Seems like Washington hasn’t looked back since their loss to the Kays earlier. They have another convincing win added their list in Chatham Glenwood. Any thoughts on this week’s matchup with the Flyers?

Hawks score on first play from scrimmage

Is this list out ALOT earlier than normal or is it just me? I'm seeing some schools with NOBODY on the list where I would have expected a at least one. And is it only kids whose coaches pay to be members or the IHSFCA or can any team be on there? I'm sure there can be a thread just about who got snubbed, but I was just curious about the above.

Word is Tyson Binion is out for the rest of the season. Big loss for the Rockets on both sides of the ball.

Hopefully Mrozowski is good to go and the injury bug stays away. Junior Elijah Carlson will undoubtedly see more carries this week against Milk Central.

Looking to see if the tush push that the Eagles in the NFL have been successful at the last couple seasons is illegal on the high school level? Thanks

Let's hear it......who should be the Player of the Year in the State of Illinois for the 2023 IHSA Football season?

What would you think about the #1 seed getting Home field advantage thru out the playoffs.

Had to go a day arly this week Matt and I break doiwn everything Class 4A thru 1A plus 8 Man football here

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Updated to include number of class winners still alive.

Let's just say if LWE wins 8a, this could get interesting. The top 9 in the standing all have Loyola or a team who has already been eliminated.

Huge week for the League. Enjoy your travels: Broncos can visit the Lovejoy Homestead. Caravan can visit nearby Hannibal and ride the Mark Twain Riverboat. And if you're going to the AMDG Bowl in Little Italy don't forget your little passport.

Prep Bowl:
ND @ Marist 6PM Thursday
Redhawks 34 Dons 12
Marian, Heights @ SR 7PM Friday
Mustangs 42 Spartans 14
3A:
#6 Lombard (Montini) (8-3) at #2 Princeton (10-1), Sat., Nov. 11, 1:00 pm
Broncos 28 Tigers 21
4A:
#11 Burbank (St. Laurence) (8-3) at #7 Elmhurst (IC Catholic) (9-2), Sat., Nov. 11, 4:00 pm
Knights 35 Vikings 20
5A:
#4 Chicago (Morgan Park) (10-1) at #8 Wheaton (St. Francis) (9-2), Sat., Nov. 11, 12:30 pm
Spartans 42 Mustangs 14
#15 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) (6-5) at #6 Mundelein (Carmel) (10-1), Sat., Nov. 11, 2:00 pm
Corsairs 27 Roadrunners 26
#12 Joliet (Catholic Academy) (8-3) at #1 Morris (11-0), Sat., Nov. 11, 3:00 pm
Hilltoppers 35 Redskins 24
#3 Highland (10-1) at #15 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) (7-4), Sat., Nov. 11, 3:00 pm
Celtics 35 Bulldogs 21
7A:
#6 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (10-1) at #3 Quincy (Sr.) (11-0), Sat., Nov. 11, 4:00 pm
Caravan 48 Blue Devils 13
8A:
#1 Wilmette (Loyola Academy) (11-0) at #24 Chicago (St. Ignatius) (8-3), Sat., Nov. 11, 3:00 pm
Ramblers 42 Wolfpack 10

I am posting this here as a locked thread. A few important issues of note....

1. This is NOT my team I am only publishing this on behalf of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association
2. The IHSFCA comes up with these teams per class. Coaches are encouraged to send them nominations each year. Have an issue with someone missing? Please have your head coach contact the IHSFCA

Linked below is the first team I will release honorable mentions later today


Also added the All State honorable mentions

It's looking like the Lockport Freshmen who have been out of the LTHS Central campus since last week after a ceiling collapse in a classroom and an inspection that has revealed several structural issues and forced the closing of the building immediately will be moving over to the abandoned Lincoln-Way North campus in Frankfort to take up residence and one source in LTHS District 205 has stared they could be there for an extended period of time.

The students will be moving in next Wednesday the 15th and will continue online learning in the interim.

I'm not from the Lockport area but I know many who grew up there and have their own children who have gone through there but I've been here in Will County long enough to know that there should've been a second campus built in that District somewhere but the issue is always where?

