EdgyTim said:

Disagree 1000 percent....been trying to get Minooka to leave behind it's past....focus on bigger targets and bigger programs to compete against. Do you all realize that Minooka's enrollment continues to grown and once the economy really gets going Minooka will have another huge boost in numbers and become well over 3K students versus what 850 in Morris? Aim higher aim for the LWE and Swagger High's of the worlds please. Love Morris no question but for Minooka it's time to move on and has been for some time now

Click to expand...

Spot on Edgy.

Neuqua and Rock Island were reasonable "challenging" matchups with a mid tier 8A team and a decent 6A program when Minooka was aspiring to occasionally make the playoffs. Now if they actually desire to win 8A playoff games regularly, and acknowledging that their league is historically a poor preparation for 8A playoff success (Oswego this year being the exception) they absolutely need to seek out the toughest they can find in weeks 1 and 2 before 2 cupcakes and an average to below average 8A league. LWE and Maine South caliber finds for weeks 1 and 2 are what they need if they are serious.

St. Patrick
Benet
St. Viator
Loyola
Notre Dame
Marist
Nazareth
Providence
Marmion
Leo
Carmel

12-Geneva
10-Batavia
8- Naperville (Central)
6-St. Charles (East)
5- St. Charles (North)
4-Cary (Grove)

McEvergreen said:

That group was a once every two or three decades kinda group. Even Marc Trestman couldn't screw those guys up.

Click to expand...

Yeah what’s weird is that they had a once per generation basketball/baseball group with the Shoonover/Headrick group that went to 3 sectional finals in hoops and won state in baseball. Hedrick is still in the Twins organization. That was like grad class of 2016.
Then 5 years later they had perhaps the most talented group of football players to come through the conference in at least 15 years if not more with the ‘21-‘22 group.
None of this has resulted in any sustained success, although they usually are pretty good at baseball over there.

stumpyjoe8 said:

As a coaching staff- in a big game (state championship) and you have 3x as many penalty yards as your opponent- some 15 yd. unsportsmanlike and def encroachment that give the off first downs- even though they might not "take back" a touchdown they are definitely ae seen maajor factor in why you lose a game- some might think its antiquated but if you do it at the next level- you aren't going to be playing much because there will be a someone of equal talent on your team who doesn't.

Click to expand...

So college teams don’t get penalties? What about the NFL? The reality is ESL realized the narrative years ago and learned how to be successful regardless. Penalties have never been the reason why ESL loss a game.

The opposing team executing and playing their tails off is who gets credit for defeating ESL.

2009 MS #6

4Afan said:

They played Morris because it was a conference game. Would love to see this be a regular non conference matchup.

Click to expand...

Disagree 1000 percent....been trying to get Minooka to leave behind it's past....focus on bigger targets and bigger programs to compete against. Do you all realize that Minooka's enrollment continues to grown and once the economy really gets going Minooka will have another huge boost in numbers and become well over 3K students versus what 850 in Morris? Aim higher aim for the LWE and Swagger High's of the worlds please. Love Morris no question but for Minooka it's time to move on and has been for some time now

4Afan said:

The AP doesn't update classes through the season. They'll be listed in 3A all year.

Click to expand...

Nor should they and neither do I....

Casey Westfield started week one at number 7, have gone 4-0 since then and have dropped to 10. how does that make sense

As a coaching staff- in a big game (state championship) and you have 3x as many penalty yards as your opponent- some 15 yd. unsportsmanlike and def encroachment that give the off first downs- even though they might not "take back" a touchdown they are definitely ae seen maajor factor in why you lose a game- some might think its antiquated but if you do it at the next level- you aren't going to be playing much because there will be a someone of equal talent on your team who doesn't.

Topiary said:

No I lost my poster so I have to rely on this to get me through years when we lose to Rita - Login to view embedded media

Click to expand...

Well played

Wittymoniker1 said:

MC is Rita's #1 true rival

Click to expand...

The history intensifies the present.

RockSoup said:

1985 St. Rita got up to 20th in the USA Today Top 25 after beating Leo and then …. nevermind @Topiary probably has a poster of it😎😢

Click to expand...

No I lost my poster so I have to rely on this to get me through years when we lose to Rita - Login to view embedded media

ODirty1 said:

@AlabamaTimberwolf Based on this post you probably sucked as a lineman. Ever good lineman plays on the edge. Hence most of our lineman are in collage doing well. That's an aniquated and little league thought on line play

Click to expand...

The game that really stands out for me where ESL had a ridiculous amount of penalties/holding calls was back when they played @ Rock Island a few years ago. They had something like 240 yards in penalties.

The also won that game 70-21.

Palatine High - the undesirable side of the tracks! With pregnant gym class. Or at least that was always the rumor.

Fremd & Maine South..

Fremd vs Palatine is beyond a HUGE rivalry. Given I bleed Scarlett & Gray, by definition I must dislike them.

Back in the late 1970s in Park Ridge, Maine East vs Maine South was as big a rivalry as Palatine vs Fremd is here in Palatine. Back then the athletic prowess of both schools was comparable.

4Afan said:

They played Morris because it was a conference game. Would love to see this be a regular non conference matchup.

Click to expand...

2011 through 2014 they opened the season with Morris and it was non conference. They also played Providence week 2 each of those years.

I don't think he took over until March, so this is not his first recruiting class.

HS- Clark(more so the HC than the school)
College- Notre Dame
NFL- Packers
NBA- Celtics
MLB- Cubs

saints78 said:

Thank you!! That is what I thought I live district and want to see them do well. Hopefully they finish strong I bet they figured Neaqua would be better.

Years ago they would play Morris Or Providence early in the season I wish they would go back to that !!!

Click to expand...

They played Morris because it was a conference game. Would love to see this be a regular non conference matchup.

McCaravan said:

Blackmon said in an article that the Freshman team #’s are good. Now they just have to get them to stay

Click to expand...

I believe they have about 22-23 kids on Freshman.

Sorry for geeking out on this, but this is the hourly forecast.


I LOVE STL weather - took some meterorolgy classes back in the day. North and South wind streams converge here, forming the Jet Stream - with STL as the border. Those war,m and cool wind streams can jam up as they move East, due to the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers - meaning tons of moisture - that hits the eastern bluffs, a natural barrier that causes weather fronts to slow and mix with each other. As such, we e get some wicked storms here with house rattling thunder.

The video at the bottom of this link shows delination of the two streams and it is right where I sit presently.

IgorStL said:

Does anyone know if the lower levels are playing?

Click to expand...

There will be a Freshman game & a Sophomore game tomorrow night at Triton College against Fenwick. Not sure beyond Friday.

Does anyone know if the lower levels are playing?

Sad state of affairs. That's for sure