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4A Quarterfinal St Laurence @ Chicago DePaul

I don't know much about 4A but I can't figure out how Laurence is still in 4A. I think Dixon is having a good year.
For some reason, IHSA goes by the enrollment number from like 4 years ago. Next year, we're at least 6A.

Also, this week's game vs DePaul has been moved up to Noon on Saturday.
 
For some reason, IHSA goes by the enrollment number from like 4 years ago. Next year, we're at least 6A.

Also, this week's game vs DePaul has been moved up to Noon on Saturday.
That's great, that will give them a captive audience unlike the other 20 games that all start at 2 PM
 
The battle of 2025’s 6A schools.

Lawrence is healthy and on a roll. Can they keep it going? DePaul is on the rise and looking to make a statement in the CCL and the state, this will be a great game to watch.

Does anyone know who will be broadcasting the game, YouTube or NFHS Network?
 
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The battle of 2025’s 6A schools.

Lawrence is healthy and on a roll. Can they keep it going? DePaul is on the rise and looking to make a statement in the CCL and the state, this will be a great game to watch.

Does anyone know who will be broadcasting the game, YouTube or NFHS Network?
Well, DO NOT TRUST MY TECH abilities on this one. But I found a streaming link on Hudl for this game.

St Larry @ Depaul Hudl

I posted a Hudl link I found for Morris in another link and 4Afan said he doesn't think it's true even though it has a Hudl link. So somebody a lot more Tech qualified than me, will have to voice their opinion here.
 
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The battle of 2025’s 6A schools.

Lawrence is healthy and on a roll. Can they keep it going? DePaul is on the rise and looking to make a statement in the CCL and the state, this will be a great game to watch.

Does anyone know who will be broadcasting the game, YouTube or NFHS Network?
 
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For some reason, IHSA goes by the enrollment number from like 4 years ago. Next year, we're at least 6A.

Also, this week's game vs DePaul has been moved up to Noon on Saturday.
All..... The new two year enrollment average starts next year for the 2025 and 2026 season. Enrollments for that average will be bases upon turned in numbers to the Ihsa for 2023 and 2024. A strange way of doing things but it is the Ihsa way. Ratsy
 
Can kind of see where IHSA is coming from. Take the school's enrollment from when the varsity team (mostly made up of juniors and seniors) were freshmen and sophomores to get an idea of where the team - not the entire school - fits in for the upcoming two years. Especially in football, where freshmen and sophomore contributors are rare, seems like a decent way to get a snapshot of where the team fits in. If you just took STL's enrollment from this year, you're taking into account much larger freshmen and sophomore classes, 99% of which are not contributing to the varsity football team. Not perfect, but I understand it.

DePaul and STL are anomalies - rarely are you going to have schools (especially Catholics) that have spikes in enrollment like they have had that provide bad optics for sports classification. In STL's case, junior and senior classes are much smaller than freshmen and sophomores and next year's classification will reflect that. It will level off soon, at least for STL who wants to max out at 1200. Not sure what DePaul can grow to.
 
Currently, DePaul Prep is at almost 1300. Administration wants to max out at 1500 moving forward.
 
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