WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:05.360 One. Pull over, buddy, and welcome to the Friday Night 2 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:09.080 Drive West Suburban Podcast. This is Josh Welge. I'm here 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:12.599 with Joel Bennett's and Joel. We made it through week one, 4 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:16.640 a very exciting week one across Illinois, across the western suburbs. 5 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:19.280 A lot of great football that we were able to see, 6 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.719 that we're able to hear about, that we were able 7 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:23.600 to read about, and hopefully the people out there were 8 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:25.600 able to read about. Thank you for your support. 9 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:26.839 Joel. 10 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:30.359 How was it for you your first experience of Illinois 11 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:31.280 high school football? 12 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:34.679 Yeah, I mean, what a wild week of high school 13 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:39.320 football all around. You saw a lot of different games hactening, 14 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:42.520 you know, you saw some with some explosive defensive or 15 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:47.679 explosive offenses. You had defensive showdowns, and then you have 16 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:52.719 games there decided within the final drive. I mean, absolutely 17 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.679 insane first week of high school football here in Illinois. 18 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:00.039 Yeah, it really was. It was really, really fun, and 19 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:02.399 it's one of those that boy, you just wait forever. 20 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:04.159 It's kind of like Christmas. You just can't wait for 21 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:05.840 it to get here, and then it's finally there and 22 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.879 it lives up to your expectations. So it was a 23 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:10.519 great week, But the best part about it is we're 24 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:16.359 just getting started as we tape here on Tuesday afternoon. Again, 25 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:19.560 thank you everyone for joining us. You know, if you're 26 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:24.079 just joining us, we have on Tuesday our Friday Night 27 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:29.040 Drive updated power rankings just dropped this morning. Spoiler alert, 28 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:31.680 there's a new number one, and there's a few teams 29 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:34.120 that have joined the top twenty five that are from 30 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.040 the Western suburbs. So take a look at that. You 31 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.519 can look at Steve Susci's you know, kind of what 32 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:43.159 we learned from week one. On Wednesdays, Steve will be 33 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:47.040 dropping his next playoff projections. They'll be coming every week, 34 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.079 so definitely take a look at that. We also have 35 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:53.799 notebooks and features for pretty much every market in our 36 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:56.159 on our show footprint, all the way from the Western 37 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:00.920 Suburbs to the Mississippi Rivers, so so definitely check it out. Joel, 38 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.959 Like we said, a lot of great games last weekend. 39 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.079 I'm gonna started the game that I was at on 40 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:09.159 Saturday and kind of work our way back. Batavia at 41 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:12.919 Glenbard West. That's a matchup that it's funny. I wondered, 42 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.400 I was kind of wondering, you know, had those programs 43 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.560 ever played each other. Because they're two of the best 44 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:20.639 programs in the western suburbs. You can maybe make a 45 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:22.960 case that they are the two best programs in the 46 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.960 western suburb And I talked to Glenbard West coach Taed Hetlett, 47 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:28.479 and he said they've never played each other, at least 48 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.439 as long as he and Dennis Piron, the Batavia coach, 49 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:33.599 have been there. And between the two of them, we're 50 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.360 talking about it combined about thirty years on the sidelines 51 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.759 at those schools. So he's and coach he Lett said, 52 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:42.800 you know, we always wanted to play each other before 53 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:44.840 we were and the way he worded it as we 54 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.439 get closer to retirement, and I don't think of those 55 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.680 guys as anywhere near retirement. But anyway, it was good 56 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.680 to see them get together and a good game. It 57 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.120 was a game that Batavia they led the whole way. 58 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.159 They felt like they were in control, but they never 59 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:01.560 were able to really kind of put away Glenbard West 60 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:04.759 until the final minutes. They finally come out with a 61 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.439 thirty five to twenty eight win. And really the story 62 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.240 for Batavia is, I mean, we talked about before they graduated, 63 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.439 some significant pieces of their offense with Ryan bow their quarterback, 64 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.879 you know, receiver. They just lost a lot of talent. 