Everyone knows who the major players who are in that whole scenario being Lockport, Homer Glen, Crest Hill, and Fairmont in unincorporated Will County
and it has always turned into battle amongst the residents when voting in referendums...No No No No No....

Now what?

That old Centeal canpus building even with what was supposed to be planned renovations and retrofitting is not going to last long term. I think it's more serious than we might think.I would hope the residents of district 205 understand this.

In the meantime at least the students have a place to go and kudos to Lincoln-Way District 210 for stepping up and opening the doors to the former North campus.

I think this is going to be more of a complicated situation than we might think....

Hey Zeus!

Are Out.

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be sure to arrive early.

Their pregame is a show in itself.

In the larger classes, there have been some pretty dominant teams leading into the semi-final match-ups.
The following schools all have a +100 scoring margin through 3 games.
8A
LWE 108-0!!

7A
Batavia 146-31
MC 149-39

6A
ESL 154-20
Wash 139-30

5A
JCA 145-30

Even more impressive is Byron in 3A. They have outscored their opponents 191-22!!!

I was told last night York and Naz have agreed to play Week 2.

Interesting matchup, and, IMO, a better deal for Naz as they continue to build into a perennial dominating program akin to the MCs and Loyolas of the area.

Since the By-Law Amendment Proposals for Districts never include the actual proposed districts which is mind-boggling to me that the IHSA schools need to vote on this essentially blind, I've gone ahead and updated the proposed 8A and 7A Districts from 2019 linked here by EdgyTim to reflect the current enrollments, multipliers, and any other changes that have happened in the 8A and 7A classes in the last 4 years.

In 2019 the IHSA website listed 513 playoff eligible schools. 512 is the number needed for a mathematically perfect 8 class 64 teams per class District Football system with the top 4 District teams per class qualifying for a total of 256 schools in the 8 class 32 team playoff system and the bottom 4 District teams per class not qualifiying also for a total of 256 schools.

The current proposal doesn't address what happens if there are not exactly 512 teams which is almost a certainty to happen. My educated guess is that we are below 512 playoff eligible schools at this point unless I've missed something on the IHSA website.

Since the current district proposal specifically says 8 teams per district and 8 districts per class I'm going to push the problem of an odd number of districts down to the lower classes for this exercise and put the top 64 schools by enrollment into 8 districts of 8 teams into 8A, and the next 64 schools by enrollment into 8 districts of 8 teams into 7A.

After getting through 7A it really gets very hard to calculate all of the moving parts which is why I stopped there. If anyone wants to pick it up from 6A onwards my calculations have Hubbard as the largest 6A school. The proposal is specific to the District system being adopted by 2024, so I am using the current enrollments for my calculations.

Things to keep in mind with this projection:

(1) I tried to keep the 2019 proposed districts as close to intact as I could since I don't think the IHSA would go back and completely undo all of the work they did 4 years ago if this Amendment passes again this year.
(2) It seems like for the most part the IHSA tried to keep school districts together if possible when they did this in 2019 unless geographic difficulties became too much.
(3) I kept the multiplier in effect for Loyola, Marist, and St. Ignatius qualifying for 8A in 2024, and Mt. Carmel, Brother Rice, Fenwick, and St. Rita (Playing up in 7A) qualifying for 7A in 2024 since this proposal says it goes into effect next year.
(4) I think I calculated everything correctly in terms of the 64 schools that would be in 8A and the 64 schools that would be in 7A, but if I missed just one it would obviously change the projections potentially very significantly. Plus I don't get to draw the final IHSA maps so there is a very real possibility they change their minds from 4 years ago if this passes this time around.
(5) With that said I really think these are going to be pretty darn close to the districts that would ultimately come into fruition if this By-Law Amendment passes.
(6) I'm not advocating for or against districts in this message thread...just simply looking to illustrate what the districts would look like in the higher classes.
(7) I could have easily made a mistake somewhere so feel free to point it out, but try and be nice in your criticism as one miscalculation is very easy to do in an exercise like this.
(8) I'm happy to take questions as to my rationale for why a team was placed where I placed them. Thanks for reading!

