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everyone, Welcome back to Friday Night Drives

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Friday Night Drive Podcast. I am
Kyle Neighbors along with Steve Susie. Here

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it is Thursday, November second.
We are here to break down the second

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round of the high school football playoffs. And I'm trying not to laugh and

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Sush, you were kind of I
could see you smiling. So Sue's pointed

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out anyone who's with us here regularly
and sees the commercial throughout the Live with

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Friday Night Drive experience, we got
a like a a commercial promo in Friday

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Night Drive itself and there's a clip
from I'm not sure what year the state

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championship that was sus but Jeff Reen's
the Wilmington head coach that Susan had put

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it out well kind of caught in
between the victory celebration, throwing the arms

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up in the air. I had
never caught that until you mentioned it.

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And then we're sitting there and I'm
trying not to just laugh as the show

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starts. Here, Sus, you
just broke up or I broke up?

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Someone broke up here, Sousie back
with me, Yeah, I'm back all

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right. I think I broke up
for a second. There. Not a

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great start. Hopefully that will continue
happen you all right, kind of pull

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myself back together here, sus.
How you doing pretty well? You know,

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getting ready for round two here and
excited for that, but still kind

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of looking back and forth on you
know, what happened in week one,

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and we've talked about this before.
It was there was a lot of games

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that went the way we expected them
to go. But that didn't mean the

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round lack for excitement. There were
a lot of interesting games, a lot

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of interesting were absolutely everyone who's joining
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before we bring Michael in, Michael
Rojack in here to start talking about Chicago

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Catholic League and East Suburban Catholic Conference. We got sixty four playoff games this

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weekend, man, but I think
it's only eight on Friday night. You

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doing okay? Yeah, I'm glad
that that number is is more than zero.

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I'll put it that way. But
I'll go on a tangent here pretty

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soon because only having so few on
this Friday means the odds of us having

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any next Friday are starting to run
thin and basically almost eliminating any chance of

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having any on semi final weekends.
So I always get a little agitated when

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we start going full Saturday real quick
in the playoff process. You know,

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we're called Friday Night Drive. I
prefer Friday night games, so I want

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to be able to see as many
games as possible on a given weekend,

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and eliminating Friday Night is an option
so early in the playoff parameters. I

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don't think it's a good thing,
and I actually don't think it's a good

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thing for the participating teams either.
In some regards, Yeah, I'm surprised.

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I get it, particularly for the
schools five A through eight A that

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are going to be playing in state
championships on Saturday. But I'm surprised to

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see so many of those smaller school
teams that do play they title games on

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Fridays moved to Saturday already, and
not just at you know, some of

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our smaller pubs here at Friday Night
Drive dot Com have a lot of eight

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man teams, and even those games, you know, like Polo Millageville out

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in our Soft Valley market, that's
a game that's being played on Saturday.

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So yeah, a lot of a
lot of crews, are a lot of

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teams move into Saturday already. I
was, you know, surprised, but

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also a little you know, with
the the officiating search situation to see so

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many teams go to Saturday so quickly. Well, I actually had someone tell

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me that the ISA is just actually
sent out a message before the playoffs starts

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telling people if you want, if
you want more experience than better crews play

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Friday because they start to run into
conflicts with some of their better crews that

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work college games as well, that
already have commitments. And I think that

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would be an incentive as well for
teams to if they're like, if it

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doesn't really make that much of a
big of a difference and you don't have

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that much of a travel to make, I think that would be a factor

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that I would consider before making that
switch, is that I would I want

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the best crew that I can possibly
get here working this game. So you

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know, I would have thought that
would have been more of a factor than

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it appears to have bad been.
That's a really good point. You know,

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we need officials in the state,
and I'm not trying to rag on

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anyone here. I appreciate anyone who
does sign up and do that job.

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But football's a very, very tall, tough sport to officiate. You definitely

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in the experience and you don't want
playoff game being decided by guys that might

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not have as much experience as some
of these older crews, So definitely understand

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that, but I do want to
go ahead now and bring Michael dwojack In,

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who covers the Chicago Catholic League for
Friday Night Drive dot Com. Michael,

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how you doing? Man? Think
you got? You got yourself on

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mute here? Sorry rookie move.
I forgot that we're back in twenty twenty

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and I don't know how to unmute
myself. It's the rough start for us

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here this morning. I'm freezing up. You're on mute. It's all right.

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How's it going? Man? Good? Good? Obviously Week two of

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the playoffs a lot of good matchups
looking forward to, so it should be

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some good stuff. Yeah, and
want to dive in right away and start

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previewing some of these Catholic League games. One of the more intriguing matchups in

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Class five A this week a one
pm Saturday game between number six Carmel and

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number three Antioch. Carmel going up
to Antioch. What are you thinking about

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this matchup? It's a really interesting
matchup. You know. Antioch is ten

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to zero, Carlo's nine to one. So we're kind of getting a matchup

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that maybe you would see, you
know, in the quarterfinals are the semi

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finals here in the second round.
But Antiocha took care of business like most

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of you know, the area teams
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and Carmel did the same. So
I'm really interested to see how these two

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teams match up. And I'm really
curious to see, you know, Carlo

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has done a really good job of
you know, beating everyone except Mount Carmel

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this season, which not a lot
of teams have done this year other than

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Loyola. But I'm really curious to
see how Carmel, you know, presents

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itself in a game like this against
Antioch. Antioch obviously undefeated and able to

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play against a lot of good teams
and limit a lot of good teams.

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So I'm curious to see, you
know, We've we saw Carmel, you

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know, show glimpses of that against
Mount Carmel, you know, having a

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tight game between the Caravan and them, and ultimately Mount Carmel won that game.

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But can Carmel, you know,
take the next step. They lost

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in the second round last year,
the second Sycamore. Can they take that

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next step under coach McKee and you
know, reach the quarterfinals and then potentially

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maybe even play I think it would
be Nas in the second in the quarterfinals

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if they both win their games.
So this is a really you know,

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I'm really gonna learn a lot about
this program. I think by you know,

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what happens in this game. Obviously
Carmel loses. I don't think that

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means that they're a bad program by
any means, but I think that,

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you know, this is a big
stepping stone for coach McKee and what that

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program wants to build, and this
is a really big moment for them just

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to see whether they can you know, reach the moment. Yeah, so

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this is Antioch is a team that
we've seen in the Class six A postseason

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in recent seasons, dropping down to
five A. Here, what do you

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make of this matchup? Ran You
know, it's it's an interesting challenge for

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Antioch in a lot of ways.
Because you mentioned what it means for Carmel.

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Antioch you know, plays in a
conference that they've typically dominated. They'd

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score a lot of points during the
regular season, but I don't know how

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battle tested it makes them for you
know, stronger competition and whatever classification that

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they end up in. They they've
done this before. They've they've had,

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you know, big high scoring teams
that have gone into the playoffs and then

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run into some struggles and not been
able to advance as deep as you might

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think with a program that has the
kind of in season resume that they seem

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to be putting together. So this
is an interesting, I think, proving

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ground game for both of these programs. Yeah, I agree. So if

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we actually have not posted, by
the way, that'll be going up a

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little later this afternoon. We've started
posting Susi's picks for all second round games.

