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Speaker 2: Hello everybody, and welcome to the Friday Night Drive Western
Speaker 2: Suburbs Podcasts Week six. Wow, time's flying, Joel. I'm Josh
Speaker 2: Welge here with Joe Bennett's We're taping this kind of
Speaker 2: a late night nine o'clock Tuesday night tape. But you know,
Speaker 2: but it's all good. We did a little vibe all today,
Speaker 2: did a little golf, but I think now I think
Speaker 2: it's time to talk football.
Speaker 5: How you doing, Joel?
Speaker 6: They did fund of golfing today, are covering golf and
Speaker 6: there say, I'm not much of a golf for myself,
Speaker 6: but yeah, it's a big week of football. Week six
Speaker 6: and I'm really excited to start talking about it.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I'm definitely not much of a golfer myself. I think
Speaker 2: I tried it one summer about twenty years ago, and
Speaker 2: I bought a set of clubs and I took a
Speaker 2: few lessons and it was a miserable experience. So I
Speaker 2: admire the kids that that that can play it and
Speaker 2: play it well, as as I admire the football players
Speaker 2: as well. But but anyway, we're not a golf podcast.
Speaker 2: We're a football podcast. So let's let's talk football. Uh,
Speaker 2: and and Joel boy some wild finishes last Friday and
Speaker 2: Week five, a few of the games involving some of
Speaker 2: the teams we cover the local teams.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 2: You know, we'll talk on about Saint Francis in a
Speaker 2: minute because that kind of takes the cake. But but man,
Speaker 2: Saint Charles North. Uh, two touchdowns in the thirty seven
Speaker 2: second span.
Speaker 5: You know, did you see that result?
Speaker 2: And I feel like every year Saint Charles North has
Speaker 2: at least one game like that, and it seems like
Speaker 2: Ethan Plumb is in the middle of it.
Speaker 5: You know, what do you think about that one?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it was well pretty into the game.
Speaker 6: I mean you mentioned it, two scores in thirty seven seconds,
Speaker 6: both of them coming in the final minute of play
Speaker 6: against Sweet and Wornville South. I mean, this was a
Speaker 6: game that you know last year made it to overtime,
Speaker 6: and you know there was a lot of hype heading
Speaker 6: into this game with two returning quarterbacks in Ethan Plumb
Speaker 6: and Luca Carbonaro, and you know it looked up to
Speaker 6: the hype. I mean, Saint Charles North obviously cut the
Speaker 6: score in thirty two to thirty with fifty one seconds left,
Speaker 6: and then they recovered it on sidekick, drove it down
Speaker 6: the field that eighteen yeard touchdown to Brandon Harms to
Speaker 6: secure the game for the North Stars. I mean, you
Speaker 6: can't get much crazier than that. It's their second big
Speaker 6: I mean come back win this year, with Week one
Speaker 6: win against Palatime being the first time. But I mean
Speaker 6: wild game all throughout.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, there's no substitute for experience, too, and
Speaker 2: they have a lot of both of those teams. You
Speaker 2: mentioned that, a lot of experience at quarterback with those
Speaker 2: two quarterbacks, but he's in Plumbing, a four year starter.
Speaker 2: He's got a lot of talent at wide receiver. He's
Speaker 2: got a really good running back. You know, a while,
Speaker 2: maybe nobody expects a game why that maybe they're the
Speaker 2: type of team that you think could do something like that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely, I mean they have the capability of doing it.
Speaker 6: I mean, this is it's or that Saint Charles North
Speaker 6: team is, you know, the only team to have taken
Speaker 6: Batavia three quarters or to have a lead heading into
Speaker 6: the fourth quarter. And it took everything to beat them
Speaker 6: in that game against Batavia. So, I mean Saint Charles
Speaker 6: North is a really good team and you know they've
Speaker 6: shown time and and time again they're never out of
Speaker 6: a game, and you know, they could be one to
Speaker 6: watch whenever it comes to playoff time in later this
Speaker 6: month in October.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was actually a really good and
Speaker 2: really throwing finish for both Saint Charles schools. I mean
Speaker 2: Saint Charles East that they were down at halftime. I
Speaker 2: think they might have lost their starting quarterback during the game,
Speaker 2: but they come back, they go to overtime, they they
Speaker 2: they win, they score on their first play of overtime.
Speaker 2: You know, that's a really good win for them, you know,
Speaker 2: I know, you know, maybe they won't make the playoffs,
Speaker 2: who knows, how many wins they'll get. But but Wednesday
Speaker 2: like that are really, you know, good wins.
Speaker 5: For them as they're taking steps forward.
