I know you only need 3 wins now (and probably only 2 with a good schedule) but JCA opening with Montini, SHG, and then PC would seem to be quite aggressive scheduling. I was ok adding SHG only if week 1 was a softer opponent. Montini will be top notch next year and JCA will be very young...
I think there are two other Carmelite schools in Illinois that would have made much more sense for such a transfer, both of them with QB needs for the upcoming fall. And one of them is much closer to Plainfield.
Aren’t they still slated to be 4A this coming fall? If so they would need to get to the finals this year and then the next two years in 5A to bump to 6A? So maybe in 6a by 2029 if they dominate the next three years?
if they really got some of the transfers I have heard, they really should not...
That would be the million dollar question. 3 does seem like a lot for that number of teams. but 2 is just too small for the small distribution of real competitive teams. Two classes would leave enrollments well into the 1000s likely squaring off against enrollments in the 400s in a playoff...
You buried the headline there.
7 of their last 10 eliminations were to MC or JJ McCarthy?
I think you just answered your own questions.
But it's laughable to suggest said team is petitioning up to 7A simply because this is the one year that Naz will be 6A (and ESL too as an added bonus) and...
Last time was 2013 and they won it that year as well. Before 2013 they were in 6A most years.
I don’t think fall of 2025 was about 6A being beneath them.
Any projected 6A school in 2025 that petitioned up to 7A was 100 percent taking the opportunistic chance to jump into a class that seemed light at the top and was devoid of any traditional powers. With Naz being bumped into 6A along with ESL already there and MC bumping from 7A to 8A, 7A...
Is Batavia locked into 7A again? Or was it one year only?
The whole opt up thing is crazy because it seems there are at least as many schools like Batavia trying to avoid a juggernaut as there are schools like ESL legitimately trying to push themselves.
and even when a school does legitimately...
Agreed. Been to a couple regular season Friday night games and the atmosphere is "cool." But a rare big semifinal Saturday afternoon game with a sold out place and tension through the roof....That is the coolest high school atmosphere you will ever see. But you don't get it by going to a week 6...
It's fine to bolster your schedule when it needs bolstering. JCA's 7 conference games are already pretty rugged. Nothing wrong with scheduling a challenge. I am glad they did in week 2. If they schedule a similar type program for week 1, that would seem unnecessary to me unless they just...
Week 2 on JCA's site just listed SHG @ JCA
Saturday night game, which is interesting.
Nothing yet for week 1. With Providence week 3, you definitely don't want to go into that game at 0-2. So hopefully they find a sure W week 1. SHG should be a good game I can see going either way. Very young...
I think I would peg it as.....
Big underdog vs: MC
Slight underdog vs: PC, IC
Likely a slight favorite (but a loss is more than possible and to win all 3 would be nice but a challenge)-Laurence, Pat's, DePaul
Better win vs: Marian
So I count 1 "sure" win and 3 possible/probable wins. So going...
Really hope it doesn't come to those matchups. For a team that won 4 games a year ago and returns relatively little from that even, starting off with 2 state champs in addition to the conference schedule seems unnecessary.
Even with the 2/3 win playoff cutoff now, I think a young team could...
I remember the Public School Champions banner well. Rough look to display it before the game even began. They got a lot of grief on this board the "Bloomington Bills" after that.
Normal Community lost to Morris in the 2005 title game, but they played Morris real tough. Then they ran off 26...
I think public-private would be really weird because there are only like 50-60 football playing private schools, so it's hard to make a competitive playoff with only a few classes with so few teams and the enrollments dropping off so drastically after the first 10 or so.
I think there could be...