Jaylon McKenzie, the Eighth-Grade All-American from Belleville, caught five passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns as he helped lead the East team to a 48-14 victory over the West at the NFL Hall of Fame All-Star Game. McKenzie, a 5-foot-7, 143-pound student at Central Jr. High, also was credited with two tackles as a cornerback. (Hickey and Adoree Jackson both went to Central too.)

“No, the college coaches haven’t talked to us,’’ Otis Gunner said with a smile. “We’re just concentrating on him being in the eighth grade and having fun being a kid.’’

But where will Jaylon go to high school?

“We haven’t decided yet,’’ Sukeena Gunner said. “We’ll sit down and talk about it. Academcs (sic) come first and Jaylon will go to the school we feel will be the best fit for him both academically and athletically."

(I HOPE THAT MEANS ALTHOFF!)
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Who else has open Week 1 and i will add them?

This weekend's games feature some of the historically best programs in the state. All 16 schools playing in Champaign have appeared in the state championship at least one previous time and the schools have combined to win a total of 66 state championships. 1A Camp Point is the only program without a championship on its resume. Mt Carmel has the most with 13, followed by Providence with 10 and East St Louis with 9. Pretty impressive group of schools. Please excuse any errors

Here is a breakdown of State appearances and titles going into this weekend
Appearances Titles
1A
Lena 5 5
Camp Point 1 0
2A
Tri Valley 2 1
St Theresa 5 3
3A
ICCP 5 5
Williamsville 2 1
4A
Providence 13 10
SHG 11 5
5A
Naz 5 3
Peoria 2 1
6A
ESL 13 9
PR 4 3
7A
Mt Carmel 18 13
Batavia 3 2
8A
LWE 4 3
Loyola 8 3

Hopefully this is enough HS football related for Edgy to let it fly.

What is something funny, stupid (and football related) that you have done, so far, this championship weekend?

With everybody’s emotions running high this weekend, I just thought it would be good for us to laugh at ourselves.

I have at least 3 but I’ll just share my favorite one, for now.

1) I was at least 2-3 plays in to watching the 1A championship game before I realized that the QB’s last name was NOT “Le-Win”, Doh! Like it said on the back of his jersey.

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I saw Sandburg is playing Rita week one.

The uniforms worn by the Caravan on Saturday were the classiest outfits my boys have worn in my lifetime. Period.

Pure white, with dark chocolate brown numbers and trim.

Outstanding.

Please take those gold (actually faded yellow) pants and start a bonfire.

In that the Lemont Football Team is nameless, let us call them the Horses with no name.
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All brackets have been revised and updated with final game results......all individual classes leaderboards will be updated and will be final in moments.

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All.... Last year in DeKalb it was pretty easy finding the spot where fans hung out before, during, and after the state finals. Fatty's very close to the stadium.

What about Champaign? Does anyone know or have suggestions where "the" place is to go. I don't really see any place close to the stadium. Looking for a lively bar with fans. Ratsy

Includes my Preseason Top 10 rankings in each class in ( )

Will be re-released for FREE on Monday

Class 8A

My Preseason Top 10 ranking in ( )

1. Loyola Academy 13-1 (2)
2. Lincoln Way East 13-1 (1)
3. York 12-1 (9)
4. Glenbard West 11-2 (4) '
5. Maine South 9-3 (3)
6. Warren Township 10-2 (5)
7. Palatine 10-2 (Next In)
8. Marist 7-4 (7)
9. Lyons Township 9-3 (NR)
10. Neuqua Valley 8-3 (6)

Class 7A

My Preseason Top 10 ranking in ( )

1. Mount Carmel 14-0 (1)
2. St. Rita 10-3 (3)
3. Batavia 10-4 (2)
4. St. Charles North 10-2 (9)
5. Lake Zurich 11-2 (NR)
6. Wheaton North 10-1 (NR)
7. Hersey 10-1 (NR)
8. Brother Rice 7-5 (5)
9. Pekin 11-1 (NR)
10. Prospect 9-2 (6)

Class 6A

My Preseason Top 10 ranking in ( )


1. East St. Louis 12-2 (1)
2. Lemont 12-1 (4)
4. Crete-Monee 9-3 (6)
3. Prairie Ridge 12-2 (2)
5. Simeon 12-1 (Next In) Prep Bowl Champs
6. St. Ignatius 10-3 (3)
7. Niles Notre Dame 8-4 (NR)
8. Kenwood 8-4 (7)
9. Harlem 7-5 (9)
10-. Normal West 9-2 (NR)

Class 5A

My Preseason Top 10 ranking in ( )

1. Nazareth Academy 10-4 (2)
2. Peoria 12-2 (10)
3. Sycamore 12-1 (Next In)
4. Morris 10-3 (3)
5. Mahomet Seymour 11-1 (6
6. Morgan Park 10-2 (10)
7. Sterling 9-3 (7)
8. Mascoutah 8-4 (4)
9. Kankakee 9-2 (1)
10. Boylan 9-2 (NR)

Class 4A

My Preseason Top 10 ranking in ( )

1. Sacred Heart Griffin 14-0 (1)
2. Providence Catholic 9-5 (NR)
3. St Francis 11-2 (3)
4. Rochester 11-2 (4)
5. Richmond Burton 11-1 (5)
6. Carterville 11-1 (NR)
7. Joliet Catholic 8-3 (2)
8. Rochelle 9-3 (NR)
9. Murphysboro 9-3 (Next In)
10. Coal City 7-4 (10)

With MC and Loyola winning 7a and 8a, when was the last time one conference had the best two teams in the state?

It's where they belong.

List them.

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All week long. It was East Side has no discipline. They can't stop the option. Well not only did they show discipline. They killed that option. It was personal for them. Especially after losing by one point in last year's title game. Someone said it was classless for them to keep scoring. The kicker/backup qb scored, and the linebacker scored on a long run. I think it was crazy for Prairie Ridge to keep Vasey in the game. It was obvious he had a concussion. But anywho. See y'all next year

Let's win this for NET ... and Coach Leonard too.

Based on the way they are handling Providence tonight as well as their results all season, you would have to believe they are one of the top teams in the state, regardless of class. PC played both LA and Rita tougher than they are playing SHG.

“Everybody said it was Luther. It was Luther’s team. You can’t do anything without Luther, blah, blah, blah,” Junior QB Pops Battle said. “I feel like we have a better overall team this year.”

Other thread get flushed?

Aurora just beat Whitewater. WOW

AU 33
WW 28

It seems like Peoria has been unstoppable. What does Naz have to do in order to beat them ?