Recent content by all4theillini

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    Youth Sports…

    1) wouldn’t that get exhausting traveling from Evanston to Oswego?!? I’d complain when we had to drive to Plainfield. 2) our kids and parents have no illusions about scholarships or college destinations. If it happens, great, but the programs here are designed to teach and get kids prepared...
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    Youth Sports…

    My son plays both travel baseball and basketball. One of my favorite stories was sitting court side watching my son’s hoops team getting mauled. I asked father of the opposing team team sitting next to me where their team drew from. “Well, we’re base out of Willow Springs but we got boys...
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    Multiple brothers playing in programs

    Josh/James Kreutz Loyola—>Memorial Stadium
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    Best programs that never won a State Title.

    Yup. You’re right. Fumble fingers strike again.
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    Best programs that never won a State Title.

    One more fun fact about Geneva: 1981 3A Geneva beat 4A Morris 4A Morris beat 5A Plainfield 5A Plainfield beat 3A Geneva All end the season 8-1. A coin flip sends Morris to the playoffs while Geneva and Plainfield stay home. Morris wins the 4A championship.
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    Best programs that never won a State Title.

    With two of the three Geneva losses in the finals coming to East St. Louis. I’m curious if there was any team in the state who would’ve beaten that team with Terry Hawthorne and Kraig Appleton. also read somewhere the 2024 ESL wasn’t the best team in the state…they were the best team in the...
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    Roughest nonconference schedules in 2026

    I’d love to see Geneva & Morris schedule a home and home for old times sake.
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    Miles McVay Keeps Working

    In addition to Sean Beamer you might as well throw Josh Heupel and Tennessee onto the list of those not worried about Illinois.
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    Illinois sells out 34K football season tickets

    Pretty cool since there’s only two games worth a darn - USC and Ohio State.
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    B1G Portal transfers tracker

    But with way better shooting.
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    Obscure sports stats

    The 2005 White Sox are one of only six teams in MLB history to go wire-to-wire in first place and win the World Series. 1927 Yankees 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 1984 Tigers 1990 Red 2005 Sox 2024 LA Dodgers
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    Too Much Officiating

    Illini took it up the giggy yesterday from the refs in East Lansing. KJ was allowed to play 7.5 minutes. Sadly, happens everywhere on the road.