Hack and Sratch

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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.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Hack and Scratch Episode 6

    00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro 00:51 – Welcome: NFL week 1 is in the books (Wednesday through Monday); Scratch has some explaining to do about Monday night 01:14 – 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 road 02:25 – 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-Galva 07:50 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank 08:05 – 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 Friday 10:07 – 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 recruiting 13:00 – 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 picks 15:41 – 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-2 16:55 – 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 quarterback 17:55 – 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 Houston 27:35 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief 28:01 – 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 31 30:15 – 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 Bonitto 32:34 – 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 6-1 34:15 – Wrap-up / sign-off: giveaway reminder, winner revealed next week

  2. Sep 11

    Hack and Scratch Episode 5

    00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro 00:51 – Welcome: mic batteries strike again, hosts in separate locations; Labor Day is past and the NFL joins high school and college 01:37 – 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 Ellinwood 03:57 – Sponsor: Farmers State Bank 04:18 – 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 5.5 07:49 – 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 brief 12:34 – The Top 10 lists: Hack ranks teams, Scratch ranks quarterbacks 13:17 – 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 out 23:51 – 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 in 32:06 – Mahomes and the Chiefs in one-score games: 11-0 in 2024, 1-9 in 2025 — whose fault? Plus the Raiders' brutal schedule 33:48 – 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 Texas 40:19 – Best bets: Rhamondre Stevenson over 15.5 carries; Oregon -22.5 at Oklahoma State 42:13 – Wrap-up / sign-off

  3. Sep 8

    Hack and Scratch Episode 4

    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

  4. Sep 3

    Hack and Scratch Episode 3

    00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro 00:51 – Welcome: Kansas heat, rescheduled games, and today's topic — Kansas high school and college football 01:44 – 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'Connor 12:19 – 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 II 14:53 – KSHSAA sanctions girls flag football — about 30 schools, 7-on-7 16:52 – McPherson County predictions — which of the seven local teams play 10-plus games 20:10 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief 20:41 – K-State — the Collin Klein era begins, Avery Johnson, a favorable Big 12 draw, opener vs. Nicholls 24:28 – KU — life after Jalen Daniels, Andy Kotelnicki returns as OC, Isaiah Marshall at QB, Dylan Edwards, the Arizona State trip to Europe 28:45 – Introducing the Hack and Scratch Back Nine — seven picks against the spread plus two best bets each week, with Myron 29:55 – Week 1 picks: KU–Long Island, K-State–Nicholls, Nebraska–Ohio, Baylor–Auburn, Oregon–Boise State, Clemson–LSU, Louisville–Ole Miss 34:30 – Best bets: KU over 48.5, K-State over 47.5 35:19 – Farmers State Bank sign-off

  5. Aug 31

    Hack and Scratch Episode 2

    00:00 – Cold open + Farmer State Bank intro 00:52 – Welcome: fantasy-contest bragging rights and weekend golf 02:36 – Sponsor: The Citizen Journal daily brief 03:27 – McPherson Bullpup football preview — Coach Pav, returners, opener vs. Augusta 07:14 – Bullpup girls golf — year five of the program, 16-player roster, opener tomorrow 09:40 – Bullpup volleyball — Coach Doyle's 21st year, 35-7 last season, opening weekend 11:49 – Bullpup boys soccer — 3-0 win over Great Bend, eight of eleven starters back 13:24 – Bullpup girls tennis — everybody back but one, opening win at Hesston 14:36 – Bullpup cross country — life after Caleb Mueller, state-tournament goals 16:48 – Canton-Galva eight-man football — 20-man roster, new north district, new track (+ next-episode tease) 19:01 – Sponsor: Farmer State Bank 19:20 – Tour Championship recap — Scheffler closes it out, the +440 pays off 22:35 – Rules talk — Hovland's bunker shot and TV officiating 24:14 – Justin Rose's slam-dunk ace and Si Woo Kim's eagle 25:56 – Presidents Cup roster talk — captain's picks coming Sept. 1 28:01 – Wrap-up

  6. Aug 28

    Hack and Scratch — Episode 1

    00:00 Cold open — presented by Farmers State Bank 00:38 Welcome to Episode 1 — Hack (Zach) and Scratch (Treg) 02:04 MCC Club Championship — Scratch wins by 19 03:57 Saturday round stories — "Ted," "Slappy," and the sandbagger 08:29 Fantasy golf — Wyndham Clark's BMW win, Scratch takes the lead 11:13 Player of the Year debate; Gary Woodland at the Presidents Cup 14:10 Tour Championship fantasy draft — Euros vs. Americans 17:31 Standings, the $20 bet, and a Ryder Cup singles lineup 19:37 LIV Golf — last event? Who comes back 22:19 Sponsors — Farmers State Bank and Citizen Journal 23:41 NFL — Hack's Patriots story, Raiders and the Tuck Rule 25:28 Next-episode tease — HS/college and NFL previews 25:39 Conference championship picks — AFC crapshoot 30:31 Chiefs take — is Mahomes past his peak? 31:11 Wrap-up — like, subscribe, follow

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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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    hackandscratch
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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