WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.120 Schwiker, Cannison, Krizek Rndio Bradley sponsors to Friday Night Drive. I'm Mike 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:07.280 Krizak. If you've been injured, we are ready to take on the insurance 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.519 company and get you to the end zone. We've recovered hundreds of millions of 4 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:22.960 dollars for our clients. Visit g A n A SSI M dot com. 5 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:27.320 What's up everyone, Welcome back to the Friday Night Drive Podcast. I am 6 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:32.560 Kyle Neighbors along with Steve Seussie. We are live with you here on Monday, 7 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:36.679 November thirteenth. We are here to talk about the Corner Final weekend SEUs. 8 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:39.600 It was a gorgeous weekend out there. On Saturday. I went over 9 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:43.200 watch Kerry Grove and Geneva play. Was awesome being on the sidelines. I 10 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:45.799 know you got to see a bunch of football on Saturday as well. Man, 11 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:48.920 Yeah, it was kind of an interesting day just in the sense that, 12 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:53.119 like I got out of my car at Wheaton Saint Francis and I was 13 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:57.399 like, can I trust this? And I was very tormented on how many 14 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.479 layers I needed because I was like, I think I'm gonna be freezing in 15 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.480 a half an hour. If I'm not careful here, and I pretty much 16 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.799 went all day with a heavier jacket on, but I could have gotten away 17 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.519 with not wearing it, which I was like, this is this is really 18 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:15.400 strange because I finished my day at Plunkett Park watching Icy Catholic in Saint Lawrence, 19 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.040 and the last time I was at Icy Catholic for a football game, 20 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:26.239 there was a blizzard that had started started prior to that game that I was 21 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.040 at, so I was kind of all day long. I was like, 22 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:33.120 I didn't really know, like how I should handle the fact that the weather 23 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.159 was actually quite nice the entire day. I don't know if I've ever been 24 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:41.280 to Plunket Park and not been freezing cold. I'm usually there during the postseason, 25 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:45.120 so that part of it, but every time I'm going there it seems 26 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.280 to be there's there's no getting around it. It's gonna be fifteen degrees and 27 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.519 I'm gonna need some coffee or something along those line. But not the case. 28 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:56.920 On Saturday, was absolutely awesome watching Kerry Grove in Geneva play that game 29 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.719 we'll get into. Of course got out a hand, but for the most 30 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.640 partso's a lot of good games in the quarterfinal round. Yeah, I mean 31 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.039 there were a lot that really kind of came down to the wire. I 32 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.400 was kind of hoping that I would be able to get to a little bit 33 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:15.599 more of the actual action on the field, but following along in that window 34 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:20.879 between like three and four o'clock, you know, there were a lot of 35 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.240 games that kind of came down to the wire. And then doing some research 36 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:27.199 after the fact with some games that I didn't actually get to see at the 37 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.759 you know, at the time, like while they were going on, there 38 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:34.400 were a lot more out there that really came down to the wire inside the 39 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:40.080 last minute, some huge plays made to keep people seasons alive. I witnessed 40 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:46.639 the end of that Saint Lawrence Ic Catholic game that obviously inside of you know, 41 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.960 inside of twenty seconds when Saint Lawrence took the victory away. So there 42 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.599 were a lot of games that, like and you kind of expect that at 43 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.960 this point in the tournament, a lot of fairly evenly matched games, but 44 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.919 certainly more games that I can remember that we're kind of decided in the last 45 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:06.360 minute and went one way or the other. You can follow SEUs on Twitter 46 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.479 or ax at the SUS. You can find myself on Twitter at Kyle Nibber. 47 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:13.520 You can find all of Friday Night Drives content at fn drive on Twitter. 48 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.120 You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok as well. 49 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:19.319 Of course, go to Friday Nightdrive dot com. We're with you guys live 50 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:23.879 twice a week during the postseason here at eleven am on Mondays and Friday or 51 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:28.800 Mondays and Thursdays, Monday's recapping Thursday is getting you a set for the weekend 52 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:34.520 here. So we're gonna go ahead and dive in here SEUs and we got 53 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.120 a couple of questions. Of course, you were watching live on YouTube. 54 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.000 Do us a favor, give us a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel, 55 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:44.759 leave a comment. If you're watching live on Facebook or on YouTube, 56 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:46.560 you can jump into the comments and leave you ask us a question or a 57 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.680 comment. We'll try and get to those throughout the show today. We'll be 58 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:53.039 here for about half an hour or so with you guys seeing here. You 59 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:57.520 know, Jesse, we need a cook says five A all private and six 60 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.759 A all public. Sus. Yeah, I mean, starting with the all 61 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.159 private stuff. We got eight Catholic League teams still in the playoffs. Yeah, 62 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:08.599 I mean, when you looked at five A heading into the weekend, 63 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:13.800 I kind of felt like that was something that was going to happen, just 64 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:15.319 based on the way that the kind of the bracket fell that I thought there 65 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:19.120 was a strong possibility that we would get and all C C, L E, 66 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:24.199 s CC conference, you know, final four. I haven't done the 67 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.800 research on this yet. I don't really even think that I need to happen. 68 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.399 I have to do. This has to be the first time all four 69 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:34.399 teams have represented the same essentially the same conference in the final four of a 70 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:40.279 classification, you know, and then you know six A when you're saying all 71 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:44.240 public, I mean, there weren't a lot of private entrances in the six 72 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.800 A field. It was kind of a weird situation that broke those downs. 