Lots of talk about who would win if Stevenson, SHG, Naz, Providence matched up, obviously we'll never get to see those matchups but that doesn't stop us from having them on here. If we did an additional 2 week tournament between the 5a-8a Champs who would win? In most years the 7a/8a champs would run away with it but not so sure about last year. In semifinal #2 we have Nazareth vs Providence. Both teams finished perfect seasons but in different fashion. Nazareth dominated almost everyone out in front of them with 11 running clocks. Providence lost once but played the toughest schedule in the state (one of). Providence's road to state was also tougher. Nazareth's OL was a force and their offense was virtually unstoppable. Providence had two threats in the passing game that no one could matchup with. The two played a common opponent with JCA playing Nazareth tougher mid season than they played Providence week 1 in a mistake prone loss. This should be a battle and will probably stir up the board a little bit. I will link the IHSA profiles of each, please vote and follow up with your reasoning. I'd love to see in depth analysis breaking down positional matchups, size, depth, SOS, etc. I will offer my opinions later.