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely. I think Saint Charles East is a really
Speaker 6: young team this year. I think they only I talked
Speaker 6: to head coach Nolan Postley after the win, and they
Speaker 6: only have two starters on that offense, our seniors. So
Speaker 6: it's a really big or it's a really good junior
Speaker 6: class that is really carrying that team. I mean, you
Speaker 6: mentioned JT. Patron at quarterback, who is a junior and
Speaker 6: has kind of led the offense rout this year. But
Speaker 6: all four of their wide or I believe three at
Speaker 6: least three of their wide receivers are juniors, with the
Speaker 6: two big ones being of course Shiko Jokai and also
Speaker 6: Peter van Vlu who's been really good for them throughout
Speaker 6: these first five games. And then at tailback, Xander Salazar,
Speaker 6: also a junior, has had three hundred yard rushing games
Speaker 6: and scored the game winner against Lake Park. It's one
Speaker 6: of eight touchdowns they've had to start Dukinge Conference play.
Speaker 6: So you know, this is a team that you know,
Speaker 6: has shown that they have the basis to be a
Speaker 6: really good team and with another year of experience heading
Speaker 6: into next year, they may be a team to watch
Speaker 6: for even the or for the playoffs and maybe even
Speaker 6: a shot at the Duquane Conference title.
Speaker 2: Now, you know, I mentioned at the top that there
Speaker 2: are some crazy finishes, but you know, unfortunately for Saint Francis,
Speaker 2: I think their result with with Providence, it takes a cake.
Speaker 2: I've never I've never seen something like this or heard
Speaker 2: of something.
Speaker 5: Like this before.
Speaker 2: For those that you know are late catching up Saint
Speaker 2: Francis playing Providence, they they you know, Brady Palmer, Saint
Speaker 2: Francis quarterback, at engineered two scoring drives in the fourth ward.
Speaker 2: They took a four point lead, they get a three
Speaker 2: and out. Basically, there's you know, a minute or so left,
Speaker 2: you know, basically you know they're in they're in victory formation,
Speaker 2: kneel down situation. Apparently, you know, they were called for
Speaker 2: a delay of game penalty, which somehow got Providence the
Speaker 2: ball back. Granted they only had thirty eight seconds left
Speaker 2: to make something happen.
Speaker 5: Well, they did make something happen.
Speaker 2: Their quarterback aj Rayford connected with Jada mccols on a
Speaker 2: thirty yard touchdown pass on the last play of the game.
Speaker 2: I've actually heard some people that told us that they've
Speaker 2: seen video of that that they're not sure if that
Speaker 2: was a catch actually, but a course for in high
Speaker 2: school football, so there's no replay in high school football.
Speaker 2: But Saint Francis that that's that's a tough one. That's
Speaker 2: a tough pill to swallow.
Speaker 6: To lose like that, I think for any program, that's
Speaker 6: a tough pill to swallow. I mean, obviously, you have
Speaker 6: the victory right there and it get called for a
Speaker 6: delay of game and then give the ball back and
Speaker 6: lose on the last play of the game that could
Speaker 6: have easily been preventable. It's just crazy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I have never I've never heard of something
Speaker 2: like that before in a game. But man, you know
Speaker 2: that that's just a tough one overcome, and then you're
Speaker 2: you know, on top of it. I mean, it's tough
Speaker 2: at any level, but you're talking about high school kids
Speaker 2: and kind of getting them reset emotionally and dealing with that.
Speaker 5: So you know, obviously a big challenge ahead for them.
Speaker 2: They play a very difficult schedule already, but to lose
Speaker 2: a game like that, they their season has really been
Speaker 2: kind of a wild up and down season. I mean,
Speaker 2: they go up to Loyola to beat them, that's a
Speaker 2: huge win. They came back, they lost at home to
Speaker 2: to Saint Rita. Then they lose that game, and now
Speaker 2: they play Icy Catholic this week, who's you know, probably
Speaker 2: their biggest rival. So uh, just you know, just a
Speaker 2: wild up and down for them. But but yeah, that
Speaker 2: was that was That was definitely one one for the
Speaker 2: memory bank. Is that a lot of wild finishes last week?
Speaker 5: A game that was.
Speaker 2: Not a wild finish was a game that you were
Speaker 2: at last week? Batavia. You know, every week it seems
Speaker 2: like they continue to impress. What what What were some
Speaker 2: of the things that that jumped out about their forty
Speaker 2: one and nothing win over we North.
Speaker 6: I just want to say I've covered Batavia three times
Speaker 6: this year, and each game I thought, oh, this is
Speaker 6: gonna be a really close game, this is gonna be
Speaker 6: really fun. Every single time it's pretty much been a
Speaker 6: blowout and I'm like, what the heck? But in this victory,
Speaker 6: the biggest thing for them has been the defense. The
Speaker 6: defense was just out of control in the entire game.
