The West Suburban Silver has 5 tough matchups and could be going home after round 2. HC vs LWE, LT vs Bolingbrook, York vs Loyola, GW vs Hersey, and DGN vs St. Rita.
Those five teams play in two conferences, Red Star and Red Shield. Pretty good showing to have 5 of the 12 teams still in the playoffs. A lot of other conferences could only dream of that success. West Suburban Gold and the Upstate 8 have 1 total team still playing and they are going to likely...
Jordan Anderson again comes up huge for the Illini in the fourth quarter. Great catch, some tough runs and unselfishness to not score a touchdown that allowed Illinois to kick the winning field goal with no time remaining. What a resilient kid!!! Many others would have transferred but he stuck...
They were not making the playoffs when they did. They can compete with the teams in their current conference but that current conference has shown year after year that they can not compete in the playoffs.
Since 2013, they are 1-9 in the playoffs with 8 first round exits. Only win was in 2024 against a 6-3 Plainfield South by a score of 31-27. Last the next week by 40 to Lyons.