Q of the Week: Who is your Sleeper Team To Watch for 2025?
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We're ready for the challenge. However, it will be a historic step up in competition. Cause to be the best, you gotta beat the best.
7A is where the Rams will find a natural position to compete. 3 classes up is fair enough. 8A will feel like making an example of IHSA'a new rule adjustments.
St Pats QB1 doesn't wanna come back. Basketball is his priority. So I hear.
4A for hoops for sure. A 3peat is the ultimate success factor IMO.
There will be a battle of Hilltoppers in Week 2. JCA plays at GW. Sounds like the Glen Ellyn Hilltoppers will be favored.
With 8 games currently scheduled, I am really hoping for a softie to open week 1. Of the 8 scheduled games, I only see one "for sure" game where JC is favored. They are for sure dogs against MC, Marist, and probably Naz and PC as well. That is four games as an underdog plus, I agree that GW is a tossup at best and likely GW will be favored. That leaves only ND and Fenwick as games the Hilltoppers "may" be favored in with DLS as the only one they will definitely be favored in.
I know they can and hopefully will pull some upsets, but anything other than Our Lady of Perpetual Losses for week 1 would be overscheduling in my opinion.
PC is my sleeper team for the upcoming season, though Glenbard West may be an even better choice for sleeper pick. They lost 5 games last year, but most of them were close games against teams that advanced deep into 7A and 8A. Would have loved to see JC schedule a program like that with last year's group with all the returning talent. This team will have like 5 returning starters and the overall schedule is already a bear.
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All.... Here is one although these lists can be notorious for not being updated. Horlick H.S. out of of Racine, Wisconsin looking for a varisty game on 8-29. A school of about 1350 that went 7-4 last year. About a two hour drive. Fwiw calpreps for 2024 showing a 42-7 Hilltopper victory if they would of met. Ratsy
Hinsdale Central. Hung tough in a good Silver division last year with a lot of returning players
Talented freshman and sophomore team. Will be young but a lot of talent.
Definitely, GW will be a sleeper team and make a nice run this upcoming season..
Zero research done but here are a few sleepers/team you'd prefer not to run into come playoff time:
8a: Marist
7a: DGN / Batavia
6a: Naz/ESL
5a: Rochelle
4a: St Laurence
8a: Marist
7a: DGN / Batavia
6a: Naz/ESL
5a: Rochelle
4a: St Laurence
Wait you are telling me you don't want to run into the defending 5A and 6A champ and perennial power(s)???????
StL’s days of 4A football are over. Vikings will be in 6A or 7A this year. No more waiver and enrollment has gone up by 300-400 students since the last two year cycle.
Rochelle’s coach has done a truly fantastic job with that program but they lost a ton of seniors from last year’s squad.
I’d slot them as a sleeper in ‘26.
Chaka, how U feeling about Rita? From reading some comments on this board about Marist and BR, will she start the year 0 - 3?
@Wittymoniker1 I think the biggest question mark will be on defense. I know they return some key players on offense. Will they use Walter on both sides of the ball? I know of a transfer that has come in that will help the dline. I see 6-3 or 7-2.
With the veteran QB, a sold RB and WR's the offense can go a long way of helping defense by minimizing the 3 and outs on offense. If the QB can manage the offense w/o trying to do too much by himself this team should be a solid contender in the playoffs. He needs to be the general on the field. St. Rita has a history of starting seniors at QB. Because of injuries he went thru trial by fire his sophomore year. A three year starter at QB is anomaly at St. Rita.
As far as a player going both way was frowned upon for years. I feel they need to put the best 11 on the field this year.
@tomloner from what I recall in recent years past, Kyle James and BJ Hall both did it and they were successful.
Thank U for the response. I hope they can get to 8 - 1. If Walter can handle it, then why not?
Great reading your thoughts, TL. Hope you're feeling good. Thank U.
Btw, I feel the QB will surpass all expectations and be very impressive this year. Just got a good feeling.
I think the best part about this was the weekly Saturday afternoon Bartlett Freshman update. “The Bartlett Freshman beat Elgin 66-0 to move to 8-0”
Honestly if you ask the veteran posters on here that has to be one of top 5 most memorable posts in Edgy history. This was 20 years ago!!! It was fun following that group in the playoffs in fall 2008. They were a really good team.
I’d say Sako’s bar is also in the mix for best posts in Edgy history. I don’t remember who was the original poster but it was a year where MC was under .500 with close losses to good teams and was dropping out of the rankings.
