2009 Playoffs---Round 1, Saturday, October 31

8A

(1)Maine South 28, (16)Oak Park 14
(3)Loyola 30, (14)St. Patrick 0
(6)Warren 49, (11)Curie 7
(7)Downers South 22, (10)Waubonsie Valley 21
(9)Leyden 25, (8)Palatine 7
(9)Lake Park 22, (8)Belleville East 21
(10)Mount Carmel 19, (7)Simeon 14
(4)Marist 41, (13)Schaumburg 14

7A

(1)Glenbard West 28, (16)Rockford Guilford 0
(2)East St. Louis 50, (7)Bradley 43
(3)Geneva 36, (6)Shepard 8
(4)St. Rita 40, (5)Plainfield North 14
(9)Hononegah 26, (8)St. Charles East 7
(11)Lake Zurich 16, (6)Rolling Meadows 6
(12)St. Chrles North 28, (5)South Elgin 16
(15)Wheaton North 17, (2)Rockford Boylan 13

6A

(1)Cary-Grove 57, (16)St. Viator 21
(1)Danville 50, (16)Oak Lawn 0
(5)Morgan Park 16, (12)Quincy 7
(9)Highland Park 39, (8)Mather 7
(10)Prairie Ridge 20, (7)King 12
(14)Belvidere North 14, (3)Robeson 7

5A

(1)Sacred Heart-Griffin 48, (16)Carbondale 21
(2)Washington 42, (15)Rich East 0
(3)Glenbard South 35, (14)Rochelle 14
(3)Cahokia 30, (14)East Peoria 0
(4)Marion 24, (13)Decatur MacArthur 7
(5)Peoria Richwoods 35, (12)Springfield 18
(6)Vernon Hills 48, (11)Brooks 0
(6)Joliet Catholic 48, (11)Triad 7
(8)Glenwwod 14, (9)Kankakee 0
(9)Sycamore 40, (8)Kaneland 13
(12)Montini 28, (5)St. Francis 3
(15)Lakes 40, (2)Senn 20

4A

(1)Rochester 57, (16)Mascoutah 32
(2)St. Thomas More 16, (15)Prairie Central 3
(4)Quincy-Notre Dame 42, (13)Harrisburg 0
(5)Mendota 27, (12)St. Edward 13
(7)Metamora 42, (10)Bloomington Central Catholic 14
(7)Coal City 30, (10)Dunlap 7
(8)Mt. Carmel, Ill., 31, (9)Mahomet-Seymour 25
(13)Morris 19, (4)Raby 6
(14)Herscher 32, (3)Dyett 6
(16)Kankakee McNamara 32, (1)Chillicothe 0

3A

(1)Carthage Ilini West 56, (8)Riverton 0
(1)Stillman Valley 42, (8)Rockford Christian Life 20
(1)Greenville 22, (16)Piasa 0
(3)Tolono 42, (14)Robinson 23
(4)Monticello 57, (5)Camp Point Central 40
(4)Winnebago 28, (5)Aurora Christain 14
(6)DuQuoin 21, (11)Hillsboro 6
(6)Sterling 9, (3)Sherrard 6
(7)Auburn 34, (10)Decatur St. Teresa 27
(9)Fairfield 30, (8)Breese Central 20
(12)Pana 12, (5)Pittsfield 8
(13)Anna-Jonesboro 41, (4)Carterville 35
(15)Nashville 21, (2)Sesser-Valier 19

2009 Playoffs---Round 1, Friday, October 30

8A

(1)Fremd 22, (16)Naperville North 14
(2)Stevenson 28, (15)New Trier 7
(2)Bolingbrook 17, (15)Lyons 10
(3)Glenbard North 29, (14)Andrew 0
(5)Naperville Central 28, (12)Lockport 16
(5)Glenbrook South 28, (12)Notre Dame 27
(11)Sandburg 35, (6)Hinsdale Central 10
(13)Proviso West 46, (4)Taft 0

7A

(1)Lincoln-way East 35, (8)Belleville West 7
(2)WW South 61, (7)St. Laurence 6
(3)Minooka 44, (6)Edwardsville 25
(3)Crystal Lake South 35, (14)Glenbrook North 0
(5)O'Fallon 16, (4)Lincoln-Way Central 0
(8)Marian Catholic 49, (1)Bogan 6
(10)Prospect 33, (7)Carmel 13
(13)Elk Grove 28, (4)Harlem 21

6A

(2)Marmion 42, (15)Huntley 20
(2)Providence 41, (15)Harlan 7
(3)Crete-Monee 66, (14)Julian 8
(4)Lemont 37, (13)Lincoln-Way North 0
(4)Crystal Lake Central 25, (13)Fenton 14
(5)De La Salle 23, (12)Deerfield 8
(6)Hubbard 30, (11)Riverside-Brookfield 6
(9)Richards 22, (8)Rock Island 8
(10)Oswego 28, (7)Bloomington 26
(11)Normal 41, (6)Oak Forest 24

5A

(4)Marian 42, (13)Belvidere 6
(7)Woodstock 55, (10)Orr 14
(7)Sterling 23, (10)LaSalle-Peru 6
(16)Wheaton Academy 20, (1)Hillcrest 19-OT