65 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.800 Batavia has been a team offensively that in the past, 66 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.840 they've really like to spread the wealth and different guys 67 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.439 get the ball and kind of move it around in 68 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:26.719 the pass and they run. And they were not that 69 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.520 on last Saturday. They they were like, we're gonna give 70 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:33.479 the ball to Nathan Whitwell over and over and over again. 71 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:35.719 He had thirty five carries and I looked it up. 72 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.599 I think he had seventy nine carries all of last year. 73 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:43.000 So a very busy young man. But coach Pieran said that, 74 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.319 you know he's a guy that he is, you know 75 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.759 he's he's he's the most fit guy in the program, 76 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.319 the most fit guy in the school. He runs track 77 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.599 and they told him, they're like, Nathan, you're going to 78 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:54.240 get the ball a lot. 79 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:54.879 And he did. 80 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.000 Thirty five carries is quite a bit. In the first half, 81 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:01.520 he had twenty carries. They had only had four position 82 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.080 players touched the ball in the first half, and that's 83 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:08.759 including their quarterback Body Anderson, so they really rode Nathan 84 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.439 Whitwell and he had three touchdowns. He had a fifty 85 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:14.240 two yard touchdown right off the bat kind of showing 86 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.560 that track speed right off the back, kind of beating 87 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:20.000 guys down the left sideline. And then you know, finally 88 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:22.959 at the end, Batavia's defense, you know, really rose to 89 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:26.040 the challenge because Glenbard West, they pulled within a touchdown 90 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.240 late in the third quarter, Glenbard West had two opportunities 91 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:32.319 for a tying score. They got the ball twice on 92 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:36.279 Batavia side of the field. Batavia's defense, you know, stood 93 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:39.920 both times, turning away Glenbard West for a very good 94 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:44.040 win on the Glenbard West side. Tay On Oriental, they're 95 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.920 very fine senior running back. He had a couple of 96 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.120 touchdowns rushing. He had an eighty seven yard punt return 97 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:53.319 for a touchdown. But really key for Glenbard West. He 98 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.519 actually got hurt the second to last drive. He was 99 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:57.680 dropped for a sack. You know, they kind of threw 100 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.279 him in a wildcat at quarterback, which they've before. He 101 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.199 got her on the second last drive, and I talked 102 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.439 him after the game. Sounded like he had a hand injury, 103 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:08.120 hand injury possibly maybe a little bit of a break 104 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.160 and he was going to the hospital. So that's something 105 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.839 to keep an eye on. He's a very very important 106 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.839 cog for what Glenbard West wants to do going forward. 107 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.240 So obviously it was a great game and a very 108 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:22.079 good win for Batavia. Yeah, definitely. 109 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.160 I mean, obviously the big question was what was the 110 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:28.560 offense going to look like without Ryan Bow? And obviously 111 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.720 Nathan whitbow Day provides for the offense last year. I 112 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:34.399 think he had nine touchdowns for them on the ground 113 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.639 last year, and he was overshadowed by you know, Charles 114 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.079 well Play, who was, you know, the mean star of 115 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.240 that offense besides Ryan Bow. But I mean he perfectly 116 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:47.800 showed what he was capable of doing during that first game, 117 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.360 especially against a team like Glenbard West. I wouldn't be 118 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:53.519 surprised if they continue to run it with Whitwell in 119 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.720 the coming weeks, especially with Body Anderson still trying to 120 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:00.439 get used to the system and being still you know, 121 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:02.879 being used to the starting quarterback role. But I also 122 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:05.600 wouldn't be surprised if they start to work Body Anderson 123 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:09.199 in a little bit more into the action. 124 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:11.079 Yeah, there's no doubt. I mean I think that they 125 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:13.720 a lot of throws that Body Anderson threw was kind 126 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.120 of like those wide receiver screens, short passes to Isaiah 127 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.399 Brown and players like that. I think as the season 128 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.240 goes on, you're going to see them open up a 129 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:23.519 little bit more, a little bit more, and then by 130 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:25.199 the end of the year, I mean, I think Nathan 131 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:26.639 Willon's gonna be a huge part of what they do 132 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:28.240 all year long. But I think by the end of 133 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:29.480 the year are going to see a little bit more 134 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:31.959 typical Batavia where they're opening up. They just do a 135 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:35.839 really smart job of utilizing the talent at their disposal 136 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.000 and how they utilize I've always liked the way they 137 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.720 do that on the offensive side, not to take away 138 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.199 from defense. They always have a great defense as well. 139 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:48.240 So a very good win for Batavia. They're they're kind 140 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:51.399 of neighboring rival, Geneva also open with a with a 141 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.040 kind of a resounding win. They weren't obviously weren't challenged 142 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.720 to the same level Batavia was. But you were there 143 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:58.040 on Friday, what do you see from Geneva? 