At long last, it's here; HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON!
Hope you all enjoyed your summer break, but it's time to put the beach blankets and sun screen away and buckle the helmets to knock some heads. Week 1 has some exciting match-ups that will change up the rankings for teams in the Top 10. Away we go.
Tomorrow afternoon, (4)Mount Carmel will try to stop (6)Simeon in the Bears Den, er, Soldiers Field at 2:30. Last season both of these teams made valiant runs for state titles. This year, they both look to do it again. Will Caravan QB Robert Gregory out toss the Simeon D led by two-way star Brandon Greer or will Mount Carmel lose the opener like they did last year against the same team?
Tomorrow night, 7:30, Memorial Stadium, Joliet, Illinois, (12)Joliet Catholic plays host to (7)Carmel and the top seeding for the East Suburban Catholic. Both teams have explosive, 3-man back fields who promise heavy ground attacks from both squads. But will it be Andy Bitto's Corsair's or Dan Sharp's Hilltopper's who come away with the win?
And of course, (16)Minooka travels West down Old Route 6 Friday night to battle long time nemesis Morris. Do Bert Kooi;s Indians have it in them for the upcoming battle with Alan Thorson's Redskins? These two programs, when put on a football field against each other, no matter either skill level, turn this game into a blood fight, er, a death match. Games between the Bears and the Packers for the NFC Championship are like kittens playing with puppies compared to these games. Will this game hold the hatred for ones opponent the games between these squads over the last 40 years has held? Will these two teams come to battle with the "Kill or be Killed" attitude all of Grundy County is hoping they bring? We can only hope so.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Games of the Week
Some may say that the Bears playing the Cowboys this weekend will be the Game of the Week. Seriously, both teams played like piles of manure which has been festering in Mid-West heat for months. The Bears lost, no matter what the league says. How does one 'go for extra yards' in the end zone? Amend the rule. The Cowboys, well, I really couldn't care less what that two-beer-drinkin-s.o.b-from-Eastern Illinois does either way. But this is about high school football. And these are my Games of the Week.
1. (4)Joliet Catholic pays a visit to (11)Carmel on Friday night at 7:30. Both teams are stacked with crushing backfields and, with no doubt in my mind, this one will come down to which defense turns in the toughest kid on the playground performance.
Catholic wins by 6.
2. (5)Wheaton North, at 7:30 on Friday, busts heads with (9)Glenbard North. Will Reece Butler add huge numbers to his three game total of 756 passing yards and 10 touchdowns? Or will that dominate Panther 'D' keep its 5.6 points a game average in tact?
Glen-North will keep inching up the Top 20 ladder with a 6 point win.
3. (10)Loyola plays host to Mount Carmel at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Will Malcolm Weaver and E.J. Webb help Loyola to down the Caravan for the third time in two years?
The Caravan plays the role of up-setter in this match-up, downing Loyola by 10.
4. (14)Minooka heads north to battle Mike Romeli's Plainfield East Bengals Friday night. Can the cats scalp the Indians or will Bert Kooi's boys tame the cats like they've done to opponents the three previous games this season?
Minooka walks with the win by 30.
1. (4)Joliet Catholic pays a visit to (11)Carmel on Friday night at 7:30. Both teams are stacked with crushing backfields and, with no doubt in my mind, this one will come down to which defense turns in the toughest kid on the playground performance.
Catholic wins by 6.
2. (5)Wheaton North, at 7:30 on Friday, busts heads with (9)Glenbard North. Will Reece Butler add huge numbers to his three game total of 756 passing yards and 10 touchdowns? Or will that dominate Panther 'D' keep its 5.6 points a game average in tact?
Glen-North will keep inching up the Top 20 ladder with a 6 point win.
3. (10)Loyola plays host to Mount Carmel at 1:30 Saturday afternoon. Will Malcolm Weaver and E.J. Webb help Loyola to down the Caravan for the third time in two years?
The Caravan plays the role of up-setter in this match-up, downing Loyola by 10.
4. (14)Minooka heads north to battle Mike Romeli's Plainfield East Bengals Friday night. Can the cats scalp the Indians or will Bert Kooi's boys tame the cats like they've done to opponents the three previous games this season?
Minooka walks with the win by 30.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Time for 5
5 questions with Fenwick Friars' linebackers coach, Alex Holmberg.
1. The Friars have started the 2010 season 1-1, losing a close one to Niles Notre Dame 19-13 and blowing out Lindblom 42-0, what do you see Week 3 holding for Fenwick against Mount Carmel?
I see our team playing well against a very talented Mount Carmel team. We expect to win, just as we do every week. There probably aren't too many people outside of our team that think we can compete with a team like Mount Carmel, but we use that as motivation internally. We are excited to get on the field Saturday and to see what happens.