Speaker 6: I know, they only held Wheaton North, who in the
Speaker 6: past four seasons had stayed just a touchdown away or
Speaker 6: at least a one score away from winning game. They
Speaker 6: held them twenty one yards of offense throughout the entire game.
Speaker 6: They finished with negative thirteen rushing yards and only thirty
Speaker 6: five or thirty passing yards. I mean, it was just
Speaker 6: insane to see the defense just basically putting pressure on
Speaker 6: every single play. They finished with eighteen tackles for loss.
Speaker 6: I want to say they finished with six sacks. I
Speaker 6: want to say as well. It was just every single
Speaker 6: play the defense was just making moves and it was
Speaker 6: you know, it was insane to watch and it really
Speaker 6: felt like a truly complete game by the defense, and
Speaker 6: especially after last week where they you know, or where
Speaker 6: they were trailing to Saint Charles North for those first
Speaker 6: three quarters. You know, whatever defensive coordinator Matt told them
Speaker 6: in the locker room at halftime, apparently it's been working
Speaker 6: because these past six quarters of football for Patavia, it's
Speaker 6: been really good in terms of defense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I know, Mett Roda Walden and Steve Sussey,
Speaker 2: they do a podcast as well, you know, during the
Speaker 2: week day Monday, and Matt so that he thinks this
Speaker 2: might be the best Patavio defense he's seen in a while,
Speaker 2: which is really saying something because they've had some exceptional
Speaker 2: defenses in the last few years.
Speaker 5: You touched on Matt home kind of interesting.
Speaker 2: Dynamic that you talked about in your King County Chronicle
Speaker 2: notebook this week. Longtime defensive coordinator, longtime teacher, now a
Speaker 2: retired teacher, still coaching defense.
Speaker 5: You know what did you find out about that?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 6: I mean I he was talking to Dennis Piron about
Speaker 6: it after the game and he just pretty much looked
Speaker 6: at me. He's like, now, listen, for the first thirteen
Speaker 6: years of or for the first twelve years as being
Speaker 6: a defensive coordinator, he had to deal with teaching. What
Speaker 6: does he have to do now that he doesn't teach anymore.
Speaker 6: He's just a football coach all day. And it's fantastic.
Speaker 6: It's the best thing that's happened to us since I
Speaker 6: think it was Mike Gesperry who was an offensive coordinator
Speaker 6: since he retired from coaching and basically led the offense,
Speaker 6: and I mean whatever, it's it's just the philosophy that
Speaker 6: the players also have in following that defense and the
Speaker 6: connection between the two has just been working perfectly. So far,
Speaker 6: and I'd be like you said, and like Matt and
Speaker 6: Stevens said, you know, it's probably the best defense that
Speaker 6: we've seen from Batavia in a long time. And that's
Speaker 6: saying something with the history that Batavia has had.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely saying something.
Speaker 2: And I remember last year, last spring, when I had
Speaker 2: heard that Matt Holme was retiring from teaching, and you know,
Speaker 2: I was just kind of thinking, Okay, well he's a
Speaker 2: retired as coach too, because I remember thinking myself, you know,
Speaker 2: that's that's a really big hit for that program because
Speaker 2: he's meant so much to what they do, you know,
Speaker 2: coaching wise and defensive wise. But the fact that he's
Speaker 2: still coaching obviously, you know, maybe got a little bit
Speaker 2: more time on his hands to to cook up some schemes.
Speaker 2: I mean, there's no no surprise between his coaching ability
Speaker 2: and the talent that they have on defense that they're
Speaker 2: doing as well as they have. So a lot of
Speaker 2: good things going on with Batavia. We're gonna talk about
Speaker 2: them a little bit more later in the podcast. It's
Speaker 2: kind of a big game coming up this week with
Speaker 2: with Batavia. Wanted to kind of touch on the game
Speaker 2: that I was at last Friday, aswego like Batavia and
Speaker 2: proofs to five and zero, they got tested. They were
Speaker 2: they were actually down seven and nothing and half time
Speaker 2: to play in Field North. It's that's a game that
Speaker 2: you know they're they're a close rivalry. It seems like
Speaker 2: that game is always a game that goes down to
Speaker 2: the wire, no matter what, you know, no matter the
Speaker 2: talent level for each of those teams. But but as
Speaker 2: we were able to come back get a twenty one
Speaker 2: to thirteen win. You know, some big plays Jeremiah Kane,
Speaker 2: who's a wide receiver defensive.
Speaker 5: Back going to Northern Iowa.
