Three Knights, two Hawks and two Warriors, one of them Golden, walk into the second round, one says to the other: Spreads from 12-35, 47° Friday night, 59° Saturday, has Gambletron ever played in the cold?
Prep Bowl:
DePaul @ Marist (Thursday)
RedHawks 45 Rams 14
Heights @ SP
Shamrocks 34 Spartans 30
DLS @ ND
Dons 31 Meteors 14
SR gets a bye.
3A:
#6 Lombard (Montini) (7-3) at #14 Fairbury (Prairie Central) (6-4), Sat., Nov. 4, 2:00 pm
Broncos 35 Hawks 14
4A:
#4 West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) (9-1) vs. #12 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) (6-4) at Forrest View, Fri., Nov. 3, 7:00 pm
Lions 35 Warriors 21
#7 Elmhurst (IC Catholic) (8-2) at #2 Rockford (Boylan Catholic) (9-1), Sat., Nov. 4, 2:00 pm
Knights 40 Titans 20
#3 Dixon (H.S.) (9-1) at #11 Burbank (St. Laurence) (7-3), Sat., Nov. 4, 1:00 pm
Vikings 44 Dukes 10
5A:
#8 Wheaton (St. Francis) (8-2) at #16 Sterling (H.S.) (5-5), Sat., Nov. 4, 5:00 pm
Spartans 42 Golden Warriors 14
#7 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) (9-1) at #15 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) (5-5), Sat., Nov. 4, 1:00 pm
Roadrunners 44 Raiders 12
#6 Mundelein (Carmel) (9-1) at #3 Antioch (10-0), Sat., Nov. 4, 1:00 pm
Corsairs 38 Sequoits 26
#13 Troy (Triad) (7-3) at #12 Joliet (Catholic Academy) (7-3), Sat., Nov. 4, 1:00 pm
Hilltoppers 42 Knights 6
#15 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) (6-4) at #10 Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) (7-3), Sat., Nov. 4, 1:00 pm
Celtics 40 Hawks 8
7A:
#11 Mt. Prospect (Prospect) (8-2) at #6 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (9-1), Fri., Nov. 3, 7:00 pm
Caravan 47 Knights 13
8A:
#16 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) (7-3) at #1 Wilmette (Loyola Academy) (10-0), Sat., Nov. 4, 1:00 pm
Ramblers 42 Wildcats 7
#8 Huntley (9-1) at #24 Chicago (St. Ignatius) (7-3), Fri., Nov. 3, 7:00 pm
Wolfpack 36 Red Raiders 14

Edit: added the Prep Bowl playoffs.

Should be a full house Saturday at Iggy. The Wolfpack has been playing well. Hoping for a great game!

Hersey leads 14-3 at the half.

Gumino to Farrell for both TD's

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Full guest lineup and WJOL Quarterfinal coverage plans to be announced soon.

It's finally here.....game week. A very intriguing week 1 with some old conference foes meeting once again. Good luck to all teams and players this year.

Elmwood Park @ Reed-Custer - I know it's cliche to say "this game will tell us a lot about a team", but I think that saying fits better here than any other week 1 matchup. EP has been pretty bad the last couple of years. RC wants to continue their momentum and continue to show they can be competitive. If RC struggles with EP, I think that will be a sign of a rough season. If they can come out and handle them then it should be an indicator that RC has a shot of being decent this year. I will give RC the benefit of doubt until proven otherwise. I think RC wins by 2 scores. RC 35 EP 21

Morris @ Coal City - Love that CC isn't scared to keep Morris on their schedule. This rivalry needs to be a lock every year. Bad news for CC however is that Morris is just a step above them. It'll be a decent game at first but Morris pulls aways in the second half. Morris 38 CC 10

Herscher @ Charleston - It surprised me last year when Herscher beat Charleston (their only win), and then Charleston managed to rip off 4 wins at the end of the year. I have no idea what goes on down in Herscher, but it seems like numbers continue to be a problem for them. I think Herscher is the low point of the ICE this year and this could be their only shot at a win. However I am not sure they have enough to get a win here. Back and forth sloppy game. Charleston in a nail biter. Charlie 49 Herscher 45

