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    Who has the toughest schedule? Week 1 thru Week 9?

    I do not know that it is the toughest, but the Hilltoppers will face the defending: 8A Champ 6A Champ 6A Semi-Finalist 5A Runner Up
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    Favorite TV Announcers for IHSA Football,

    Joe Paschen, when the Will County Cable System did games. This was long before streaming ---- late 80s - 2000s. It was a big deal when your team was picked for the weekly "Game of The Week" because the game was "on TV!!" They would also provide game tape highlight to Chicago Channels 2, 5, 7 &...
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    Poster??

    Khalfie
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    What Year(s) Was IHSA Football at its Peak?

    It may just be me aging, but it seems that the lesson of learning the value of team is being severely compromised as the emphasis on the perceived value of the individual takes precedent. High School football was one of the last places where boys could learn that (IMHO) invaluable life lesson...
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    Assessment of OL Quality

    The man has a point or two here: https://www.proformancefootballtraining.com/post/the-problem-with-hs-offensive-linemen
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    Best QB to NEVER win State

    Jimmy Garoppolo
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    Best IHSA Player/Coach Career

    I would add Jake Jaworski Player: Member of 2 State Championship teams ('00 & '01) Coach: 2 State Championships ('18 & '21) + 2 Runner Up finishes ('23 & '24) Covid may have robbed a '20 Championship as that squad graduated a lot of talent that mentored the '21 team
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    Prep Bowl Update

    In 1979 there was going to be no Prep Bowl until Taylor Bell intervened and convinced McDade's Catalogue house to sponsor the tournament and NBC Channel 5 to continue broadcasting the Semi Finals & Championship games. Only 80 teams made the IHSA playoffs in 1979 (today that number is 256)...
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    JCA 30 PC 27 FINAL

    Agreed. A lot to clean up. Last night’s was a very physical game. I hope the boys can maintain the intensity.
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    Naz vs JCA part (I lost count)

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    Does Marist stream home games?

    An effort to do so is made. My experience was that they buffer home games.
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    Hilltopper & Carmelite Community Loses Another Leader

    Two Hilltopper alums that that joined the Carmelite Order passed recently. Fr. John Comerford (1966) on 9/6 (https://www.modelldarien.com/obituaries/Rev-John-Jay-Comerford?obId=45194513) and Fr. Jack Welch (1956) on 9/24...
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    CCL/ESCC Week IV

    From our friends at the Herald News: “By halftime of week one, we were down four defensive starters for the next few weeks,” Jaworski said. “We got three guys back now"
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    What did we learn week 4!?!

    yes
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    Fenwick 19 JCA 12 2Q

    Agreed. It was week #3 and they did not appear to be prepared to play.
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