Speaker 2: He had a sack force of fumble and then like
Speaker 2: two plays later he caught a touchdown catch. So did
Speaker 2: some great things. And another no other thing is Carson Cooney,
Speaker 2: linebacker going to Iowa. They actually put him in an
Speaker 2: offense a little bit. Did a little wildcat with a
Speaker 2: six foot three, two and twenty five pounds you know
Speaker 2: kid coming straight at you. I mean it was kind
Speaker 2: of like, all right, it was pretty obvious what they
Speaker 2: were doing. They're just gonna put the ball in his
Speaker 2: hands and he's just gonna go right right at him.
Speaker 2: But you know, a good win for Usuego. I think
Speaker 2: they were a little upset because they felt like they
Speaker 2: really only gave two really good quarters. So it's one
Speaker 2: of those games that they were happy to get the win.
Speaker 2: But I feel like they're motivated to kind of show,
Speaker 2: you know, that there may be a better team than
Speaker 2: they show, because I don't think they're very happy with
Speaker 2: how they played in the first half. I mean it was,
Speaker 2: you know, last Friday was weird because with the win
Speaker 2: and everything. I think some teams were maybe affected by it,
Speaker 2: some passing games a little bit. I don't know, did
Speaker 2: you noticed anything from that. I mean, those were pretty
Speaker 2: wild conditions.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was definitely crazy. I mean even in Wheaton,
Speaker 6: where it was it wasn't supposed to be as effective.
Speaker 6: You know, you could really tell that the wind was blowing.
Speaker 6: I know it. One specific play showed up for me
Speaker 6: on a Wheaten north punt. I believe it was their
Speaker 6: own thirteen yard line or with somewhere within their own
Speaker 6: fifteen or their own fifteen yard line, somewhere in that range.
Speaker 6: The punter kicked the ball, it landed on their forty
Speaker 6: yard line, and it did not stop rolling until it
Speaker 6: reached the Batavia's thirteen yard line. So that wind was
Speaker 6: moving that ball so much, and I mean it affected,
Speaker 6: you know, play a whole lot for both sides. But
Speaker 6: I mean that wind was crazy everywhere in the state.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, it was. It was.
Speaker 2: That was one of the wind your nights. I mean,
Speaker 2: that was definitely me. We take postgame reports and I
Speaker 2: made sure to go to my car for that one
Speaker 2: because nobody was going to know what the heck I
Speaker 2: was talking about and to win. So so yeah, kind
Speaker 2: of kind of a crazy night before we look at
Speaker 2: to the week six games. Another really nice win last Friday,
Speaker 2: talking about Nazareth beating joy to Katholic the final interesting
Speaker 2: final though, is only sixteen to thirteen. I mean Nazareth
Speaker 2: is a team that that I'm kind of growing accustomed
Speaker 2: to them really playing some really high scoring games, but
Speaker 2: winning with defense and holding to thirteen points.
Speaker 5: I mean, they really.
Speaker 2: Got kind of lit up by Mount Carmel a few
Speaker 2: weeks ago, their defense did, and and the fact that
Speaker 2: they're able to to hold joy A Catholic to thirteen points,
Speaker 2: I mean that pretty good side for Nazareth. I mean
Speaker 2: they're a team that I know they can score points
Speaker 2: with Logan Malichick and the guys that he has disposed.
Speaker 2: But if their defense can play like that, you know,
Speaker 2: that's a really good sign going forward. So a good
Speaker 2: win for Nazareth. Any other games from week five or
Speaker 2: any other wins that that you were kind of struck like, yeah,
Speaker 2: you know that was a good win for a team.
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Speaker 6: I think a lot of the big ones, I mean,
Speaker 6: one one that kind of stood out for me was
Speaker 6: another team that we're gonna be talking about later, Geneva
Speaker 6: versus glen Bard North. That game. That game actually got
Speaker 6: off to a shocking start, with Glenbard North taking a
Speaker 6: nine tohing lead into the second quarter. I mean It
Speaker 6: took me for a surprise when I looked down at
Speaker 6: Max Straps and saw that result. I was like, what's
Speaker 6: going on? But then, of course, you know, Geneva picked
Speaker 6: it up a little bit with thirty eight points to
Speaker 6: glenn bard North's three to end or throughout the second
Speaker 6: and third quarter, and you know, IT'SOK a little bit
Speaker 6: for them to get back on track, but you know,
Speaker 6: Genevas showed that there's still the expulsive offense that we
Speaker 6: have known to colum throughout this year.
Speaker 2: And that leads us into Week six, and man, there
Speaker 2: are some doozy games this week in our area that
Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to. I mean, none bigger than the
Speaker 2: game that you're going to be at on Friday. Geneva Batavia.