4A

(2)Richmond-Burton 40, (15)Peotone 7
(5)Effingham 10, (12)Belleville Althoff 7
(6)Breese Mater Dei 37, (11)Massac County 13
(8)Geneseo 33, (9)Plano 16
(11)Johnsburg 6, (6)Harvard 0
(14)Freeburg 30, (3)Mt. Zion 21

3A

(2)Wilmington 33, (7)Reed-Custer 7
(3)St. Joseph-Ogden 48, (6)Fithian Oakwood 8
(7)Oregon 44, (2)Rockford Christian 14

Area Leaders From Week 9

These following young men played well this weekend. Some will be getting ready for their shot in the post season. Others, will be getting ready for the basketball/wrestling seasons fastly approaching. These are the top palyers of the week.

QB:

1. Jim Garoppolo, Rolling Meadows (7-2): 339 yards, td
2. Mike Perish, Marist (7-2): 291 yards, 4 tds
3. Sean Cotton, Walther Lutheran (4-5): 188 yards, 3 tds; 85 yds rushing, td
4. Jason Vander Laan, Chicago Christian (4-5): 179 yards, 2 tds; 93 yards rushing
5. Jon Ryan, Richards (8-1): 188 yards, 2 tds; 142 yards rushing, td

RB:

1. Angel Maldonado, Leyden (7-2): 313 yards, 4 tds
2. QB Trace Wanless, Glenbard South: 267 yards, 2 tds; 69 yards passing, td
3. Evan Wright, Fremd (9-0): 238 yards, 3 tds
4. Mark Weisman, Stevenson (9-0): 237 yards, 4 tds
5. Dondre Adams, Plainfield South (5-4): 230 yards, 3 tds


WR:

1. Najee Finner, Walther Lutheran (4-5): 200 yards, 2 tds
2. Marius Salkauskas, Rolling Meadows (7-2): 133 yards, td
3. Artie Checchin, Rolling Meadows (7-2): 129 yards
4. Armando Vargas, Pespectives (7-2): 110 yards, 2 tds
5. ???

DEFENSE:

1. Martell Tanner, Orr (6-3): 17 tackles, int
2. Kevin Kintzel, Lincoln-Way West: 13 tackles, sack, int, fumble recovery for td
3. Josh Ruano, De La Salle (7-2): 11 tackles
4. John Murphy, Lindblom (6-3): 9 tackles, 4 sacks
5. Hillcrest (8-1): holds T.F. North to 54 total yards

Week 9 is OVA!!!!

Week 9, the final week of the regular season is complete. Well, at least for the next 2 hours it's complete anyway. In two hours, the IHSA will decide who is playing who, what class those games will be in and where they will be played.

Congrats to all players, coaches and fans for a great regualr season. Now, let's get these playoffs started.

And to round off the regular season game predictions of this weekend:

I chose...

Providence 37, Mount Carmel 35
Naperville Central 28, Glenbard North 14
Loyola 21, St. Rita 10
Stevenson 53, Warren 21 and
Minooka 45, Plainfield Central 24

...and the games ended like...

Providence winning 17-14
Glenbard North winning 27-14
Loyola winning 17-7
Stevenson winning 26-14 and
Minooka 21-13

...not too bad (4-1) for a guy who doesn't know too much.

Week 9, October 24

Saturday, October 24

(7)Loyola 17, (6)St. Rita 7
..............................................................................

Ag. Science 34, Little Village 0
Aurora Christian 48, Guerin 0
Bishop McNamara 45, Hales 0
Corliss 16, Kenwood 14
Crete-Monee 35, Thornridge 6
Gordon Tech 42, St. Francis de Sales 12
Hinsdale South 24, Proviso East 20
Immaculate Conception 39, Chicago Christian 14
Kelly 34, Tilden 0
Lake Forest Academy 26, Pittsburgh Kiski (Pa.) 21
Lincoln-Way West 35, Thornwood 14
Luther North 20, Christian Liberty 12
Mather 51, Farragut 8
Niles West 21, Waukegan 14
Payton 42, Englewood 0
Rich East 32, East Moline 20
Schurz 9, Clemente 8
St. Charles East 14, St. Charles North 13---2 OT
Uplift 20, Bronzeville 0
Urban Prep 36, Chicago Academy 0
Walther Lutheran 40, Sherrard 12

Week 9, October 23

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
*all games 7:30 unless noted

(1)Maine South 28, New Trier 14
(2)Glenbard West 28, Lyons 7
(3)WW South 61, West Aurora 0
(4)Fremd 31, Palatine 13
(5)Providence 17, (15)Mount Carmel 14
(8)Bolingbrook 26, Lincoln-Way Central 13
(9)Lincoln-Way East 35, Thornton 14
(11)Hinsdale Central 32, Proviso West 0
(12)Joliet Catholic 55, Notre Dame 14
Rolling Meadows 46, (14)Prospect 38
(16)Stevenson 26, (13)Warren 14
(17)Glenbard North 27, (10)Naperville Central 14
(18)Cary-Grove 57, Dundee-Crown 12
(19)Glenbrook South 35, Evanston 14
(21)Carmel 28, Nazareth 0
(22)Marist 49, (23)Marian Catholic 0
(24)Crystal Lake South 36, McHenry 0
(25)Downers South 34, Morton 12
..............................................................................

