Put some predictions down below! Should be a battle.

Any selection for Mr. Edgy this Saturday will need to include at least a cursory glance to the east to a fellow small farm town. Frankfort IL and the folks at Lincoln-Way East are always willing to accommodate a visit during playoff runs! The record speaks for itself Edgy! Let us know how to make this happen…

Saturday Class 8A 1PM Warren Township at Lincoln Way East
Class 7A 6PM Brother Rice at Mount Carmel

Hinsdale Central had 17 athletes playing "sports nobody cares about" - Baseball, Wrestling, Girls LAX, Volleyball, Track and Field, Cross Country, etc. - sign NLIs today. Apparently, universities around the country care about those sports too.

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Crappy field is typically muddy. Gonna be a long day for GS.

3 teams in the Quarters for the first time in who knows how long, and DGN battled tough for 3 quarters. I like 2 of them to get to the semi's after this weekend.

GBW - I think their offense will be too much for MS to handle
York - Incredible season led by stud QB, and a defense that is extremely physical
LT - tough matchup against LA, but this team fights every week

I don’t think I saw this posted anywhere. The LWC/Sandburg week 9 game was called with 3 minutes left because of a fight breaking out. Not a good look for either program.
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Congratulations to the 11 CCL/ESCC teams moving on to the second round. Let's get 10 into the Quarterfinals. With the 2022 Holy War II happening in New Lenox Saturday, 10 is the max that can move on. I need 10 to move on. The site is lovely during those type of weeks and pump those threads right into my veins.

Welcome to our Prep Bowl playoff teams, giving us a total of 12 games for an available 12 points. Thank you to these players, coaches and programs playing for honor, tradition, love of the game, upholding grandfather clauses and heck, get yourself some more video for your futures while playing for those other important concerns.

Remember to get your LEO/DLS picks in before Thursday 6pm if you want a chance at that point.

In the words of the esteemed @Wittymoniker1 "Now Let's do this!"

Saturday 1pm at Marist

[2022] Marist (Chicago, IL) 27, [2022] York (Elmhurst, IL) 21

Saturday 1pm at Edwardsville

[2022] Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 44, [2022] Edwardsville (IL) 17

Saturday 1pm at Downers Grove North

[2022] Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) 38, [2022] Downers Grove North (Downers Grove, IL) 6

Saturday 6pm at Brother Rice

[2022] Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) 28, [2022] Collinsville (IL) 12

Friday 7pm at Prospect

[2022] St. Rita (Chicago, IL) 35, [2022] Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL) 28

Friday 7pm at Wauconda

[2022] Notre Dame (Niles, IL) 27, [2022] Wauconda (IL) 10

Friday 7pm at Grayslake Central

[2022] St. Ignatius (Chicago, IL) 48, [2022] Grayslake Central (Grayslake, IL) 19

Saturday 2pm at Carmel

[2022] Sycamore (IL) 34, [2022] Carmel (Mundelein, IL) 13

Saturday 1pm at Nazareth Academy

[2022] Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) 35, [2022] Boylan (Rockford, IL) 19

Saturday 1pm at Providence Catholic

[2022] Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL) 35, [2022] Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) 28

Friday 6pm at Triton (St. Patrick)

[2022] St. Patrick (Chicago, IL) 34, [2022] Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, IL) 26

Thursday 6pm at De LaSalle

[2022] De La Salle (Chicago, IL) 27, [2022] Leo (Chicago, IL) 17

Is there a schedule out yet? In years past there were some Thursday night games that were fun.

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Finally found out why St Bede left TRAC and where they are headed:

New Chicago Prairie League - source is Steve Soucie’s twitter:

St. Bede
Ottawa Marquette
Dwight
Seneca
Westmont
Walther Christian
Ridgewood
Elmwood Park

Thoughts?

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Please limit this post to known/confirmed IHSA Playoff Quarterfinal Days and Times ONLY here please. If you feel a need to comment on something.....DON'T.

Make sure and visit Marquee Sports Network for more of my work and IHSA Preps coverage today

Marquee Sports Network/EDGYTIM.com Chicagoland Week 12 Top 30 poll

Interesting game in 7A. Two former Western Sun Conference members meet up in Batavia Saturday 1PM. Both won OT thrillers in the second round. Any thoughts on this game?

