division II14:53 – KSHSAA sanctions girls flag football — about 30 schools, 7-on-716:52 – McPherson County predictions — which of the seven local teams play 10-plus games20:10 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief20:41 – K-State — the Collin Klein era begins, Avery Johnson, a favorable Big 12 draw, opener vs. Nicholls24:28 – KU — life after Jalen Daniels, Andy Kotelnicki returns as OC, Isaiah Marshall at QB, Dylan Edwards, the Arizona State trip to Europe28:45 – Introducing the Hack and Scratch Back Nine — seven picks against the spread plus two best bets each week, with Myron29:55 – Week 1 picks: KU–Long Island, K-State–Nicholls, Nebraska–Ohio, Baylor–Auburn, Oregon–Boise State, Clemson–LSU, Louisville–Ole Miss34:30 – Best bets: KU over 48.5, K-State over 47.535:19 – Farmers State Bank sign-off

Aug 31, 2026
Aug 31, 2026
28 min
00:00 – Cold open + Farmer State Bank intro00:52 – Welcome: fantasy-contest bragging rights and weekend golf02:36 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief03:27 – McPherson Bullpup football preview — Coach Pav, returners, opener vs. Augusta07:14 – Bullpup girls golf — year five of the program, 16-player roster, opener tomorrow09:40 – Bullpup volleyball — Coach Doyle's 21st year, 35-7 last season, opening weekend11:49 – Bullpup boys soccer — 3-0 win over Great Bend, eight of eleven starters back13:24 – Bullpup girls tennis — everybody back but one, opening win at Hesston14:36 – Bullpup cross country — life after Caleb Mueller, state-tournament goals16:48 – Canton-Galva eight-man football — 20-man roster, new north district, new track (+ next-episode tease)19:01 – Sponsor: Farmer State Bank19:20 – Tour Championship recap — Scheffler closes it out, the +440 pays off22:35 – Rules talk — Hovland's bunker shot and TV officiating24:14 – Justin Rose's slam-dunk ace and Si Woo Kim's eagle25:56 – Presidents Cup roster talk — captain's picks coming Sept. 128:01 – Wrap-up

Aug 28, 2026
Aug 28, 2026
32 min
00:00 Cold open — presented by Farmers State Bank00:38 Welcome to Episode 1 — Hack (Zach) and Scratch (Treg)02:04 MCC Club Championship — Scratch wins by 1903:57 Saturday round stories — "Ted," "Slappy," and the sandbagger08:29 Fantasy golf — Wyndham Clark's BMW win, Scratch takes the lead11:13 Player of the Year debate; Gary Woodland at the Presidents Cup14:10 Tour Championship fantasy draft — Euros vs. Americans17:31 Standings, the $20 bet, and a Ryder Cup singles lineup19:37 LIV Golf — last event? Who comes back22:19 Sponsors — Farmers State Bank and Citizen Journal23:41 NFL — Hack's Patriots story, Raiders and the Tuck Rule25:28 Next-episode tease — HS/college and NFL previews25:39 Conference championship picks — AFC crapshoot30:31 Chiefs take — is Mahomes past his peak?31:11 Wrap-up — like, subscribe, follow