They are now 3-3

Week 8 in the WSC has 1 division with a known champion (Congratulations to York on securing at least a share of the WSS title), while the other will likely come down to Week 9, as both DGS and Willowbrook sit at 4-3. With this weeks games, and looking forward to Wk9, a DGS win will give them at least a share of the WSG title.

Lyons at Glenbard West is definitely the marquee game this week. Both sitting at 6-1, therefore will be in the playoffs - yet both still have an outside shot at a shared WSS title. Whoever wins this week will need York to slip this week or next in order to grab a share.

DGN is likely in the 7A playoffs with 5 wins, but a win this week over OPRF will ensure their postseason participation. Conversely, OPRF is still fighting for a chance. With York on the horizon in Wk 9, OPRFs best shot at getting to 5 wins is this week.

And then there is Hinsdale Central... sitting at 3-4, HC needs to win both Wk 8 and 9 to get in. IF they can avoid injuries this week (which they have been able to do since week 2), they may be able to bring GW a game with everything on the line.

Wk7 had a few changes in the overall standings - Panthers able to make a move into a tie for 1st. With 2 weeks left in the regular season, nobody has ran away with the game.

T1 @Fishwater41 49-7
T1 @Panthers1211 49-7
3 @MS4EVER 48-8
4 @Alexander32 47-9
5 @brucealmighy 45-11
T6 @Cross Bones 44-12
T6 @chuck998 44-12
8 @stl705 43-13
9 @RD_Watcher 42-14
10 @BTOWNDawgs 41-15
11 @LakeCtyNewt 41-14
12 @Nevada Dude 39-17
13 @WBWarriorWatcher 36-13 (missed Wk6)
14 @USD24 35-7 (missed Wk1)

With a game on Thursday, please have your picks in prior to the Leyden vs. AT game.

Wk 8 Games
Leyden (1-6) vs. Addison Trail (2-5) Thursday, 13th
Morton (3-4) vs. Downers Grove South (4-3)
Hinsdale South (2-5) vs. Proviso East (0-7)
York (7-0) vs. Willowbrook (4-3)
Downers Grove North (5-2) vs. Oak Park-River Forest (4-3)
Glenbard West (6-1) vs. Lyons Township (6-1) Saturday, 15th
Proviso West (2-5) vs. Hinsdale Central (3-4)

Again in case you missed it I'm doing some work with Marquee Network starting this week....lots of exciting things to come stay tuned.

Porters have the ball on LWE 10 yard line.

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.



Class 8A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. Loyola (12) (6-0) 129 1
2. Lincoln-Way East (1) (6-0) 118 2
3. York (6-0) 104 4
4. Glenbard West (5-1) 75 3
5. Warren (5-1) 69 5
6. O’Fallon (5-1) 53 T6
7. Maine South (4-2) 41 T6
8. Neuqua Valley (5-1) 37 10
9. Edwardsville (5-1) 22 NR
10. South Elgin (6-0) 18 NR

Others receiving votes: Plainfield North 16, Glenbrook South 13, Bolingbrook 11, Marist 5, Palatine 4.




Class 7A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. Mount Carmel (13) (6-0) 130 1
2. Hersey (6-0) 112 2
3. Prospect (5-1) 89 3
4. St. Rita (4-2) 81 4
5. St. Charles North (5-1) 68 7
6. Pekin (6-0) 65 5
7. Wheaton North (5-1) 62 6
8. Jacobs (5-1) 33 9
9. Batavia (4-2) 27 10
10. Lake Zurich (5-1) 17 NR

Others receiving votes: Downers Grove North 12, Geneva 11, Hononegah 7, Brother Rice 1.


Class 6A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (11) (4-2) 126 1
2. Simeon (2) (6-0) 115 2
3. Lemont (6-0) 105 3
4. Prairie Ridge (5-1) 83 4
5. Crete-Monee (4-2) 73 5
6. Chatham Glenwood (5-1) 58 7
7. Wauconda (6-0) 50 8
8. Belvidere North (6-0) 39 9
9. Notre Dame (4-2) 22 6
10. Normal West (5-1) 18 10

Others receiving votes: Champaign Centennial 10, St. Ignatius 8, Kenwood 6, Benet 2.


Class 5A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. Kankakee (10) (5-1) 115 2
2. Sycamore (3) (6-0) 114 3
3. Mahomet-Seymour (6-0) 99 4
4. Peoria (6-0) 96 5
5. Morgan Park (6-0) 74 6
6. Morris (5-1) 71 1
7. Highland (5-1) 46 T8
8. Sterling (5-1) 41 10
9. Rockford Boylan (5-1) 19 NR
10. Glenbard South (5-1) 14 7

Others receiving votes: St. Patrick 9, Mount Vernon 6, Providence 5, Nazareth 4, Centralia 2.

