Yes. I know that’s a crazy number but without a doubt it was that many. If you’ve ever been to Centrals field they have a lot of grass where a lot of people can stand and that was jammed plus the stands on both sides. I think it was their homecoming I can’t recall but definitely one of the...
Fair point. If you look back at when they used to play even if East beat them the environment was on another level. 2017 East vs Central had to have had at least 8-10 thousand people there. Another crazy thing too is if East ends up having a bye week week 2, they’re going to have to play their...
Couldn’t agree more. All 3 Lincoln Ways will be good this year. They missed out on some really good and entertaining matchups. No one in their right mind wants to see East vs Stagg in 2 weeks…………
Jonas Williams faced Maine South his freshman year round one. Didn’t play very well all be it he was a freshman. Guarantee he has had this game circled down for awhile and he’ll be ready. I agree with your take on it being on par with MC and ESL. Although East and Maine South have played each...
LWE vs Maine South is definitely one of the more hyped games in recent years from both teams. Arguably two top 3 teams in 8A going at it and both of tons of talent and firepower. The matchup I’m honestly most looking forward to in this game is Maine South’s offensive line vs East’s defensive...
Only thing with that is would Winnebago be willing to play East? Not ideal at all like you said. Right now East is fighting an uphill battle of not only trying to find a game this late but a team that actually wants to play them. Because the chances of a quality team having an open game right...
Exactly. There’s probably a lot of lower class teams that they could fill a game with but none of them in their right mind would play East. Hopefully something opens up for them
As of right now from what I’ve been hearing they are trying to find a team in the Midwest to play. I think the ESL classic is out and now they’re just trying to find a game to travel to or come to them. There was rumors the team backed out because of “financial issues” but sent the email the day...
Yeah that team is usually a national powerhouse. They played East St Louis recently. And yes IMG had 2 teams. National team and a local team that plays Florida and surrounding teams.
Which Florida teams are you referring to? They are playing Specially Fit Academy. A newer prep school. They played IMG Varsity I believe not the national team. They went 10-4 last year but a lot of their games just say forfeited because of incomplete scores and game data. I know some websites...
For some reason Max Preps hasn’t updated their schedule. But they for sure get tested in some games this year.
Week 1 (Maine South)- Huge first opening game. Whats been going around is this is one of the better Maine South teams they have had. We all know who East has on both sides of the ball...
Whoever schedules those games. Whether that would be who’s in charge of the SWSC or IHSA themselves. Not exactly sure who runs that. And I think the crossover was implemented to prevent any repeat games from happening. Since they split it into 3 different divisions
Always found it strange why they stopped scheduling East with the other Lincoln Way schools. Those games used to be electrifying when Central had that good run a little before Covid and would go up against East. Same with West. Now all 3 Lincoln way schools will be good this year. Stagg or...
It’s not on the Max Preps or other website schedules correct. They didn’t officially schedule the game until around a month ago so they probably have not updated it yet. The game will be played at East St Louis so it’ll be a neutral playing field.