73 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.639 So I was thinking about this a little bit this morning, and a lot 74 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.959 of people that don't know how the multiplier works and stuff of that nature. 75 00:04:56.519 --> 00:05:00.160 The teams that are still alive have now guaranteed that they are going to be 76 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:05.920 multiplied in the next football enrollment period, which is down the line a little 77 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:11.800 ways. But it's interesting to note because Montini has now retained their multiplier. 78 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.959 Saint Lawrence has now retained their multiplier. These are teams that were unmultiplied this 79 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.839 year. They will remain that way next year because we're now on two year 80 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:24.680 enrollment cycle. But when we head into two years from now, those schools 81 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:29.720 will jump back up in classification to where we can have this argument at another 82 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.800 date, but to where they I think they more logically belong in the grand 83 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:36.879 scheme of things. Did a lot of these schools I can't remember now refresh 84 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:41.959 my memory. Did a lot of these schools lose their multiplier because of the 85 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:46.079 two year enrollment period and because of COVID, Right, Yeah, there was 86 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:50.279 a lot less schools multiplied because for some reason that I still don't quite understand. 87 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:58.120 And calculating how we multiplied teams, they counted the COVID year despite the 88 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.720 fact that we didn't play the playoffs, and your multiplier is based on how 89 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:08.759 many playoff games you win. So if you didn't advance to the semifinals in 90 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:13.560 that one playoff year we were counting, you were not multiplied. So that 91 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.920 led to a lot of schools that you're used to being, you know, 92 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:20.000 multiplied that if they didn't reach the semifinals that year, they didn't get multiplied. 93 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:26.240 So we're slowly course correcting, I guess, and getting back to the 94 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:31.240 situation now where there are a few teams that slip down but now there now 95 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:35.720 they'll be going back up. And there's still another year to factor towards that, 96 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.480 but those schools are already assured that they're going to be multiplied in the 97 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:46.439 next two year. Roma Pocket Mark, who's a regular on the Friday Night 98 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.680 Drive podcast, doing this live here in the postseason. I know he's a 99 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:54.000 NAS fan, he says, Suss go to Valenta Stadium in Lagrange Park on 100 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:58.000 Saturday, NAZ in Saint Francis and that one. See what do you think? 101 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.040 Well, I haven't decided what my core action is going to be. 102 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.040 I am covering a game at four thirty in Wilmington. I've decided I want 103 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:06.680 to go see Wilmington and Morele ForSight, but I'm going to go see the 104 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:11.800 first half of a game before I head down to Wilmington. So haven't decided 105 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:15.560 where that's going to be. That's a contender for that particular visit. How 106 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.680 do you decide on Wilmington and Morella. It's a four to thirty game, 107 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:24.439 so it will give me an opportunity to go. It's an interesting game to 108 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.839 me. I think it's a contrast of styles, and I wanted to see 109 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.839 both of those teams live in action all year, but the four to thirty 110 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.000 game gives me an opportunity to go see at least a good chunk of another 111 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:38.519 game before I go there. So you got to maximize your time, Kyle. 112 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:43.680 Yeah, the Wilmington game against Seneca and the quarter file is absolutely wild. 113 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.920 So let's sus let's go ahead and dive in here. We've got another 114 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.480 question pop in here. Adam says, with so many great games this past 115 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:53.319 week, and which one stood out the most to you guys? Suits which 116 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:58.560 one? I think you just mentioned that Wilmington Seneca game. I wasn't able 117 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.759 to watch any of it, but I was on pins and needles as it 118 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.040 developed because I had several people that were messaging me and tweeting at me and 119 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:09.600 letting me know specifics of what was going on. And it was pretty funny. 120 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:16.600 Early in the game, Wilmington missed an extra point and they were actually 121 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.240 down seven to six, and I had actually believed the game was seven to 122 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.959 seven, so a couple of people had corrected me on Twitter One of them 123 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:31.240 was former Wilmington kicker Jordan Sar, who actually kicked a game winning field goal 124 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:37.200 in the state championship game against Williamsville several years ago. So I was laughing 125 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.559 about the fact that he corrected me. So I messaged him back, and 126 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:43.200 I messaged him back and told him you should have kicked it, and he 127 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:48.519 just quickly responded, I'm retired now that field goal that you're referening that Williamsville. 128 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.399 It's still one of the most wild things I've ever seen in a state 129 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.360 championship game. What he had tried one or two field goals or something like 130 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.600 that all season long, and then he goes out and boots like a forty 131 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.360 five yard It was not a short field goal like a forty five yard or 132 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.320 to win a state championship game. It's still one of the most insane thing 133 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.639 I've seen at the high school level. And he didn't have that much. 134 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:15.480 Wilmington's had some really good kickers in the past, but he specifically didn't have 135 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.840 a really long track record of kicking a lot of field goals for Wilmington that 136 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.720 season. I remember, as that drive was materializing, I was actually broadcasting 137 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.639 that game on the radio at the time, I'm like, what are they 138 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:30.200 doing? They seem to be settling in for a field goal chance. I 139 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.200 wasn't even sure who their kicker was. It was really it was a yeah 140 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.240 they were yeah, they were taking their time moving down the field, Like 141 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:39.360 what what are they doing? What's going on here? And then bam did 142 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.600 pound that ball through the uprights? I guess, showing how much we know, 143 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.759 right, Jim Sawers says, I got to I got to meet Steve 144 