Antioch 20, Round Lake 14
Argo 26, Evergreen Park 14
Barrington 40, Hoffman Estates 7
Brother Rice 28, Fenwick 21
Byron 18, Genoa-Kingston 12
Coal City 14, Plano 8
Crystal Lake Central 46, Woodstock 7
Curie 42, Brooks 0
De La Salle 23, St. Laurence 8
Deerfield 17, Glenbrook North 0
DeKalb 23, Rochelle 16
Dyett 14, Senn 6
Elk Grove 14, Buffalo Grove 7
Fenton 49, Elmwood Park 0
Geneva 23, Batavia 0
Glenbard East 6, Wheaton North 3
Glenbard South 32, Sycamore 20
Grant 42, North Chicago 6
Grayslake Central 14, Streamwood 9
Hampshire 18, Marengo 0
Harlan 23, Fenger 20
Harvard 27, Burlington Central 7
Hiawatha 47, North Shore 8
Highland Park 13, Maine West 7
Hillcrest 28, T.F. North 0
Homewood-Flossmoor 30, Joliet 14
Huntley 16, Jacobs 6
Johnsburg 38, Grayslake North 0
Kaneland 20, Yorkville 0
Kankakee 30, Moline 17
Lake Park 27, Bartlett 23
Lake Zurich 42, Vernon Hills 0
Lemont 41, Bremen 6
Leyden 26, Addison Trail 0
Lincoln Park 21, Manley 8
Lincoln-Way North 10, Andrew 0
Longwood 40, Mooseheart 14
Marian Central 2, Driscoll 0, fft.
Marmion 18, Montini 7
Minooka 21, Plainfield Central 13
Mundelein 7, Libertyville 0
Naperville North 41, West Chicago 0
Neuqua Valley 28, Elgin 0
Niles North 62, Maine East 32
Oak Forest 35, Tinley Park 8
Oak Lawn 38, Rich South 0
Oak Park 35, Downers North 29
Oswego 27, Romeoville 0
Orr 20, Marshall 14
Peotone 13, Westmont 7
Phillips 40, Douglass 0
Plainfield North 43, Plainfield East 0
Plainfield South 40, Oswego East 15
Prairie Ridge 37, Woodstock North 0
Raby 20, DuSable 0
Reavis 28, Eisenhower 12
Reed-Custer 28, Dwight 6
Richards 34, T.F. South 6
Richmond-Burton 47, North Boone 14
Riverside-Brookfield 24, Ridgewood 12
Robeson 46, Vocational 19
Rock Island 26, Rich Central 20
Rockford Christian 36, Hope Academy 7
Sandburg 14, Lockport 10
Sandwich 20, Lisle 7
Schaumburg 14, Conant 7
Seneca 30, Manteno 12
Shepard 20, Bloom 7
Simeon 38, Clark 0
St. Edward 34, Wheaton Academy 28
St. Francis 14, Aurora Central 7
St. Ignatius 13, Leo 6
St. Patrick 21, Benet 14
St. Viator 28, St. Joseph 0
Stagg 20, Bradley 7
South Elgin 20, Larkin 14
Waubonsie Valley 42, East Aurora 6
Wauconda 41, Lakes 12
Wheeling 12, Hersey 8
Wilmington 41, Herscher 14
York 22, Willowbrook 15
Young 32, Crane 6
Zion-Benton 35, Lake Forest 14

Week 9, October 22

Thursday, October 22

(20)Morgan Park 48, Dunbar 14
..............................................................................

Bogan 26, Gage Park 0
Foreman 26, Lake View 2
Harper 38, Steinmetz 12
Hope 8, Hyde Park 0
Hubbard 33, Lane 0
King 34, Amundsen 6
South Shore 24, Carver 0
Sullivan 22, Roosevelt 14
Taft 41, Prosser 8

Week 9, October 21

Wednesday, October 21

ACT 38, Wells 0
Austin 14, Bowen 8
Collins 42, Juarez 0
Julian 50, Kennedy 0
Lindblom 14, Hirsch 12
Marine Academy 20, Rowe-Clark 8
Noble Street 20, Pritzker 6
North Lawndale 50, Rauner 0
Perspectives 25, Washington 6
Phoenix 38, Kelvyn Park 6

Game of the Week

The end of the regular season is this weekend. A wonderful year of great high school football is ending. Well, for some teams it is ending. The 2nd season starts this Saturday with the playoff pairings. And then it's all fair game, no holds barred, smash mouth football. Sorry, getting ahead of myself. We still need to finish Week 9.

Let's see, who do we have knocking heads this weekend that is worthy of the Game of the Week Title?

Well, (15)Mount Carmel is heading South to battle (5)Providence in New Lenox Friday night. If the games I've witnessed these two schools play against each other means anything to you, which it probably doesn't, this should shape up to be a great game.

But then there's (17)Glenbard North going to visit (10)Naperville Central to try and start their weekend off right.

And (6)St. Rita knocks heads with (7)Loyola that everybody and their mother is going to be claiming as their Game of the Week because they are both so highly ranked. Blah. Blah. And. Blah.