21 straight from the Lions to take control against the undefeated hosts. Impressive play from the Lions.

JCA 7 PC 3 halftime

Does anybody know why NFHS makes you watch an ad about them (you know, the thing we already bought to watch the streams) every time you switch to a different game?

Waterloo is up 3-0 inside of 7 minutes left in the first half. SHG has turned it over on downs twice so far in Bulldog territory.

Kings Challenge Standings - Round 2

Click the link to view the entire sheet. The 2A champs might have shifted on me. I'm not digging through all that. This is just an unofficial glimpse. For the final standings, I'll make sure everything is correct.

Overall Total
210 - King Miller
208 - Matt B
206 - Bracketology Dan
204 - Baseball2558
203 - 4 players tied

King 8A to 5A
112 - Thunderbolt
108 - Big Groff
108 - Dean of Selection
106 - King Miller
106 - Bracketology Dan

Small School
106 - Matt B
105 - Mark D'Angelo
104 - King Miller
104 - Baseball2558
104 - Jim Watkins
104 - Jef Kirkendoll

Class Leaders
8A - Thunderbolt - 31
7A - Matt V - 31
6A - Dean of Selection - 30
5A - King Murph - 30
4A - David D'Angelo - 31
3A - 11 players tied - 29
2A - Brian DeLucia - 28
1A - Matthew Now - 30

It was a rough day at the USD household. Joliet Catholic, University of San Diego, Alabama and the Illini all lost. What made it even worse is I had to witness the carnage in Champaign. Hopefully the Bears can eek out a win and save the lost weekend!

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Marist was driving and York just picked them off. QB ripped off a long run to the 20. Driving.

The CS8 has gone from 5 playoff teams last week to two this week with Chatham, Jacksonville, and MacArthur having been eliminated. Both games are Saturday.

4:30 #5 Breese Central (8-2) at #4 Rochester (9-1)
Any team who saw the first half of Rochester-Effingham game last week would not be scared to take on the Rockets. Four turnovers and way too many penalties for this time of the season. Confusion on the substitutions. The defense really stepped up and shut down Effingham down completely, except for two short field TD drives after turnovers. I expect a big bounce back this week on what will likely be the final home game of the year. While Effingham plays a 4A-5A schedule, Breese plays a less impressive 2A-4A schedule. Breese has lost to 2A non qualifier Mater Dei and 4A Columbia. Their 21-18 win over Mt Zion last week was their best win of the season. They have not allowed more than 28 points in any game. Expect the Rockets to exceed that total Saturday. Rochester 49 Breese 7.

5:00 #2 SHG (10-0) at #10 Waterloo (7-3)
Not sure why the kickoff has changed from 2pm to 5pm. Waterloo won big last week at Olney 76-28. They have played a much stronger schedule than Spring Valley and will offer more of a challenge. Their three losses were all to playoff qualifiers: 4A Columbia, 5A Triad, and 5A Highland. Highland, who could make a deep run in 5A, won 49-10 in Week 7. Waterloo’s best win was over 5A qualifier Mascoutah. They have a strong running attack and will likely try to drain the clock and keep the ball away from SHG. The Waterloo defense gave up several long TD passes to Olney last week. Their secondary could be in for a very long evening against the SHG passing attack. A big and noisy crowd for the home team should be expected. However, that shouldn’t have much impact on the veteran dominated SHG. The Cyclones should win handily. SHG 57 Waterloo 13.

Yesterday was the windiest day of football I can ever remember seeing. Anyone got anything worth sharing from their game involving the wind?

At Batavia yesterday, Batavia was averaging roughly 5 yards a punt. So, they scrapped punting all together and went for it every fourth down…even deep in their own territory. Their last punt attempt came with them on their own 1yd line w about 1min before half. A few of us were discussing just taking a safety as they were probably about to give Hersey the ball on the 10yd line. A bad snap resulted in a safety.

On Batavia‘s ensuing KO the ball went 12 yards in the air and bounced back to Batavia and they retained the ball. Never seen that happen before. Hersey would have had the ball on the 50, with the wind and a minute on the clock w all the momentum. Instead Batavia ran out the clock.

Which reminds me, is that the right call? Ball hit 12 yards in front of the KOR team. KO team didn’t touch it and KOR team recovered it at 8 yards. Legal?