I believe that I have the full schedule to my knowledge updated on the first post. The remaining unknowns I have are Fenwick, JCA, and Montini in Week 1. I also have games for Brother Rice and Montini in Week 2 that are questionable because other schools have the same opponents listed for that week as well. Otherwise I believe my CCL/ESCC schedule is complete.
Completely agree. I would say JCA, Marist, Pats and PC are for sure wins. ESL, Rice, LA, Naz and St Joseph should all be great games.
PC is gonna be pretty darn good, wouldn't surprise me if they give MC a game.
They will give them a game but I don't know if they can hang for 4 quarters or if there secondary can cover Burrell, Thorton and Simms for an entire game consistently.
The move brings Mays back to his hometown, where his parents graduated from JCA in 2007 and he has extended family.
"Mays said this was a difficult decision, but he felt it was the best move for him and his family."
All. The JCA school site on their schedule page still showing week one not filled . A Hilltopper/Bronco game to open up the season would be one heck of a game to start off the 2026 season.... Ratsy
Fenwick appears to have Week 1 open too. Maybe one of these teams is looking for an out-of-state game? Both Proviso schools may also have openings as well.
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 especially on offense. Not an ideal year to open with a monster schedule.
In Week 1 Joliet Central plays Thornridge. East Aurora plays Plainfield Central.
See i didnt even know that, but these games make sense. I should make the schedules for everyone.
People want to see a 49-7 beat down? Give it a couple of years and I'm on board for this matchup.
Need help with those bags of sand? Even MC didnt beat JCA like that. It'll be a good competitive game. And an 8 (or 7) game schedule is a bad idea. Gotta lock in while it's available.
Really not sandbagging at all. Yes the name says Joliet Catholic. But it's a team that went 4-6 that lost their best defensive players and returns essentially no receiving, rushing, or passing yards. And the only rostered QB's appear to be rising sophs. The frosh were pretty good. The rising senior class has a handful of legitimate studs but isn't numerically deep. The rising juniors are largely unknown.
I hear you. But its still JCA. The kids that come are ready to play. One thing I can tell you after the the 23 & 24 season is no one is shedding tears for winning programs. When we're down we just gotta take those bumps.