I'm going with (16)Stevenson stopping by the house of higher ranked (13)Warren for a visit and again moving up the list of ranked teams after their win.

My Picks:

Providence 37, Mount Carmel 35
Naperville Central 28, Glenbard North 14
Loyola 21, St. Rita 10
Stevenson 53, Warren 21

and of course...

Minooka 45, Plainfield Central 24

p.s.

Hey Indians, you remember that Plainfield Central knocked your heads around last year 53-15 to lock up the conference championship, right? Well, you win this one, the championship's yours. Well, at least a share of it depending on what Oswego does. Unless, of course, since you smoked them last week, the conference board memebers will just give it to you. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that Cookie's wants to serve Wildcat this weekend as a special, so bring 'em the meat.

p.s.s. Unless some unthinkalbe phenomenon goes down Friday afternoon, the Steelmen of Joliet or the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings will pick up their first win of the season. Not too bad, I suppose. Practice all summer to get ready for the season, have your butt handed to you each of the eight times you took the field and then, finally, the last game of the season, you pull your first "W". Whoever wins, it'll be a low scorer: H-f is averaging 8.6 points a game, while Joliet, a lowly 6. Good luck fellas.

Area Leaders From Week 8

These following fellas are the Area Leaders From Week 8 with two state records and one national record being set at new heights.

QB:

1. Brandon Pechloff, Montini: 264 yds, 4 tds
2. Mike Perish, Marist (6-2): 249 yds, 4 tds
3. Tommy Rees, Lake Forest (3-5): 245 yds, td
4. Robert Galik, St. Rita (7-1): 234 yds, 2 tds
5. Jimmy Garoppolo, Rolling Meadows (5-2): 219 yds, 2 tds; 120 yds rushing, td

RB:

1. Matt Perez, Maine South (8-0): 352 yards, 4 td
2. Jalen Williams, Larkin (6-2): 248 yards, 3 tds
3. Josh Ferguson, Joliet Catholic (6-2): 237 yards, td
4. Rashaan Fox , Mather (6-2): 231 yds, 3 tds
5. Brock Douglas, Plainfield Central (4-4): 230 yards, 2 tds


WR:

1. Jahliel Thurman, Lindblom (4-4): 175 yards, 4 tds
2. Davonte Pendleton, Harlan (6-2): 175 yards, 2 tds
3. Mark McDonagh, Riverside-Brookfield (5-3): 159 yards
4. AJ Smith, North Lawndale (4-4): 155 yards
5. Ryley Bailey, Kaneland (5-3): 148 yards, td

DEFENSE:

1. Christopher Winston, Perspectives (6-2): 18 tackles, 13 sacks, 3 forced fumbles
2. Corey Thomas, Lindblom (4-4): 10 tackles, 2 sacks
3. Rashaan Fox, Mather (6-2): 10 tackles
4. Nick Mandich, Grayslake Central (?-?): 9 tackles, forced fumble
5. Ellis Gary, Perspectives (6-2): 8 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 td


Before yesterday, two high school players were tied for the lead for most sacks recorded in a single game with six; Aaron Marshall of Lane did it twice in the '92 campaign and Jon Kowalshyen of Leyden did it against Willowbrook in '97.

But yesterday, October 17, 2009, Christopher Winston of Perspectives racked up a mind blowing 13 sacks. He finished the game with 18 total tackles. If you do the math, 72.2% of his tackles were sacks.

And on the other side of the ball, Riverside-Brookfield's Mark McDonagh set new state and national records for receptions in a season by ending the day with catch 144 on the year. He topped the record set by Lexington's Eric Schuler (130) in 2006.

McDonagh already has set the state record for receptions in a single game earlier this season when he pulled in 20 catches in the 64-26 blowout of Robeson in Week 3.

Week 8, October 17

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

(1)Maine South 45, (20)Glenbrook South 34
(6)St. Rita 27, St. Ignatius 14
(16)Mount Carmel 48, St. Laurence 7
(23)Morgan Park 34, Hubbard 33
.............................................................................

ACT 46, Sullivan 26
Ag. Science 36, Austin 0
Bartlett 25, Thornwood 0
Bogan 30, Kenwood 8
Carmel 14, St. Patrick 7
Carver 19, Bowen 18
Chicago Academy 10, Bronzeville 6
Elgin 21, Streamwood 12
Evanston 38, Niles West 14
Fenwick 47, Hales 7
Foreman 38, Farragut 8
Hirsch 28, Englewood 6
Immaculate Conception 41, Aurora Central Catholic 14
Julian 10, Gage Park 0
Kankakee 28, Rich East 7
Kelly 36, Kennedy 8
Lake Forest Academy 42, Leo 20
Lake View 34, Prosser 20
Lincoln-Way North 26, Thornridge 6
Lindblom 34, Collins 22
Lockport 41, Joliet 6
Nazareth 35, St. Joseph 0
North Shore 16, Luther North 6
Perspectives 42, Payton 7
Rich Central 22, Bloom 13
Roosevelt 31, Rowe-Clark 0
Senn 44, Little Village 0
Taft 46, Clemente 0
Thornton 21, Homewood-Flossmoor 14
Uplift 8, Douglass 0

Week 8, October 16

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
*all games at 7:30 unless noted
..............................................................................

