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Speaker 4: by Joel Bennett's Joel, how you doing it? Didn't say good?
Speaker 5: I mean, you know, it's the end of October. You know,
Speaker 5: the leaves are finally starting to change color, the weather's
Speaker 5: starting to get a little bit cooler, and it's truly
Speaker 5: starting to feel like it's time for some playoff football
Speaker 5: in the bits.
Speaker 4: Yep it's that time. I mean in the World series.
Speaker 4: Life is good, So I'm feeling pretty good about that.
Speaker 4: We're a podcast that'll be my one name drop. But
Speaker 4: but yeah, I mean this is this is definitely you know,
Speaker 4: for high school football versus is definitely for my money,
Speaker 4: it's it's the most exciting week of the year because
Speaker 4: you know, I love the n CLAA Tournament of March
Speaker 4: Madness and selections Sunday, and this kind of is like
Speaker 4: our version of that because everybody is gearing up to
Speaker 4: try to get into the playoffs and then finding out
Speaker 4: who they're supposed to play, and who are we playing
Speaker 4: and where are we going. So it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 4: It's a lot of fun for fans players, it's a
Speaker 4: lot of fun for us. So thanks everybody for joining us.
Speaker 4: You know, we'll talk a lot about some of the
Speaker 4: games that are coming up this week, but first kind
Speaker 4: of want to take a step back and you know,
Speaker 4: look at some of the games that we that we
Speaker 4: were following last week. Some some big games playoff wise,
Speaker 4: some big games conference wise. Joe, I'm gonna start with
Speaker 4: the game Lions Township playing York game that basically decided
Speaker 4: a Westburn and Silver. And I remember a couple of
Speaker 4: weeks ago, we were kind of sitting here and and
Speaker 4: it was like, all right, there's three teams that are
Speaker 4: really in contention in West sburb and Silver because they
Speaker 4: were all undefeated going into like week six, and honestly,
Speaker 4: and maybe it's a recent biased but I feel like
Speaker 4: I kind of had Lions maybe third on that list,
Speaker 4: and they totally proved me wrong. I mean, we make
Speaker 4: picks for Friday Night Drive, and I feel like I
Speaker 4: don't want to pick against Lions again because I think
Speaker 4: they've earned my trust. But really impressive win over your
Speaker 4: twenty four to seven going on the road. Their defense
Speaker 4: forced three turnovers. Danny Carroll really good running back for theirs.
Speaker 4: He ran for over I think one hundred and thirty
Speaker 4: yards and three touchdowns, And unlike the Downers Grow North
Speaker 4: game where they really had to come back and come
Speaker 4: from behind and win a one pointer, they were in
Speaker 4: control of that game pretty much that we're out, and
Speaker 4: in doing so, they quenched their first outright Silver title
Speaker 4: since nineteen eighty seven, and they actually we can go
Speaker 4: for their first nine to zer regular season this Friday
Speaker 4: since nineteen forty three, which I mean, they've had some
Speaker 4: really good teams that Lions over the years. I know
Speaker 4: Ben Bryant, who's the quarterback that's kind of floating around
Speaker 4: NFL circles. He played for Northwestern, he played for them
Speaker 4: a few years ago. They've had some really good players,
Speaker 4: but man, that's a really nice feather in their cap
Speaker 4: to be able to win that West Suburban And they're
Speaker 4: now one of only I believe twenty seven undervited teams
Speaker 4: left in the state. And you know, if a A
Speaker 4: is a little bit more wide open then it has
Speaker 4: been in recent years. Maybe maybe not, but they're gonna
Speaker 4: be in the picture. They've really been impressive the last
Speaker 4: few weeks.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. I mean he kind of mentioned it. We
Speaker 5: you know, we kind of picked them to be like,
Speaker 5: you know, the ones losing those two games against Dinerdscript
Speaker 5: Nors and York, and but I mean they proved us wrong.