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One A, two A have gone
up. Three A be going up

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shortly after this podcast ended this live
stream. In five A wild be going

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up later this afternoon. I'm going
to put you on the spot, though,

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sus Soud you got Carmel or Antioch
in this one. I took Carnival

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in this game. I think I
think they're they're better prepped for this particular

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contest. I think Antioch will put
up some points, it will be a

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high scoring game, but in the
end, I think Carnmel has has what

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it means here to get by this
game. In five a on the southern

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part of this bracket. We got
two Catholic leagues that you're really familiar with,

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Suss you saw them both last week
and Juliet And are Juliet Catholic in

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Providence? Michael, You get Juliet
Catholic with a matchup this week, hosting

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a number thirteen Triad. Providence is
on the road at number ten Hillcrest.

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What are you hearing about those two
teams. I think both of those teams,

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you know, are well. Julia
Katholic obviously he's hosting the game and

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Providence has to travel again to Hillcrest. But I think both teams are feeling

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pretty good. Juliet Catholic obviously with
the big forty to sixteen win against Peoria.

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I think Juliet Kathleck, you know, they were a little upset about

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now when the Green title, you
know towards the end when they lost to

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Saint Ignatius in week nine, and
you know they saw you saw, you

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know, how good this team can
be both offensively and defensively. I mean,

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obviously Adrian Washington is a huge wide
receiver for the Crew, and you

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got Dylan Johnson has a big defensive
tackle for the Hilltoppers as well, so

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maybe you know, some frustrations were
taking that against Peoria in the first round,

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but I think, you know,
try it at seven and three they

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beat Muhammad saying More by one point
twenty to nineteen, so kind of pull

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off the upset there. But I
just think Juliet Catholic is you know,

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you can you can say this thing
for every c CLA SEC team, like

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Seu's talked about earlier, they're battle
tested, they played against the best teams

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in the state. They just know
how to win these types of games at

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this point. So I think they're
definitely gonna win against Tryad against for Providence,

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against against Hillcrest, I just think
it's kind of the same thing.

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You know, Providence was able to
sneak away with some big defensive plays against

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more Than to pull off the upset
of the number two seed there, and

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I think you're gonna get the same
thing in that matchup. Maybe not as

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wide of a margin as maybe we'll
see in Juliet Catholic in provid Uh and

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try it, but I do think
that Providence, at least for this week

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another week, is going to be
able to you know, make the right

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plays both defensively and offensively and hang
on to when they came to move on

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to the quarterfinals. Yeah, I'm
taking Juliet Catholic in Providence when this week

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as well, Susan are you?
Are you taking both of those teams?

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I am? You know, this
Joliet Catholic situation kind of reminds me of

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their state championship run of a few
years ago where they went through the South

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bracket in five A and they they
kept running into these teams from southern Illinois

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that just did not quite have the
size to match up with joliett Catholic,

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especially in the trenches. I'm reminded
of Actually, uh, they came across

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Highland during that run. Who is
primary primary player with Sam Laporta that tight

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end for the Detroit line up.
We loseus, I think so, I

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think we lost sus Really kind of
a challenging situation for them in that situation,

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but in Providence. You know,
I don't know how they do it

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at this point, especially after witnessing
the way that they want against Morton,

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But I'm starting to believe now that
they'll just figure it out. I don't

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have rationale for how it's gonna happen, But I do believe that they've somehow

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figured out what works for them and
they'll get just enough to get past this

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particular matchup. Thank you everyone who
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this this morning. You can throw
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We will get to those throughout the
show today. Michael, you know,

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elsewhere in class for a you got
Saint Vider this week with a second round

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matchup against weedon Academy. Saint Vider
shut out Richmond Burden a really nice win

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in that first round. But now
they come home on Friday night and get

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a tough matchup against weedon Academy.
What do you about this one? I

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think this matchup is really interesting and
I'm really interested by the top half of

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the foray. You got Icy Catholic
playing Boiling, and then you got Dixon

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playing Saint Lawrence. So you potentially
have Icy Catholic and Saint Lawrence potentially playing

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against each other in the quarterfinals,
and Bider moving on to the quarterfinals as

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well if all three of those teams
win. But going back to it originally

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as just you know, Viighter has
you know, competed in a lot of

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games they've beaten in a lot of
good teams, and I think that playoff

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performance was kind of what they have
been building for, you know, for

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the past years, honestly, just
with what this program has wanted. You

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got Cooper Kameda now, who's shown
that he's very confident as a quarterback.

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Obviously he won the Bears MVP for
Week nine after throwing anything it was like

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five touchdowns. But he's become you
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the state as a junior. Obviously, he's got the a lot of talent

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in the family with his brother being
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think Viader has kind of shown,
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know, growing pains, they've gone
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know at six and four, yes, ure, maybe they don't look as

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good as maybe they really are.
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at nine to one, has you
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don't think Ween Academy has really played, you know, the type of schedule

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that Saint Viieter has, and I
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a lot of momentum. Yeah,
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team, But this is one of
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that each of the two teams play, may you know, may show the

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differences in the two teams. I
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Biet's schedule, they would have difficulty
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think that's something you really kind of
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into the playoffs. Not to take
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they're a very solid football team,
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things, this is one of those
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out the records in comparison in trying
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Weedon Academy, I'm looking for like
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back to Week two. They beat
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win for a program their size to
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Charles East was one and eighth this
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team. They lost to Chicago Hope, a one A school. There one

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loss on the year with a one
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So yeah, it's really hard to
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you know how Weedon Academy stacks up
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Saint Vider. But it's a difficult
it's a difficult it's a difficult setup.

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you really kind of have to stay
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battle scars that each one of the
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Yeah, absolutely, I want to
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before I do that, I don't
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anything that stick out in any of
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really curious to see, you know, if Saint Lawrence. Saint Lawrence won

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its first playoff game since twenty seventeen, that was a big moment for them.

