Final 2018 Chicagoland Top 30 poll is here
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Like I said “for argument sake” let’s set up the CCL top 5 like escc. Pretty clear too me and I stated MC wasn’t in the blue
Let’s get back to this year like you are asking...
your facts are calculated and self indulging.
Your bring up an ad hominem agrument
you bring up the fact that JCA was 5th in escc but beat Montini who was 2nd in CCL. This obviously in favor of your opinion that escc was better then CCL blue.
You forget to put “Escc undefeated champs” between Marist ......(lost to rice 2x)
then you should know better. But I bet you moved out before 4th grade, didnt you?
Are you a poser, dont be a poser,
you are a poser arent you?
and its McAuley genius
Are you a poser, dont be a poser,
you are a poser arent you?
and its McAuley genius
nope, lived in the city my whole non-adult life.
you are hitting as often here as Rice does state championships.
hitting state championships?
you are better than that, come on brother.
westlawn to naz, dont see that very often.
You make it a great day, at least we can agree that IHSA was not happy with all the catholic schools downstate.
LA would beat Naz by 30
LA would beat Naz by 30
And Marist was missing some key players as well in the Naz game, including Skalitzky in the 2nd half.
You think kids on the Southside have some inherent grit or grind based on "neighborhoods". Frankly I can't determine your exact point and nor can @USD24 . So please enlighten us.
I said the CCL blue schedule along with crossover games is a grind that I dont think any other conference is the state has to endure.
I do feel the southside is extremely unique in the fact of how many different choices a young man has for high school and how that choice for some talented kids is treated like a signing day on espn. I dont really agree with 14yr old kids being recruited but its the reality. Its a cutthroat, eat or be eaten business when trying to recruit 8th graders to take the entrance exam and more importantly registrar for class in Aug.
I think the southside has an uniqueness of kids playing grammar school sports for their school against other catholic grammar schools since 3rd or 4th grade and continuing playing against or with each other in high school. I grew up on a block with my three best friends from grammar school and all four us went to different High Schools. All of us on the same block, same side of the street. You dont think I wanted to beat them in everything so I didnt catch S*** from them at little suzys keg party after the game.
The difference on the southside for me is you are kept in check, you never know when you could be at a party or the park and there be students from every other catholic high school there waiting for you to slip up. I dont think this happens as much as in other parts of the city/state.
This type of atmosphere which has been around for decades spanning generations in families has created very elite alliances to certain South Side Catholic High Schools. Im not saying this doesnt happen in other parts of the state or country but I havnt seen it so I can only go off what I know. This alliances and pride in one's school had caused incredible rivalries between schools, some almost a 100 years old (SR vs MC).
I do feel the southside is extremely unique in the fact of how many different choices a young man has for high school and how that choice for some talented kids is treated like a signing day on espn. I dont really agree with 14yr old kids being recruited but its the reality. Its a cutthroat, eat or be eaten business when trying to recruit 8th graders to take the entrance exam and more importantly registrar for class in Aug.
I think the southside has an uniqueness of kids playing grammar school sports for their school against other catholic grammar schools since 3rd or 4th grade and continuing playing against or with each other in high school. I grew up on a block with my three best friends from grammar school and all four us went to different High Schools. All of us on the same block, same side of the street. You dont think I wanted to beat them in everything so I didnt catch S*** from them at little suzys keg party after the game.
The difference on the southside for me is you are kept in check, you never know when you could be at a party or the park and there be students from every other catholic high school there waiting for you to slip up. I dont think this happens as much as in other parts of the city/state.
This type of atmosphere which has been around for decades spanning generations in families has created very elite alliances to certain South Side Catholic High Schools. Im not saying this doesnt happen in other parts of the state or country but I havnt seen it so I can only go off what I know. This alliances and pride in one's school had caused incredible rivalries between schools, some almost a 100 years old (SR vs MC).
i get it, i love being a Chicagoan. made me who i am. alas, we just are humans like everyone else.
Where you at now Krock? And don’t say Indiana or Alabama because just mere mention of those states will get a whole different conversation started.
Well she had them unranked preseason and it took about 4 or 5 games to crack her top 25 so 7th is pretty high by her standards.
I can speak on teams I have seen play in person. Brother Rice? Possibly a one and done this year?H-F over Maine South? Not even concerned about LWE at 5 Corey...reload time there. Watched your son on the ‘05 game with the sack of the ages lining up at right tackle on Knight of MS. Enjoy facts.
Beth Long had LA getting beat by Minooka round #1 .......that about says it all.........
I watched CG play Crete Monee 6A game , power run team and a good one . But I think Simeon or Batavia would have beat them .
CG beat every team they faced. They beat 6A 7A and 8A teams. They won the class they are in by being the BEST 6A TEAM IN ILLINOIS in 2018. Do they need to beat every 7A and 8A to be relevant?
Also need to factor in season playing time for a CCL Blue team vs. other conferences. With every week, every game being competitive in the CCL Blue, those CCL Blue starters play every down, even against a "down year" team like Rita this year. Rita stayed within a score or 2 of every game (minus LA), so even getting the win against them, your starters never leave the field. If you are a team in a weaker conference putting running clocks on teams or just winning by a lot in most games, then your starters play a quarter and a half or 2 quarters for what isn't even a competitive 2 quarters. By the time playoffs start, your CCL Blue starters have a lot more playing time and have been thru close games, battled thru minor injuries, learned from mistakes, matured thru repetition, etc..
The CCL Blue is a 5 team conference so you only play 4 games as opposed to the 7 most other conferences play. You may play 4 tough games but depending on your crossovers and non conference you could get a schedule like Montini had this year that has 4 tough CCLB games and 5 easy games. Many conferences can give you 4 tough games like the CCLB.
For example, The Dukane (which had a very nice playoff showing in its first year) will only get stronger overall in the coming years.
Not that it really matters and just split’n hairs, but there are some seasons where teams like LA will sit their starters by half or mid third in 4-6 of their regulars season games.
Interesting but extremely useless tidbit from the Mustangs past 3-6 regular season that I looked up as I was on the Lazy boy watching the Bears: According to Cal preps, they would have gone 22-10 against the 32 7A state qualifiers.