Speaker 5: Like you mentioned, it seemed like the defense really stepped
Speaker 5: up for them in both of those games. I mean,
Speaker 5: obviously the Dinerscript North game stepped up in order to
Speaker 5: make sure that they can have their comeback against the
Speaker 5: Trojans last week, but this week it looked like they
Speaker 5: were in full control of the entire way through. And so,
Speaker 5: you know, really impressive showing from lions of these past
Speaker 5: couple of weeks. And you know obviously last or on
Speaker 5: Friday as well, and it should be interesting to see
Speaker 5: if they can keep it or if they can keep
Speaker 5: the street going, go to nine to zero for their
Speaker 5: first undefeated regular season since nineteen forty three, and you know,
Speaker 5: who knows, we can see how far they go because,
Speaker 5: like you mentioned, eight A is a little bit more
Speaker 5: wide open than it was, you know, in recent years,
Speaker 5: especially with you know, teams like Loyal kind of falling
Speaker 5: off of the trail mats. So it should be really
Speaker 5: interesting interesting to see how this team, you know, goes
Speaker 5: through the playoffs this year.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, it could turn out that Loyal and
Speaker 4: Lincoln we used to playing each other in the final
Speaker 4: again and then maybe eight days not as wide open
Speaker 4: as we thought. But I do think that regardless, Lions
Speaker 4: is going to be a team that's going to be,
Speaker 4: you know, a factor in eight A playoffs, you know,
Speaker 4: when we go into it and a week or so,
Speaker 4: another team that I think is going to be a
Speaker 4: factor in the eight A playoffs that's still undefeated, that
Speaker 4: they won their conference title again. Last Friday game with that,
Speaker 4: I was at Oswego playing Minooka, a game that in
Speaker 4: recent years has been very competitive games, very compelling games
Speaker 4: that have decided the conference. And I thought it was
Speaker 4: going to be that way again. I mean it was
Speaker 4: seven and zero against six and one, and I was
Speaker 4: wrong again. Oswego just really dominated that game. Final score
Speaker 4: was forty two to ten. Minookah's only touchdown came in
Speaker 4: the last minute when Oswego's backups were in So for
Speaker 4: all intents and purposes, you know, they only give up
Speaker 4: a field goal. And again, as as all year long,
Speaker 4: their their defense really dominated Minooka's first five possessions. They
Speaker 4: only had one first down and it came on in
Speaker 4: Oswego penalty. They'd only given up twelve yards the first
Speaker 4: five possessions. By that time the game was already it
Speaker 4: was already twenty eight to nothing for Uswego. Easton Ruby,
Speaker 4: the third of a very talented line back in group,
Speaker 4: had a couple of interceptions that set up touchdowns. Jeremiah Kine,
Speaker 4: really talented wide receiver for them, caught it, caught a
Speaker 4: touch a couple of touchdowns for them. Just a really
Speaker 4: impressive win for Usuego to be able to win h
Speaker 4: to win that game, to win the conference, first conference
Speaker 4: title in a full they did win the COVID season,
Speaker 4: you know, the shortened season, but the first conference title
Speaker 4: in a shortened season or a full season rather since
Speaker 4: twenty eighteen. And and again, I mean they have Oswego
Speaker 4: East this week, so you know, no games there in
Speaker 4: the rivalry game. But but they could be looking at
Speaker 4: an undefeated regular season as well. And again, I mean
Speaker 4: when you have a defense like that, I mean that
Speaker 4: they always say like a defense, defense travels in the playoffs,
Speaker 4: and I think that's the case with them. You know,
Speaker 4: they're going to be a team to watch out for
Speaker 4: in aight a to maybe make a run. I really
Speaker 4: like that Aswego team a lot.
Speaker 5: Man last speak, when we said that game was probably
Speaker 5: gonna be a really close scoring game, yeah, I guess,
Speaker 5: I guess we go hurd it and say no, it's not,
Speaker 5: We're gonna score a lot. So you know, I think
Speaker 5: that that was the game that really proved that, you know,
Speaker 5: they can live up to the hype of you know,
Speaker 5: not just a defense playing really well, but their offense
Speaker 5: playing really really well as well. Because you know, we
Speaker 5: kind of mentioned how they've been in a kind of
Speaker 5: low scoring team over these past couple of weeks, but
Speaker 5: still pulling off these wins, and you know, they really
Speaker 5: showed that, you know, they can still blow out you know,
Speaker 5: really good teams like Minuka, So, you know, really impressive
Speaker 5: showing from them, and it once again should be really
Speaker 5: interesting to see how it comes whenever it comes to
Speaker 5: the playoffs next week.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I will say and take nothing away from their offense,
Speaker 4: because their offense didn't make some plays. I mean three
Speaker 4: of their touchdowns came off to interceptions where they had
Speaker 4: a short field to work with. Then Minoka had a
Speaker 4: short field that set them up in midfields. So again,
Speaker 4: their offense definitely performed, but it starts with their defense.