Speaker 2: I believe it's a one hundred and sixth edition of
Speaker 2: the rivalry. I mean, my goodness, that is a long rivalry.
Speaker 2: It's pretty good football there, but Tavia has really dominated
Speaker 2: that rivalry of Wight. I believe they won the last
Speaker 2: thirteen games. I think I was at the game last year.
Speaker 2: There's been some really one sided games in the last decade,
Speaker 2: but Geneva I feel like they've they're they're closing the
Speaker 2: gap and closing the gap and closing the gap. And
Speaker 2: it was a very competitive game last year, a game
Speaker 2: that went into the fourth quarter, a game the talent tailor,
Speaker 2: if I'm not mistaken, he was hurting that he got
Speaker 2: injured in that game and he missed a significant amount
Speaker 2: of time. Afterwards, he's obviously back. Now, you know, you've
Speaker 2: been able to kind of get a sense to both
Speaker 2: of these teams. What do you make of that that
Speaker 2: game on Friday.
Speaker 6: It's laying simple. It's going to be one giant chess
Speaker 6: match throughout the entire game. I mean, you've got an
Speaker 6: explosive offense on Geneva that you know takes or has
Speaker 6: drives that last probably no longer than six plays and
Speaker 6: most of the time and finds the end zone very consistently.
Speaker 6: And then you've got a Batavia defense, which like we've mentioned,
Speaker 6: is probably one of the best that we've seen from
Speaker 6: the TV and years, that can stop plays and makes
Speaker 6: offenses shiver pretty much any time they take the field.
Speaker 6: I mean, it's going to be so fun to watch
Speaker 6: and see what each team has planned in order to
Speaker 6: make sure that they can get around that other extremity
Speaker 6: on the other side. I mean, I talked to the coach,
Speaker 6: Dennis Pieron about the game. He said that this has
Speaker 6: a chance to be one of the best games ever
Speaker 6: played in the area. And you know, I talked to
Speaker 6: Boone Thorgenson as well, and he knows that. You know,
Speaker 6: that defense is going to be something that you know
Speaker 6: they need to play around. But either way, it's gonna
Speaker 6: be such a fun game to watch. Whichever team or
Speaker 6: whichever team you are rooting for, it's gonna be fun
Speaker 6: to watch. Obviously, it's one of the greatest games in
Speaker 6: the area. You know, both teams or both teams have
Speaker 6: you know, their fans go out to that game. Potatia
Speaker 6: has the big advantage so far throughout this decade. Like
Speaker 6: you mentioned, they've won thirteen straight. They're looking for fourteen,
Speaker 6: and they're looking to actually tie this series or the
Speaker 6: overall series in the next couple of years. They're current
Speaker 6: Geneva currently has the overall league fifty five. But you know,
Speaker 6: thanks to that giant win streak that Patavia is on
Speaker 6: right now, you know, if they get wins in the
Speaker 6: next two they can tie up the series at fifty
Speaker 6: one wins a piece. But this is probably one of
Speaker 6: the best chances that Geneva has to breaking that win
Speaker 6: streak or from Dennis Piron.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's definitely.
Speaker 6: I'm just really excited.
Speaker 2: It's definitely a series that's had its ebbs and flows
Speaker 2: over the year. I mean, there was a time where
Speaker 2: Geneva had the upper hand. Obviously Batavia has, especially since
Speaker 2: coach Piron took over.
Speaker 5: But this match, one of the things.
Speaker 2: That strikes me is that Geneva seems like, you know,
Speaker 2: they're a high flying offense. They really you know, can
Speaker 2: score a lot of points. I mean, their quarterback, Tony Chaino,
Speaker 2: he's on it. To me, he's been a revelation. I
Speaker 2: mean because we were really wondering about their their quarterback
Speaker 2: position come in the year and he's answered, you know,
Speaker 2: all comers and they have a lot of talent. I'm
Speaker 2: wondering if Batavia is going to try to play you know,
Speaker 2: the ball control game, running the ball. You know, sometimes
Speaker 2: when I when I when I really high power passing
Speaker 2: type offense is not on the field for a long
Speaker 2: period of time, you know, sometimes they kind of get
Speaker 2: out of sync just because they're not touching the ball.
Speaker 5: So I'm wondering if that sort.
Speaker 2: Of game plan a Batavia or Batavia that we're gonna
Speaker 2: play a really good defense, we're gonna run a ball. Basically,
Speaker 2: we're what we're gonna be doing. What we're doing really
Speaker 2: really well in the first five weeks of this season.
Speaker 2: So it's an interesting chess match.
Speaker 5: I agree.