(2)Glenbard West 50, Downers North 6
(3)WW South 35, (9)Glenbard North 7
(4)Fremd 44, Hoffman Estates 10
(5)Providence 26, De La Salle 20
(7)Loyola 38, Gordon Tech 0
(8)Bolingbrook 26, Sandburg 13
(10)Lincoln-Way East 35, (25)Lincoln-Way Central 12
(11)Naperville Central 35, West Chicago 20
(12)Hinsdale Central 41, York 13
(13)Joliet Catholic 28, (21)Marian Catholic 6
(14)Warren 42, Libertyville 21
(15)Prospect 54, Wheeling 15
(17)Stevenson 48, Round Lake 6
Oak Forest 40, (18)Hillcrest 6
(19)Cary-Grove 28, (22)Crystal Lake South 16
(24)Marist 43, Benet 12
..............................................................................

Amundsen 16, Lincoln Park 8
Andrew 21, Bradley 0
Argo 12, Eisenhower 6
Batavia 40, DeKalb 6
Brother Rice 28, Bishop McNamara 6
Clark 12, Fenger 0
Coal City 21, Reed-Custer 19
Corliss 32, Tilden 0
Crete-Monee 50, Rich South 0
Crystal Lake Central 46, Woodstock North 7
Downers South 40, Addison Trail 0
Dundee-Crown 71, Huntley 40
Dwight 46, Seneca 40
Elk Grove 31, Hersey 6
Fenton 34, Ridgewood 0
Geneva 27, Kaneland 24---OT
Glenbard East 35, West Aurora 33
Glenbard South 49, Rochelle 34
Glenbrook North 49, Maine East 0
Grayslake Central 28, Grayslake North 0
Hampshire 12, Burlington Central 9
Harlan 32, Marshall 18
Harvard 49, North Boone 26
Herscher 28, Peotone 7
Hiawatha 26, Mooseheart 13
Highland Park 22, Deerfield 6
Hope Academy 20, Longwood 12
Johnsburg 24, Prairie Ridge 21
Lakes 38, Antioch 22
Lake Zurich 42, Lake Forest 14
Larkin 58, East Aurora 14
LaSalle-Peru 35, Woodstock 28
Lemont 41, Tinley Park 0
Leyden 14, Lyons 10
Lisle 33, Westmont 13
Maine West 28, Niles North 13
Marian Central 48, St. Edward 7
Marmion 23, Chicago Christian 20
McHenry 37, Jacobs 12
Minooka 34, Oswego 14
Montini 42 Wheaton Academy 27
New Trier 34, Waukegan 0
Notre Dame 35, St. Viator 21
Oak Lawn 21, Reavis 7
Oak Park 17, Proviso West 6
Orr 27, Hope 0
Palatine 28, Conant 21
Phoenix 53, Marine 0
Plainfield Central 41, Romeoville 36
Plainfield East 14, Oswego East 12
Plainfield North 39, Plainfield South 13
Proviso East 35, Morton 14
Raby 38, Phillips 6
Richards 22, Evergreen Park 19
Richmond-Burton 42, Marengo 7
Riverside-Brookfield 42, Elmwood Park 0
Rolling Meadows 26, Buffalo Grove 19
Sandwich 20, Manteno 12
Schaumburg 21, Barrington 9
Shepard 18, Bremen 12
Simeon 14, Lane 0
South Elgin 10, St. Charles North 7
St. Charles East 7, Neuqua Valley 3
St. Francis 35, Aurora Christian 20
Stagg 26, Lincoln-Way West 9
Stillman Valley 44, Genoa-Kingston 20
Sycamore 28, Yorkville 3
T.F. South 28, T.F. North 0
Vernon Hills 17, Grant 7
Vocational 49, Steinmetz 0
Walther Lutheran 30, South Beloit 18
Waubonsie Valley 36, Lake Park 14
Wauconda 41, North Chicago 12
Wheaton North 10, Naperville North 3
Willowbrook 7, Hinsdale South 0
Wilmington 49, Plano 22
Young 39, Hyde Park 0
Zion-Benton 21, Mundelein 19

Week 8, October 15

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Brooks 25, Crane 0
Dunbar 16, Curie 12
Dyett 26, South Shore 6
Juarez 20, Washington 12---2 OT
King 36, Harper 12
Mather 34, Schurz 13
Noble Street 24, Rauner 20
North Lawndale 14, Pritzker 0
Robeson 56, Manley 0
Wells 14, Kelvyn Park 6

Game of the Week

So, it's Week 8 and it's pretty much determined who it is that will be playing in the playoffs at the end of the month. What class these teams will actually land is yet to be determined, but, that never really has mattered to me. If a team is good enough to get to the dance, it doesn't matter who they're dancing with, all they need to do is dance. If you didn't pick up on it, the dance is the playoffs.

This coming weekend will be big, with explosive game after explosive game.

Somebody's door to a beautiful, undefeated season will be closed this weekend when
(22)Crystal Lake South goes to (19)Cary-Grove Friday night to battle at 7:15.

