Who is your dream matchup for your team for an out of conference game? Doesn't necessarily have to be LWE vs. Loyola, but who would you like to see your team play out of conference? An old rival, a neighboring town, a local public/private school?
With the Morris/Coal City matchup coming to an end and the Redskins playing the team from Grand Rapids this year and next year there's opportunity in the coming years. I've always said, and I stand by my stance, that I would love for Morris to rekindle the rivalries with the teams from the old Little 7 conference. While they wouldn't dominate like they used to due to the other schools enrollments being so much larger, I can still see them being competitive with every school, except for Batavia. Give me Morris vs. Minooka, Oswego, Geneva, Plainfield, or Kaneland.
The Coal City game was a good agreement in the beginning and Coal City is a successful program, but they've only beat Morris once and most of the games haven't been that close so I'm not sad that it's coming to an end. Would love to see Morris vs. Minooka in week 1 annually. They've had some success in past years and they're a good 8A program and would be a good challenge for Morris to start the year. Due to proximity it's a natural rival, but growing up I always felt Oswego was a bigger rival for Morris. Morris was the only team to beat them in 1992 when they won state and the Panthers beat multiple great Redskin teams.
With the Morris/Coal City matchup coming to an end and the Redskins playing the team from Grand Rapids this year and next year there's opportunity in the coming years. I've always said, and I stand by my stance, that I would love for Morris to rekindle the rivalries with the teams from the old Little 7 conference. While they wouldn't dominate like they used to due to the other schools enrollments being so much larger, I can still see them being competitive with every school, except for Batavia. Give me Morris vs. Minooka, Oswego, Geneva, Plainfield, or Kaneland.
The Coal City game was a good agreement in the beginning and Coal City is a successful program, but they've only beat Morris once and most of the games haven't been that close so I'm not sad that it's coming to an end. Would love to see Morris vs. Minooka in week 1 annually. They've had some success in past years and they're a good 8A program and would be a good challenge for Morris to start the year. Due to proximity it's a natural rival, but growing up I always felt Oswego was a bigger rival for Morris. Morris was the only team to beat them in 1992 when they won state and the Panthers beat multiple great Redskin teams.