Lisle @ Harvard - Lisle has taken it to an abysmal Harvard team the last few years. I don't see that trend to change as Lisle picks one up and will continue to look for the next 4 as the season rolls on. Give me the Lions in an easy win. Lisle 34 - Harvard 6

Manteno @ Sandwich - I haven't had much intel about Manteno, but I want them to be competitive once again. The rivalry with Peotone is so much better, Wilmo and them had a nice little Rivalry, it just makes the ICE better. Sandwich has their own issues in the program, and I think that will hurt them this week. A varsity speed game will be too much for a team with no varsity experience. Give me Manteno here with what could be one of their few high points of the season. Manteno 21 - Sandwich 10

Rantoul @ Peotone - Rantoul was pretty awful last year and I like Peotone to be a middle of the road ICE team per usual. The Will County Fair won't be enough to distract the Devils this week. Peotone wins big. Tone' 42 - Rantoul 7

East Peoria @ Streator - Neither team is good. However Streator has had their number each time they have played. Streator will need every win they can get and I think they are motivated to get this one. Streator 26 - EP 14

Wilmington @ Seneca - GOTW!!! This game was THE rivalry in the late 90's into early 2000's. This game will tell more about Seneca than Wilmo. Last year Seneca did well, however looking at their schedule last year, they really didn't beat anyone of note. I think they are a tough team, but they are not as good as I originally thought. I know they return some play makers, but Wilmo is tough, fast, and deep. I am so confident in the cats this week I will go out and say if this was at Becker Field, it would be a blowout. However it's not. SO instead of a blowout, I will just say it is a flat out butt kicking. Wilmo 35 - Seneca 14

There it is folks. Tell me I'm an idiot or don't.......I look forward to seeing how this season plays out.

Well a rematch of last years quarterfinal game. Rematch of a past title game as well. What’s everyone’s thoughts? This time the game is up by six flags! Warrens first crack at the Griffins at home. O/U on this one may be low.

is kankakee any good because I’m seeing a lot of talk from the fans on social media almost like they think the flyers are overrated

Is onto the quarterfinals. Congratulations to the Warriors. They will be big underdogs vs either Hersey or DGN at home next weekend.

Which one are you most looking forward to ?

East St Louis vs Kanakakee for me

Class 8A EDGYTIM Week 12 poll

1. Loyola Academy 11-0 (1) @ St Ignatius
2. Lincoln Way East 11-0 (2) @ Warren Township
3. Maine South 10-1 (3) @ Barrington
4. Barrington 11-0 (4) vs Maine South
5. Edwardsville 10-1 (5) @ York
6. Warren Township 9-2 (6) vs Lincoln Way East
7. York 10-1 (9) vs Edwardsville
8. Glenbard West 8-3 (7)
9. St Ignatius 8-3 (NR) vs Loyola Academy
10. Belleville East 8-3 (8)

Out Neuqua Valley

Class 7A EDGYTIM Week 12 poll

1. Mount Carmel 10-1 (1) @ Quincy
2. Batavia 10-1 (2) @ Hononegah
3. Quincy 11-0 (3) vs Mount Carmel
4. Downers Grove North 9-2 (9) @ Lincoln Way West
5. Hononegah 11-0 (5) vs Batavia
6. Normal Community 11-0 (6) @ Glenbard East
7. Hersey 10-1 (4)
8. Lincoln Way West 9-2 (10) vs Downers Grove North
9. Wheaton North 7-4 (8)
10. Glenbard East 10-1 (NR) vs Normal Community

Out: Prospect

Class 6A EDGYTIM Week 12 poll

1. East St Louis 9-2 (1) @ Kankakee
2. Kankakee 11-0 (2) vs East St. Louis
3. Lake Zurich 10-1 (3) vs Belvidere North
4. Geneva 9-2 (4) @ Cary Grove
5. Washington 10-1 (5) @ Glenwood
6. Cary Grove 9-2 (6) vs Geneva
7. Glenwood 8-3 (8) vs Washington
9. Crete-Monee 7-4 (8)
8 Belvidere North 9-2 (NR) @ Lake Zurich
10. Oak Lawn Richards 8-2 (10)

