If it was 1999 and the 6-class PLAYOFFS started today.....

[Catch--22]

6-classes. 192 teams. The good ol' days of Wednesday Night Lights

~~~ 6A ~~~

Upper Bracket
#32 Evanston at #1 Lincoln-Way East
#17 Oswego East at #16 Plainfield North
#25 Benet at #8 Glenbard West
#24 Palatine at #9 Oswego

#29 New Trier at #4 Homewood-Flossmoor
#20 Curie at #13 Naperville Central
#28 Edwardsville at #5 Maine South
#21 West Aurora at #12 Bolingbrook

Lower Bracket
#31 Belleville West at #2 Barrington
#18 St. Charles East at #15 Minooka
#26 Naperville North at #7 Huntley
#23 Stevenson at #10 South Elgin

#30 Simeon at #3 Marist
#19 Notre Dame at #14 Lyons
#27 Bloom at #6 Loyola
#22 Warren at #11 Hinsdale Central


~~~ 5A ~~~

Upper Bracket
#32 Highland Park at #1 Hononegah
#17 DeKalb at #16 Lincoln-Way West
#25 Quincy at #8 Auburn
#24 Mount Carmel at #9 Hersey

#29 Jacobs at #4 Batavia
#20 Hoffman Estates at #13 Buffalo Grove
#28 Fenwick at #5 Crete-Monee
#21 Maine West at #12 Willowbrook

Lower Bracket
#31 Rockford East at #2 Normal
#18 Wheaton North at #15 Normal West
#26 TF South at #7 St. Charles North
#23 Cary-Grove at #10 Shepard

#30 Hubbard at #3 Lake Zurich
#19 Moline at #14 St. Rita
#27 Andrew at #6 Lincoln Park
#22 St. Laurence at #11 Lincoln-Way Central


~~~ 4A ~~~

Upper Bracket
#16 Kaneland at #1 Sterling
#9 Back of the Yards at #8 Lindblom
#13 De La Salle at #4 Nazareth
#12 St. Ignatius at #5 Lakes

#15 Montini at #2 Prairie Ridge
#10 Solorio Academy at #7 Riverside-Brookfield
#14 Grayslake North at #3 Antioch
#11 Mather at #6 Walter Payton

Lower Bracket
#16 Mahomet-Seymour at #1 Dunlap
#9 Sacred Heart-Griffin at #8 Glenwood
#13 Marion at #4 Triad
#12 Rich Central at #5 Richards

#15 Peo. Notre Dame at #2 Lemont
#10 MacArthur at #7 Hillcrest
#14 Morton at #3 East St. Louis
#11 Danville at #6 Washington


~~~ 3A ~~~

Upper Bracket
#16 Elmwood Park at #1 Phillips
#9 Morris #8 Sullivan
#13 Manteno at #4 Peotone
#12 Urban Prep/Bronzeville at #5 Herscher

#15 Rochelle at #2 Johnsburg
#10 Genoa-Kingston at #7 Dixon
#14 Coal City at #3 Raby
#11 North Boone at #6 Immaculate Conception

Lower Bracket
#16 Hillsboro at #1Rochester
#9 Althoff Catholic #8 Effingham
#13 Watseka at #4 Herrin
#12 Centralia at #5 Unity

#15 Pontiac at #2 Highland
#10 Greenvilleat #7 Taylorville
#14 East Alton-Wood River at #3 Anna-Jonesboro
#11 Carterville at #6 Bloomington Central Catholic

 

[dmthunder77]

Hey Crusader rabbit you have way too much time on your hands! LOL

 

[PowerI66]

Unless there was a north-south bias line...

 

[King MJ]

great post. personally, i'd rather see 6 class system. versus 8

 

[mchsalumni]

great post. personally, i'd rather see 6 class system. versus 8

Normally yes, but this year, no way!

~~~ 4A ~~~

Upper Bracket

#15 Montini at #2 Prairie Ridge

 

[4Anorth]

about 6 of those schools didnt even exist in 1999

 

[NazDad]

What about the Success Factor? (Said with incredibly sarcastic tone)

 

[stonedlizard]

Love it. Do you know offhand which 5-4 teams get cut under this? Didn't see Providence...

 

[Catch--22]

All of them. I meant to go into more detail with the original post, but had to finish earlier than I thought and move on with my day.

5-4 teams didn’t make the playoffs in the 6-Class era. In fact, several teams at 6-3 didn’t make it in this version. The only 5-4 team is conference champ Highland Park. But, if there ever was a year with fewer than the usual number of teams at 6-3 or better, Providence would be one of the very best candidates at 5-4 because they always have a ton of playoff points.

 

[stonedlizard]

All of them. I meant to go into more detail with the original post, but had to finish earlier than I thought and move on with my day.

5-4 teams didn’t make the playoffs in the 6-Class era. In fact, several teams at 6-3 didn’t make it in this version. The only 5-4 team is conference champ Highland Park. But, if there ever was a year with fewer than the usual number of teams at 6-3 or better, Providence would be one of the very best candidates at 5-4 because they always have a ton of playoff points.

Good point, should have been less specific. Any teams (like Providence) that stood out as being cut under the old 6 class system?

 

[superac777]

Forget the seeding.Do the old way.In 4A Rich Central vs Back of the Yards.Winner vs Mather vs Lindblom.So that Puts Rich Central in the quarters.Hillcrest vs St.Ignatius.Winner vs Payton vs Solorio.That puts Hillcrest in the quarters at Rich Central!!! Those schools HATE each other.2 old Sica foes and you think it was bad that Central has 6 pm starts with no sops before well this would take mucho security.Get the Blue H back out and the Blue Hawk on the other side of the helmets and bring back Blue Gorc!!!

 

[capman22]

Let's go back to the real of school where only 16 teams made the playoffs and the only way to be sure you got in was by winning your conference. A Wednesday playoff game???? Imagine the whining and conference jumping that would take place..... It will never happen because the ISHA likes the Benjamin s. All and all more kids get a playoff experience but some of the 1-32 games are embarrassing.

 

[LTHSALUM76]

There was no Lincoln-Way East back then. Just Lincoln-Way. They didn't split officially until 2001-02.