After a few weeks of picking too late to get in on the Hot Thursday 4:00 Action...We're Back! Time to duck out of work early, grab some local grub, and grab your seat in the stands with the other 7 fans! On to the picks!
Schurz vs Mather
It Schurzly doesn't Mather what the records are coming into this one! A Big Shoulders Barn Burner! No matchup is more made for Thursday at 4!
Mather
Dunbar vs Back of the Yards
A couple of years ago I was heading to early Saturday game at Eckersall Stadium. Dunbar was playing in the game. Anyway, I stopped for breakfast at this tiny pancake house on 83rd, next to the Metra Station. I'm in there at the counter chatting up the cook and mention that I am going to watch a football game down the street. He immediately starts trying to sell me on his video production company and how they could film the game, do highlights, etc... I'm just trying get some pancakes and eggs, and this dude is giving me the hard sell on his "real" business. I keep trying to explain that I'm just a fan and I won't need him to film anything, but the dude was relentless. I'm trying to shovel down my grub and get out of there when a dude walks in and asks the guy if he does "bedroom" photography. No lie. Before they could get into the specifics, I was out of there... I still kind of regret that.
BOTY!
Fenger vs South Shore
Seems like it's been forever seeing Fenger on the board.
FINGERS!
Woodlawn vs North Grand
There are 1300 high school teams in the US named the Eagles. There are 760 Wildcats, and almost 900 Bulldogs. Gotta appreciate North Grand going out on a limb and picking the Owl as their mascot. Has to be a lot of "Who are we?!" cheerleader chants, no?
King vs Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the Cupboard,
To get a good game plan.
When she came there,
The cupboard was bare,
And she lost to King!
(My apologies, this sounded a lot better in my head)
Schurz vs Mather
It Schurzly doesn't Mather what the records are coming into this one! A Big Shoulders Barn Burner! No matchup is more made for Thursday at 4!
Mather
Dunbar vs Back of the Yards
A couple of years ago I was heading to early Saturday game at Eckersall Stadium. Dunbar was playing in the game. Anyway, I stopped for breakfast at this tiny pancake house on 83rd, next to the Metra Station. I'm in there at the counter chatting up the cook and mention that I am going to watch a football game down the street. He immediately starts trying to sell me on his video production company and how they could film the game, do highlights, etc... I'm just trying get some pancakes and eggs, and this dude is giving me the hard sell on his "real" business. I keep trying to explain that I'm just a fan and I won't need him to film anything, but the dude was relentless. I'm trying to shovel down my grub and get out of there when a dude walks in and asks the guy if he does "bedroom" photography. No lie. Before they could get into the specifics, I was out of there... I still kind of regret that.
BOTY!
Fenger vs South Shore
Seems like it's been forever seeing Fenger on the board.
FINGERS!
Woodlawn vs North Grand
There are 1300 high school teams in the US named the Eagles. There are 760 Wildcats, and almost 900 Bulldogs. Gotta appreciate North Grand going out on a limb and picking the Owl as their mascot. Has to be a lot of "Who are we?!" cheerleader chants, no?
King vs Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the Cupboard,
To get a good game plan.
When she came there,
The cupboard was bare,
And she lost to King!
(My apologies, this sounded a lot better in my head)