(9)Glenbard North plays host and hopes to derail (3)WW South Friday night at 7:30.

Two of the L-W schools will do the dance Friday as well as (25)L-W Central hosts (10)L-W East at 7 o'clock.

Dan Sharp's boys at (13)Joliet Catholic go to (21)Marian Catholic to try and better their playoff spot.

And a newby to Steve Tucker's Top 25, (20)Glenbrook South will try to upset (1)Maine South Saturday at 1:30 in the afternoon.

But then there is the game that matters most to me, and since this is my blog, I can admit this game to the list; Minooka at Oswego, 7 p.m. Friday.

With a win, 5-2 Minooka will lock up a spot in the dance. With a loss, they'll have to really step it up for their season ender. Oswego, also 5-2, is sitting in the same boat as the Indians. If the Panthers win, they're in, with a loss, they've got to step it up as well.

Predictions:

Cary-Grove 28, Crystal Lake South 26
Glenbard North 37, WW South 21
L-W East 39, L-W Central 12
Joliet Catholic 56, Marian Catholic 38
Maine South 35, Glenbrook South 32
Minooka 49, Oswego 37

Area Leaders From Week 7

QB:

1. Brad Geever, Bolingbrook (6-1): 307 yds, 4 tds
2. Matt Gillis, Romeoville (5-2): 261 yds, 2 tds
3. Ryan Mitchell, Lyons (5-2): 250 yds, 2 tds, 103 yds rushing, 3 tds
4. Nick Linne, Naperville Central (6-1): 245 yds, 3 tds
5. Joe Jacobsen, Ridgewood (3-4): 198 yds, 2 tds

RB:

1. Peter Bonahoom, Prospect (6-1): 353 yds, 3 tds
2. Andre Stoutmire, Collins (6-1): 249 yds, 4 tds
3. Matt Perez, Maine South (7-0) 222 yds, 4 tds
4. Lashawn Givens, Douglass (4-3): 215 yds, 2 tds
5. Carl Young, Orr (4-3): 209 yds, 3 tds

WR:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

DEFENSE

1. Michael Baker, Douglass (4-3): 16 tackles
2. Sergio Parra, Pritzker (3-4): 12 tackles, sack int for td
3. Terrance Moore, Austin (4-3): 12 tackles
4. Jonathan Vallicajo, Amundsen (3-4): 12 tackles
5. Lamar Jackson, Collins (6-1): 11 tackles

HESTER-ish

*Michael Holt of Phillips (5-2) rushed for 165 yards on just three carries to score 3touchdowns. A 55-yard per carry night isn't gonna get you anywhere, Michael. Well, it might, keep that up.

Rob Jackson, Harper (3-4): 90-yd punt return td
Kevin Buchanan, Curie (4-3): 84-yd kick return td
Mark Kasper, De La Salle (6-1): 79-yd kick return td
Jacoby Knight, Phillips (5-2): 75-yd kick return td
Ronald Zollicoffer, Amundsen (3-4): 70-yd punt return td

Week 7, October 10

Saturday, October 10
.............................................................................

(1)Maine South 45, Waukegan 0
(3)Glenbard West 42, York 7
(12)Hinsdale Central 41, Downers North 13
St. Patrick 25, (14)Marist 20
(25)Lincoln-Way Central 49, Joliet 0
.............................................................................

ACT 36, Marine Academy 14
Addison Trail 25, Willowbrook 0
Ag. Science 26, South Shore 8
Alden-Hebron 41, North Shore 6
Bogan 32, Kelly 6
Brooks 33, Hope 12
Collins 40, Washington 0
Dyett 52, Carver 12
Glenbrook South 54, Niles West 0
Harper 34, Manley 12
Hope Academy 6, Mooseheart 3
Juarez 20, Englewood 8
Julian 28, Corliss 14
Kaneland 35, DeKalb 6
Kelvyn Park 28, Roosevelt 7
Lake Forest Academy 40, LaPorte (Ind.) 6
Leo 27, Hales 0
Leyden 21, Proviso East 14
Lyons 45, Proviso West 21
Momence 32, Longwood 14
Noble Street 22, North Lawndale 6
Notre Dame 37, Nazareth 10
Orr 24, Fenger 14
Payton 20,Hirsch 6
Perspectives 25, Lindblom 8
Pritzker 26, Rauner 12
Raby 36, Urban Prep 6
Ridgewood 48, Elmwood Park 7
Rockford Christian Life 36, Luther North 0
Senn 54, Bowen 0
Shepard 34, Reavis 16
Tilden 18, Kennedy 12---2 OT

Week 7, October 9

Friday, October 9
*all games at 7:30 unless noted
.............................................................................

(7)Providence 10, (2)St. Rita 0
(9)Bolingbrook 46, (4)Lincoln-Way East 24
(5)WW South 49, West Chicago 0
(6)Fremd 31, Conant 14
(8)Loyola 31, Fenwick 7
(10)Glenbard North 42, West Aurora 6
(11)Naperville Central 26, Wheaton North 23---OT
St. Viator 25, (13)Marian Catholic 0
(15)Joliet Catholic 43, Benet 6
(16)Warren 42, Zion-Benton 0
(18)Mount Carmel 31, Brother Rice 21
(17)Prospect 33, Elk Grove 26
(19)Hillcrest 14, T.F. South 9
(20)Cary-Grove 31, McHenry 28
Rochelle 21, (21)Geneva 14
(22)Stevenson 36, Libertyville 22
(23)Crystal Lake South 41, Huntley 0
(24)Morgan Park 63, Lincoln Park 0
.............................................................................