Class 4A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (8) (6-0) 121 1
(tie) Richmond-Burton (5) (6-0) 121 2
3. St. Francis (6-0) 94 4
4. Joliet Catholic (5-1) 93 3
5. Rochester (5-1) 71 5
6. Stillman Valley (6-0) 70 6
7. Carterville (6-0) 50 8
8. Macomb (6-0) 31 10
9. Genoa-Kingston (5-1) 30 9
10. Wheaton Academy (5-1) 28 7

Others receiving votes: Breese Central 3, Coal City 2, Murphysboro 1.

Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. IC Catholic (7) (5-1) 125 1
2. Reed-Custer (4) (6-0) 123 3
3. Williamsville (2) (6-0) 113 2
4. Princeton (1) (6-0) 105 4
5. Byron (5-1) 75 5
6. Fairbury Prairie Central (6-0) 67 7
7. Mt. Carmel, Ill. (6-0) 61 6
8. Eureka (6-0) 50 8
9. Seneca (6-0) 28 9
10. Tolono Unity (5-1) 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Durand-Pecatonica 7.

Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. St. Teresa (12) (6-0) 129 2
2. Maroa-Forsyth (6-0) 110 3
3. Bismarck-Henning (6-0) 92 4
4. North-Mac (6-0) 91 5
5. Wilmington (1) (5-1) 83 1
6. Rockridge (5-1) 62 6
7. Downs Tri-Valley (5-1) 56 7
8. Carmi White County (6-0) 40 9
9. Johnston City (6-0) 21 10
10. Pana (5-1) 9 NR

Others receiving votes: Vandalia 8, Mercer County 5, Knoxville 5, Clifton Central 3, Nashville 1.

Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lena-Winslow (14) (6-0) 140 1
2. Colfax Ridgeview (6-0) 108 2
3. Camp Point Central (6-0) 102 T3
4. Hope Academy (6-0) 99 T3
5. Shelbyville (6-0) 72 6
6. St. Bede (6-0) 71 7
7. Athens (5-1) 56 5
8. Fulton (4-2) 40 T8
9. Greenfield-Northwestern (6-0) 36 T8
10. Ottawa Marquette (5-1) 31 10

Others receiving votes: Tuscola 8, Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield 7.

Hard to believe there are only 2 weeks left in the regular season. It goes by so quick. This week's upset is...... The unranked 5-2 Vikings of Geneva over the #12 ranked and 6-1 Falcons of Wheaton North. Why??? Because WN has not dominated anyone this year. Yeah, they're 6-1, but I haven't seen dominance. They squeaked by WWS, in what should have been an easy win. Squeaked by a mediocre Glenbard North. Another subpar win vs Lake Park..... and so on. Geneva has a really strong offense. Yes, they stumbled last week vs Batavia, but they usually score points by the bunches. Geneva is at home tonight for this rivalry. I like the Vikings tonight. Final score......Geneva 35 - Wheaton North 21. That's this week's upset. What are your thoughts and who is your upset?

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Runs over EVILLE for 280 yards in a 27-6 win at the Clyde. The two sophomore RBs and Jr. Qb Pops Battle accounted for the ground game scores.

Playoff ready.

I see Edgy has Brother Rice listed as 8A. IHSA has them at 7A. Any Insights?

With the banter starting to heat up. This time of the year posters get a bit edgy! Hahaha

Good times all just don’t let it get personal and hope that all the teams play their best and no kids get injured.

Good luck to all teams!

Go East! 😊

Need to win two more.....


Every 3A program in the state it hoping they don't.

Neuqua Valley @ Naperville Central 7PM. That's on channel 360 on Comcast Xfinity. Not sure about other systems.

1. Moline was fun....cold and a bit wet.....but fun ........ I had been planning to make a trip out West for some time actually...and looking at the schedule I had Sterling at Moline circled on my pre season plans from mid summer. Fortunately, things worked out and this ended up being for the Western Big 6 conference title as Moline got the 33-21 win over Sterling. Moline plays all of it's game at Browning Field, a city owned stadium about a mile or so from the high school campus. Browning Field has a ton of cool history and it's s really nice looking field and facility....maybe not at the majestic level of say Rocky Stadium in Rock Island or a few others but it's still a terrific cool place to see a game. Overall i was treated really well by everyone in and around Moline on Friday night, ran into a few fans who actually knew who the hell I was (like I said....Sterling fans in particular love IHSA Football and read and follow everything) and it was just a great experience. Sure...it got pretty cold and damp on Friday night and wee had to deal with drizzle up until kickoff....but overall it was pretty much decent weather for Week 8 of the season after let's face it having pretty much amazing weather for 7 straight weeks.

2. I don't want Ice Creme....I'm COLD....but thanks People in the Quad Cities are passionate about Whitey's ice creme which is literally within walking distance of Browning Field and more than a few said "you have to try Whitey's for ice creme." Again if we had any sort of warmer weather I would have happily tried some but I'll hold off for another time soon I promise. I'ver heard nothing but good things about it as well so....