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Can they they have a host,
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able to top Dixon and whether they
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matchup that should be a lot of
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you know, a fun matchup to
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I mean, Loyola playing Niclo Valley. The Nico Valleys obviously had a

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very successful season, but I think
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that matchup pretty pretty handily. It's
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falling behind three nothing in the first
round of playing Field North really hooked

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up the Ramblers and kind of motivated
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But you know, whatever works for
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long as you win the game.
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think Mount Carlo should control that game
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two top seeds I think are heading
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maybe finally we'll get some good matchups
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head deeper into the playoffs. He
is Michael Dwojack. You can find him

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on ex or Twitter at m Dwojack
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Instagram and threads as well. He
covers the Chicago Catholic League and East Subourban

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Catholic Conference for Friday Night Drive dot
Com. One of those teams, saying

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ignacious Class eight A gets a matchup
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So I'm gonna go ahead and bring
Joe Stevenson to have him join us

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as well now because Joe Stevenson covers
mckenry County for the Northwest Herald and Friday

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Night Drive dot Com. Joe,
how you doing. I'm great. I'm

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great. I get two football games. I get one of those Friday games,

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one of the eight Friday games.
I'm lucky. Yeah, I would

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say only we're not used to only
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just one week into the postseason,
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you still got one on Friday and
Saturday. Yeah, for sure. We're

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used to seeing, you know,
Prairie Ridge and Richmond Burton hanging around for

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a while and some other teams,
and yeah, it does. It does

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kind of feel weird just toft.
It feels bizarre to only having two football

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teams left in McHenry County. But
it got a good one on Friday Night

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between Hontley and Saint Ignatius. Joe, I'll start with you. Hotley Hotly,

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coming off that win against Niles West
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the first half, put it together
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game. How is Huntley feeling with
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I think it feels pretty good,
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the first round. You never know
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Yeah, they really the Red Raiders
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half. Missed a lot of tackles, missed a lot of offensive opportunities.

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In fact, coach Mike Nimola said
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tied fourteen to fourteen because he didn't
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That okay, were we played that
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they really came out and took control
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The defense was much better and the
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year. Just give it to Hayden
Jankie. He's the big two hundred and

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ten pound running back and let's just
ride him. He had thirty two carries

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for one hundred and fifty two yards
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even then, you know they were
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quarter and got a huge block punt. Zach Garriffo came through, blocked the

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punt. It like flew like twenty
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air. It bounces in the end
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they get to win. There probably
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you know, the Red Raiders are
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play a much better first half this
week against the wolf Pack. You can

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follow Joe on Twitter at NWH Underscore
Joe Prep Zone. He also Joe had

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a terrific story up at Friday Night
Drive dot com right now about Braylon Bauer.

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Braylin and the Bauer family lost.
Braylan father, A Lyle Bauer,

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a what how to phrase it much
anyone in Huntley new Lyle Bauer, a

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longtime youth coach, very involved in
Huntley athletics, died unexpectedly. Joe had

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a terrific story about how you know, the family is really kind of rallied

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around football to cope throughout the fall. Terrific piece, Joe. You know

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this matchup for Huntley. We were
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when we were watching Prairie Ridge play
Nazareth, about the potential of Huntley and

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Saint Ignatius playing Michael. This is
you know, Saint Nick Nacius runs the

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triple option offense, and like last
week against Juliet West, that was a

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real advantage. Juliet West certainly had
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going to be the case this week
against Huntley, who has seen it three

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times this year. They've seen it
against Prairie Ridge and Kerry Grove, who

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run it better than anyone in the
state. They also saw it against McK

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henry. Uh. You know,
do you think that can play a factor

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here, you know, kind of
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we definitely will you know, help
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definitely going to be the case.
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there are other things other than the
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I mean, they've got their quarterback, Jack one Zong has really impressed

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me this year with coming out.
He's done a really good job, you

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know, come stepping in as a
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MVP of the Green this year for
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Seening Nations obviously loves to run the
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but you know, he has shown
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and you know, Seeing Nations has
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and I've really been impressed with them. I feel like, you know,

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it could have been really easy after
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finals for the first time, you
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to eight A, you move up
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been a really easy year for them
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good. But you know, we've
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they're stepping up. But I mean
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maybe quadruple teams sometimes this season,
and other guys have stepped up in big

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you have the triple option, you
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deep shots, so you know they'll
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well, they're going to run the
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a five yard pass and then Jack
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pass or a seventy yard pass.
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to start this season, and so
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by I do think that saying agnationis
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the triple option. Then just are
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I don't know if you guys they're
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window right now, never never failed. While we're streaming love but Joe Huntley,

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what are you hearing from them?
How are they preparing for sant Ignatius?

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what what Huntley is going to need

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to do this week is is throw
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last week. Like I said,
they missed some chances in the first half,

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and you know, you know,
you can rely on Hydden janky,

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but you don't want to have to
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offense. And so I think if
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which they've done pretty well this year, they'll have a much better chance.

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and tackle better in the first half. The second half was very good.

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The first half wasn't very good.
And I don't think you want to get

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in a hole, you know,
in a in a big hole in the

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first half, which could happen if
you if you don't, if you don't

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play better defense. Can you guys
hear this just faintly, but he is

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like standing outside my window right now, as if he's doing it on purpose.

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All right, Michael, Before we
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gonna ask Joe some more about Kerry
Grove Highland Park. You got, I

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think left for the Catholic League you
want to tell us about. I think

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it should be a really fun weak
There are a lot of potentially you know,

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we saw how strong the conference was
last week, obviously with only Brother

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Rice losing against the team that wasn't
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I think we should get a lot
of quarterfinal teams, and I think

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it could be a fun week where
we get some teams that were now used

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to seeing in the quarterfinals. He
got arm you got Saint Lawrence, You

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got a lot of good programs,
Invider, I'll have the potential to make

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the quarterfinal rounds, which they haven't
done a little bit. So you know

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you'll have predictably, you'll have your
Loyolos, you'll have your Mount Carmel's,

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your Icy Catholics, probably probably your
Naza's too. But you'll get some programs

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that probably we haven't heard from a
while, and that should create some fun

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stories from week number two to week
number three in the playoffs. All right,

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make sure you follow Michael on Twitter
at m DWO Jack ninety four.

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Talk to you later, Michael.
All Right, have it going, guys.

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This is State Representative Steve Reich,
and I'm happy to sponsor this year's

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Friday Night Drive. There'll be plenty
of time for politics down the road,

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but for now, let's enjoy some
high school football. Whichever school you follow,

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give him your support, all right, Joe, So let's wrap this

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up with you. We got to
match up between Kerry Grove and Highland Park

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here in the second round Class six
s A. I'm gonna be really frank

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like, I think Harry Grove is
a pretty substantial favorite for this game,

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and a part of that is just
the fact of how well Carry Grove played

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against Lake Zerch in the first round. I'm not sorry, not Lake Zerich

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against Libertyville, a different North Suburban
Conference opponent. How well Kerry Grove played

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against Libertyville in that first round.
I was, you know, I expected

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Carry Grove to win the game.
I was shocked to see just how handily

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they rolled in that one though.
Yeah, I was too. Same thing

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here. They came out and just
took control. It was kind of like

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they were they were mad for missing
the playoffs last year for the first time

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in eighteen years, and just kind
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in that first half and really had
it going. And you know,

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Carry Grove's really really kind of hitting
on everything right now. Offensively, Logan

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Abrams the the six three two twenty
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But boy Andrew Prio is just electric
the plays that he makes on offense.

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So in our area, he's eighth
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two yards. That's on sixty carries, eight hundred and fifty two yards and

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sixty carries. The seven guys ahead
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as him. He's just you know, he's just a big play waiting to

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happen. And you know, Peyton
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in the second half, the quarterback
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well. And you know CG always
seems to play really strong defense as well.