144 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:01.600 And I saw the longest first quarter that I have 145 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:05.560 ever seen. I think it took fifty five minutes for 146 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.079 that first quarter to end. But rightfully so, I mean, 147 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:12.600 there was so much that happened, and it was such 148 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:16.959 little plays that happened, But Geneva only ran nine offensive 149 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:21.040 plays with their first team and by the end of 150 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:22.759 it they were on forty two nothing. I mean, it 151 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:26.879 was pretty crazy to see overall. I mean, you know, 152 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:31.040 big question was how is Tony Chikino gonna deal with 153 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.160 the wide receivers and you know, getting thrust into that 154 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.319 starting quarterback role, and he did it pretty seamlessly. I 155 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:40.240 mean he was six for seven passing, He had one 156 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:44.800 hundred and sixty four yards and four touchdowns. There wasn't 157 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:47.079 a single drive that Geneva had in the first quarter 158 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:51.040 that lasted longer than two plays. I mean, it was 159 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:54.680 just pretty dominant from the start. And they're gonna be 160 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.839 pretty fresh for this week as well, because they didn't 161 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.160 play in an entire three quarters. It was and it 162 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:04.319 was the second team playing the entire final three quarters 163 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.800 against this lark And team. But for the quarter that 164 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:12.040 I did see, it looked like he had perfect control 165 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:14.399 of the offense. I mean he was slinging perfect balls 166 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.000 to talent Taylor and Finnike and Webner both of them 167 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.759 got all six of those receptions, and it looked like 168 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:22.879 also Michael Romro, who is going to be the starting 169 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.600 running back, also had some pretty solid runs as well, 170 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.720 even if he did have two rushes. But it looked 171 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:33.320 like that offense was just perfect cylinders throughout the entire time. 172 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.559 And it's going to be very interesting to see as 173 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.919 the season progresses, hopefully for more than a quarter. 174 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.279 Yeah, it's one of those games is good for different 175 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.200 guys to get on the field. A lot of guys 176 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:43.759 got the opportunity to see what they can do, and 177 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.720 in some cases guys that have played before in Varsitiolo. 178 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.120 In other cases, you know, guys getting their first far 179 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.759 as the experience. So Geneva is gonna get really tested 180 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:54.639 down the road once again into Kane Conference. But obviously 181 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:57.279 a really good win for them. Starting the season. Game 182 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.960 that I was at on Friday night, Oswego was hosting 183 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.279 Equal Valley as we Go. Very impressive on both sides 184 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.320 of the field. They come away with a thirty to 185 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:08.759 thirty of seven win. They forced three turnovers, Their defense 186 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:12.679 was dominant. Carson Cooney, coach's son going to Iowa, seen 187 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.399 lear linebacker. He was all over the place, particularly in 188 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:17.519 the second half. I think he had seven tackles and 189 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.639 six tackles for loss and just all over the place, 190 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.039 you know, pressuring the quarterback, dropping guys in the backfield. 191 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.600 Jeremiah Kane, Northern Iowa recruit, he had an interception, he 192 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.200 had a long cash that set up a touchdown, and 193 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:34.120 then he finally, you know, caught a touchdown at the 194 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.720 end of the game as well, and just to you know, 195 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.879 a swe of really control the game. They even won 196 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.120 the game thirty to seven with two touchdowns getting called 197 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:43.879 back to give you an idea about, you know, how 198 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.120 they're able to control the game, and they looked like 199 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.559 a team that's very experienced. It has big hopes for 200 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.039 this year because they are very experienced, and they do 201 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:53.480 have big hopes for this year. They have their coach, 202 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.639 Brian Cooney said they have sixteen starters back from last year. 203 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.840 He said that typically he's more like ten eleven guys, 204 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.440 but to have sixteen guys back. They have five guys 205 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:04.759 that started when they were sophomores, or at least they're 206 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:08.720 up on varsity as sophomores, including his son carsoncluding including 207 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:12.960 including Jeremiah Kane. Their senior quarterback, Brett Conley, he's another 208 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.799 returning starter. He looked like a guy that I mean 209 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:17.440 he had he had his ups and downs last year, 210 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.759 but he looked like a guy really in control of things. 