3. So how good is Moline One of the biggest reasons I wanted to get out to the Western Big 6 is that we just never really have a good idea of just how good (or bad) teams from the WB6 are year in and year out. Moline this season? Pretty solid overall and like always look for a more details breakdown and scouting report in the 2022 Breakdown series....the quick thumbnail here is the Maroons have BIG line play upfront on both sides of the football....mix things up well with run and pass and have some key playmakers led by senior RB Riley Fuller. They will no question be able to matchup physically against several others in 7A in the postseason. I get some of the same vibes on the Western Big 6 as I do with a conference like the Fox Valley or even say theUpstate 8.....a collection of decent teams that are spread across several classes....which also means a larger enrollment team like Moline (much like say Huntley in the FVC and South Elgin in the Upstate) is playing week in and week out against teams that are in the say 5A-7A range. Does this make them any better or worse? Again post-season success in the Western Big 6 hasn't been good recently so now you know why I wanted to see them (and Sterling) in person live.

4. Sterling? Again more in depth later this week on the Golden Warriors....and it was always awesome to see my brother Matt Gingrich who was a publisher on Rivals in the early days with us as a NUIC site publisher before he decided to work a real job and ended up on Sterling broadcasts along with hanging with retired Sterling HC/AD Greg King. The team? Sterling is always salty. well coached and plays hard nosed physical football and they are again this season. Yet the lack of size upfront on the offensive and defensive lines was really surprising and was in the end the downfall of them rallying to beat Moline. The Maroons was able to just blow past the Warriors in key down and distances and despite a great effort to rally here just did not have the horses upfront. More on the Golden Warriors later this week.

5. So what's the deal with Marquee Sports Network?

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Yes I'll be doing some side work with Marquee Sports starting this Monday. I'm very happy about trying to launch prep football and prep sports coverage on Marquee...which is basically the Cubs TV network. Overall look for Marquee to have some important announcements soon regarding some upcoming games they are looking into covering as soon as this playoff season. My FREE Chicagoland Top 30 poll will wind up on Marquee and I will also provide some other various content for them in the post season. The group involved with Marquee are pretty much the same people who did preps work for NBCSC so they are very familiar with the landscape, are very pro HS sports coverage and will no doubt but a full effort into it. I'm just happy to be a small part of hopefully trying to bring another media outlet back to cover IHSA football...the more coverage the merrier. Look for more details and announcements on Marquee's plans soon. In short...expect some good things coming soon.

The more I look at this week, the more it seems to be predictable despite the fact that there are a couple of items of interest. It looks like Loose Ends Tie Up Week. Time for some teams to be planning for the playoffs and others to start bouncing basketballs.

In order of relevance to the playoffs the games are:
MacArthur at Normal U. High. U. High played well early in the season but with this kamikaze 4 game ending and no playoff prospects It would hardly be surprising to see morale collapse. MacArthur needs this game to punch their playoff ticket and has been playing well even in losses. Mac 35-14

Glenwood at Springfield. This will likely be a blowout but there are two factors of interest. Springfield has theoretically 2 possible avenues to a playoff bid. The 1st is the probably hopeless but theoretically possible chance that a few 4 - 5 teams teams will get a bid since, as I understand it there are less than 512 teams still playing 11-man football and 256 open slots. The 2nd would be a sweep of their final 2 games. Unfortunately the next game is Glenwood, coming off of a 49-0 humiliation at SHG. The Titans will come out with blood in their eyes and a lot to prove, at least in their own mind. Glenwood 49-7

Jacksonville at Rochester. Jax has their magic ticket and no reason to try to pull off any miracles. Rochester is tuning up for the second season which may hurt intensity some. Neither team wants to risk injuries at this point. Rochester 42-7.

Lanphier at SHG. I would hate to be the coaches of either team trying to build any sort of intensity. Don't be surprised if the coaches agree to a running clock before halftime.
SHG 56-0

Eisenhower at Southeast. The only question is whether Eisenhower will have sole possession of last place or they will share a 3 way tie with Lanphier. I'm sure both teams are thinking more far more about basketball than football at this stage. Given the number of games played at Spartan Field this year, field condition might be the biggest factor in the score. Southeast 21-7

Yikes

Listening to the Steelmen getting crushed big time.I hate to see it but the school is huge.Why are they horrible I mean horrible in football every year on all levels? They have a lot of heart but what will it take? Why are they so bad? The kids who play have a lot of heart though

If a targeting call is made in a HS game is the player ejected or is that just college and nfl?

This will not be released for FREE until Monday now by Marquee Sports as part of my new working relationship with them,

I release this poll every Saturday night/Sunday AM on the EDGY Nation side and this will continue each week.

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EDGYTIM Week 9 Chicagoland Top 30 poll

Recap
NC vs MV
NV vs Dekalb
NN vs WV
Benet vs JCA

Who you got? Naz or Montini?

Nm

Interesting streak at stake- A big collapse by LWW and LWC have eliminated both from playoffs. If Provi doesn't win next week, it appears it would be the first time since 1990 that there would not be a playoff qualifier at the three NL schools.

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