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And I really like, I really
like its chances to get through to

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the quarterfinals, which seems to be
like you can pretty much just pencil Carry

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Grove v in every year for the
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right, Yeah, And it was
funny coming into the year. It's kind

406
00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:47.680
of become a thing where it seems
like it's either Prairie Road or Prairie Rig

407
00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:52.240
or Kerry Grove. And I thought, maybe for the first time this year,

408
00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:55.000
with carry our Prairie Ridge being in
five A, we're gonna get both

409
00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.319
at State. Didn't happen to be
the It didn't end up being the case,

410
00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:02.480
obviously, with pr running into NABS
the first round, but we got

411
00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.680
Kerry Grove still sitting here at six
A, so things still working according to

412
00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:10.200
plan, right right, Joe,
Yes, Yeah, you know one other

413
00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.400
thing I want to I want to
hit on before we let you go.

414
00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.559
They're going a Prairie Ridge. Chris
Strapp, longtime coach at Prairie Ridge,

415
00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:18.640
announced he is stepping down here after
the season. What do you think of

416
00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.880
that news? You know, I
was, I was really surprised by that.

417
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.839
I had caught no wind of that, and you know, uh,

418
00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:30.279
Sus even texted me that did you
see this coming? I said, no,

419
00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:34.960
I did not. I found out
late Tuesday night from someone and and

420
00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:41.680
apparently the Fox Finalley coaches had their
meeting Tuesday night, So so the coach

421
00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:48.799
is new. But yeah, you
know, Prairie Ridge just an amazing program.

422
00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:53.319
In his twenty two seasons, there
three losing seasons, one hundred and

423
00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:59.240
eighty seven and sixty four. That's
a seven forty five winning percentage. It's

424
00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:04.359
just crazy how good they have been, how consistent they are. Three state

425
00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:10.599
championships, two other runner up finishes, and you know, it's just a

426
00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:15.000
program that others want to model themselves
after because they're just they're so good.

427
00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:21.480
And you know, really, I
don't think you ever hear anyone say disparaging

428
00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:25.920
words about them that you know,
a first class organization all the way,

429
00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:30.160
A lot to be proud of there. It sounds like Chris Shrimp. You

430
00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:33.599
know, he wants to be an
athletic director. Want he said, I

431
00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:37.680
need a new challenge. I want
a new challenge. And it so happens

432
00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:42.119
that Mark Gilbert at Prairie Ridge is
retiring after this year. So that seems

433
00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:47.119
like a really natural fit that he
could step in and be a d there

434
00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:51.039
at Prairie Ridge. You know,
when I think of Prairie Ridge, I

435
00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:55.960
think of baseball coach Glenn Peccerrero who
was there when it opened, volleyball coach

436
00:28:56.039 --> 00:29:00.160
Stephanie Otto, who I believe was
there has been their only volleyball coach in

437
00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.759
the history. And I think of
Chris Shrimp, who was there five seasons

438
00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:08.839
with Dave Whitson with the football program
and then took it over and has been,

439
00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.759
you know, only their second.
They've only had two football coaches in

440
00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:18.359
twenty seven year history. So,
you know, good for him. I

441
00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:22.799
wish him the best, great guy, great coach, And you know,

442
00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:26.920
it's just I'm happy for him that
that he's, you know, gonna do

443
00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:30.680
what he take on another challenge that
he wants to do. All Right,

444
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:33.279
Joe, you get two football games
this week, and you got any final

445
00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:38.400
thoughts for us before you head out. I'm really intrigued about the Friday night

446
00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:42.599
game. I feel like Carrie Girl's
gonna gonna get through that Saturday game.

447
00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:47.720
I'm interested. I think the Friday
night game could could be a real interesting

448
00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:51.440
game with Huntley and Saint Ignatius looking
forward to that. All right, Joe,

449
00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:55.000
well enjoy two football games this week, and sir, I will all

450
00:29:55.079 --> 00:30:00.240
right talk to you letter. All
right, he is Joe, Steve even

451
00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:03.000
Sin Now it is just sus and
I. We got a little bit time

452
00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.839
left here, sus let's uh,
let's break down some of these classes.

453
00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.839
We'll go back up to one A
here and work our way up. If

454
00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:12.079
you were joining us live, we
will take your questions if you have any

455
00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:15.640
here. I want to throw this
up, Jesse. We need to cook.

456
00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:18.440
Hey, sous In regards to to
a North being a record being seventy

457
00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.880
six and four, says, I
believe three A North in twenty sixteen was

458
00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:26.799
seventy eight and two. You remember
that one, sus. I actually I

459
00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:29.559
saw that comment and while we were
talking there, I looked it up.

460
00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:33.440
I had forgotten all about that.
That's absolutely correct. There were there were

461
00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:37.359
six there were six ten and oh
teams in the in the second round in

462
00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:41.920
that side of the bracket, and
it was. It was definitely one of

463
00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:45.759
those stacked situations because now that I'm
thinking back to it, it was another

464
00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:49.440
one of those times where people were
banging the drum for one of my favorite

465
00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:53.759
songs, let's just go to one
to thirty two in every class so that

466
00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:59.759
doesn't happen, and I would fully
support that, obviously. But yes,

467
00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:03.200
that is correct, that is That's
definitely a nice catch there from Jesse.

468
00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:10.680
Let's see three A North in twenty
sixteen, seventy eight and two. I'm

469
00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:14.119
trying to think the programs that would
have been in there that that season.

470
00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:17.400
That would have been Byron, right, yeap Byron probably would have been in

471
00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:21.920
there, Icy, Catholic, Wilmington, trying to think in the North.

472
00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:26.079
Who else would have been there?
Monacello I believe was good that year.

473
00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.160
I'm trying to remember the other two, but it was. It was.

474
00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:36.559
There were six undefeated teams that were
left there at that point in time.

475
00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:41.359
But yeah, so no, that
was that was I think that's gotta be

476
00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:45.240
the record we were talking about earlier
this week, someone had asked me what

477
00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.240
I thought if I thought that was
a record and I was mistaken, I'm

478
00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:53.519
pretty confident that that actually is the
one. All right, let's go ahead

479
00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:56.759
and dive in here. We now
have not one but two leaf blowers outside

480
00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:01.519
my window right now. Come on, guys, all right, let's let's

481
00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:05.519
go ahead, Susan dive into Class
one A. Where do you want to

482
00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.839
start with this bracket? You know, I think for me, you know,

483
00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:10.880
one A, I think we go
around and around and around about this

484
00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:15.720
all the time, about you know, how big a favorite Lena Winslow is,

485
00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.200
and I still think they very much
are. There are two games that

486
00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:23.240
kind of sparked my interest this week
in the bracket. Hope Academy and or

487
00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:27.920
A Christian is obviously one of them. Uh. You know a lot of

488
00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:30.079
people have been talking about Hope and
their ability to maybe make a deep run

489
00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:34.079
here. Or A Christian the only
team to beat them there in the regular

490
00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:39.480
season, so uh, an interesting
matchup there between two pretty strong programs there.