Out: Lake Forest

Class 5A EDGYTIM Week 12 poll

1 St. Francis 9-2 (1) vs Morgan Park
2. Morris 11-0 (2) vs Joliet Catholic
3. Nazareth Academy 6-5 (3) @ Carmel
4. Morgan Park 10-1 (4) @ St Francis
5. Carmel 10-1 (5) vs Nazareth Academy
6 Joliet Catholic 8-3 (7) @ Morris
7. Providence Catholic 7-4 (10) vs Highland
8. Highland 10-1 (NR) @ Providence Catholic
9. Prairie Ridge 9-1 (6)
10. Sycamore 9-1 (8)

Out: Antioch/Glenbard South

Class 4A EDGYTIM Week 11 poll
1. Rochester 11-0 (1) vs Breese Central
2. IC Catholic Prep 9-2 (2) vs St Laurence
3. St. Laurence 8-3 (6) @ IC Catholic Prep
4. Murphysboro 11-0 (4) @ Harrisburg
5. Wheaton Academy 10-1 (7) vs Sandwich
6. Breese Central 9-2 (NR) @ Rochester
7. Boylan 9-2 (3)
8. Harrisburg 8-3 (NR) @ Murphysboro
9. Sandwich 8-3 (NR) @ Wheaton Academy
10. St Viator 6-4 (8)

Out: Coal City/Mt. Vernon/Richmond Burton

Jesuit vs. Jesuit? Don't know much about Iggy? Last time LA was on Taylor Street - lucky enough to get out of there with an OT victory? They look big and fast, run the veer /triple option and it seems based on other thread info have a "2023" version of the "Fridge" that they are running the ball in short yardage situations? What does anyone know about Iggy?

In Classes 5A and up, the 618 area code finished 6-0 last week. That was probably more wins than anyone counted on, but here we are. Southern Illinois picked up some wins from the small schools as well, like Althoff's 76-41 track meet with Tuscola. But let's move onto to who can win this week.
I'll post 1A-4A later today but here are previews for the bigger classes.

8A
#4 Edwardsville (9-1) vs #13 Glenbard West (8-2)
The Tigers defended their homefield 35-14 over West Aurora. While a 21 point is just fine, the Tigers had some real struggles pulling away. West Aurora held a 7-0 lead after one quarter and were still tied 7-7 at the break. In fact, 22 of Edwardsville's 35 points came in the final quarter. From what I saw, most of their problems were self inflicted (dropped passes, fumbles).
They will need to play much sharper this week or the fourth quarter will be too late against a tougher Glenbard West squad. Both schools have a common opponent in De Smet, who E-ville defeated 29-12 in week 9 and Glenbard West lost to 10-0 in week two. It does feel like a lot has changed since those games, with West improving and Edwardsville falling off the horse to some degree last week. This one can easily go either way, but I'll be an optimist and take the Tigers to advance off their home field advantage.
#11 Belleville East (8-2) at #6 Maine South (9-1)
The Lancers were a favorite over East Aurora last week but its doubtful even the Lancers expected a 70-0 blowout last week. Perhaps that will give them a little swagger headed into this Friday's trip to Maine South? The Hawks feel like the better team here but don't write off the Lancers entirely. Their best case scenario is turning this into a track meet. Belleville East also has a clutch gene, as shown in their last minute wins over O'Fallon and Collinsville. Whoever comes out of this one will have some nice momentum and an extra day of rest for quarters.
7A
#28 Collinsville (6-4) vs #12 Lincoln-Way West (8-2)
The Kahoks are the highest seed still playing in the state after a 20-15 win over 9-0 Maine West. That game had a bit of an odd ending, with Collinsville snatching what seemed to be a game-sealing interception up 20-13 late. However, the ball was spotted at the one yard line to set up a safety, but they ultimately survived the ensuing possession. The Kahoks produced a total of 5 turnovers in that victory.
Looking ahead to this week's foe, LWW, we do have Belleville East as a common opponent to call back on. Both lost, with Collinsville going down 24-21 and LWW losing 28-14. The Warriors' strength of schedule as a whole and record is more impressive, so bet on them. Collinsville has made a habit of playing postseason games close with everyone though.
6A
#4 East St. Louis (8-2) vs #5 Normal West (8-2)
The Flyers left no doubt against Lemont last week with a 61-0 demolition. Will Normal West fare any better? At first glance, the Wildcats have a knack for putting points up and that's the kind of offense it will take to knock off East Side. Normal West only played one team who is still alive in the postseason. That contest, a week 3 showdown with Normal, left them with a 43-0 loss. Flyer fans should be pretty confident this weekend as we seemingly march towards an East Side at Kankakee quarterfinal.
5A
#3 Highland (9-1) vs #6 Metamora (8-2)
After finding themselves in a 7-0 hole to Mt. Vernon after last week's first quarter, Highland scored 35 of the final 42 points and allowed a kick return for the lone exception. Their final score of 35-14 was the closest anyone has come to knocking off Highland since they lost 28-0 to Mahomet-Seymour in week 2. The Bulldogs also finished with 374 rushing yards, with 210 from Hunter Frey leading the effort.
Metamora presents an interesting week two matchup. These programs last met in 2016, when the Redbirds won 28-7 in the second round. This season, Metamora's most impressive results came from week 1's 28-17 win over Sterling and last week's 36-14 elimination of MacArthur. Focusing on last week's win over the Generals, MacArthur is known to have a solid rushing attack. Count on Highland as a mild favorite in this one, as long as they can get their passing attack rolling.
#13 Triad (7-3) vs #12 Joliet Catholic (7-3)
The Knights pulled an upset out last week over #3 Mahomet-Seymour last week in a 20-19 final. Can they pull a bigger upset out this weekend? Joliet Catholic certainly needs no introduction and they are coming off a big win of their own after knocking out Peoria 40-16 last week.
Triad does have some momentum coming in, having played their best two games over the last two weeks to the effect of 1 point wins. They've played a winning brand of football in those games with a balanced offense and turnover producing defense. It was also not that many years back when fellow MVC school Mascoutah shocked the state with a win over the Hilltoppers. Expect Joliet Catholic to advance but give Troy a puncher's chance to make something happen here.