Speaker 4: Their defense put them in position where they could score
Speaker 4: points and then they're able to go out to execute
Speaker 4: and make the players and score forty two points I
Speaker 4: mean sort of, you know, forty two points. Forty two
Speaker 4: points mean that was that was a very good game.
Speaker 4: Probably Aso's most impressive game since that Joy at Catholic
Speaker 4: win that they had in week two. So a really
Speaker 4: good one. There a swee of winning that game. Congratulations
Speaker 4: to them on winning a conference title, a game that
Speaker 4: you were at last Friday, Batavia wheedon Warrenville South and
Speaker 4: kind of the story in that game that I thought
Speaker 4: and you wrote about it is is Batavia obviously getting
Speaker 4: to win and Nathan Whitwell getting back on track running
Speaker 4: to football.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it was kind of a game where
Speaker 5: you know, he got back to the form that he
Speaker 5: was in for the first six weeks of the season.
Speaker 5: I mean, he ended up with one hundred and seventy
Speaker 5: four rushing yards four touchdowns, which was the tacond most
Speaker 5: he's had since it's five touchdown performance a couple of
Speaker 5: weeks ago. But yeah, no, it was a really impressive
Speaker 5: showing from you know, that offense, and it looks like,
Speaker 5: you know, they finally got things going for sure on
Speaker 5: that rushing offense for the first time since before that
Speaker 5: game against Geneva. So it really was an impressive showing.
Speaker 5: And I mean, besides that defense also looked really strong
Speaker 5: as well. They only gave up two you know, big
Speaker 5: pass plays that ended up leading two touchdowns for a
Speaker 5: week Moreville South. But besides that, they shut everything else out.
Speaker 5: I mean, I think they held week Warnville South to
Speaker 5: under zero rushing yards, so negative rushing yards in that game.
Speaker 5: So another great showing from them on the ground, especially
Speaker 5: against a guy like Ohen York who had over two hundred,
Speaker 5: over two hundred and seventy you know, total yards the
Speaker 5: week before. So a really impressive showing from Batavia all around.
Speaker 4: Yeah, good good win for them, and you know they
Speaker 4: still have a chance and maybe getting a share that
Speaker 4: their conference that I believe right is an other I
Speaker 4: know Geneva is in the lead, but if it's Saint
Speaker 4: Charles north Fuild the monkey wrench in that, then you
Speaker 4: know then.
Speaker 5: Way tie right.
Speaker 4: So so yeah, well well we'll see what happens with that,
Speaker 4: but a good win for Batavia. Another good win from
Speaker 4: a team that you know, week seven they really had
Speaker 4: the eye opening win and then they backed it up
Speaker 4: to quench that that playoff berth that Brillington Central and
Speaker 4: talking about. They went out, they took care of business.
Speaker 4: They handled Hampshire pretty handily. I mean Jackson Olcorn didn't
Speaker 4: throw for four hundred sem yards, but he still made
Speaker 4: some plays. L J. Crer, who's a really good receiver
Speaker 4: for them, he made some plays. And really fasten to
Speaker 4: see Burington Central and what they can do once they
Speaker 4: get the playoffs started, because they've been really competitive in
Speaker 4: a good Fox Valley Conference.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, I think earlier, and I think they're gonna
Speaker 5: be the team that you know, it's gonna be the
Speaker 5: feel good story throughout the entire playoffs. He's obviously this
Speaker 5: is gonna be the first time being in the playoffs
Speaker 5: since twenty fourteen, and you know they're going to be
Speaker 5: looking for their first playoff wins. It's two thousand and six,
Speaker 5: so it's it's been a long time since, you know,
Speaker 5: Burlington Central has seen the success that they've had, and
Speaker 5: you know, from the way that the team has been
Speaker 5: playing over the past couple of weeks, especially against you know,
Speaker 5: Perry Ridge, who's been you know, like hot team in
Speaker 5: the scher a little bit, you know, it's going to
Speaker 5: be really interesting to see how they play throughout the
Speaker 5: playoffs and how far they could potentially go as well.
Speaker 5: Uh So I'm really excited to see what they can do.
Speaker 5: I'm really excited to see what Jackson, Al Kurt can do,
Speaker 5: l J. Kerr and all of those players there, and
Speaker 5: you know, there may be a chance that they can
Speaker 5: break that street this year.