491
00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.880
And then you go down to the
South and I've talked about them a

492
00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:46.240
lot in this postseason. I'm interested
to see how Al TAF you know,

493
00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:51.160
matches up with a Leroy defense that
has not given up a lot this year

494
00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:55.039
and has a history of kind of
being that gritty type of defensive team in

495
00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:59.079
the playoffs. Uh. You know, if All Talk puts up a bunch

496
00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:02.079
of points this week, then you
start to think about can anybody slow these

497
00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:07.400
guys down, and that that conversation
may actually include lean A Winslow. I'll

498
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.720
throw one more out there in one
A Morrison and Ana onon Butler's Field.

499
00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:13.519
I think that's a good matchup too. I don't expect a lot of points

500
00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:16.039
to be scored in that one.
Yeah, I wouldn't either, you know,

501
00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:21.960
Ana on Weathersfield kind of in a
new conference, but not this year.

502
00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.839
You know, they kind of merged
two conferences together with a lot of

503
00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:30.359
teams that were already playing each other, and they didn't really have a lot

504
00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:34.039
of trouble, you know, kind
of maneuvering things through that league. I

505
00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:45.000
don't know how many strong teams were
ultimately your suits team, especially on the

506
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:49.799
defensive side of the ball. I
think I lost you for a second there.

507
00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.799
Yeah, I'm just saying that.
I that I like Morrison, you

508
00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:57.359
know, in general, I think
I think they're a pretty strong defensive team,

509
00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.680
all right, Going on to last
two a here. I mean,

510
00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:06.240
you could really just throw a dart
out of board here and find an interesting

511
00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:08.280
matchup to talk about. So I'll
just start it at the very top of

512
00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:13.599
the bracket. Seneca going to rock
Ridge, Senaca drawing that number one seed.

513
00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.519
We knew the second round matchups really
didn't matter what seed you drew,

514
00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:20.360
you were gonna be and for a
rough second round matchup here, Sanaka go

515
00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.679
into rock Ridge. That's a long
trip to have to make to begin with,

516
00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:25.400
and then you're facing a rock Ridge
team that I really like. Sus

517
00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:30.440
this might be I mean, it's
on the short list from my favorite game

518
00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.800
to the second round. Yeah,
it's pretty good. You know, when

519
00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:36.719
you when the pairings came out and
we saw that there were gonna be nine

520
00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.920
teams with eight wins or better on
the north side of the bracket, it

521
00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:45.840
created a situation like this where we
were gonna get a top seed having to

522
00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.960
play a really, really good football
team. And that's what's happening here.

523
00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.480
You know, I still think Sena
gonna win this game, but I certainly

524
00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:58.159
think that it might be a situation
where it is undecided in the fourth quarter.

525
00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.440
I don't think Seneca is going to
be able to put up the points

526
00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:07.599
that they've been putting up on a
regular basis against the Rockberds defense. Anything

527
00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.599
else in the north side of the
bracket, you know, you know,

528
00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:14.480
I look down there in that Wilmington
Try Valley game is really intriguing to me.

529
00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:17.079
It's just it's the third time in
three seasons that these two programs have

530
00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:22.320
met in the postseason. They split
the two previous matchups. It'll be interesting

531
00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:25.239
to see Wilmington having to actually go
to Try Valley this time because, as

532
00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:30.159
you and I both know, Wilmington
is an interesting playing environment for a guest,

533
00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:34.159
So Wilmington has to hit the road
for this one. The two previous

534
00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:38.360
encounters were at Wilmington, so that
game, in my mind, is about

535
00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:43.719
as even on paper as you can
get. So I think it could go

536
00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:46.320
any which way. I don't once
again, I think this is another game

537
00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:50.199
where we're not going to see a
ton of points score. I was really

538
00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:52.840
excited when I looked at your predictions
and your breakdown for Class two A this

539
00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:59.719
morning, sus and saw number eight
Nashville a winner in your predictions over number

540
00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:04.199
six Quincy Notre Dame. I love
to have you on board man. Well,

541
00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:07.760
at this point it becomes almost silly
to bet against them out of the

542
00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:13.280
South bracket, especially when they when
they're in this two a draw. They've

543
00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:16.480
They've done it time and time again
with a you know, a lower seed.

544
00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:20.960
They continue to surprise people, and
in this situation they're a much higher

545
00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:23.199
seed in the second round here against
the Quincin under d eighty team, which

546
00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:27.840
I think is an okay football team, but I think they also caught a

547
00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:30.280
little bit of a break there in
the first round, you know, with

548
00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:35.679
that one seed being a nine to
oz team from a smaller conference and maybe

549
00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:38.519
not quite as battle tested. So
uh, there are certain teams that have

550
00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:43.679
a really hard time now pulling the
trigger against in the postseason. Nashville will

551
00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:46.679
be one of those teams. Adam
Anderson appreciate the question here for two a

552
00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:51.840
South bracket doesn't matter day. Uh, modern day have the best chance for

553
00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:54.440
a lower seed to win in two
Aso's what do you think there? Yeah,

554
00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:59.199
I think he's right. You know, I like Justice City. But

555
00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:02.159
once again, the Black Diamond is
a conference that you know, usually has

556
00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:07.480
a team or two with a pretty
strong record, strong point differential in their

557
00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:14.199
benefits but they really, you know, they kind of maybe struggle against programs

558
00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:16.840
with a little bit more pedigree and
a little bit more of a rigorous schedule,

559
00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:21.559
and that certainly can be something that
would be accounted for with Breeze Modern

560
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:24.719
Day. So yeah, if I
had to pick an underseive to win this

561
00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:28.960
week and make a list, I
think I would put Breeze moder Day at

562
00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:31.440
the top of that list. Seeing
the nice little promo here for staying the

563
00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:35.280
game, make sure you sign up
for the Friday Night Drive newsletter that I'll

564
00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:38.480
get you the latest news directly to
your inbox every morning. Uh, Class

565
00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:42.559
three A. Let's go ahead and
move over to their suites where you want

566
00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:46.239
to start. You know, I
look at the actually the South bracket is

567
00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:51.960
kind of the most confusing part of
this bracket to me, just looking at

568
00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.960
some of those games down there that
do coin loan to loan. Unity game

569
00:37:55.480 --> 00:38:01.320
is really interesting. To Unity,
another program that just seems to get it

570
00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:06.920
done in the postseason, impressive opening
round win over Williamsville, kind of ran

571
00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:09.440
away in that game, and to
Cooin, I just can't get a great

572
00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:14.360
read on. You know, they
come from the southern Illinois River at a

573
00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:19.199
River Conference. They played well in
that league all year long, but it

574
00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:22.639
seems like I don't know, I
just I don't get a strong, strong

575
00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:27.559
read from them as the one seed
in that situation. So you know,

576
00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:30.360
that's where that comes from, really
like Mount Carmel and where they're at.