211 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:23.360 You know, he's kind of checking off plays that weren't there. 212 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.720 Just really a good grasp and really good poise. And 213 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:28.480 I actually talked about talked about that with him from 214 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.159 my Kennell County Football notebook if you want to check 215 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:33.559 it out, just his experience and and how comfortable he 216 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:35.159 is in the offense. He has pretty much all the 217 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.240 same skill position guys back from last year. So aswego, 218 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.759 looked really good and they're going to be a team 219 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:44.159 to watch in the Southwest Prairie Conference and the and 220 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.840 in the Western Suburbs as a whole. So very good 221 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:49.720 win for them. Another team that that had a nice win, 222 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.519 you know last Friday, a team from the Dukene Conference 223 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:54.759 that we're going to be talking about, Saint Charles North, 224 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:57.320 I mean, similar to last year. That was just a 225 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.360 wild kind of shootout game at Palatine and they come 226 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.240 away with another win. If I'm not mistaken, I think 227 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.360 Ethan plumb Ran orchestrated like a ninety nine yard drive 228 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.000 late in the game. So that's a really nice win 229 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:12.600 for St. Charles North. Yeah, definitely. 230 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:16.039 I mean we kind of expected it from last year's 231 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.000 game between these two teams. I mean it was a 232 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.480 thirty seven to thirty fourth victory for St. Charles North 233 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.840 and St. Charles North came back in that game and 234 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:26.240 they had to do the exact same thing this time 235 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.799 around too, this time in enemy territory. I think they 236 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:32.480 entered halftime down twenty four to fourteen, and I mean 237 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:34.840 you kind of mentioned it. There a ninety nine yard 238 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.519 touchdown drive led by Ethan Plum with a pass to 239 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.440 Keaton Rinky in the end up and then a two 240 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:44.120 point conversion at the end of it. I believe it 241 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.039 was to Brian Harms, the Marmion transfer, who got that 242 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.720 two point conversion to officially give them to win. So 243 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:55.799 overall of great game for St. Charles North, and I 244 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:59.480 think Keaton Rinky, who caught that game winning touchdown, had 245 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.080 three touch founs in that game, over one hundred receiving guards. 246 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.080 He was one of those guys that coach palm Zach 247 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.960 said was somethody to look out for. Obviously, he was 248 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.279 injured last season, but with the large amount of senior 249 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.799 wide receivers that they had, you know, kind of was 250 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:14.559 going to be a little bit over a shadowed was 251 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:15.039 my guess. 252 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:17.200 But this year he. 253 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:20.679 Has that full spotlight, that wide receiver number one spot 254 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.159 and he made sure to make his presence noticed in 255 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.919 that first game. So that connection between the two will 256 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.320 definitely be something to look forward to as they go 257 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:33.679 through this next non conference late and then eventually against 258 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.759 Crete Monte and then into the Kaine Conference play. 259 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.799 Yeah, good win for Saint Charles North. Good weekend for 260 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:42.679 the Kanne Conference in general. They they want I believe 261 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.200 seven and one in the conference. Uh seven win a 262 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.519 non conference games, Saint Charles East with the only lost 263 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.799 including in that glen Bar North that was winless last year. 264 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:53.799 They got their first win right off the bat and 265 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:57.039 Wheaton North similar to Saint Charles North, they wanted the end. 266 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.440 They beat Providence on the last play of the game 267 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:01.600 when a touchdow on a two point convert. Well, I 268 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.799 know it is a touchdown. I'm not sure that two 269 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.559 point conversion. I think I'm confusing that with Saint Charles North. 