Lake Forest Academy.

Just on the other side of the trees from the Bears' practice facility.

De La Salle

I am sorry… too soon????

colin2229 said:

Greg Holcomb's kid did this and I believe he's going to Wheaton St. Francis this fall as a freshman QB. He just got a Michigan offer as an 8th grader.

appears to be a stud.

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He is listed as 2030 on his twitter.

colin2229 said:

Greg Holcomb's kid did this and I believe he's going to Wheaton St. Francis this fall as a freshman QB. He just got a Michigan offer as an 8th grader.

appears to be a stud.

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Yep and he can sling it no question....also keep an eye on Charlie Bliss son as well

DadCoachSports said:

Edgy, how much reclassifying (hold backs) are you seeing currently? It seems to be gaining a lot of momentum in many sports.

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Greg Holcomb's kid did this and I believe he's going to Wheaton St. Francis this fall as a freshman QB. He just got a Michigan offer as an 8th grader.

appears to be a stud.

Alexander32 said:

Forget about just winning the 8A title. With the way everyone in this thread is talking, Mt. Carmel better end up as the #1 team in the nation or the season will be a disappointment.

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Has MC ever been #1 in the nation? or ranked in the nation top 25 in football

easy answers of don beebe who was held the nfl combine 40 record at 4.25 for 19 years and kevin kasper of hinsdale south who with a 3.73 still holds the nfl combine 5-10-5 record he set in 2011.

pjjp said:

Don't know about #1 in the nation, but I would be shocked if they aren't the preseason #1 in Edgy's poll. When you have 15 kids with D1 offers and 9 of those having SEC offers, that's a somewhat unprecedented level of talent. I can't recall another IL team ever having that amount of high level D1 talent.

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east st. louis next question lmaooo

Alexander32 said:

Forget about just winning the 8A title. With the way everyone in this thread is talking, Mt. Carmel better end up as the #1 team in the nation or the season will be a disappointment.

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Don't know about #1 in the nation, but I would be shocked if they aren't the preseason #1 in Edgy's poll. When you have 15 kids with D1 offers and 9 of those having SEC offers, that's a somewhat unprecedented level of talent. I can't recall another IL team ever having that amount of high level D1 talent.

No worries, Roamin, lol it's all good. Kids go where they chose to go, (or their parents chose). Some folks don't have 10 grand a year to spend on high school, I get it. The ones that kind of bother me are the ones who spend a year or two at a private school and then their junior year show up on someone else's roster. Those are hard to take sometimes, especially when they're in the same conference so now you're playing against them. Granted, the reverse can happen as well, but it seems like that is happening quite less often than it used to. At least around here, anyway. Chicago area maybe things are different. I don't know.

Back in the day we had extensive off season training as well-it was called wrestling and track.

Newark High School

jotapepe said:

Except that Alleman's HFC resigned, or perhaps got resigned... serious doubt about whether they field a team.

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I hope they are able to field a team but I know it will be tough for them to compete with the other schools in the conference. Alleman has really fallen on hard times. Their enrollment this year is 2.5 students above the 327 in my graduating class at Alleman in 1967. I don't know all the reasons for the decline but there are obviously some serious issues. I surmise that football is among the least of their concerns in staying a viable option for the community.

teutopolis.

Mekhi newman(shs) has offers as a safety from wiu and isu. @EdgyTim

cornerrat said:

All.... Good they are back up and running on all cylinders. Ratsy

Catholic education is “MVP” as Alleman varsity football returns

ROCK ISLAND – Over Super Bowl weekend it was announced that Alleman High School in Rock Island will be back in Western Big Six Conference with a varsity team in the fall of 2025.

thecatholicpost.com

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Except that Alleman's HFC resigned, or perhaps got resigned... serious doubt about whether they field a team.

I always thought Timothy Christian could have a nice program. They have good enrollment number and K-12 set up lends itself to getting kids involved in football.

RoaminCatholic said:

Rock Island Alleman

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All.... Good they are back up and running on all cylinders. Ratsy

crazylegs777 said:

What current High Schools in Illinois don’t have football but should? If any reason is known why not post it. I think Southland College Prep would be able to field a decent team & always thought that the since moved Illiana Christian would have done well

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Gilbault.

Beecher they seem pretty solid in most sports. Do they co-op with anyone for football. Always wondered if your growing up in Beecher and you want to play football or wrestle do you just have to move!

Also Yorkville Christian they have won state in basketball and wrestling kind of surprised they don't have a football team especially since that area doesn't have a ton of close private schools and Yorkville is exploding.

I think a better question should be..."What current high schools in Illinois 'have' football and shouldn't?"

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What current High Schools in Illinois don’t have football but should? If any reason is known why not post it. I think Southland College Prep would be able to field a decent team & always thought that the since moved Illiana Christian would have done well

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SCP seems to be at 7:3 or even 8:2 female to male ratio. They'd have to be in that far flung other private conference with Hope, AC and Eds or even some agglomeration (ICE Pellet Division?) with Lisle and Westmont, although they could probably out-scheme some of the Southland and CPS schools.

SiuCubFan8 said:

Do you think the younger positional development has prepared kids to play on varsity at a younger grade level?

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I think it has put more emphasis on training for a specific position earlier than ever before.....and if that means getting to varsity earlier and more ready than so be it but it's just a part of the picture. 5-7 years ago the only real positional off season training you had was QB's and even then it was much more limited. Now we are seeing grade school kids training year round etc. didn't have that here until the last few years. I also feel the teaching and instruction has impoved as well as having more overall positional trainers.