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.720 after the Saint Francis game on the field. Thanks for all your hard work. 145 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:52.720 I appreciate it. Jim was nice to meet you as well. He 146 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:56.399 talked to me a little bit after the wheat in Saint Francis went over Morgan 147 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:01.480 Park. It was it's always nice to meet some buddy who's a big fan 148 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.120 of what we're doing here. And I appreciated the kind words at the time, 149 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.000 and thanks for dropping in today. Yeah. Absolutely. We had the 150 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:09.799 week before over at Barrenton, we had someone come up and say hi to 151 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.320 us as well. Of course, if you ever see Susan and I out 152 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.679 on the sidelines, feel free to come up and say hi to us, 153 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.919 so we appreciate it. Any time. I'm gonna go ahead now and throw 154 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.960 the results onto the paye heersuits. We're gonna go ahead and go up to 155 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.720 one A and just kind of work our way down here. If anyone has 156 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.440 a question about a specific game or class, let us know. Sus started 157 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:37.080 in one A, you know the I think for the most part, things 158 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.799 went as planned or expected camp Point Central, though I don't think either of 159 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:46.559 us were surprised by Campoint Central winning the game. We both had Bellville all 160 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:52.559 top favored in it. Campoint CPC really jumped out to a big lead early 161 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:56.840 in this and never gave it up. Belleville all toof at some point, 162 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:01.840 I believe did re I think they had to back on side kicks that they 163 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.559 were able to recover. That made it a little bit interesting. But for 164 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.519 the most part, Campoint Central uh controlled this game. Sus. Yeah, 165 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.320 I'm gonna take the L here. I mean, I readily admitted that I 166 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.639 thought if anybody was gonna beat all TAF on the south side of the bracket, 167 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:20.919 it would be camp Point Central. But I didn't think they would win. 168 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.679 I'll be honest, I'll just I'll wear that L. There were, 169 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:31.000 you know, situations throughout the regular season where I felt like all TAF wasn't 170 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:37.200 a strong position here. But camp Point Central executed beautifully early on a key 171 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.720 turnover, and it seemed like thirty seconds into the game. I don't know 172 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:43.240 exactly how long it took. Campoint was already up fourteen to nothing. And 173 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:48.279 to their credit, they did not let Altov breathe. They suffocated them. 174 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:54.480 That game was. That game was seemingly it was a four touchdown gap before 175 00:11:54.080 --> 00:12:00.000 even kind of realized the game had even started. They they dominated that game 176 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:03.360 from the from the drop. And you know, while you just said, 177 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:07.919 you know, it wasn't necessarily stunned that Camp Point Central won the game, 178 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.679 I'll admit to being stunned in the fashion that Camp Point Central did it. 179 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:18.000 Yeah, I completely agree. You know, Campoint Central very quality program. 180 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.480 I did not see them running away with this one though, sore is anything 181 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.120 else in one A that stood out? You know, I expected Hope Academy 182 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.320 to win the game, but in the fashion, the dominating fashion that they 183 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.600 did that was a little bit surprising to me. This morning, I saw 184 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:37.600 the clip clip of the Eddie Jenkins touchdown run just before halftime, and it 185 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:43.279 was sort of ridiculous. But that's that's the kind of explosive plays that Hope 186 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:48.120 Academy is capable of doing. Sets up an interesting match in the semis. 187 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:50.720 We'll talk about that later on, but a very impressive win for Hope and 188 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.720 like we mentioned last week, first time in the quarters for him. Now 189 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.639 it's the first time in the semis. Jesse Moving on to Class two A, 190 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.759 Jesse says looking forward to the state championship game in Wilmington on Saturday, 191 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:07.679 he's of course reverencing Wilmington and Morella Forsyth meeting in the state semi final. 192 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.399 Limington with that overtime win against Seneca, Morella Forsyde took down Bloomington Central Catholic 193 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:18.039 thirty five to eleven, and then Wilmington Seneca games suits A little intel here 194 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.600 if you have it. Wilmington able to get some stops at the goal line 195 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.320 multiple times. Is that what I read? Yeah, it was. They 196 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:31.440 actually fumbled the ball once inside their own five yard line and were able to 197 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:37.039 get a stop on that possession. And then near the end of the game, 198 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.200 with less than two minutes left, Seneca actually had the ball inside the 199 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:46.440 five again and Wilmington turned them away, which set them up with an opportunity 200 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:52.320 to get down the field far enough to get a game tying field goal. 201 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:58.120 Then one one got another stop in overtime keeping Seneca out of the end zone, 202 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:03.120 and then Wilmington scored on its possession to win the game. So had 203 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:05.879 made some mistakes early in the game, but defensively they came up big time 204 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:11.399 and time again over the last fifteen minutes of that game. First question I 205 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:16.720 have. I haven't seen Seneca this year, so I can't. I don't 206 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.159 like, why didn't they kick a field goal at any point the well score 207 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:26.240 game. You know, I think I don't necessarily know why they didn't do 208 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:33.720 that beforehand, but I guess the thought process was the end. What was 209 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:39.399 at the end of that game was a field goal doesn't get you a touchdown. 210 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.000 Clear when they were heading into the overtime, it would only put you 211 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:48.080 up six. So they were like, well, if they go down the 212 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.519 field to score on us, we have to kick it off. Worst case 213 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:56.679 scenario, if we don't get it in here on fourth down, they have 214 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:58.879 to go the length of the field. Yeah, in two minutes, and 215 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:05.279 Wilmington, despite the fact that they did it successfully, doesn't pass the football, 216 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.000 so I think that might have been the logic that went into the decision. 