York just strip sacked & recovered the fumble at the O25 & scored on 2 plays. Seem to be taking over.

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Week 2 of the playoffs and things are getting interesting. Not a ton of Upsets in week 1 which is the norm. Let's see what happens from here out. This week's upset is, the unranked Blackhawks of Aurora West over the perennial powerhouse, 6 time State Champion and #13 ranked Hawks of Maine South. I'll admit to knowing nothing about West Aurora before this week, but I really like what I'm learning. These guys score lots and lots of points, and don't give up any. Coach Nate Elmer has got his team doing everything right. They have a Jr QB, Mason Atkins who appears to be a dual threat stud. He has 3 quality receivers, and that means lots of points. M.S. switched to Soph. QB Jameson Purcell mid season, and have played fantastic football with him taking the snaps. It's going to be a high flying game in Park Ridge tomorrow afternoon. Final score..... West Aurora 45 - Maine South 35. That's this week's upset. What are your thoughts and who is your upset?

Anyone have any updates on this game?

Nm

This game has been bonkers. Back and forth with numerous big plays.

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I’m puzzled.

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Nm

NC opens up with a long drive and caps it with a TD run

What a top shelf facility! Second time here and it gets better each time. Your tax dollars are well used Edgy!!

Any Friday games broadcasted online?

There is a couple that I would love to go see. At a glance.
LWW vs Batavia
Marist vs LA
Warren vs. Barrington
DGN vs. Fenwick
Which ones got you guys coming back here???

Rank them 12-10-8-6-5-4. Should be a tricky week. No "easy" 10 or 12 pointers

Batavia @ Lincoln Way West
St. Charles North @ Mt. Carmel
Burlington Central @ Geneva
Lake Forest @ Libertyville
Prospect @ Normal
Loyola @ Marist

Huge loss for the Trojans

Again feel free to post/promote anyone you'd like.....all I ask is that we have zero ripping of kids here etc. If that happens you will be deleted then potentially banned.

Welcome to the Playoffs! Congrats to @3OrangeWhips on his stunning, masterful performance this past season. Going 6 of 10 and 5 of 11 the final two weeks, yet still winning the regular season crown. I bet he drives on E until he gets to Indiana.
The reward for the Belleville East Lancers after a 71-0 beatdown of Granite City is a five-and-a-half hour trip to Wilmette on a Friday. Road gets a bit steeper.
Question for quidnuncs: Wasn't Harlem HS in Loves Park at one time? I recall "Loves Park Harlem" making a run in the baseball playoffs years ago.

BR @ F
Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) vs. Fenwick (Oak Park, IL) at Triton College (River Grove, IL), 11/2 1:30pm [projection and percent chances to win: Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) 24 (65%) Fenwick (Oak Park, IL) 17 (35%)]
MC @ Harlem
Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) at Harlem (Machesney Park, IL), 11/1 6:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) 58 (>99%) Harlem (Machesney Park, IL) 0 (<1%)]
Belleville @ LA
Belleville East (Belleville, IL) at Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL), 11/1 6:30pm [projection and percent chances to win: Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 42 (>99%) Belleville East (Belleville, IL) 3 (<1%)]
Guilford @ SR
Guilford (Rockford, IL) at St. Rita (Chicago, IL), 11/2 3:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: St. Rita (Chicago, IL) 52 (>99%) Guilford (Rockford, IL) 0 (<1%)]
Payton @ Naz
Payton College Prep (Chicago, IL) at Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL), 11/2 1:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL) 62 (>99%) Payton College Prep [Walter] (Chicago, IL) 0 (<1%)]
Sterling @ SF
Sterling (IL) at St. Francis (Wheaton, IL), 11/1 7:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: St. Francis (Wheaton, IL) 49 (>99%) Sterling (IL) 7 (<1%)]
GBS @ Marist
Glenbrook South (Glenview, IL) at Marist (Chicago, IL), 11/1 7:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: Marist (Chicago, IL) 42 (96%) Glenbrook South (Glenview, IL) 14 (4%)]
Jacksonville @ JC
Jacksonville (IL) at Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL), 11/1 7:30pm [projection and percent chances to win: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL) 48 (>99%) Jacksonville (IL) 3 (<1%)]
DP @ Dyett
DePaul College Prep (Chicago, IL) vs. Dyett (Chicago, IL) at Stagg Stadium (Chicago, IL), 11/2 1:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: DePaul College Prep (Chicago, IL) 52 (>99%) Dyett (Chicago, IL) 0 (<1%)]
Perspectives/Leadership [Coop] @ BA
Perspectives Leadership/Perspectives-IIT Math & Science/Joslin (Chicago, IL) at Benet Academy (Lisle, IL), 11/1 7:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: Benet Academy (Lisle, IL) 48 (>99%) Perspectives Leadership/Perspectives-IIT Math & Science/Joslin (Chicago, IL) 3 (<1%)]
MA @ Rochelle
Marmion Academy (Aurora, IL) at Rochelle (IL), 11/1 7:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: Rochelle (IL) 48 (>99%) Marmion Academy (Aurora, IL) 10 (<1%)]
SL @ Richmond Burton
St. Laurence (Burbank, IL) at Richmond-Burton (Richmond, IL), 11/1 7:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: St. Laurence (Burbank, IL) 28 (72%) Richmond-Burton (Richmond, IL) 20 (28%)]
MCHS @ North Lawndale Charter
Montini Catholic (Lombard, IL) vs. North Lawndale College Prep (Chicago, IL) at Rockne Stadium (Chicago, IL), 11/2 12:00pm [projection and percent chances to win: Montini Catholic (Lombard, IL) 62 (>99%) North Lawndale College Prep (Chicago, IL) 0 (<1%)]