270 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:08.320 But but Weed North gets a good win Glenbar North 271 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:11.440 as well, So a very good weekend for the Duquane 272 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.799 conference who we think is going to be very good 273 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:16.879 and showed it the first week. Another conference that we 274 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:18.799 all know is going to be very tough is the 275 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:23.440 CCL e s CC the Catholic League. You know, Nazareth 276 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.639 is a team that you know prominent there in our area. 277 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:30.559 Nazareth comes away with a really exciting win over Kankakee 278 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:32.759 that that was kind of a back and forth, came 279 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.360 down to the end Logan mal Chicks through a touchdown 280 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.039 I believe to Jake's sistone, so they beat those two. 281 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:42.679 Teams have played some very entertaining games, some very different 282 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.639 games the last few years. Yet last Friday's game was 283 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.159 a shootout. Two years ago is a two to nothing finals, 284 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.519 so we had a baseball scorer. There wasn't a baseball 285 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:53.639 score Friday. But nonetheless, Nazareth comes away with a very 286 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:57.120 good win and a team that we talked about last 287 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.399 week on the podcast. They started zero to four last year. 288 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:01.399 They start to two and four of the year before. 289 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:03.840 They still wont stage, but nobody wants to get back 290 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.519 in that situation where you're digging yourself back up. So 291 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.320 a good start to the season for Nazareth. Nazareth there 292 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:17.000 a game that we kind of pinpointed last week, Joel, 293 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:21.799 between two conferences and two teams that are very close 294 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:23.960 to it to each other that hadn't seen each other 295 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.320 for a while was Glenbard East Willabrook. I'm not sure 296 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:28.679 if you saw that that game was as wild to 297 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:31.039 finish as any last Friday. Did you happen to see that? 298 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.279 Yeah, exactly a couple of good bids about it. I mean, 299 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:38.120 very similar to Saint Charles North. I mean it came 300 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.519 down to the and Wheat North, for that matter, came 301 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:42.200 down to the last sacon. He came down to the 302 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:44.960 last drive. I mean that fifty seven yard returned from 303 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.159 Monte cook Is set up that game winning pass for 304 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:52.960 Michael from Michael Neat and Muhammad Musla with two seconds left. 305 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:55.919 I mean, you can't get any better than that. I mean, 306 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:59.440 come on, it's week one of high school football and 307 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.639 you have a game winning drive, game winning touchdown, I mean, 308 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.120 against two great teams. There's nothing better about it. 309 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:10.159 If people had missed it, there are two touchdowns in 310 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:11.840 the game in the last twenty one seconds. I mean 311 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.840 beat that. Littlebrook scores to go ahead and their home 312 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.600 fans are probably thinking, Wow, this is an amazing Week 313 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.399 one win over glen Bard East, and twenty one seconds 314 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:25.039 later if glen Bard East is celebrating, so you know, 315 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:27.159 wild game. If that's the way the season is going 316 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.440 to go for those those two teams would buckle up. 317 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:32.600 But a really nice win for Glenbard East and a 318 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.600 good win for the Upstate eight Conference being able to 319 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:39.480 beat a Western Bourbon conference. So a very good one there. 320 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:43.679 Heading before we kind of look ahead to Week two, 321 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:45.879 there's a few more games that I wanted to kind 322 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:49.879 of identify. Plano gets a nice seventeen to fourteen win 323 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.559 over Ottawa that was the debut of their new head coach, 324 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.360 Kyle Tutt. I don't know if we touched about it 325 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:58.159 last week. Interesting summer a plan O. Kyle Tutt, who 326 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:00.399 used to be the head coach at Streeter, he hired 327 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:04.320 as an assistant in June, and then and then Rick Ponks, 328 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:06.440 who is a plant head coach, He took an assistant 329 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.480 job at Benedicta University and Kyle Tutt he became the 330 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.279 head coach in mid July. I remembered I showed up 331 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:14.440 at a seven on seven in Caitlin, and I went 332 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.799 up to him, and I said, hey, coach, how long 333 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.440 have you been You're pretty new right when he when 334 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:22.960 were your head coach? He's like yesterday, So I'm thinking