217 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:15.919 It did kind of cross my mind a little bit to that as well, 218 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:20.879 especially considering Wilmington had kicked a fifty four yard field goal in the first 219 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:26.320 half. So my thought process would have been, well, they're probably they 220 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:30.240 probably have a decent chance of tying this thing if they can get into field 221 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:33.679 goal range. So I think I probably would have kicked it, But you 222 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:37.399 know, it's hard to second guess, not knowing all the scenarios. On 223 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:43.080 the southern side of the bracket. You had Athens twenty eight to twenty seven. 224 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:46.320 The no magic for Nashville this time. They were able to get the 225 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.919 ball down to what about the twenty yard line or a twenty yard field goal 226 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:56.480 chance to win that game. The Hornets not able to do it though, 227 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:00.960 Athens comes away twenty eight twenty seven ses. Yeah, that was we were 228 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.799 talking about that a little bit, you know, over the weekend. That 229 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:08.240 was That's kind of a situation that I've seen Nashville pull games out of the 230 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:12.399 fire time and time again, so it's really surprising to learn that they basically 231 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:15.320 had a twenty yard field goal with an opportunity to win that game at the 232 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:21.519 Horn, and they missed it, but Athan's resilient, they were kind of 233 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:25.480 it was kind of a back and forth game the whole way. You know, 234 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.159 it's interesting now we've got two teams from the Sangamo Conference in the final 235 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:33.120 four, and they're not playing each other in the semifinals because that's kind of 236 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.840 where the bracket line drew. Bureau winning that regular season game against Athens, 237 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:41.320 I believe by a touchdown, so you know, kind of sets up an 238 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:47.600 interesting situation. You know, I still am confused about this Shelbyville team, 239 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:52.679 Like I said earlier this week, got beat pretty badly in Week nine by 240 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.159 Nashville, but now has regrouped and beat a couple of good teams here to 241 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.559 get to the semifinals. But I still wonder whether not, you know, 242 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.160 after losing in the fashion that they did in Week nine, if they have 243 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:07.200 the ability to knock off Athens on the bottom half outside of the Catholic League. 244 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:11.440 How many times and this might be a little different with seven A and 245 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.519 eight A going one to thirty two, but I'm trying to think how many 246 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.640 times we've had conference and obviously we got We're you know, more and eighthens 247 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:25.440 have to win. But how many times have we had conference mates meet in 248 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:29.200 a state title game? Do you think? Oh, it's a very very 249 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:37.039 small number. Because the geography of the smaller classifications, we haven't always been 250 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.000 in one to sixteen. It's very rare that you get teams sent on the 251 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.200 opposite sides of the bracket, especially when you all the way back to the 252 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.559 quadrant system, it would be almost impossible to get you know, teams on 253 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:52.200 completely and totally different sides of the bracket. I'd have to go back to 254 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:56.400 those few years when we were one to thirty two on both sides of the 255 00:17:56.400 --> 00:18:00.599 bracket. You know, every bracket was one to thirty two, and we 256 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.599 did have that for two seasons. I think that would be the one where 257 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.640 it'd be most likely that that could happen. But yeah, it's a very 258 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.000 very small list, to be honest with you. All Right, let's go 259 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:19.400 to three A here where Duran Pecatonica returned the opening kickoff in that game to 260 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.839 take the lead, and I went, oh, Dupex got a little juice 261 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.680 today, Maybe something up that sleeve for Byron, And then Byron went, 262 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:32.079 nah, that's just not happening. Sixty three points to say are just an 263 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:36.839 absolute machine. Well, we didn't talk about this a little bit last last 264 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.400 week, but in the second round, I had the opportunity to go see 265 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:45.000 Byron play Piotone, and I did what I don't often do it games because 266 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:49.799 I don't necessarily like the vantage point of doing it. But I went behind 267 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:56.799 the goalpost to take a look at Byron and how they were handling the football, 268 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.319 to just see how good they were at it. And I'm usually pretty 269 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:07.079 good at detecting where the football is going. I couldn't find it. I 270 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.799 literally could not find it. So I'm sitting here going, well, if 271 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:15.839 if I can't find it, and my only responsibility here is to look and 272 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.920 find where the football is, I don't have to deal with a blocker or 273 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.240 any sort of situation. And I can't find it. How the heck is 274 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:26.039 defense trying to find it? I mean, so, they're so good at 275 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.880 what they do, and they don't seem to be phased by anything. If 276 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:34.839 someone does manage to stop them, they hop right back up. They'll run 277 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:37.559 the same play. They're like, well, we found out what was wrong 278 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.240 with it, Let's let's go run this one. And then they'll pop off 279 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:45.039 a forty yard right. It's ridiculous. I mean they've scored. They've now 280 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:49.119 scored over seven hundred points in a season. They're already up to third all 281 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:55.359 time in points scored in state history. They potentially have two more games left 282 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.599 and they're only I believe, seventy five point short of the all time record 283 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:03.440 for points scored in a season. So if they win the next two games, 284 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.880 I mean, averaging thirty eight points a game is like child's play for 285 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:12.400 these guys, apparently, So you know, that's That's what I'm kind of 286 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.599 keeping an eyeball on. But boy, it is really really impressive, and 287 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:19.720 