Amundsen 24, Vocational 22
Andrew 35, Thornwood 0
Antioch 47, North Chicago 26
Aurora Christian 23, St. Edward 18
Buffalo Grove 21, Hersey 0
Burlington Central 21, Marengo 14
Carmel 55, St. Joseph 8
Chicago Christian 34, Guerin 12
Coal City 42, Herscher 27
Crete-Monee 56, Rich Central 6
Crystal Lake Central 36, Johnsburg 7
Curie 35, Young 0
De La Salle 43, Gordon Tech 0
Deerfield 26, Niles North 13
Downers South 42, Hinsdale South 6
Dwight 32, Westmont 14
Foreman 43, Clemente 8
Glenbard South 34, Yorkville 14
Grayslake North 21, Dixon 6
Hampshire 26, North Boone 7
Highland Park 19, Glenbrook North 13
Jacobs 37, Dundee-Crown 6
Kankakee 50, Rich South 0
King 30, Marshall 6
Lake Forest 38, Grant 35
Lake Park 20, South Elgin 15
Lake Zurich 25, Mundelein 7
Lakes 45, Round Lake 7
Lane 35, Dunbar 20
Larkin 47, Streamwood 6
Lemont 23, T.F. North 0
Lincoln-Way North 42, Bradley 13
Lockport 27, Homewood-Flossmoor 6
Maine East 47, Maine West 31
Marian Central 14, St. Francis 12
Marmion 34, Lincoln-Way West 7
Mather 25, Prosser 8
Minooka 56, Romeoville 22
Montini 41, Aurora Central 10
Morris 2, Ottawa 0
Naperville North 31, Glenbard East 7
New Trier 27, Evanston 0
Oak Forest 49, Eisenhower 12
Oak Lawn 20, Evergreen Park 7
Oak Park 35, Morton 12
Oswego 27, Plainfield Central 24---2 OT
Palatine 35, Barrington 0
Peotone 14, Sandwich 10
Phillips 60, Chicago Academy 14
Plainfield North 41, Oswego East 8
Plainfield South 41, Plainfield East 0
Plano 24, Seneca 14
Prairie Ridge 28, Grayslake Central 14
Reed-Custer 29, Manteno 7
Rich East 6, Bloom 0
Richards 36, Argo 8
Richmond-Burton 53, Harvard 20
Riverside-Brookfield 28, Fenton 7
Robeson 41, Harlan 8
Rolling Meadows 36, Wheeling 7
Sandburg 38, Thornton 21
Schaumburg 30, Hoffman Estates 12
Schurz 11, Farragut 0
St. Charles East 7, Bartlett 3
St. Charles North 31, Neuqua Valley 5
St. Ignatius 47, East Aurora 6
St. Laurence 41, Bishop McNamara 12
Stagg 27, Thornridge 12
Sycamore 28, Batavia 7
Tinley Park 22, Bremen 18
Vernon Hills 27, Wauconda 20
Waubonsie Valley 41, Elgin 0
Wheaton Academy 35, Immaculate Conception 15
Wilmington 55, Lisle 7

Week 7, October 8

Thursday, October 8

Austin 36, Little Village 0
Clark 10, Crane 0
Douglass 26, Bronzeville 16
Hubbard 67, Steinmetz 0
Kenwood 24, Gage Park 20
Phoenix 32, Wells 0
Simeon 57, Hyde Park 6
Sullivan 30, Rowe-Clark 12
Taft 16, Lake View 8
Uplift 22, DuSable 12

Week 7, October 5

Monday, October 5

Noble Street 12, Pritzker 0
North Lawndale 22, Rauner 6

Week 6, October 4

Sunday, October 4

Simeon 20, Dunbar 12
St. Laurence 42, Leo 6

Week 6, October 3

Saturday, October 3

(1)Maine South 30, Evanston 2
Oak Park 21, (10)Hinsdale Central 14
(11)Loyola 24, Brother Rice 7
...........................................................................

Andrew 27, Thornridge 6
Barrington 21, Conant 14
Bogan 56, Kennedy 12
Bradley 28, Thornwood 6
Carver 32, Little Village 12
Clemente 26, Prosser 18
Cleveland Western Reserve (Ohio) 34, Lake Forest Academy 33
Collins 24, Payton 7
Douglass 14, Chicago Academy 0
Dyett 27, Ag. Science 8
Elgin 28, Larkin 12
Fenger 14, Brooks 7
Foreman 51, Schurz 0
Glenbrook South 48, Waukegan 6
Grant 40, Wauconda 18
Guerin 55, St. Edward 6
Hirsch 26, Juarez 16
Julian 20, Kenwood 6
Lindblom 24, Washington 6
Mather 40, Lake View 22
Orr 26, Clark 14
Perspectives 54, Englewood 0
Phillips 32, DuSable 24
Plainfield Central 42, Plainfield East 14
Proviso West 39, Downers North 33
Raby 54, Bronzeville 0
Senn 44, Austin 16
St. Charles North 35, Streamwood 13
St. Ignatius 28, Gordon Tech 12
St. Patrick 34, St. Joseph 6
Taft 23, Farragut 0
Thornton 28, Joliet 7
Urban Prep 12, Uplift 6
Wheaton Academy 34, Chicago Christian 13

Week 6, October 2

Friday, October 2
*all games at 7:30 unless noted
...........................................................................

