2027 Outlook (CS8 schools with their season over)
Eisenhower (DNP in 2026)-Best case scenario would be fielding a varsity team next year. With a possible DPS board vote early in 2027 that could reduce the district to a single public high school within a few years, restarting the program will be challenging.
Lanphier (0-9)-Only two of their losses were by fewer than 20 points, -321 point differential. Their best player, QB Camarie Richmond, will be graduating. Best case could be avoiding going the route Eisenhower took this year.
Southeast (2-7)-One of their wins was a forfeit, the other an OT victory over Lanphier. -270 point differential. The Spartans will lose 2-year starting QB Tony Boyd to graduation, and he provided most of their firepower this season.
U High (1-8)-The Pioneers were plagued by injuries all season and were forced to use 4 different QBs at times. They all will return. The most successful was Isiah Jones, who threw for 767 yards and 5 TDs and ran for another 569 yards and 4 TDs after beginning the season as a WR. If he moves back to WR, U High will also have back Week 1 starter Brevan Shickel who threw for 5 TDs before being lost for the season in Week 4.
Lincoln (3-7)-The Railers started Freshman Kruz Froebe at QB the final 3 games of the season and he showed some potential. Even with 3 wins, Lincoln had a -280 point differential for the season and gave up more than 40 points seven times.
Springfield (3-7)-The Senators have a path to a possible winning season in '27, as they played much better the 2nd half of '26. They will return QB Jacob Scheffler, who started the season at WR, before moving to QB Week 3. Scheffler threw for almost 1,000 yards and 7 TDs and ran for an additional 4 TDs. RB Tyree Sullivan, who ran for almost 600 yards, will also return along with OL-FB-DL Trey Sutton and WR Jackson Jenkins.
QND (4-6)-The Raiders started Kaden Marth at QB near the end of the season, and he will return having gained some valuable experience. Marth is athletic and had a total of 4 TDs in limited action. RB Josh Brenner and WR Tripp Flesch will be back as well. Brenner ran for 665 yards and 5 TDs. Flesch had over 330 yards and 3 TDs.
MacArthur (8-3)-Along with Chatham's Mikey Young, the General's Antonio Young will be the most experienced returning QB in the CS8 in '27. However, Mac will lose RB Cayden Brown and WR-RB-DB Damonte Phillips to graduation. Getting 8 wins next year may be challenging.
Chatham (6-5)-Along with Mac's Antonio Young, Chatham's Mikey Young will be the most experienced returning QB in the CS8. He had over 2,000 yards and 25 TDs in the regular season. The offense could be explosive. Malik Banks and Sean Walker Knight return at RB. Both have excellent speed. WRs Hugo Lopp and Brayden Owen will be back. In the regular season, they combined for over 900 yards receiving and 14 TDs. To move back to the top of the conference, the Titans will need to shore up a defense that gave up 35 or more points 5 times.
Jacksonville (8-2)-The Crimsons have primarily been a running team since the graduation of QB Elijah Owens several years ago. They will return 5 of their top 6 rushers from this season, in which they had great success running against every team except SHG. They get back Jeremiah Jackson (777/11 TDs), QB Rylan Rees (705/11), FB Wesley Ortiz (501/6), Darren Henry (470/13), and Carlito Mitchell (292/2). Rees also threw for nearly 500 yards and 4 TDs.