577
00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:37.119
But the one that is so interesting
to me down at the bottom is Rock

578
00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:42.320
Sanna and Saint Joe Ogden. Ro
Sanna undefeated kind of kind of came out

579
00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:45.519
of nowhere. To be completely honest
with you in regards to their success.

580
00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:50.639
They just keep stacking up a whole
bunch of points, playing a pedigree program.

581
00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:53.519
And Saint Joe Ogden here in this
round, I think this is the

582
00:38:53.559 --> 00:39:12.320
game where Roxanna shows. If it's
in the conversation, I think we lost

583
00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:14.320
you just for a second there.
We got most of it though, is

584
00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:17.480
I'm gonna throw up this question from
Diana Ward. Diana says, who has

585
00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:22.280
the best chance to beat Byron in
Class three A? Boy, I don't

586
00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:24.920
know if I have a great answer
to that. I would say Montini would

587
00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:30.920
probably be my choice of the teams
in the remaining in the three A draw,

588
00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:36.719
but I think just about anybody who
plays them right now, it enters

589
00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:39.400
the game as an underdog, and
in most cases is a substantial underdog.

590
00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:45.000
I'm hoping to go get a look
at at Byron on Saturday afternoon if that

591
00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:47.000
works out for me. I really
want to see how this is getting done.

592
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:52.079
I saw their stats this week.
They got sent to me there.

593
00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:58.039
It's actually an insult to video game
stats like that's they're crazy. I mean,

594
00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.519
they're absolutely nuts. The one that
really jumps off the page. They've

595
00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:07.719
scored eighty rushing touchdowns in ten games. Eighty They're averaging eight rushing touchdowns a

596
00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:13.639
game. Kyle, that's crazy town. That is absolutely silly. Eighty rushing

597
00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:16.719
touchdowns in ten games. And by
the way, I want don't go ahead

598
00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:22.360
and make sure to promote right now. You know you're gonna go overwatch Byron

599
00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:25.039
on Saturday afternoon, but Saturday night
you'll be joining me and Jake Barleston and

600
00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:29.840
Barrington. We're gonna do Live with
Friday Night Drive on location. This is

601
00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:32.800
gonna be a pregame show from six
to seven pm, breaking down everything that

602
00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:37.440
happened in the second round. We're
gonna be live from Barrington High School before

603
00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:43.639
Barrington takes on Naperville's Central full coverage
coming your way on Saturday evening from six

604
00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.360
to seven pm. Suits. But
for now, let's go ahead and keep

605
00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.800
moving through this year to Class four
A. Where you want to start in

606
00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:52.719
four A, you know, you
look at four A. And then we

607
00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:57.360
talked a little bit about Michael with
Michael before about the Catholic League representation on

608
00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.039
the north side of the bracket.
Yeah, I think there's a potential there

609
00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:05.320
for you know, all three of
those teams to win their games. I

610
00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:08.760
don't think any of them are slam
dunk wins, but I think there's a

611
00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:14.199
potential for it to be a setup
for all three of those to move along

612
00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.199
just the way it kind of lines
up. And really interesting story up there

613
00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:22.800
with Sandwich on the top of the
bracket. Obviously, we've talked about this

614
00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:27.880
a lot before no varsity football last
year, and I think it is a

615
00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:32.840
very strong likelihood that they will be
in the quarterfinal round next weekend, which

616
00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:39.320
is a remarkable story just within its
situation. So just crazy there. And

617
00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:44.360
then you know on the south,
you know, I think it's it might

618
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:46.400
end up being business as usual for
you know, the teams that we kind

619
00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:52.280
of expect to win down there,
especially Rochester. Yeah, I think Murphy's

620
00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:54.960
Brown brief central our favorites in that
game, the one that I mean,

621
00:41:55.039 --> 00:42:00.440
Peorio Notre Dame we've talked about with
their kind of eclectic schedule. Do you

622
00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:05.000
have them as a favorite over Harrisburg? I do, but a small favorite.

623
00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:07.760
You know. I'm kind of basing
this on the fact that I actually

624
00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:13.280
watched one Harrisburg game this year on
a Saturday night when there were no other

625
00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:16.239
games to watch, and they kind
of got walloped by a team that didn't

626
00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:21.880
even make the playoffs. So I
don't know. Maybe they're just one of

627
00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:23.800
these teams that's kind of streaky.
I talked to one of my friends about

628
00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:28.800
them down there. They're fast and
athletic, but I think Peoria Notre Dame's

629
00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.280
battle testing schedule kind of gives them
a little bit of an edge there.

630
00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:34.960
All right, Class five A,
we got a question here. I'm going

631
00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.960
to start that to put that up
there, to start us up in five

632
00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:40.559
A, Adams said, are we
headed towards a Saint Francis Nazard rematch in

633
00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:44.079
the semi finals? In five A
North? What do you think, sus

634
00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:49.559
You know, I don't like to
look that far ahead. I think that's

635
00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:53.079
definitely a possibility, but I think
there are quite a few teams in there

636
00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:58.880
that are going to at least have
something to say about that gets recreated,

637
00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:05.119
So you know, I think maybe
Carmel is a potential problem for Nazareth in

638
00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:07.920
the next round should it line up
that way. And honestly, I think

639
00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:13.599
either one of those teams that wins, potentially of Saint Francis wins this week,

640
00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:19.599
that they would meet in the next
round could be problematic. But if

641
00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:22.079
you're saying, who do I think
the favorites are to get to that semifinal,

642
00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:25.199
I would agree with you that they
are, but I don't think they're

643
00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:29.679
heavy favorites. I don't think they're
slam dunk favorites by any stretch of the

644
00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:32.880
imagination. I completely agree I expect
Saint Francis to win next week. The

645
00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:38.320
most intriguing matchup in Class five A
wherever you look at in this bracket to

646
00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:43.280
me bracket in the second round,
though, is Sycamore Chicago Morgan Park.

647
00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:45.800
Sycamore is a team that's been to
the state semi finals and back to back

648
00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:50.559
season Chicago Morgan Park. This is
not your typical CPL teams. This is

649
00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:53.519
a team that up and down the
lines. It's a good football team.

650
00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:58.119
I expect this to be a really
good game. Yeah, you know,

651
00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:04.519
times down Griffin Morgan cop player committed
to Illinois, A very talented guy.

652
00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:07.480
Kind of Morgan Park kind of uses
him wherever they need him. He can

653
00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:10.320
do a lot of different things for
them, But by far is he not

654
00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:14.920
the only weapon that they have.
So you know, like you said,

655
00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:17.960
anybody who's looking at this and seeing
that public league line on there, this

656
00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:29.920
was the team that if you would
have asked, said morgan Park without hesitation,

657
00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:35.320
Jim says, can anyone stop Morris
in the five A South bracket?