you would think to yourself, hey, this has got to be a really 288 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.079 experienced team overall, doesn't it. I mean, to be running this so 289 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:30.599 well. Guess what their quarterback is, Kyle. He's a freshman, so 290 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:37.119 I yeah, so I think we're just starting, just starting another generation of 291 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:41.279 Byron power running machine game. I guess, because boy, is that is 292 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.960 really something special. I mean that they do that so so well. And 293 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:48.920 I've watched that offense for a lot. I've watched a lot of small school 294 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:53.960 football. They do it better than anyone I've ever seen and a question from 295 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:59.240 the friend who texts me over the weekend asking about I'm going to derail us 296 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:07.160 here for a second, like top five public public school programs in the state, 297 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:10.960 because we were talking about Kerry Grove and I was going through it and 298 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.240 I had Linal Windlow and I had Byron on their suites. This is something 299 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:18.160 we'll have to talk about during the off season, but it's definitely an interesting 300 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.720 conversation. Byron has to be on that short list of consideration though, Yeah, 301 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:25.200 I think so. You know, it's one of those things that I 302 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:27.799 have to sit down and give a lot of thought to. But you know, 303 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:33.359 watch I've watched Byron for a long time, and I've watched them from 304 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:37.599 a distance. They've ran through my former coverage area on a roots a basis, 305 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.839 you know, quite often. I've rarely almost never seen them lose. 306 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:48.880 Wilmington has gotten them before, but I've also seen them steamroll many many other 307 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:55.039 teams that I've covered at the time. It's it's just unique and special what 308 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:57.440 they've been able to build there. They have a lot of unique things about 309 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:02.240 that program that I'm sure a lot of people would like to model, but 310 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.759 they just can't duplicate and for a you obviously you got the chance to see 311 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:11.079 that Saint Lawrence Icy Catholic game. Tell us about it. You know, 312 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:15.640 I got there, I believe, with about three minutes left in the third 313 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:19.559 quarters. It's interesting and I know people in the Chicagoland area can relate. 314 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:23.200 It was only thirteen miles away from Plunkett Park when I pulled out of the 315 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:26.839 parking lot, and it took me almost forty minutes to get over there, 316 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:32.200 and then I had to walk a country mile after finding parking in the residential 317 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:37.559 area, so it took me a while. I got there just after half, 318 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.559 you know, half it started up, but it took me quite a 319 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:42.680 while to actually get down to the field. But it was impressive what Saint 320 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:47.039 Lawrence was able to do. Now, you know, Icy Catholic had a 321 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:49.920 couple of pieces that were not fully healthy available to play in the game. 322 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:55.640 But regardless, Saint Lawrence controlled the line of scrimmage, ran the ball effectively 323 00:22:55.680 --> 00:23:00.480 while I was there, took care of things and just didn't let Icy Catholic 324 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:06.559 get loose with those big plays. You know they were they were banged up 325 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:10.160 at the quarterback position. While I don't know how effective he was early in 326 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:14.359 the game. But Dennis Mandelo was was hobbling around in the fourth quarter and 327 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:18.440 still trying to play, so he was dinged up. kJ Parker was unavailable 328 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:22.200 for them. But you play with the hand that you're dealt and Saint Lawrence, 329 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:25.920 I mean, was a substantial underdog coming into the game. They did 330 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.440 everything that they had to do. I give them a lot of credit. 331 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:32.759 You know, I can count on one hand the number of times that Icy 332 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:36.920 Catholic has lost at Plunkett Park, you know, in the last decade. 333 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.359 So it just a really really impressive win for Saint Lawrence and puts them now 334 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:45.759 in a position where I think they might have an opportunity to get to a 335 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:49.720 state championship game. And they've been Sat Lawrence for the better part of a 336 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:53.359 decade now, it's kind of been on that on the come right, like 337 00:23:53.480 --> 00:24:00.640 get right where you expect them to get over the top there and and finally 338 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:06.680 able to get that kind of marque win for that program. Really really impressive 339 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.480 sus. Yeah, And I was looking at their their track record a little 340 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.680 bit before, you know, coming into this game after they had won, 341 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:17.440 and and what we were talking about before, like having multiplaiers you know, 342 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:21.640 restored or taken off. They made their runs a few years ago in six 343 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:25.279 A. I mean, this is actually the first time Saint Lawrence has ever 344 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:29.000 been a four A team. Yeah, so you know, for them to 345 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:32.720 you know, kind of I don't want to say breakdown, but they kind 346 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:36.400 of taken a couple of steps back over the last couple of years. I'll 347 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.440 be honest, I had no idea what to make of them coming into the 348 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.319 year. I knew they had some pieces and you know, we're you know, 349 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:47.599 potentially able to maybe do some damage. Started out really well this season, 350 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.480 had a couple of hiccups in the middle of the year. They'd been 351 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:52.720 tough to read, but when push comes to shove, they've really done a 352 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:59.160 nice job. This is State Representative Steve Reich, and I'm happy to sponsor 353 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:03.160 this year's for Night Drive. There'll be plenty of time for politics down the 354 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:07.200 road, but for now, let's enjoy some high school football. Whichever school 355 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:12.720 you follow, give them your support. Moving right along, let's go over 356 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:21.480 to Class five A suites. I think probably the best place to started that 357 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:26.599 NAS game, right. Yeah, you know, I picked Carmel to win 358 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:30.680 this game, but I really didn't have any like reason. It