(2)St. Rita 54, (12)Mount Carmel 18
(3)Glenbard West 46, Addison Trail 13
(4)Lincoln-Way East 49, Sandburg 0
(5)WW South 45, Wheaton North 0
(6)Fremd 38, Schaumburg 13
Lake Zurich 38, (7)Warren 14
(8)Providence 42, Fenwick 7
(24)Marist 24, (9)Joliet Catholic 17
(13)Bolingbrook 42, Homewood-Flossmoor 6
(14)Glenbard North 26, Glenbard East 6
(15)Naperville Central 24, Naperville North 21
(16)Marian Catholic 16, Nazareth 10
(17)Prospect 40, Hersey 0
(18)Hillcrest 14, Bremen 0
(19)Cary-Grove 23, Huntley 0
(20)Geneva 55, DeKalb 0
(21)Stevenson 35, Zion-Benton 7
(22)Crystal Lake South 50, Jacobs 6
Lincoln-Way Central 21, (23)Lockport 13
(25)Morgan Park 70, Steinmetz 14
...........................................................................

Aurora Christian 26, Immaculate Conception 20
Benet 24, St. Viator 0
Buffalo Grove 20, Wheeling 0
Carmel 20, Niles Notre Dame 17---2 OT
Crete-Monee 48, Bloom 0
Crystal Lake Central 30, Grayslake Central 8
De La Salle 50, Bishop McNamara 6
Deerfield 47, Maine East 6
Downers South 42, Proviso East 6
Dwight 37, Lisle 26
Evergreen Park 41, Eisenhower 6
Fenton 21, Elmwood Park 6
Gage Park 30, Tilden 12
Genoa-Kingston 12, Rockford Lutheran 7
Glenbard South 21, Kaneland 7
Glenbrook North 35, Maine West 7
Harlan 55, Manley 8
Harvard 33, Hampshire 20
Hiawatha 21, Luther North 0
Highland Park 28, Niles North 9
Hinsdale South 28, Morton 13
Hope Academy 21, Rockford Christian Life 13
Hubbard 45, Amundsen 0
Indianapolis Cathedral 63, Neuqua Valley 34
Kankakee 28, Rich Central 8
Kelvyn Park 22, Rowe-Clark 6
Lake Forest 42, Mundelein 6
Lake Park 28, East Aurora 0
Lane 37, Young 14
Lemont 14, TF South 0
Leyden 40, Willowbrook 6
Libertyville 35, Lakes 17
Lincoln-Way North 17, Lincoln-Way West 0
Lyons 17, York 7
Marian Central 20, Montini 14
Marmion 21, Aurora Central 0
Marshall 40, Harper 38
McHenry 42, Dundee-Crown 0
New Trier 42, Niles West 0
North Boone 27, Marengo 22
North Chicago 30, Round Lake 8
Oak Forest 48, TF North 14
Oswego 19, Plainfield South 0
Palatine 42, Hoffman Estates 6
Peotone 28, Manteno 21
Plainfield North 6, Minooka 0
Prairie Ridge 35, Grayslake North 6
Reed-Custer 20, Herscher 6
Rich East 28, Rich South 12
Richards 44, Oak Lawn 0
Richmond-Burton 48, Burlington Central 14
Riverside-Brookfield 15, Ridgewood 3
Robeson 26, King 20
Rockford Christian 19, Longwood 0
Rolling Meadows 12, Elk Grove 3
Romeoville 28, Oswego East 14
Sandwich 34, Coal City 27
Shepard 24, Argo 0
South Elgin 17, Bartlett 14
St. Charles East 21, Waubonsie Valley 14
St. Francis 54, Hales 0
Sterling 21, Morris 0
Stillman Valley 40, Byron 14
Streator 21, Woodstock North 0
Sycamore 28, Rochelle 0
Tinley Park 12, Reavis 6
Vernon Hills 14, Antioch 0
Vocational 42, Lincoln Park 12
West Aurora 20, West Chicago 6
Wilmington 42, Seneca 14
Woodstock 32, Johnsburg 29
Yorkville 14, Batavia 12

Week 6, October 1

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
*all games at 7:30 p.m. unless noted
...........................................................................

Bowen 14, South Shore 0
Corliss 28, Kelly 8
Curie 45, Hyde Park 0
Hope 12, Crane 6---OT
North Lawdale 22, Rauner 0
Phoenix 42, Sullivan 6
Roosevelt 29, ACT Charter 6
Wells 12, Marine Academy 10
...........................................................................

Noble Street vs. Pritzker---suspended due to storm
Simeon vs. Dunbar---suspended due to storm