It's the final week of the regular season, and potential upsets are out there. For this week's game we'll travel out to beautiful Elmhurst, home of the much improved Dukes of York. No, I'm not picking OPRF (although I do like them this week). This week's upset is.... The unranked Knights of Immaculate Conception Catholic Prep over the undefeated and top 25 ranked Spartans of Wheaton St. Francis. As Edgy said, "these 2 teams just don't like each other". ICCP has been scoring over 40 points per game, and their only loss was a 1 point thriller vs JCA. St. Francis is obviously a really good team, but their strength of schedule could be the difference tonight. I see a shootout in Elmhurst. Final score.....ICCP 42 - St. Francis 35. That's this week's upset. What are your thoughts and who is your upset.
GO CARAVAN!!!!!!!
SF will absolutely get IC’s A-game tonight. They can’t come out slow like they did in the Aurora Christian, Sterling and R-B games or they could find themselves in a hole quickly.
WSF QB just picked up a Nebraska offer this week, and his play tonight will be crucial for the Spartans. If they establish the passing game early, it’ll open up lanes for SF’s complementary backs (Head being the burner and Piper being the bruiser).
I think IC has more speed at the skill positions than any team below 6A, as Parker, Gibson and several others are absolute burners. Parker will likely get loose for a long score at some point tonight, the key is limiting that to 1 or 2 and not 3 or 4 lscores. If IC can put SF in a hole early with some big scores it’ll put them in a great position to win.
SF will want to keep it close and wear down IC in the second half (the formula they used last year), so corralling IC’s big play threats is crucial to execute that game plan.
if a team is in the 30s or 40s I think it favors IC, if it ends with both teams in the 20s or below, I like SF’s chances.
I’m hopeful it’ll be a great ball game, and truly have zero feel for how I think it might play out.