was just 359 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:37.799 kind of a gut play for me. And there was basically, you know, 360 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:41.480 it felt like all game long, that game was going to turn one 361 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.480 way or another. On one play I saw the video clip on it, 362 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:52.200 Nazrath scored the decisive touchdown on a third and fifteen from basically midfield where receiver 363 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.039 got behind the defense and a strange situation, and that was the play. 364 00:25:56.119 --> 00:26:02.079 I mean, it looked like we had two very very evenly matched football teams, 365 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.480 you know, squaring off against one another here and it was gonna break, 366 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.440 you know, one way or another. And up until that last minute, 367 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:14.559 it looked like it was gonna break Carmel's way. You know, they 368 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:18.319 they've managed to take that seventeen to fourteen lead, but couldn't get that last 369 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.640 stop. And you know, I don't know what you need, what you're 370 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:26.680 gonna need to do to dispatch Nazareth from a postseason. I mean maybe some 371 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:32.400 sort of you know, elaborate exorcism problem, but you you just can't get 372 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:37.480 rid of these guys. I mean, I obviously we've never seen a scenario 373 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:41.960 like this where there's a seven and five team now playing in the semi final 374 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:45.880 game, you know, semifinal round, because it's never happened before. We've 375 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:51.119 never had We've never had a five lost team advance to this stage of the 376 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:56.079 tournament. There has been once a five lost team prior to this year won 377 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:59.480 one game in the playoffs. But we're we've never seen a seven and five 378 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:03.680 team this stage. Jim says, please give you a prediction on who will 379 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:06.720 be in the five eight championship game in normal sus What do you think? 380 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:11.160 Well, I mean, I go back to and it wasn't that long ago, 381 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:14.480 so we can't say, well, everything has changed. I go back 382 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:17.559 to that Week nine game with Wheaton Saint Francis and Nazareth, look at that 383 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:22.880 score and say, I don't know how you can't favor Wheat in Saint Francis 384 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.559 to win that game. I mean, they handled them pretty well. I 385 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:32.400 watched a good chunk of that, you know, on NHFS while it was 386 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:37.519 going on during the chaos that was Week nine. And you know, when 387 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.240 you have a quarterback like Wheaton Saint Francis does, who seems to just exude 388 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:47.079 confidence. He just knows how to make a play, whether it be with 389 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:51.200 his feet, throwing, I mean, that's a guy that I have a 390 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:56.640 hard time betting against in any situation. Good Matt top of quarterbacks in this 391 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.720 in this game Saint Francis, Yeah, we sure do. And that's another 392 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:03.480 reason and why I'm considering going to it. But it's it's going to be 393 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:06.960 it's going to be a fun game. I'm sure it will be tighter than 394 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:11.119 the first meeting was. But Wheat in Saint Francis, if you look at 395 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:14.680 their results over the course of the season, put them in a close game 396 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:19.799 and you've got to be crazy to bet against them because over the last you 397 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:22.640 know, six weeks of the season, they were seemingly in a close game 398 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:26.039 every single week, and every single week they won it. I mean, 399 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:30.440 they've won games in the last minute. They know how to play in tight 400 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:33.279 games. They don't seem to get rattled. It was kind of a sloppy 401 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:37.680 game between them and Morgan Park on Saturday, a lot of penalty flags. 402 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:44.039 But Wheen Saint Francis has a method and does the things that they want to 403 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:48.599 do, And you know, I lean towards Wheaton Saint Francis there. I 404 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.119 know it's a mistake to pick against Nazareth in the postseason, because it never 405 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:55.440 seems to work out if that's what you're going to do. But and then 406 00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:59.480 you go to the other side. I saw the Juliet Catholic Providence game all 407 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:04.000 the way back in Week two. Joy Catholic to be frank dominated Providence. 408 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:08.480 Providence looked completely lost on offense in that game, and I think they'll admit 409 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:11.920 that they. I mean, they struggled to get the ball past the midfield 410 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:17.640 strike. And while nothing has changed in the regards of, you know, 411 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:21.960 what the personnel is on both sides, I have a hard time believing that 412 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:26.480 Providence won't put a much better foot forward in this game. All that being 413 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:33.640 said, Joy Katholic is my pick in the game. We talked at link 414 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:37.240 last week about Morris and the injury issues coming off that that second round win. 415 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.359 With that being said, like I forty nine to seven, man, 416 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:45.160 I just did not see that one coming. I didn't either, And I 417 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:48.440 mean, granted, you know, like Morris was was beat up in a 418 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:53.680 couple of places. Yeah, but you know, and then the other thing 419 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:57.720 that that kind of got lost in the shuffle. And I talked to the 420 00:29:57.799 --> 00:30:03.519 reporter that was at the game after the fact just to confirm it. Joey 421 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.400 Kathock played their leading rusher HJ. Grisby sparingly in the game. He was 422 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:10.759 a little dinged up coming in. They didn't They didn't necessarily need to push 423 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:15.440 the envelope, so they didn't. And so when you consider that a guy 424 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.640 was over a thousand yards rushing that they didn't even need, you know, 425 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:26.480 that says another story about where Joy Catholic is right now. Momentum playing really 426 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:32.440 strong. I'm sure they would like an opportunity to get to the state championship 427 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.599 game. They'll play either one of them if they got there. But they 428 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:38.000 certainly wouldn't mind if Wheaton Saint Francis came to the top half of the bracket, 429 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:42.119 considering there was a last minute victory for Wheaton Saint Francis when they played 430 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:48.440 in the regular