4Afan said:

Just as I respect actual JCA fans, then there's the half breed that is you.

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Dave Brody said:

He’s a public school kid who wishes he went to JCA. There’s alotta them rolling around in J-town

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Not even close, nice story bud!

4Afan said:

Think he was referring to me, but either way this child should not speak when grown ups are talking.

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No. Not referring to you

Dave Brody said:

He’s a public school kid who wishes he went to JCA. There’s alotta them rolling around in J-town

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He probably tells people he went to school on Larkin and hopes people assume he means JCA.

4Afan said:

Just as I respect actual JCA fans, then there's the half breed that is you.

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He’s a public school kid who wishes he went to JCA. There’s alotta them rolling around in J-town

rjjtwest said:

pump the brakes karen!

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Think he was referring to me, but either way this child should not speak when grown ups are talking.

jha618 said:

This guy has been hitting the white claws a little too hard tonight.

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pump the brakes karen!

rjjtwest said:

I called them redskins because i respect Morris and their program but some of their fans not so much….

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Just as I respect actual JCA fans, then there's the half breed that is you.

4Afan said:

game literally went exactly how I said it would (thanks for calling them the Redskins, btw). Be careful bashing the Redskins, it's the smallest 5A school that has embarrassed your 8A team 2 years in a row.

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I called them redskins because i respect Morris and their program but some of their fans not so much….

rjjtwest said:

How bout those redskins buddy?

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game literally went exactly how I said it would (thanks for calling them the Redskins, btw). Be careful bashing the Redskins, it's the smallest 5A school that has embarrassed your 8A team 2 years in a row.

4Afan said:

had to quote that 3 times for it to make sense to you?

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This guy has been hitting the white claws a little too hard tonight.

4Afan said:

had to quote that 3 times for it to make sense to you?

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How bout those redskins buddy?

rjjtwest said:

They try to “slow” the game down sometimes that’s all! Pay attention

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had to quote that 3 times for it to make sense to you?

niualum2002 said:

Saw a few replays on the NFHS broadcasted games today that gave better angles and 100% of the time the refs got some of the tougher calls correct. Were there mistakes today? Absolutely. Were any game outcomes impacted by those mistakes? Absolutely not. So quit whining.

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niualum2002 said:

Saw a few replays on the NFHS broadcasted games today that gave better angles and 100% of the time the refs got some of the tougher calls correct. Were there mistakes today? Absolutely. Were any game outcomes impacted by those mistakes? Absolutely not. So quit whining.l

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niualum2002 said:

Saw a few replays on the NFHS broadcasted games today that gave better angles and 100% of the time the refs got some of the tougher calls correct. Were there mistakes today? Absolutely. Were any game outcomes impacted by those mistakes? Absolutely not. So quit whining.

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They try to “slow” the game down sometimes that’s all! Pay attention

rink62221 said:

Breaks state record of 340 set by Athens' Nic Laird in 2019 against Casey-Westfield.

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Hickey had a 410 yard playoff game. What record? For 1A?

WIU78 said:

How cool would a finals weekend have been with Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way East playing for titles at ISU? Lincoln-Way West was right there as well. Some exceptional football in the New Lenox, Frankfort area. Don’t want to leave out Providence Catholic also.

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Yes ..very strong down in that area.. I was really hoping for an LW East versus Naperville Central rematch... but it didn't work out that way my friend.

Next season with the SWVC conference realignment Naperville Central moves into what was the Southwest Valley Conference Blue Division and the Redhawks will host the Griffins... I believe it is in week 7...Central swaps Andrew and Stagg for Neuqua Valley and HF.... Congratulations to your beloved Griffins on a great season.. .

Saw a few replays on the NFHS broadcasted games today that gave better angles and 100% of the time the refs got some of the tougher calls correct. Were there mistakes today? Absolutely. Were any game outcomes impacted by those mistakes? Absolutely not. So quit whining.

Close. I have DePaul winning it all. Had Mt. Zion losing in the quarters.

jwarigaku said:

Well I guess my first instinct was right and yesterdays call couldn’t have been much worse!

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Those are two really good teams. I watched til early in the third quarter. Naz got off to a great start and rode that to a convincing victory. Games have ebbs and flows and if Naz hadn’t gotten off to that start it would’ve been a barn burner. But they got off to that start by great play from a great QB, team and game plan. Very impressed by both teams today.

Sterling Warrior said:

Re phrase:: no mortal public high school will ever beat JCA

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I mean, that's definitely hyperbole. I won't dispute that most of the lower end playoff qualifiers likely don't match up well with JC or many of the 5A traditional powers so there are plenty of lopsided examples as well. But there are lots of examples of good JC teams being tripped up by real good (and even some merely slightly above average) public school teams.

21...Semifinal close call escape over Richmond-Burton
19....Quarterfinal Loss to Mascoutah
12....Quarterfinal last play 2PC stop to hang on by 1 over LWW
10...Quarterfinal loss to Richwoods
06,,,,,Round 1 loss to Morris
05......Quarterfinal loss to Morris
03...Quarterfinal close call escape over Morris
02....2nd round close call escape over Riverside-Brookfield
01...Quarterfinal all timer over Riverside-Brookfield and close call escape over Morris in the final
00....Semifinal great last minute win over Pontiac and come from behind final win over Metamora
99....Quarterfinal Morris missed knocking JC off by a missed FG as time expired

2 of our better squads over the last 15 years lost to fairly nondescript public school teams. Then there were all those examples of close calls where just a few plays either way and JC finds themselves losing to a public school team.

It’s a really tough job, no doubt.

But system changes and reforms are in order to improve refereeing and protect the integrity of the game.

First- refs don’t make enough— $90 per game is a lower hourly rate than my teenager makes some nights babysitting.

The monopoly IHSA cries over a (real) referee shortage while it takes a piece of every fee, while adding zero value and purposefully preventing the free market from working. If it were, refs would make twice what they get now. And more for bigger games.

The IHSA self-inflicted “shortage” leads to a situation in which it has to keep around bad referees, for fear of offending any and not having enough.

Let the better crews make more money— as schools bid them up because they know they do a good job.

And let the worst ones — the lazy refs who don’t know high school football rules, who let their biases drive their calls in the game and who want the game to end as fast as possible— be punished.

That’s punished by the IHSA, which needs to play a regulatory role and acknowledge egregious calls, not pretend they didn’t happen, or get out of the refereeing business.

And punished by the marketplace itself, which would push out bad referees were it be allowed to work.

Snetsrak61 said:

York played a good game. It was my first time watching either team this season but it didn't look like NC just giving it away or shooting themselves in the foot. York D was tough and their QB is good enough to make plays in air and ground.

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It was a joke. Last week someone said Warren didn’t show up to play that’s why York blew them out

Will be interesting to see MC in 8A the next few years.

William Foster said:

‘knee tips’? Try knee caps, you illiterate fool

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Your intellect is short aye?

Jenny27 said:

MC didn’t lose in 2019.

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Haha. Second time I made that mistake today. *2018