Speaker 2: And on the other side, I mean, I'm sure Talon Taylor.
Speaker 2: I mentioned he was hurting that last game and he
Speaker 2: really did not have a great game against Batavia last year.
Speaker 2: I'm sure he wants to really go and show out.
Speaker 2: I mean, because this is like, I mean, next year
Speaker 2: he's gonna be in Georgia, Alabama. Well, this is Georgia
Speaker 2: Alabama in Kane County, so when when these teams get together.
Speaker 2: So I'm very interested to see the impact that he
Speaker 2: has on this game.
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely. I mean, he has momentum on his side
Speaker 6: as well. He just became Todiva's school record holder for
Speaker 6: the most receiving touchdowns in a career with twenty six.
Speaker 6: He broke that last week when he got his first
Speaker 6: touchdown and then his second and then his third. He's
Speaker 6: had three three touchdown games so far this season. I
Speaker 6: have not seen one of them, so I think that
Speaker 6: might be a me thing. But we never know. But
Speaker 6: I mean, either way, we know how explosive Geneva's Austens
Speaker 6: can be whether they're using talent Taylor or not. So
Speaker 6: if he's going to be used in this game or
Speaker 6: if he's going to be double teamed, I'm sure we
Speaker 6: can expect to see explosive plays no matter what happens.
Speaker 6: And you know, like I said, this is going to
Speaker 6: be a super fun game to watch, and I'm so
Speaker 6: happy I'm going to be there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, you're gonna be It's gonna be a treat.
Speaker 2: All I'm going to say is just arrive. Arrive early, please,
Speaker 2: I mean tailgate, bring it, bring a grill, you know,
Speaker 2: have a hamburger, stay there for a while. Definitely get
Speaker 2: there early because man, Parking is gonna be at a
Speaker 2: premium uh Friday night, a game that I'm gonna be
Speaker 2: at that I'm probably gonna want to get there early
Speaker 2: as well. Downs Go North at York match another matchup
Speaker 2: five and oh five and oh and West Suburban Silver.
Speaker 2: There's actually three teams left in the West Sbourbon Silver.
Speaker 2: Undefeated Lions Township is the other one, and and so
Speaker 2: the next few weeks those three teams are gonna kind
Speaker 2: of really converge and really determine that league. But but man,
Speaker 2: Downers Go North as just I mean, they have just
Speaker 2: not they have not been tested so far. We'll just
Speaker 2: put it that way. And part of that is is
Speaker 2: to their credit, they've outscored opponents by a combined two
Speaker 2: and eight to fourteen.
Speaker 5: They've just been great so far. I mean, I think
Speaker 5: their quarterback.
Speaker 2: Owen Lance, who going to Minnesota, He's probably played like
Speaker 2: a half in each game. Their their defense has been tremendous.
Speaker 2: But I'm interested to see this. This has been a
Speaker 2: test because I've said it before this podcast. At York
Speaker 2: the last couple of years has kind of emerged. It's
Speaker 2: kind of like the new power in that conference, kind
Speaker 2: of taking it away from Glenbard West, although they did
Speaker 2: share the title last year. Now I think maybe its
Speaker 2: Downers Go North's turn. I mean, they got the quarterback,
Speaker 2: they got the great defense, you know. But but we'll see.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna take it away from York. I like
Speaker 2: York's quarterback Bruno Masso a lot. Their defense is good,
Speaker 2: they got a good running back and Henry Duda. It's
Speaker 2: gonna be a fourth quarter game. I think I'm I'm
Speaker 2: really really looking forward to that one. I've got a
Speaker 2: chance to see York already this year. Haven't got a
Speaker 2: chance to see Downers go North live yet. I honestly,
Speaker 2: I don't think I've seen Owen Lanceu live in the game.
Speaker 2: And really no, I take that back. I saw him
Speaker 2: be Gwebard West last year. That was a big moment.
Speaker 2: But but really looking forward to seeing him. He's one
Speaker 2: of the best quarterbacks in the state of Junior. That
Speaker 2: should be a fun one. Looking forward to that one.
Speaker 6: Ye, I need, like you mentioned, so that'll have five
Speaker 6: to oh teams, and you know, with great quarterbacks and
Speaker 6: great defenses on both sides, I mean, it's gonna be
Speaker 6: super interesting to see who's gonna come out on top,
Speaker 6: who's going to have the better defense, and who's gonna
Speaker 6: have the better quarterback play or just offense for general.
