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# Hack and Scratch Episode 4
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/hack-and-scratch-episode-4/
- Published: 2026-09-08T11:52:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-08T13:30:27.000Z
- Description: MHS varsity football coach Jace Pavlovich
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: mcj, #news

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro  
00:51 – Welcome: Week 1 is in the books; McPherson head coach Jace Pavlovich joins today  
01:09 – Local scoreboard  
03:33 – Coach Pav on the Augusta win — new defense, four in the box, five yards and zero first downs allowed  
05:02 – Inside the new defense — 3-4 / 3-3 stack hybrid, studied at Plano West, Hays High and Council Grove  
06:13 – Defensive standouts  
09:06 – Offense  
11:44 – 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 week  
16:11 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank  
16:26 – Great Bend preview — a dynamic sophomore QB, K-State commit, a big physical front; picking your poison on defense  
19:27 – Injuries and depth — a lineman returns, tailback depth, update on Brody's ankle  
20:54 – 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 Bend  
24:07 – 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 end  
29:37 – Wrap-up: good luck in Great Bend + Citizen Journal sponsor read

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