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    Bears Unveil New Site for Prep Bowl

    Arlington Park was shut down for good in 2021. Horse racing at the track was O-V-U-H. Nobody as in nobody stepped up to buy it and resume racing there because horse racing in Illinois is basically dead. Maywood shut down. Arlington Park shut down. Sportsman's Park shut down. Some OTB sites in...
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    Tell us something….

    More than 50 years ago, I was a wrestler for three years in high school. I was B-cubed "Bad Beyond Belief" ... a total scrubini. In those days, the weight classes were 165, 180 & Hwt. and I was moved around to fill a hole where the opposition didn't have a wrestler so I would win by forfeit. In...
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    IHSA District vote fails full IHSA Press Release here

    I believe you are painting the Chicago Public League football situation with too wide of a brush. This past fall, 56 teams in the CPL began play in August with an opportunity to qualify for the IHSA playoffs. In the end, 22 did. Now, let's pretend there is a district format rather than...
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    IHSA District vote fails full IHSA Press Release here

    Districts will never pass. The selling point in favor is that it makes scheduling "easier". It doesn't. We are now down to 500 schools playing football that are eligible for the playoffs. The district dream was to have 8 8-team districts in each of the 8 classes. The math on that requires 512...
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    California Playoff Controversy

    The appeal to have the outcome reversed was denied by California prep football group on Sunday so the team that scored the two-point conversion that clearly was illegal has been declared the winner and will play next weekend. It seems like a blown call in an Illinois state semifinal a fews years...
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    LWE 24 Warren Township 0 Final

    Definitely one of Best defensive teams in the nation. They have zero offensive skills since their qb got hurt but keep winning because their defense is amazing. Boring for me to watch but still amazing,
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    ESL VS K3 thoughts?

    You have to be smart enough to know this. If next week Loyola puts up a 40-0 halftime lead and with second half a running clock the game ends 40-16 that’s a dominant effort by what is likely the best team on the state. But if Ouoka leads 19-16 early in the fourth quarter and pulls away to win...
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    ESL VS K3 thoughts?

    I believe I read that the overrated chant came in response. I watched the Mt.Carmel vs. Carmel football game on the computer in which mundelein hung tough for about 28 minutes then faded to a deserved L. That game, if the Mt. Carmel fans had started cheering in a poking fun way at the...
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    LWE 24 Warren Township 0 Final

    Obviously there are tremendous defensive players on both teams. Watch a chunk of them wind up playing D1 college ball at Iowa where they all will be a perfect fit.
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    ESL VS K3 thoughts?

    From this corner of the world and sight unseen, I m going to defend the over-rated cheer response by Kankakee fans. They obviously have a great team, won all games before today and based on the halftime score gave it their all and were in the game into the second half before the likely state...
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    IHSA - District Proposal - Official Language

    It passed barely before schools knew what the IHSA plan was. Once it came out, the proposition was crushed. I fail to see how the plan has changed in any significant way. 8-man football? Huh? 28 schools played in 2023. 27 schools played in 2022. I believe that 1-school growth this year is not...
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    IHSA - District Proposal - Official Language

    Zero chance. The most rd dr vote was 60.8 pct for current status and 39.2 pct. For district plan. The difference was more than 130 votes out of 615. What has changed in past year to make districts more appealing than conferences for about 70 schools to change their mind. Actually conferences...
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    IHSA - District Proposal - Official Language

    random thoughts by a very old man: 1) this district thing has zero chance of passing. It failed last time once it became clear what the districts would look like. 2) chicago teams not eligible for playoffs, if there are any in the district system, would not be included in the district makeup if...
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    Coolest Illinois high school nicknames bracket

    They don't have a football team.
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    Coolest Illinois high school nicknames bracket

    Zion-Benton High Zee-Bees is a gimme. You get school identification immediately, the nickname is unique to that school and it lends itself perfectly to a school mascot. That is the million-dollar. combination.
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    Swagger @ Barrington

    For those who follow 8A football, note that in the f our-team bracket that this post is about, Warren High is playing Lincoln-Way East and Maine South is. playing Barrington. Warren played Maine South and Barrington during the regular season so after Saturday, they will have played three of the...
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    Would this help football numbers any?

    I am no soccer expert at all. But, I think soccer is played in the fall because in that season, the truly elite players are allowed to play on their school team. They then join their travel team (such as the Chicago Fire's elite youth program) for the winter and spring season. I think that if...
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    Would this help football numbers any?

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    Feeto's Friday Upset Special......

    5A: Antioch has zero shot vs. carmel.
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    MC/ P switched to youtube due to nfhs incompetence

    clock kicks in at start of third quarter when yoiu go up 40 . So, second half will take about 24 minues and 30 seconds.
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