658
00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:40.199
SEUs, what do you think?
You know, I think potentially you'd have

659
00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:46.039
an interesting game that is potentially lining
up in the quarterfinals next week with Morris

660
00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:52.239
and Joliet Catholic. But I like
Morris a lot, and I feel like

661
00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:58.880
they are the best team in the
South part of this bracket. I don't

662
00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.719
think it would be any you know, it would be a walk for them

663
00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:05.559
against Jolie Cathock. I would have
them favored to win that game. And

664
00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:08.719
then that bottom half of that bracket, it's just kind of who survives down

665
00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:14.519
there, that would be a potential
semi final matchup. So I think Morris

666
00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:17.119
is kind of kind of a strong
favorite to come out of that South bracket

667
00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:22.400
alive. Yeah, I agree.
I think Julia Katholick could give Morris trouble.

668
00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:25.400
I just love how balance this Morris
team is this year. This is

669
00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:28.519
not a run heavy team. They
can beat you through the air and they

670
00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:30.440
can score quickly. I think that's
gonna be a tough out in that five

671
00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:35.920
ay South bracket. All right,
six A suits. One of the more

672
00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:39.960
you know, I think bandied about
around the Friday Night Drive offices this week

673
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:44.159
in terms of which way we were
going for our pick. Is that top

674
00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:47.079
game here in the North bracket,
Lake Zurich against Cainlan. You know,

675
00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:52.199
breaking this down quickly here, you
know, you might say one versus nine,

676
00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:54.320
Well, why is that so close? But like Lake zerch struggles in

677
00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:57.960
the first round against Crystal Lake Central
kind of gave us some questions. But

678
00:45:57.960 --> 00:46:01.760
then you look at Kaitlan three losses
on the year, all incredibly close against

679
00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:05.519
very good teams, including Sycamore and
Morris. Right off the top of my

680
00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:07.519
hand, I can't remember who the
third loss was for Caitlin. That was

681
00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:15.440
another really close loss, but playing
really well. It was Washington, Washington,

682
00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:19.039
thank you there it is Washington.
Uh. This this to me does

683
00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:22.800
feel like a coin flip game.
Yeah, I can see that. But

684
00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:27.239
I mean, if you're gonna play
that game of you know who they lost

685
00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:31.199
to and how close those games were. Lake Zerk lost one game and it

686
00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:37.079
was by four points to Warren,
So I mean that's you know, I

687
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.880
agree with you. I think this
is a very close game on paper,

688
00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:43.440
would not be surprised to see Caitlin
win the football game. But I think

689
00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:46.559
people are being a little bit too
dismissive of the fact that lake Zurich has

690
00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:52.360
beaten some good football teams this year
from higher classifications as well. And their

691
00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:55.440
only miss step this year, and
it was barely a misstep, that was

692
00:46:55.440 --> 00:47:00.320
a very close game that lake Zurich
actually led late in the game was against

693
00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:04.559
a Warrant team that's still alive in
the eight A playoffs and considered to be

694
00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:08.559
a very strong contender for to do
some damage there. So full, full,

695
00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:12.639
full disclosure, I'm taking lake Zurch
in this game. I was playing

696
00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.280
Devil's advocate a little bit there because
I know you're on the same side as

697
00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:16.480
this ledger as I am. I
think, well I should. Yeah,

698
00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:20.960
but it wasn't any It wasn't an
easy pick. I want to make that

699
00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:22.920
clear. I didn't. I didn't
just go Okay, leke Zerich and move

700
00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:27.599
on. I thought about it for
a while and took all those things into

701
00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.280
wait. But uh and once again
would not surprise me at all if Cameland

702
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:34.000
won the game. But if I
had to pick a favorite, I'd picked

703
00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:37.360
lake Zuric. And it's a very
slight one. Yeah, leke Zerk's body

704
00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:39.159
of work. The fact that also
they're coming down from seven A where they

705
00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:45.639
were a semi finalist last year.
It's a good program. Yeah, I

706
00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:47.119
gotta I gotta side with leg Zerich
here in this one. But as you

707
00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:51.320
were saying, I think Caylen can
win this game, Like I said,

708
00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:54.000
it's close to Clint Flord. I
really do like the way Caitlin is playing

709
00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:58.440
right now. What else in six
A is standing out to you this week?

710
00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:01.280
You know? I think this is
one of those situations when you look

711
00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:05.920
kind of, you know, dig
into the bracket the game. I guess

712
00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:08.800
that I'm most confused about is that
Glenwood Richards game on the bottom of the

713
00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:15.119
bracket. Glenwood's kind of had some
strong results and then some not so strong

714
00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:21.559
results, and Richards after losing those
first two games in the season to I

715
00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:24.679
believe with Saint Rita and Libertyville,
this young group has just really went on

716
00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:30.199
a tear and you know, just
they've won every game since. You know,

717
00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:32.239
when we were talking to Anthony Sheen
on one of our Friday Night Live

718
00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:36.239
episodes, it was like we just
kind of had to learn what we were,

719
00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:39.960
what we really were, and they
clearly have. So I think that's

720
00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:44.119
an interesting team to kind of keep
an eye on. But as this field

721
00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:50.400
gets more difficult, I think we're
gonna see quarterfinal matchups in this class after

722
00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:52.519
we get through this round, where
every single one of them you're gonna go,

723
00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:57.159
oh boy, that looks like an
interesting game. So that's what I'm

724
00:48:57.199 --> 00:49:00.159
kind of really looking forward to,
is seeing how this all sorts out and

725
00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:05.519
then gets us those quarter final matchups. My wrong for thinking that Creaemony is

726
00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:08.760
gonna surprise some people on Saturday.
I just it's playoff football. It's creem

727
00:49:08.760 --> 00:49:12.320
MONIQ going to Washington. This is
a tough matchup. I get it.

728
00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:16.320
H you know, the big loss
to Kanga Key in week nine give me

729
00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:21.679
a little bit of pause. But
I don't I just I don't know,

730
00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:24.519
maybe it's just past precedent. I
just think that the Warriors on Saturday are

731
00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:29.920
going to find themselves in this game
late. Well maybe maybe this is me

732
00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:36.000
over simplifying things here, but when
I look at Creemony UH and Washington,

733
00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:50.239
UH, they have a common opponent. So you go back to the second

734
00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:54.199
So, you know, kanka Key
like like a you know, I think

735
00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:58.880
we buzzed out there for a second. But kank Key's only points, uh,

736
00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:00.880
only points that they scored in that
seven to nothing victory was on a

737
00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:07.480
kickoff return. So and then kanky
Key just hammered and create forty two to

738
00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:09.519
nothing. So you know, when
I kind of look at that, I

739
00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:14.760
look at what Washington might be capable
of doing defensively, is keeping Creed in

740
00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:20.400
check? And so I actually think
Washington's probably a pretty substantial favorite. Miskin

741
00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:23.920
just got here late. Whether on
the ghostays, I'll rewatch. Thanks for

742
00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:27.400
your analysis, guys, I appreciate
it. Thank you Whether on the Go

743
00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:31.920
for joining us throughout the season.
Really appreciate that Alex has thoughts wrong one

744
00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:36.360
there thoughts on Eisenhower. What could
give the case a problem? What do

745
00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:39.360
you think, Zeus? Well,
I mean, Eisenhower is an interesting team.