okay. 335 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:27.399 But nonetheless they get a nice seventeen to fourteen win 336 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:30.240 at Ottawan. Really the story there, and again I touched 337 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.120 on on my Kennell County notebook. This week, Tim Young 338 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:35.679 ran for one hundred and fifty yards in a seventy 339 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:39.360 five yard touchdown. Tim Young was an offensive lineman before 340 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.360 this year. His first three years of high school, he 341 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:43.840 was at center for two years. He was a guard 342 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:46.000 last year. But I asked him about I said, how 343 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:48.080 did he get moved? Because normally you're thinking, you know, 344 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:50.559 maybe the coach is like I had nobody or whatever. 345 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:52.039 And he said, you know, I went up to the 346 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:54.360 coaches and I said, I really think I'm a better 347 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:56.279 fit for running back. He's a track guy, and he 348 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:58.720 thought he's not that big. He's like one hundred, five 349 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.440 hundred and ninety pounds. And the coaches came together and 350 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.120 they said, all right, you know, let's see what you got. 351 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.480 He apparently has a lot. I mean, either ran for 352 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.720 one hundred and fifty yards and a touchdown. So a 353 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:11.720 very good win for the Reapers, you know, as they 354 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:16.400 as they get ready for the Kishwaukee River Conference schedule ahead, Joe, 355 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:18.240 before we kind of take a quick break and look 356 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.559 award to Week two. Any other teams or games that 357 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.519 kind of stood out to you, Yeah, I got a 358 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.480 couple that. 359 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:26.279 I think. Caitlin was one of those teams that we 360 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.279 would kind of keeping our eyes on, especially in that 361 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.200 game against Washington. Of course, last year they lost that 362 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:34.279 game in Michael Organson's first game at head coach. This 363 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:37.720 year turned it around in Enemy Territory, got the twenty 364 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.319 eight fourteenth victory on the road. I mean, great start 365 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:42.920 for the King of the Knights in their second season 366 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:46.480 under Michael Forguson, Yeah, it's a great way to start, 367 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.920 especially with a new quarterback under center. Obviously before you 368 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.680 started Troy or Carlson, it's no longer. There's a great 369 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:55.680 way to start off in a new era. Another team 370 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:57.119 I kind of wanted to touch on because I then 371 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:00.519 we kind of mentioned it while they were the one 372 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.039 loss in the De Kayne Conference, I mean St. Charles 373 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:05.720 East kind of showed that their offense is pretty ppotent 374 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:10.000 this year. They scored forty points in their loss against 375 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.920 the team that went nine to two last year and 376 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.400 made it to the second round of the playoffs in 377 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:18.759 Lincoln Way Central. I think JT. Padron, the new starting quarterback, 378 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.480 had over three hundred and fifty yards through the air 379 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:27.359 and connected with hiko Jo Kai odd wide receiver who 380 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.119 had one hundred and sixty nine yards and two touchdowns. 381 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.680 So even though they got the loss, I mean, it 382 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.720 shows how deep the Kinge Conference is gonna be this year, 383 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:39.000 how deep the offense is gonna be, and it's gonna 384 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:44.480 be really fun when it starts in ten days. 385 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:46.680 No doubt. I saw that St. Charles Eas scoring, I'm thinking, well, 386 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.680 too bad they lost, but wow, their offense is pretty good. 387 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.319 I mean they're a team that once they started Dukane 388 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.119 Conference play, you know, teams are gonna be like, yeah, 389 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.160 we think maybe we can beat Saint Charles East, but man, 390 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.680 they can really score, so we better, you know, come 391 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:03.599 ready for them. So and then Caitlin you mentioned that, 392 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:05.799 I mean they had they graduated Troy or Carlson, they 393 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.039 graduated Eric Johnson is a really good receiver, and some 394 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.119 other guys, and they had a really difficult what I 395 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.359 thought was a very difficult start to the season before 396 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.000 they even start intertate a conference play, which is going 397 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:18.680 to be a bear when you're talking about playing Washington, 398 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:21.440 and then they got with Conda this week, so that's 399 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:23.799 a really that's a very good win for them right 400 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.279 off the bat to kind of show that you know, hey, 401 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:28.920