2. In week 1, Mount Carmel gave up more than 650 yards to Simeon. In week 2, they held Lake Forest Academy to -6 total yards. I know you coach on the other side of the ball, but how do you think the Fenwick offense will play against the Caravan?
I think our offensive game plan will be very effective against the Mount Carmel defense. Our offense has a lot of pride and young potential, as we showed last week. I think we can move the ball and put some points on the board against a very good defense.
3. Who are the top players of your defense so far this season? And is there any player on the D that holds it all together for the squad?
Our top defensive players are two of our defensive tackles, Glen Somers and Steve Sreniawski, and our Strong side outside LB Jack Stibich. Our middle LB Rick Sorrentino is also a very good player for us as well.
4. Will the players you just named be able to stop the rushing advances of Mount Carmel running back Michael Banks?
Banks is a great player, and will probably be the fastest player on the field Saturday. We need our defense to be sound tacklers and to swarm to the ball every play. A player like Banks is going to make plays, but we need to minimize the impact of those plays and to make sure those plays don't end up being touchdowns. If we can do that, we are very confident that we can effectively hold Banks and stop the Mount Carmel offense.
5. What game this season are you looking forward to more than any other? Why this game?
I look at our schedule one game at a time. We don't overlook anyone on our schedule, and we really can't overlook anyone because of the quality of opponents that we match up against this year, both in and out of conference. The Chicago Catholic League Blue is one of the toughest conferences around, and in our remaining non-conference games we play a tough Leo team that just upset the very talented De La Salle.
1. The Friars have started the 2010 season 1-1, losing a close one to Niles Notre Dame 19-13 and blowing out Lindblom 42-0, what do you see Week 3 holding for Fenwick against Mount Carmel?
I see our team playing well against a very talented Mount Carmel team. We expect to win, just as we do every week. There probably aren't too many people outside of our team that think we can compete with a team like Mount Carmel, but we use that as motivation internally. We are excited to get on the field Saturday and to see what happens.
2. In week 1, Mount Carmel gave up more than 650 yards to Simeon. In week 2, they held Lake Forest Academy to -6 total yards. I know you coach on the other side of the ball, but how do you think the Fenwick offense will play against the Caravan?
I think our offensive game plan will be very effective against the Mount Carmel defense. Our offense has a lot of pride and young potential, as we showed last week. I think we can move the ball and put some points on the board against a very good defense.
3. Who are the top players of your defense so far this season? And is there any player on the D that holds it all together for the squad?
Our top defensive players are two of our defensive tackles, Glen Somers and Steve Sreniawski, and our Strong side outside LB Jack Stibich. Our middle LB Rick Sorrentino is also a very good player for us as well.
4. Will the players you just named be able to stop the rushing advances of Mount Carmel running back Michael Banks?
Banks is a great player, and will probably be the fastest player on the field Saturday. We need our defense to be sound tacklers and to swarm to the ball every play. A player like Banks is going to make plays, but we need to minimize the impact of those plays and to make sure those plays don't end up being touchdowns. If we can do that, we are very confident that we can effectively hold Banks and stop the Mount Carmel offense.
5. What game this season are you looking forward to more than any other? Why this game?
I look at our schedule one game at a time. We don't overlook anyone on our schedule, and we really can't overlook anyone because of the quality of opponents that we match up against this year, both in and out of conference. The Chicago Catholic League Blue is one of the toughest conferences around, and in our remaining non-conference games we play a tough Leo team that just upset the very talented De La Salle.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Game of the Week
Sure, there are 32 games this weekend. But only one can be named Game of the Week. Since my boys bowed out last week against East St. Louis, they obviously can no longer can be my choice. But there are plenty of other area teams that I can root for. But will I?
Let's start it off.
Can [3]Loyola stymie the always surprising [10]Mount Carmel?
Can high rolling [12]St. Charles North upset the unbeaten [1]Glenbard West?
Will [3]Crete-Monee keep the dream alive as they travel to [2]Providence?
Can [5]De La Salle keep the city alive by beating [1]Cary-Grove?
Will Dan Sharp's boys live up to the legacy that he has has built when
[2]Washington visits Memorial Stadium to battle [6]Joliet Catholic?
All great games to catch, but The Game of the Week will be between the two unbeatens down in 3A:
[2]Wilmington goes to pay a visit to [1]Illini West.
Let's start it off.
Can [3]Loyola stymie the always surprising [10]Mount Carmel?
Can high rolling [12]St. Charles North upset the unbeaten [1]Glenbard West?
Will [3]Crete-Monee keep the dream alive as they travel to [2]Providence?
Can [5]De La Salle keep the city alive by beating [1]Cary-Grove?
Will Dan Sharp's boys live up to the legacy that he has has built when
[2]Washington visits Memorial Stadium to battle [6]Joliet Catholic?
All great games to catch, but The Game of the Week will be between the two unbeatens down in 3A:
[2]Wilmington goes to pay a visit to [1]Illini West.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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.
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.
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