season. So a lot of intriguing possibilities for how this five 431 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:55.319 five a bracket could shake out. And then the comedy of this whole situation 432 00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:59.839 for me a little bit is Providence being here. We got two fifteen seeds 433 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.880 in the semifinals. Providence, I don't know how they're doing it. They're 434 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:08.440 just figuring it out. So I have to be real careful to say that. 435 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:12.640 I think Joy Katholic is a big favorite in this game. Providence forces 436 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:18.400 turnovers, they make big plays. And I felt the same way about this 437 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.599 game last year when we had it in the playoffs, had a regular season 438 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:27.079 matchup between Joey Katholic and Providence where Joli Kathick pretty much dominated that game. 439 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:30.720 It wasn't necessarily all that close. We went back to the playoffs and guess 440 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:34.400 what happened. Providence put it all together, you know, put all the 441 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:37.799 little pieces of the puzzle together, and then when you were done, you 442 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.079 were like, what just happened? Like so Providence has a playoff neck that 443 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:45.559 cannot be denied, so that that makes for an interesting game too. He 444 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.480 is Steve Sussi. I am Kyle Nighbers. You can find all of our 445 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:52.200 content, of course at Friday Night Drive dot com. We are spending a 446 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.720 little bit more time with you here in Class six A. These games to 447 00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.480 Kerry Grove Geneva. You know, Geneva comes out in that game, is 448 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:05.079 driving down the field, turns it over and about the Kerry Grove twenty yard 449 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:07.319 line. The Trojans take over, go right down the field and score, 450 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:12.880 then get a pick six Bamage fourteen to zero, and after that it just 451 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.440 was downhill for Geneva. Kerry Grove ends up with a running clock. I 452 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:20.880 expected the Trojans to win this game. I did not expect it to be 453 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:25.759 in this fashion whatsoever. Suits and coming away from that game. This is 454 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:30.640 not taking anything away from Lake Zerk, but when you look at comparative scores 455 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:34.440 carry Grove doing what they did against the Geneva and Lake Zurch really struggling to 456 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:37.000 get by Belvedere North, it leads me to feel like Kerry Grove is a 457 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:42.240 substantial favorite going into this game against Lake Zerch. Well, the funny thing 458 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:46.240 about Kerry Grove this year that I have to keep reminding myself is how dangerously 459 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:52.200 close this team is to have been undefeated during the regular season. Yeah, 460 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:54.319 when you think about how they lost and in the fashion that they did, 461 00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:00.720 you know, I think we'd be having a different Converse station at the start 462 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.920 of this bracket if things had gone their way in those two games. You'd 463 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:07.039 be talking about how strong strong they are as a team, you know, 464 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:14.000 with a potentially undefeated mark. They have been really really impressive in the playoffs, 465 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:19.359 like much better than I thought that they actually were, so they don't. 466 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:23.559 Really they look really good man like now now, like like if you 467 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:27.480 asked me before the playoffs started, I would you would have asked me, 468 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.920 do you think anyone I'm not saying, beat East Saint Louis? Do you 469 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:36.680 think anyone can give Saint Louis a game? I think I would have answered 470 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.160 before the playoffs. No, I don't think they. I don't think anyone 471 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:43.279 in this field can. I'm ready to have that conversation now because I think 472 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:45.599 Kerry Grove can. I think they can give them a game. Do I 473 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:50.119 think they can beat them? Not so sure about that. But do I 474 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:52.839 think they can make it an interesting game and give East Saint Louis some trouble 475 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:57.319 if they should potentially meet. Yes, I do. Yeah. I mean 476 00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:00.119 we saw this Carry Grove and eat Saint Louis meet and first state championship just 477 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:04.440 a couple of years ago. With Carry Grow pulling off and up set there. 478 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.400 They're really playing well. They were really young, they're still kind of 479 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.079 young. Carry Grow Like, this is not a one year thing for them. 480 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:12.599 I mean, it's never a one year thing for Carry Grove. But 481 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.679 yeah, this is a really good team that played good football down the stretch 482 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:20.559 here on the other side there. So, like I said, East St. 483 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:24.119 Louis a winner over Kanka Kee Washington, Washington playing really well. It's 484 00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:29.000 a team that I kind of flying under the radar, at least for me. 485 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:32.199 Yeah, I've I've been kind of keeping Washington in my thoughts, like 486 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:36.840 the entire year. I go back to, you know, the fact that 487 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.920 their lone loss the season was to Kanka Key back in Week two. They 488 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:44.599 lost that game seven and nothing because they gave up a touchdown and a kickoff 489 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:51.800 return. So obviously a capable defensive team, but you know, a whole 490 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:55.880 different animal this upcoming week. But Washington has proven itself. I believe, 491 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:00.960 you know time and time again this season that they are a pretty strong football 492 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.719 team. The only drawback is you didn't really know how good the Middlin eight 493 00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:08.679 Conference was this year. But Washington has separated themselves from just about everybody in 494 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:15.400 that league and has done a nice job and obviously getting themselves to semifinals, 495 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:20.199 trying to send out veteran coach Darryl Crouch out on the best possible finish as 496 00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:23.599 he can as he's retiring at the end of the year. But now big 497 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:30.400 challenge. In the semifinals. Seven A went pretty much as expected. Glen 498 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:32.920 Bard East was the one interesting thing here. I thought they were up twenty 499 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:36.480 eight to fourteen in the second half and I was like, oh, man, 500 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:38.199 glen Bard, he's playing really well. I did not