Coach Rob Pomazak of St Charles North. Defeating undefeated Geneva away at Geneva 35-21 and winning the Dukane Conference

kpjasion said:

Luckily it's not his throwing arm.

I had acid flashbacks to Zach Oles going down in 2016....he broke his collarbone on his throwing shoulder.

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I can see Oles running against Notre Dame HS in the 1st Round and attempting to run over a defensive back. He went down and on that play their chance to make PHS Football history (win a state title) ended.

Coach Corey Olson of Palatine. The Pirates defeated a quality Barrington team making the Pirates the MSL West champions in 2024.

PowerI66 said:

1 for 3! We did it!

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Wego over fenton not really an upset.

Roscrea said:

Doesn't PC have a much tougher schedule and more playoff points?

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Only playoff points matter though it’s a result of schedule.

cpacmel said:

I'm only going by what I heard, but Soucie seemed to think that two 4-5 teams would get in. Kenwood, with a win over Phillips (team #255) would be the first, and Plainfield North (team #256) would be the 2nd.

Next after that he had Oswego East and Glenbard West (if they won over OPRF on Saturday).

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Doesn't PC have a much tougher schedule and more playoff points?

Secondo1 said:

Is there some reasonable possibility for PC to make the playoffs?

Last year Naz got in at 4-5 but a lot of playoff points.

Thx

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As likely as the White Sox making the playoffs in 2025

SiuCubFan8 said:

Is it just Montini/Byron or just overall in 3A?

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I think it’s mostly those two teams. They would have to play one or maybe even both of them

Thx.

McEvergreen said:

Had a feeling. I've been pulling for the CATS to go 2A since August. They just don't matchup well in 3A.

It's still Wilmington and Coal City's conference. Tonight proves Manteno was just the top of the junk heap 💩

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Is it just Montini/Byron or just overall in 3A?

No offense to the Manteno faithful but how the heck were they 7-0 coming in to Wilmo Last week? Gave up a hundred points in two games against Wilmo & CC and both of them could have scored 60 if they wanted to. Besides the Coalers and the Cats this conference is bad, really bad

kpjasion said:

Barrington was averaging 47 pts a game before tonight. I like our chances- hopefully we'll get to a point where we can find out

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Barrington isn’t LWE…just saying.

Secondo1 said:

Is it possible the JCA passing game opened up the running game? And thus the combination of the two is what lead to PC being gassed at the end and not being able to stop the run at the end?

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A qualified Yes and a Yes.
The short passing horizontal tosses along with the spread formations helped keep Provi honest. Just chucking it deep, way off target when you are killing your momentum makes little sense.
You are just wasting Downs and risking interceptions.
I truly believe that minus the Pick 6 and the boys wake up this morning at 5-4 and everyone is in a different mood.

I'm only going by what I heard, but Soucie seemed to think that two 4-5 teams would get in. Kenwood, with a win over Phillips (team #255) would be the first, and Plainfield North (team #256) would be the 2nd.

Next after that he had Oswego East and Glenbard West (if they won over OPRF on Saturday).

Was 35-28 with under 4 min left in game

pjjp said:

Agreed. It definitely seemed they were working on things. There were points in the game where I thought it seemed I wanted to win more than the coaching staff. A win is a win, though.

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I must admit that I am a bit confused in trying to figure out the game plan. You don't kill your own

Kevin JCHS 81 said:

Okay, thank you. You guys are making me feel better about what I watched this evening. I did like a lot of the things they did and/or tried today. The only thing that was really, not good. was that long pass into heavy coverage that was intercepted. That ball should have never been thrown, but that's not on the coaches.

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Early in the year I pretty boldly stuck up for the coaching because I know a raw team can develop as the year progresses, have seen that transformation of many Hilltopper teams in the past and believed the critiques to be unfair in the early weeks of the season.
Last night was week #9 and I must admit that I too am a bit confused in trying to figure out the game plan and frankly, where they are as a team: Something I do not put on the kids who are giving it their all.
My best guess about last night is that having played Provi so often in the recent years and respect the quality of coaching the Celtics have, they figured they needed to mix it up to avoid being stale mated.
Perhaps the forfeit week gave them time to overthink it.
On to the playoffs and I hope Jaws reigns in his coaches for the onward march.

Is it possible the JCA passing game opened up the running game? And thus the combination of the two is what lead to PC being gassed at the end and not being able to stop the run at the end?

crusader_of_90 said:

Not sure LWE cares who they play - odds on favorites in this bracket.

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We shall see

SiuCubFan8 said:

Until LWE hangs 40 on them…

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Barrington was averaging 47 pts a game before tonight. I like our chances- hopefully we'll get to a point where we can find out

It says King forfeit to Goode? King looked decent & are going to the playoffs so why if true the forfeit?

caravan8 said:

Have their enrollment number gone up? They have always had high enrollment, probably one of the largest enrollments in the CCL. But now they are subject to the multiplier so they are 8A instead of 6A. I am sure that played a factor into them being in the blue as well.

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Multiplier has nothing to do with where teams are placed in each division. It is all based on conference success, enrollment numbers and football numbers.

And the one thing no one's mentioned yet, this is a very young team. Kole Fager, Will Santiago, Jordan Bostick, Ray & Jaeden Gaspard, Tony Balanganayi, Evan Downer, Jayden Evans, Jett Griewe, Joe Reiswig, Jordan Collins, Jaylen Maiden, and Jacari Travis ALL return next year. We do have some huge losses like Jaylen Williams, Trey Widlowski, Jackson Brown, Jacob Stark, Jesse Blake Jr., Parker Brault and Ryan Donnely - but we should still be very strong, especially offensively.

RogerRabbit87 said:

How did Palatine get strip sacked, recover it for a loss of 10+, and then get awarded a 1st down when it should’ve been 4th and forever? I was watching the stream and was completely baffled by that one. The fumble for Palatine #19 appeared to be clearly down well before the ball came out as well

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The refs sucked @#$%&* tonight. That was just a rare one that went on Palatine's favor. They ruled the ball came out, Barrington had it, then they fumbled and Palatine recovered... it went in my teams favor and I'm still thinking "SMH...."

SEHSSTORM1 said:

True. But they took Maine South to the wire, and had they not fumbled the go-ahead TD QB Sneak on the 1 yard line, they would've beat them. That MS team won the State Title.

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They didn't fumble that sneak. He'd broken the plain already - MS should have never advanced.