Speaker 4: No doubt. I mean, Burnwich Aid Central is a school
Speaker 4: too that I mean, their their basketball programs had a
Speaker 4: lot of success over the last decade. Their baseball program
Speaker 4: has been really good. They had a really good spring,
Speaker 4: so and and again the football program has been it's
Speaker 4: been competitive in a Foxfight Conference since it joined it
Speaker 4: a few years ago. It's just it's it's just been
Speaker 4: being able to get to that you know, five or
Speaker 4: potentially six wins that they haven't quite got there, but
Speaker 4: they've been knocking on the door and they've been competitive
Speaker 4: in that league. And and now they're in and you know,
Speaker 4: they got they got a great quarterback. So again, I'll
Speaker 4: be really fascinating to watch to see, you know, how
Speaker 4: far they can go with this. I mean, it's really exciting.
Speaker 4: I'm also kend of curious see Jackson Elcorn. I know,
Speaker 4: their coach last week said he's the best quarterback in state.
Speaker 4: Then we started kind of curious see about like what
Speaker 4: colleges are kind of knocking on this door. Because man,
Speaker 4: when you put up like four hundred and some yards
Speaker 4: against Prairie Ridge, you got to be doing something right.
Speaker 4: So I'm really really curious on that one as well.
Speaker 4: So so good things going up there in Burnlington Central. Joe,
Speaker 4: you mentioned a minute ago about Burlington Central being a
Speaker 4: feel good story this year and and you know Sandwich
Speaker 4: was that last year being able to get to the playoffs,
Speaker 4: get to the Corner Finals after two years ago they
Speaker 4: didn't even have football because of numbers. They've been able
Speaker 4: to follow it up with another really good year and
Speaker 4: they were able to to to basically put them in
Speaker 4: position wise playoffs. They got their fifth win last week,
Speaker 4: so they're in really good shape playoffs wise, and and
Speaker 4: really a really fun game. They went up to Woodstock
Speaker 4: North who was six and one coming in back and
Speaker 4: forth game. They were down early, they were able to rally,
Speaker 4: they tied the game. And then the interesting thing to
Speaker 4: me and I talked about it with their coach and
Speaker 4: their quarterback for my football notebook for Kendall County is
Speaker 4: they're really a team that they run that wing t
Speaker 4: offense that it's you know, they'll go twelve plays, fifteen plays,
Speaker 4: they'll run it seven minutes, eight minutes off the clock.
Speaker 4: They got the ball in that game with about a
Speaker 4: minute fifteen left and they went in two minute drill
Speaker 4: and they were able to score in about thirty seconds.
Speaker 4: They had two big passes by their quarterback Brady Behringer,
Speaker 4: and then Brady Barnsher He had the big pancake block
Speaker 4: for Nick Michael Wick to score the game when he
Speaker 4: touched on. And I was just very fascinated that a
Speaker 4: team like that that really they want to take time
Speaker 4: off possession, that time off the clock, that they were
Speaker 4: able to score that quickly. And it's funny they I
Speaker 4: talked to him about it and they said they practice
Speaker 4: that every week on Thursday nights. Is they actually they're
Speaker 4: not on their practice field. They actually go into their
Speaker 4: football stadium and football field and they work on that
Speaker 4: two minute drill where the coaches on the field saying,
Speaker 4: you know, stop the clock, stop the clock. You know,
Speaker 4: they got the clock going and stuff like that. So
Speaker 4: it's interesting for a team that typically for most of
Speaker 4: the game they don't do that kind of thing, that
Speaker 4: they did it so well in that situation. So a
Speaker 4: really good win for Sandwich.
Speaker 5: Yeah, really able to see, you know, a team that
Speaker 5: heavily on you know, rushing the ball and keeping the
Speaker 5: clock moving to be able to get something like that,
Speaker 5: you know, down to almost the science, and you know,
Speaker 5: it looks like what they've been doing there has been
Speaker 5: really working for them, and especially over these past couple
Speaker 5: of weeks. I mean, obviously they've been five and one
Speaker 5: starting off this season zero and two, so you know,
Speaker 5: everything's kind of seemed to be working for Sandwich over
Speaker 5: these past couple of weeks, and they are looking like
Speaker 5: the same team that you know, pretty much everybody fell
Speaker 5: in love with last year. So it'll be really interesting
Speaker 5: to see if they can repeat that same performance whenever
Speaker 5: it comes to in the playoffs.
Speaker 4: Yeah, really good. I mean again, they're a team that
Speaker 4: I mean typically they throw the ball maybe once or
Speaker 4: twice per game by accident, and then you know, when
Speaker 4: they really needed it, they're able to make the place
Speaker 4: throwing the ball. So good thing for them. A team
Speaker 4: that doesn't throw the ball by accident, a team that
Speaker 4: throws the ball a lot and throws it quite well.