Moline @ Quincy: Played week 4 to the tune of a 43-21 Quincy win. But sucky that two of the three remaining WB6 teams play each other round 2, but tis the way of things. Last time these two teams played, it was in Moline. Now, Quincy gets to host. Always harder to play a team the second time around in a season. Moline needs to get a few stops on defense early and the offense needs to hold on to the ball for some long grinding drives. The less time Quincy’s offense can put their flying circus on the field, the more chance for the Maroons. For Quincy, the defense needs to play tough in the trenches against Moline’s ground and pound and get the ball in their offense’s hands as often as possible. Quincy’s offense can not come out sluggish like it did last week. I think Moline can play Quincy tighter this time around, but Quincy still has too much firepower to overcome.

Prediction: Quincy by 2 touchdowns

Geneseo @ Depaul Prep: After railroading through the number 1 seed (yeah, yeah, I know), Geneseo gets a much sterner test against Depaul. Depaul overwhelmed Chicago Dyett 48-8 last week. Depaul looks like they are a fast, athletic spread team with a quarterback who can both sling the rock and take off and beat you with his legs. Their only big loss of the season was to Loyola, but other than that, their other two losses were close affairs (including a 41-38 tilt against St. Francis). Geneseo has not handled athletic teams very well this year and will need to rely on their ground game to limit the amount of game time their defense spends running after athletes. Still a very winnable game for the Leafs.

Prediction: Depaul by a touchdown

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It's the CPL Playoffs! Yes, I know there are a number of CPL teams still alive in the IHSAA playoffs, but if you want to know about them, head on over to the countless other threads where the discussion centers around how awful the CPL is, and how unfair it is that they even get spots in the state playoffs at all. Meanwhile, we are over here in the thick of playing for the CPL title! On to the picks!

Kenwood vs Simeon
Obviously, the main story here is the Kenwood coach jumped ship and is now the head coach at Simeon. As it happens in the CPL, when a great coach leaves, good programs have a tendency to get average - or worse - pretty quickly. Kenwood hasn't been the Kenwood of the past few years, but they still have some players from those teams that will bring a bit of a chip to the party. At 11 am on Saturday, the only party I want to be a part of is the dudes in the north end zone at Gately getting those coolers out and those smokers fired up!
Rib Tips!

Payton vs Lincoln Park
When these teams take the field at Gately Saturday afternoon, the party should really be kicking in the north end zone! Gately dogs on the south end, rib tips on the north. That is a true CPL taste bonanza! Speaking of taste bonanzas, a few buddies and I found ourselves at Declan's a couple blocks north of Payton earlier this year. They have these Cincinnati hot dogs, served with a bunch of shredded cheese and onions. Of course, we sampled some. Then sampled some more. On the way to one of their apartments, we were walking down Wells past Payton when the stomach of one of my buddies decided the 3rd Cincy hot dog wasn't going to have a long stay in his body. My buddy valiantly attempted to puke in one of the trash cans by the Payton main entrance, but bumped his head as he was trying to get is face close to the can. He fell on the ground, and puked all over himself and the entrance. Quite a sight. I'd post a pic here if it wouldn't incriminate him....
Glizzys!

Amundsen vs Taft
This one is the disappointments of all disappointments. It's not a Winnemac Park, so no Lululemon wearing pumpkin spice sippers. It's not at Taft, so no early nights at the HarHig with loose pocketed ex-Taft coaches buying rounds... Nope, this one is at Lane on Friday...at 6! Come on man! At least it gets me to Pete's Place across from Horner Park sooner... Gotta get on those dart boards early!
Bullseye!!

edgy! have a great day!

School district with 3 high schools… Lincoln-Way Central West and East all being football powers at same time. Plus the Catholic school in community, Providence, is a traditional power.
I mean Maine south is awesome in fb but Maine west is a product of a horrible conference and East is what it is.
Elgin, Larkin Streamwood, South Elgin and I think Bartlett are same school district and are nothing special in fb. Plus the Catholic school St. Edward is no Providence.
The suburban schools all in same district like palatine and fremd etc. can’t compare to 210.
Just feels truly amazing that all three public schools are legit in football at same time.
Rockford has bunch of public schools and they are not fb powers
Cary-Grove, Prairie Ridge, crystal lake south and crystal lake central are never all very good at same time.
Hampshire , Jacobs and Dundee-crown are not on football map as a district.
I can’t think of any school district that can match what 210 is currently doing.