Speaker 6: And you know, like you mentioned, this is probably gonna
Speaker 6: discuss or this is probably gonna be one of the
Speaker 6: games that decides who's gonna win that conference. And you know,
Speaker 6: anytime or anytime there's a game that determined the conference,
Speaker 6: it's going to be a super fun game to watch.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm always interesting, you know, a team like
Speaker 2: Downers Go North that we're five games in the season
Speaker 2: and they just really have just flattened every team they played.
Speaker 2: I mean, how are they going to do when they're
Speaker 2: in a fourth quarter game on the road at a
Speaker 2: team like York? Are they just going to continue to roll?
Speaker 2: And maybe they're maybe they're a notch better than what
Speaker 2: I thought they were going in the season, because they
Speaker 2: were pretty darn good last year they got to the
Speaker 2: seven eight state championship game. But so far they're looking
Speaker 2: like a team that might be at least as good
Speaker 2: as that team last year. But but but yeah, this
Speaker 2: will be a nice one down to go North of York.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be out there on Friday. Another game actually
Speaker 2: in Elmhurst as well. I do believe Saint franc Is
Speaker 2: playing Icy Catholic. This is a really big one. These
Speaker 2: are two teams that have been mainstays in the playoffs.
Speaker 2: They've made deep runs in the playoffs. I mean, you know,
Speaker 2: Icy Catholic, they won a few stay titles. Saint Francis,
Speaker 2: it's got deep in the playoffs. But right now Saint
Speaker 2: Francis sitting three and two. Icy Catholic is sitting two
Speaker 2: and three, and in that Chicago Catholic League, you know,
Speaker 2: there's some tough games down the road.
Speaker 5: This is a game that.
Speaker 2: I mean, I hate to call it a playoff game
Speaker 2: in the week six, but it's pretty close to a
Speaker 2: playoff game for these two teams. You know, what do
Speaker 2: you think about this one?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 6: I think this is a must win game for both programs.
Speaker 6: I mean, obviously you talked about it. Saint Francis they
Speaker 6: start off the season three and now, but of course
Speaker 6: that blowout that last lost the Providence Catholic last week
Speaker 6: and then kind of the blowout lost to Saint Rita
Speaker 6: thirty one to thirteen. You know, it's kind of slowed
Speaker 6: down the momentum for the Spartans and if they want
Speaker 6: to get that confidence back, especially as they head into
Speaker 6: the latter half of the season, this is a must
Speaker 6: win game for them, especially if they want to have
Speaker 6: a chance, you know, lay it down the line and
Speaker 6: gets a team like Nazareth and I mean for Icye Catholic,
Speaker 6: I mean, it's just been kind of been there, say,
Speaker 6: I mean three straight losses that sicp Nazareth and Maris
Speaker 6: are obviously not the best thing, and they're definitely gonna
Speaker 6: need to get this win if they want to continue
Speaker 6: or if they want to try and get that into
Speaker 6: the playoffs this year. So overall, I think this is
Speaker 6: a must wing team or must win game for both teams.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I see Catholic they're gonna be one
Speaker 2: of those teams that if they stinking at four and five,
Speaker 2: they're going to be that sixteen seed that everyone seed
Speaker 2: is like, oh crap, we have them in the first round.
Speaker 2: I mean, they're gonna be the four and five team
Speaker 2: that nobody wants seed, similar to you know, Nazareth. I
Speaker 2: believe it was last year when they played Prairie Ridge
Speaker 2: in the first round. It was like, oh god, they're
Speaker 2: the They're the team that we have facing the first round.
Speaker 2: But first they have to get there. I mean, you know,
Speaker 2: I mean even after this week, they got Marmion left,
Speaker 2: that's no pushover. They got Saint Yer left, they're good.
Speaker 2: Saint Rita is really good. And then you look at
Speaker 2: Saint Francis. They still have DePaul Prepp who's four and one.
Speaker 2: They got Nazareth waiting for them in week nine. So yep,
Speaker 2: both of these teams I think they definitely want to
Speaker 2: they definitely want to get a win this week, and
Speaker 2: and on top of it, it's a huge rivalry, you know,
Speaker 2: going back a few different leagues. They've been in a
Speaker 2: few different leagues the last several years, but but they
Speaker 2: continue to to to uh to.
Speaker 5: Be big rivals.
Speaker 2: So you know, looking forward to that one, it should
Speaker 2: be a fun game, should be a game that goes
Speaker 2: down to the wire.
Speaker 5: I would expect.
Speaker 2: Another game that I'm just gonna say, this is probably
Speaker 2: gonna be a playoff game in Week six in the
Speaker 2: West Suburb and Silver, I know the big one that
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be on on Friday night, but on Saturday afternoon.
Speaker 2: Gwenbard West, who got their first win last week to
Speaker 2: one and four against Lyden, they play Hinsdale Central, who's
Speaker 2: two and three.