In 2021 Normal community was 9-0 in the regular season and had dominated every team they played , much like this year . But when the playoffs came they lost in the second right to a Chicagoland team . My biggest question this year was if this year’s team was different , I was wondering if they could break that “ curse”. Last night they did just that. How far do you guys see this team going ? Personally; just from looking at who they’ll have to face in order to get to states , I think they’ll do it . In their own backyard too

Sense playoff football is here, I was kinda poking around in the playoff records and I saw that the record for punt return yardage for a season was ~650yds. I remembered LB3 had a playoff game with ~300 punt return yds, and sure enough he had 724 PR yds for the season (2022).

Any intel on the Seneca #1 QB back to starting at QB? Haven't heard anything in awhile, but I may have missed it ....

Can we either call it the CCL or the CCL/ESCC/WSCC/SCC/PSL?

Why are we hanging on to a conference that doesn’t exist? Nostalgia? Longing? It’s very weird to me.

Chicago Catholic League

Why is this game at Unity? My understanding of the rule (which could very well be wrong) is that if both teams hosted the previous week, then the next game would be at the higher seed, which would be Mt. Carmel.

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Let's try this one more time.....then when Corey doesn't read directions again along with Lake City Newt I'll ban them both.

PLEASE just post any known any Quarterfinal Game Day and Times here. ONLY!

Class 5a Morgan Park at St. Francis Sat 12:30PM

Class 5A JCA @ Morris Sat 3pm

Class 5A Highland at Providence Catholic Sat 3PM

Class 2A Wilmington at Seneca Sat 2PM

Anyone out there know who will be playing who and when? Thanks

I haven’t been to a game at Morris sine the 2005 game. For those of us who were there we witnessed a once in a lifetime individual performance. Hands down, John Dergo had the greatest individual performance I have ever witnessed in my 55 years of watching high school football. I have told the story of his performance all these years since. This old time JCA guy says thanks John for the memories of your performance.

Go Hill!

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Loyola marches down field on first TD drive, mixing run and pass. Defense pins Neuqua deep in own territory, forcing 3 and out. Gets ball back on Neuqua side of field. Another TD on pass to wide open receiver. Third TD on punt return. Neuqua didn't show up today.