746
00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:45.039
They have some athletes, particularly Andre
Lovett, a guy who's going to

747
00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:47.199
end up in a major Division I
school. I don't believe he's committed yet,

748
00:50:49.480 --> 00:50:53.039
but you know, Kanka Key's just
got people all over the field.

749
00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:58.800
They're they're they're deep, especially on
the defensive side of the ball. I

750
00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:04.639
really think Eisenhower, who just scored
forty plus points in their overtime thrilling win

751
00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:07.280
over Done Lap in the opening round, I really think they're gonna have a

752
00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:09.519
lot of trouble scoring points at that
level in this game. I think they'll

753
00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:13.920
be fortunate to get, you know, maybe a couple of touchdowns against this

754
00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:17.800
defense, which now has given up
the fewest points in the state through ten

755
00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:22.119
games. So this is a game
where I think if Kee just kind of

756
00:51:22.639 --> 00:51:25.480
hold serve and do what does what
they usually do, they should be moving

757
00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:30.760
on into the quarterfinals. All right, Class seven A, sus what stands

758
00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:34.320
out here? Well, I guess
when I look at some of these games,

759
00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:38.360
they feature matchups with schools that maybe
I didn't expect to be here at

760
00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:43.880
the beginning of the season. You
know, I look at but the game

761
00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:46.599
that I think is the most interesting
from a competitive balance for me, I

762
00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:51.760
really like that Downers Grove Northhursty game. I think that has the potential to

763
00:51:51.800 --> 00:51:54.920
be a very very interesting game.
I hate to keep using the phrase coin

764
00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:58.760
flip, but like I really kind
of felt that when I was going through

765
00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:01.280
that, and I like see a
lot. I just like the way Downers

766
00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:07.199
Grove North is going about their business
right now. Last week just kind of

767
00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:09.960
you know, I was concerned about
their ability to match up with ken Wood

768
00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:13.159
in the first round, and they
didn't seem to have any problems with it

769
00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:16.280
at all. They they dispatched them
pretty quickly. And and I've seen that

770
00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:21.400
ken Wood team that that is a
challenge there. There's a lot of challenging

771
00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:23.360
things that they had to deal with
with the Broncos, and they did a

772
00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:27.760
really really nice job with it.
And Hersey, I don't want to say

773
00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:31.079
they sputtered, but they kind of
struggled to get away from, uh,

774
00:52:31.119 --> 00:52:36.119
you know, their own for their
opening round wins. So you know,

775
00:52:36.199 --> 00:52:39.519
maybe maybe a convergence of one team
playing its best right now and one team

776
00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:43.599
maybe not quite at the level that
they would want to be at this point.

777
00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:47.159
So maybe I'm overreading that situation.
But in just matchup in general,

778
00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:51.199
that's the game I'm most interested in. I need to reach out to Max

779
00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:54.239
Shuckman down in Quincy because I need
to read on this Quincy team. You

780
00:52:54.280 --> 00:53:01.280
got anything for me against Whedon north
Well, really really talented quarterback wide receiver

781
00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:07.760
combination. Braydon Little Coach's son.
He's a junior, has put up huge

782
00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:12.599
passing numbers this year, did the
same thing last year as a sophomore.

783
00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:17.920
It's a good team. It's one
of those teams that like they got to

784
00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:22.800
hope that the weather kind of holds
up for him, because you know how

785
00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:24.599
I like to try to say that, you know, sometimes playoff built teams

786
00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:30.039
when we get deep into November,
you like to have that strong running game

787
00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:32.039
and that strong defense. Well,
Quincy kind of goes the other way.

788
00:53:32.159 --> 00:53:37.199
They have. They were heavily reliant
on throwing the football. So it's definitely

789
00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:42.679
they have a good defense, but
it's one of those things where you know,

790
00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:45.840
they really are reliant on being able
to move the ball through the year.

791
00:53:45.960 --> 00:53:50.880
All right, one class left to
go here Class eight A. We'll

792
00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:54.000
start with that Barrington and Naperville Central
matchup again. You'll get a special edition

793
00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:59.599
of Live with Friday Night Drive six
to seven pm on Saturday evening, will

794
00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:04.480
be broad casting live free game from
that matchup. Suis Barrington Naperville Central?

795
00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:07.719
What you got there? You know, Barrington, When I saw them in

796
00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:09.599
the middle of the year, I
think, I maybe I don't want to

797
00:54:09.599 --> 00:54:13.880
say I saw them at their worst, but they they just seem to be

798
00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:17.280
kind of like grinding out wins.
And I mean they ended up winning in

799
00:54:17.320 --> 00:54:20.920
the you know, clinching a win
in a last minute against a team that

800
00:54:20.960 --> 00:54:23.360
it didn't even make the playoffs.
So I was kind of wondering about them

801
00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:27.840
when I walked away from that.
But ever since, it's almost like they

802
00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:31.480
were offended by my take. It
was. You know, they beat Palatine

803
00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:37.519
pretty comfortably in that showdown game late
in the regular season and has really been

804
00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:43.320
roaring through the through this you know
game situations as it stands, so a

805
00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:46.280
pretty nice setup for them heading into
this game. Naperville Central. I think

806
00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:51.239
it's just a very solid football team. They had a little bit of a

807
00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:53.639
hiccup in the last week of the
regular season with that lost an equal Valley,

808
00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:58.119
but you know, kind of just
figured out what they needed to do

809
00:54:59.039 --> 00:55:01.719
to get to this point point.
So I think two very solid football teams

810
00:55:01.760 --> 00:55:13.679
going to load. Adam says the
best matchup on paper might be Edwardsville Glenbard

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West. Adam, That's exactly where
I was going next here. I do

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think this is a really good matchup
between Edwardsville and Glenbard Wests. Yeah,

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Glenbard West is the kind of team
that you know, overcame some serious issues

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early in the year with some injuries, they lost Julius Ellens. It was

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just kind of a team that you
didn't know if they were going to be

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able to gel together. But now
they kind of look like old school Glenbard

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West playing a really really good defense, doing enough on offense to keep people

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at day. And then when it
comes down to it, Edwardsville on the

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other side, you know kind of, you know, quietly going about their

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business, was floating between seven A
and eight A. Where would they end

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up in the postseason. Edwardsville is
you know, really fast, really capable

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of making some plays. You know, I think it really will come down

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to a couple of plays in this
one that will make the difference. All

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right, everyone, we got to
get out of here. Uh, sus

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you got any final thoughts for us? So you know, I think it

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has the potential to be an actually
a really really fun second round there.

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It seems like in every class we've
got three or four five games that I

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am really intrigued with and could see
either of the two teams winning the game.

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And that's always what you like to
see, all right. He is

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Steve Sussie. You can follow him
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myself on Twitter at Kyle Nighbors and
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in a high school football. Stick
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coverage for you at Friday Night Drive
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on Monday morning to break down the
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