So here is what I have for both 8A and 7A when it comes to what I think the districts may be if this is adopted:

8A

North District A
Dundee-Crown
Barrington
Warren
Huntley
Stevenson
Round Lake
Waukegan
Zion-Benton

North District B
Evanston
Glenbrook South
Conant
Palatine
Fremd
Schaumburg
Loyola
New Trier

North District C
Barlett
Glenbard North
Elgin
York
Glenbard West
Glenbard East
Lake Park
South Elgin

North District D
Lane
Taft
St. Ignatius
Leyden
Proviso West
Oak Park-River Forest
Maine South
Niles West

South District A
Bolingbrook
Aurora East
Aurora West
Metea Valley
Neuqua Valley
Waubonsie Valley
Naperville North
Naperville Central

South District B
Morton
Downers South
Hinsdale Central
Lyons
Oswego
Oswego East
Plainfield North
Plainfield South

South District C
Sandburg
Andrew
Stagg
Bloom Twp.
Rich Twp.
Homewood-Flossmoor
Marist
Curie

South District D
Belleville East
O'Fallon
Edwardsville
Joliet West
Joliet Central
Lockport
Minooka
Lincoln-Way East

7A

North District A
Addison Trail
Willowbrook
Batavia
Geneva
St. Charles East
St. Charles North
West Chicago
Elk Grove Village

North District B
Buffalo Grove
Grant
Highland Park
Lake Zurich
Libertyville
Mundelein
Wheeling
McHenry

North District C
Hersey
Maine West
Hoffman Estates
Glenbrook North
Maine East
Rolling Meadows
Niles North
Prospect

North District D
DeKalb
Hampshire
Jacobs
Machesney Park Harlem
Rockford Auburn
Rockford Guilford
Rockford Jefferson
Rockton Hononegah

South District A
Alton
Belleville West
Collinsville
Granite City
Moline
Normal Community
Pekin
Quincy

South District B
Yorkville
Lincoln-Way Central
Lincoln-Way West
Plainfield Central
Plainfield East
Romeoville
Wheaton North
Wehaton-Warrenville South

South District C
Eisenhower
Reavis
Oak Lawn
Shepard
Argo
Proviso East
Downers North
Fenwick

South District D
Lincoln Park
Whitney Young
St. Rita
Mt. Carmel
Brother Rice
Thornwood
Thornton Fractional South
Bradley-Bourbonnais

Has anyone seen normal west this season? What you think?

Try as I might, I can't pick just one. These four really caught my attention though. No disrespect to any of the other games as they all earned their spot and respect 👊

2A - Maroa-F (12-0) at Wilmington (11-1) - Undefeated and tested M-F travels to the team in the woods with all the Harley's.

3A - Byron (12-0) at Montini (9-3) - The Tigers steamroll into Lombard to take on a very hot Bronco team with a stocked trophy case.

6A - Cary-G (10-2) at Lake Z (11-1) - The triple option is clicking and the Bears only loss was to 8A Warren by 4 pts.
6A - ESL (10-2) at Washington (11-1) - The all-time wins leader (761) and legendary Flyers roll into Washington for retiring HOF HC Darrell Crouch's last home game. Okay, call me a softy.

7A - Batavia (11-1) at MC (11-1) - The Dawgs lost to 8A LWE by 1 and MC lost to 8A Loyola by 2 not to mention, these two teams have been on a collision course all season.

Which semi-final games do you like and why?

That was an entertaining game! Wish it could have gone on for a couple more minutes. Barrington did what they needed to win. Tough to see this Senior class go out like that. Best of luck to everyone left.

Not that this means anything, just thought it was interesting. Below is each school's record in semi-final games. I apologize in advance if any of the records are wrong, this is off the top of my head
8A
York 0-3
Loyola 9-6
LWE 5-3
B'ton 1-0

7A
Normal 2-4
DGN 2-2
Batavia 4-2
Mt Carmel 19-8

6A
Lake Zurich 5-5
Cary-Grove 6-2
ESL 14-6
Washington 2-2

5A
Naz 6-0
St Francis 1-2
JCA 19-4
Providence 14-4

God bless these men and women. Prayers to the Price Family. May he rest in peace. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/...ighter-dies-lincoln-station-fire-lincoln-park