Speaker 5: Hinsdale Central is.
Speaker 2: A team that they've kind of hung around against some
Speaker 2: really good teams. I mean, they were within a touchdown
Speaker 2: against York, they were within a touchdown against Lions Township.
Speaker 2: They played in Apriville Central pretty tough. They beat Bowling Brook.
Speaker 2: They've been close, they just haven't quite been able to
Speaker 2: punch through. But they're two and three. Glenbard West is
Speaker 2: one and four. I think either of these teams can
Speaker 2: somehow get to four and five. They're in a decent
Speaker 2: chance to be one of those four and five teams.
Speaker 2: But first you got to get to those four wins,
Speaker 2: and one of them's two and three and the other
Speaker 2: one's one and four. They need to have this win
Speaker 2: on Saturday. I mean, this is sort of a this
Speaker 2: is sort of an early playoff game for both of
Speaker 2: those teams.
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely. I mean, obviously Glenbard westein that's sixty three
Speaker 6: nothing win against Lydon next week. It was definitely a
Speaker 6: huge momentum booster, especially after you know, four straight losses
Speaker 6: to start the season. But I mean, Hinsdale Central, it's
Speaker 6: gonna be a big game for them because, I mean,
Speaker 6: after that they face pro Visia West and oak Park
Speaker 6: and oak Park's no pushover and we saw that. But
Speaker 6: I think it's gonna be a big win for them,
Speaker 6: just to make sure that they get to at least
Speaker 6: five wins because they got down North at the end
Speaker 6: of it, and you know, we mentioned four and five.
Speaker 6: It's four and five. It's still no guarantee that you know,
Speaker 6: you can make it into the playoffs. So getting to
Speaker 6: five win threshold is gonna be huge for Hinsdale Central
Speaker 6: and if they get that this week, or if they
Speaker 6: get this win this week, it proves or it gets
Speaker 6: them a pretty smooth sailing through five wins, or at
Speaker 6: least I would hope, But I mean Glenbard West, We've
Speaker 6: been talking about it all year. This is such a
Speaker 6: huge stretch for them over these next five weeks. Obviously,
Speaker 6: they got that win against her that when agains Lighten
Speaker 6: helps jump start that start or that big start that
Speaker 6: they need. But I think it win against in Sales
Speaker 6: Central is going to be so necessary in order for
Speaker 6: them to make their case to make into the playoffs
Speaker 6: this year.
Speaker 2: Another big game in the sort of the northwest area
Speaker 2: of Illinois. I'm not really even sure. I've never been there.
Speaker 2: Richmond Burton Sandwich is playing at Richmond Burton in the
Speaker 2: kr SEE A very interesting matchup. Richmond Burton's really been
Speaker 2: the class of that league for the last several years.
Speaker 2: With Sandwich, after an zero to two start, they're really
Speaker 2: coming on. They've they've won three in a row. They're
Speaker 2: getting that defense together, they got that wing team really
Speaker 2: humming with multiple running backs. That that is going to
Speaker 2: be a game that could very well decide that league.
Speaker 2: I'm really going to be keeping an eye on what's
Speaker 2: going on in Richmond Burton. I mean definitely want to
Speaker 2: keep an eye on that that that's a big game
Speaker 2: for Sandwich.
Speaker 5: A lot of good games on Friday.
Speaker 2: We didn't even talk about Wheaton warn Those Outs is
Speaker 2: playing Wheaton North. Saint Charles North is playing Saint Charles
Speaker 2: East Joe. Before we get out of here, just your
Speaker 2: thoughts going to Week six. It's gonna be a lot
Speaker 2: of fun.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 6: It's the rivalry week and this this week is going
Speaker 6: to be so fun to watch throughout the entire area.
Speaker 6: And I'm so excited to see how some of these
Speaker 6: games are played out on Friday or Saturday for your
Speaker 6: case as well. But it's going to be so fun
Speaker 6: to watch all around the league, and you definitely want
Speaker 6: to tune in.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely will reminder everybody that I'll be back here tomorrow.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be taping with with Steve Stuci as we
Speaker 2: do a look at the week six around the state,
Speaker 2: and then Steve matt Rowl will be here on Friday
Speaker 2: night from nine thirty to eleven for our Friday Night
Speaker 2: live live stream with you know scores, highwlights, game reports
Speaker 2: hopefully from a not a very windy Friday night and
Speaker 2: uh and they're kind of breakdowns, so you definitely want
Speaker 2: to stay tuned again before we get out of here.
Speaker 5: My name is Josh Wellge with Joe Benetts. Uh, Joe Bennetts,
Speaker 5: thank you for joining us. Good Tuesday evening.
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