The Top 30 is all over the place lol.......so which schools have deserved a spot in the upcoming Top 30 Chicagoland poll?
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I mean, you're not wrong. Grayslake C is posting W's too, showing strong defense.Anyone who has played or will play The Brook.
1. Mt. CarmelThe Top 30 is all over the place lol.......so which schools have deserved a spot in the upcoming Top 30 Chicagoland poll?
I dont hate it, but why no Sandburg?1. Mt. Carmel
2. Loyola
3. Lincoln-Way East
4. Batavia
5. York
6. Prairie Ridge
7. Maine South
8. Sycamore
9. Hersey
10. Downers Grove North
11. Barrington
12. Kankakee
13. Lake Zurich
14. Cary-Grove
15. IC Catholic
16. St. Rita
17. Joliet Catholic
18. Geneva
19. Morris
20. Richmond-Burton
21. Lockport
22. Morgan Park
23. Brother Rice
24. Oswego
25. Wheaton North
26. Montini
27. Carmel
28. Palatine
29. Warren
30. South Elgin
Two others worth mentioning because they are unbeaten: Antioch and Maine West
The two-point home win over Lockport was a noteworthy victory. However, their play in the other three games was not at that same level.I dont hate it, but why no Sandburg?
It is a good list... but
- Mt. Carmel 4-0
- Loyola 4-0
- Lincoln Way East 4-0
- York 4-0
- Batavia 3-1
- Hersey 4-0
- Downers Grove North 4-0
- St. Rita 3-1
- Maine South 3-1
- Barrington 4-0
- South Elgin 4-0
- Wheaton North 3-1
- Geneva 4-0
- Prairie Ridge 4-0
- Glenbard West 2-2
- ICCP 4-0
- Cary Grove 4-0
- Kankakee 4-0
- Joliet Catholic 3-1
- Naperville North 3-1
- St. Charles North 3-1
- Sandburg 3-1
- Lockport 3-1
- Bolingbrook 3-1
- Carmel 4-0
- Lake Zurich 4-0
- Oswego 4-0
- Montini 4-0
- Glenbard South 4-0
- Sycamore 4-0
Thats fair.. my thoughts are South Elgin lost to a top 5-7 team last yr in playoffs. Year before they lost to a top 10-15 team in playoffs. Hard to rate them, but I think they are top 20 in state. In 8A maybe that puts them top 8 or so, but I do see them winning 2 games in playoffs this yr.It is a good list... but
Naperville North and St. Charles North are both 2-2. I don't know if that would change your ranking.
Also, to me, South Elgin would need to finally do something in the playoffs before I would believe they are the 11th best team in the Chicagoland area. Maybe this will be the year.
That happens alot in 8a. In ‘18 we went 9-0 and got to go to Loyola in rd 2Playoff success for me is a criteria between teams in the same class but even that is subject to luck. I can't remember the last time we got a pushover in rd 1 regardless of our record. In 13 we were 9-0 and got Marist in rd 2.
Love me some Joliet West.....but the conference is still not good.....and I can see them winding up 7-2 rangeIs Joliet West close to getting in. Looking at their remaining schedule, they should be the favorite in every game and have a legit shot of finishing the regular season 8-1.
Exactly. In 19 I think you guys were 8-1 and got us in the 2nd rd.That happens alot in 8a. In ‘18 we went 9-0 and got to go to Loyola in rd 2
get on the bandwagon!Is Joliet West close to getting in. Looking at their remaining schedule, they should be the favorite in every game and have a legit shot of finishing the regular season 8-1.
I do always cheer for my neighborhood school.get on the bandwagon!
Love seeing the Hubs back but not sure you can consider them “Chicagoland”.ROCHELLE HUBS. They lost to Morton (4-0) by one point.
I see Sycamore made the list though.Love seeing the Hubs back but not sure you can consider them “Chicagoland”.
You’re right, they probably shouldn’t have.I see Sycamore made the list though.
Sycamore is in a Chicagoland conference at leastI see Sycamore made the list though.
Debatable, but I guess it depends on how far out we're considering Chicagoland. In a conference with Morris, LP, Kaneland, Ottawa, Woodstock and Woodstock North. All of which are at least 60 miles from Chicago.Sycamore is in a Chicagoland conference at least
With ease? So where does "Chicagoland" end in your opinion?The definition of the Chicago metro area, or what we call the Chicagoland area, encompasses Morris and Sycamore with ease.
The speedway is down the road from Morris, tell them they aren't Chicagoland.
But if you disagree sure.
"With ease" is in reference to the literal statistical census area I mention. Both towns are well centralized in their respective area.With ease? So where does "Chicagoland" end in your opinion?
Honestly the speedway is even a stretch in my opinion and probably used the Chicago name more for marketing and familiarity than anything. Morris to the speedway is 30 miles and speedway to Chicago is 50 miles.
From Morris, so know all of these schools well, with the exception of the Woodstock's and if I have access to multiple corn or bean field entering or leaving the town it's hard to consider it Chicagoland. Obviously, this is all very subjective but growing up in Morris I never considered us Chicagoland or a suburb.
I don't see how Ottawa is a debate, they are over 80 miles from Chicago and closer to Bloomington than Chicago. Going north or south rather than west and that gets you into Wisconsin or further south than Kankakee.
For purposes of this discussion there's an easy answer. @edgy, for your Chicagoland poll what are your boundaries?There are numerous different criteria that might be used to define the Chicagoland area, some better than others and many being subjective. Perhaps the most important thing is to be consistent from year to year. Even there, though, the criteria might occasionally change as a metropolitan area grows. I think Edgy has been largely consistent.
If one were to draw a semicircle on a map of Illinois, starting with Kankakee and moving north and west, the following communities would establish the perimeter of the Chicagoland area as used for the Chicagoland Top 30 rankings. Some of you might choose to use different criteria if it were up to you and that is certainly okay, but again, Edgy has been consistent.
The perimeter line would move from Kankakee to Braidwood and Coal City, from Coal City to Morris, from Morris to Sandwich, from Sandwich to DeKalb, from DeKalb to Genoa, from Genoa mostly north but also a little bit east to Marengo, then continues north along Route 23 to Harvard, and then finishes in a northeast direction to Hebron near the Wisconsin border. All of these aforementioned communities are about the same distance to downtown Chicago. The boundary just defined seems both reasonable and useful.