expect them to 501 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:42.280 win this game. And next thing I did. Next thing I know, 502 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:46.079 I turned back and it's forty five twenty eight. Normal Community thing went sideways 503 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:51.360 on glen Bardi's pretty quickly. Sus Well, that was my original plan on 504 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:53.079 Saturday, was that I was going to try to hit multiple games in the 505 00:35:53.079 --> 00:36:01.559 Elmhurst Wheaton type of area, and I actually put into duty covering the Wheaton 506 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:06.039 Saint Francis game, which was fine, but I was a little bit upset 507 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.559 about it when I saw what was going on at the glen Bard East Normal 508 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:12.679 Community game, because that was going to be my second stop of the day 509 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.599 and I would have gone to see the conclusion of that game to find out 510 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:21.039 what had happened, but I wasn't able to do it. But once again 511 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:24.880 is another thing that kind of confuses me about this Normal Community team. You 512 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:30.440 know, I thought that they would win that game somewhat comfortably and they really 513 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:35.519 had to scrap. That score is not really indicative of how that game went, 514 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.960 so I just kind of wanted to get a look at them. So 515 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:43.079 I still don't really know what we're gonna get when we stick our hand in 516 00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:47.760 the normal community. Back and Down in ad A one of my favorite games 517 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:51.960 of the week, with Barrington mains out Barrington pulling off that win forty two 518 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:55.079 to forty. The Broncos have a nasu so finding ways to fall behind in 519 00:36:55.119 --> 00:37:00.960 games and then come roaring back. Well, we were talking about this a 520 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:05.400 little bit over the weekend about how we had kind of noticed them, and 521 00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:09.519 when we were having our live event out at Barrington in round two, Innaperville 522 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:13.480 Central seemed to be on the verge of taking control of that game, and 523 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:19.719 I watched three quarters of the broadcast that was on TV. I actually didn't 524 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:23.159 program my DVR far enough because it was the game that was taking forever to 525 00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:27.199 get concluded, so I didn't actually see the fourth quarter of that game. 526 00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:32.280 But once again, it looked like Maine South was a play away from maybe 527 00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:37.159 putting it away, and they couldn't just quite get that play, and Barrington 528 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:40.599 made some huge plays in the passing game had a huge night. It just 529 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:44.519 seemed to be making a big play after a big play. You know, 530 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:49.039 got some good special teams play and figured out a way to squeeze out that 531 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.679 victory. But you know, we'll talk about this a little bit later in 532 00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:55.320 the week. I don't think they're gonna have the luxury of digging themselves a 533 00:37:55.320 --> 00:38:00.480 hole this week. So if they try that act again, I don't know 534 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:04.320 if the comeback attack plan will work as well as it has in previous rounds 535 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:07.280 of the playoffs for Barrington. Yeah, Lincoln Way East against Warren just got 536 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:12.119 up early in that one and ran away and hid in it. A matchup 537 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:15.360 against Barrington and then York Edwardsville. That was another fun game where York let 538 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:20.320 it. It just kind of felt like Edwardsville at all times in that game 539 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:24.239 with just nipping at their heels. York ends up getting a stop late in 540 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:28.239 the red zone to pull that one out. Sous. Yeah, that was 541 00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:31.480 another game that was hoping to get a peek at on Saturday afternoon and ultimately 542 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:37.400 did not. I really felt like Edwardsville was in a good place heading into 543 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:39.840 that game. And we've talked about this before too, you know, that 544 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:44.800 long road trip doesn't seem to bother that program. They usually come out and 545 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:49.639 put their best foot forward. But you know, York did a really nice 546 00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:53.760 job of delivering some early punches. I was worried about them heading into this 547 00:38:53.800 --> 00:39:00.599 game, especially considering how easily Edwardsville dispatched Glenbard West in the pre round. 548 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:05.639 Glenbard West handled York when they played in the regular season, kept them in 549 00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:08.840 check, limiting him to one touchdown. So I was thinking of, you 550 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:14.039 know, matchup transitive property on that. You know, in that game, 551 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:16.519 I thought York might be in a little bit of trouble here, but they 552 00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:22.480 did a really nice job of trading trading blows and eventually being able to take 553 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:27.599 control of that game. So, you know, credit to them being able 554 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.119 to keep their you know, their focus and doing the things that they had 555 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:31.639 to do to get that win. All right, everyone, we got to 556 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:35.920 get out of here. Make sure you stick to Friday Night Drive dot Com 557 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.239 all week long. We'll have a lot of coverage heading into the semi finals 558 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:42.000 for you, SUSO. Before we do, you got some final thoughts for 559 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:45.920 us, You know, a for final round, this is usually one of 560 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:51.039 those weeks that's probably my favorite thing to watch and take care of. Just 561 00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:54.000 a lot of interesting games that we have at this stage. So uh, 562 00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:58.239 the quarterfinal round definitely delivered on that. There were there was a lot of 563 00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:01.599 intrigue and a lot of situations where we had to have games come down to 564 00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:06.880 the wire, so you can't beat that, and obviously the results set up 565 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:10.159 some fascinating semifinal matchups. All right, thank you everyone who joined us live 566 00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:14.239 this morning. If you are on YouTube or Facebook, do us a favor 567 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:16.079 and give us a thumbs up. Stick to Friday Night Drive dot com for 568 00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:22.599 all your semi final content. We'll talk to you guys later. Schwiker Ganison 569 00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:25.719 Krizak Rundio proudly sponsors to Friday Night Drive. I'm Mike Krizak. If you've 570 00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:29.719 been injured, we are ready to take on the insurance company and get you 571 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.239 to the end zone. 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