Prowler 2018 and Redmen,
Just checked the rosters as you asked…
JCA has 107 football players in the program (49 varsity, 27 sophomore, 31 freshmen). Checked the program this week and the Hilltoppers have 36 football players in the program from Joliet, 33 from Plainfield, and 15 from Shorewood (their three largest area feeders). I’m looking hard at Providence and Nazareth’s rosters and coming up with the following.
Providence – 63 varsity, 33 sophomore, 37 frosh (133 total in program)
Nazareth – 53 varsity, 28 sophomore, 34 freshman (115 total…and tough to figure out with so many players listed at multiple levels).
Providence – 1 freshman from Plainfield
1 freshman from Shorewood
Nazareth – 1 freshman from Joliet/Plainfield
1 sophomore from Plainfield
*There very well could be additional kids form Joliet/Plainfield on both rosters at the varsity level, but none are Joliet/Plainfield recognizable names from feeder football program…so again I doubt that it is significant, especially when you consider the school's enrollment breakdowns by geographical region.
Based on the research I have done, the comments that Provi and Naz' rosters and schools are loaded with Plainfield kids just doesn't hold true.