Speaker 4: Is Geneva High School and their quarterback Tony Chahino. He
Speaker 4: had a game in week eight I think you what,
Speaker 4: through six touchdown passes against Saint Girl's East. That kid
Speaker 4: has really really been a story for Geneva this year.
Speaker 4: You know, kind of a question mark going the year
Speaker 4: about who their quarterback was going to be. They had
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Speaker 5: I mean, if we were just talking about, of course,
Speaker 5: the feel good team, I think the story of Tenney
Speaker 5: Chino has been, you know, the feel good person story
Speaker 5: of you know, the entire year, not just for you know,
Speaker 5: the entire King Count, but probably for the state of Illinois.
Speaker 5: I mean, obviously this guy came in. He was on
Speaker 5: var Sea since his sophomore year, but he played in
Speaker 5: pretty much every other position besides quarterback. I mean, he
Speaker 5: was a fullback and a linebacker last year. You know,
Speaker 5: he was playing everything. But that he has come into
Speaker 5: that role as a quarterback and he is just excelled
Speaker 5: in multiple ways in multiple games. For them. I mean,
Speaker 5: you know, he only he has thirty one passing touchdowns
Speaker 5: this year, he only has one interception, which I mean
Speaker 5: is it's a great margin to have to have that.
Speaker 5: And I mean, you know, having talented receivers like talent
Speaker 5: Taylor and Finick and Weber and Bennett Conki who's coming up.
Speaker 5: You know, that's really helped as well. But I mean,
Speaker 5: you know that last game against Saint Charles East, the
Speaker 5: fact that that was his best and it wasn't by
Speaker 5: a lot, especially after the season he's had, I mean,
Speaker 5: it just speaks so much about what type of player
Speaker 5: that Tony Chichino is.
Speaker 4: Yeah, really good, really good to hear for him, and
Speaker 4: really good here for Geneva obviously, which leads us into
Speaker 4: too looking ahead to Week nine game that you're gonna
Speaker 4: be out on Friday, Geneva's Saint Charles North. All right,
Speaker 4: So last week I said, aswegen Minoka was going to
Speaker 4: be a low scoring game, and I was completely wrong.
Speaker 4: I'm going on the record, Geneva st. Charles North, there's
Speaker 4: gonna be points scored. What do you think?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think that is definitely gonna be
Speaker 5: the case. And I mean, you know, obviously we've talked about,
Speaker 5: you know, St. Charles North and Batavia and then we
Speaker 5: talked about Batavian Geneva. We talked about about those games,
Speaker 5: about how different the games are gonna be on each
Speaker 5: side this time. I think the game plan on offense
Speaker 5: is going to be very similar because their offense is
Speaker 5: run in a very similar way. They both have a
Speaker 5: really talented quarterback. They have a talented running back, but
Speaker 5: wasn't the main center of their entire offense. BU can
Speaker 5: hurt you in multiple ways if you, you know, kind
Speaker 5: of shrug them off. Joel Holloman's proved that multiple times,
Speaker 5: Fuel Romorro's proven that multiple times. Then also on top
Speaker 5: of that, you know, they each have a wide receiver.
Speaker 5: Who is the main center of you know, the offense.
Speaker 5: You've got Talent Taylor obviously on Jadieva, and then you've
Speaker 5: got pet and Rinkey on Saint Charles North. Who is
Speaker 5: slowly but Shirley or who is I shouldn't say slowly
Speaker 5: but Shirley, you know, kind of under the radar. He's
Speaker 5: been putting up very similar numbers to Talent Taylor this year.
Speaker 5: I think he has nine hundred receiving yards so far
Speaker 5: this season, which is right around the same mark as Taylor.
Speaker 5: And he has I believe fourteen total touchdowns on the
Speaker 5: season as well, which you know is right there with
Speaker 5: talent Taylor. So both of them have really talented offenses
Speaker 5: heading into this game, and I'm really excited to see,
Speaker 5: you know, which offense can their game plan better. And
Speaker 5: you know, like you mentioned, I think points are going
Speaker 5: to be scoring this game, and I think this is
Speaker 5: gonna be a really high scoring game and it's gonna
Speaker 5: be really interesting to see, you know, who comes out
Speaker 5: on top and ultimately who decides the Ducaine Conference. So
Speaker 5: that is one thing that I said at the beginning
Speaker 5: of the season, that this game was going to decide
Speaker 5: who wins the Ducaine Conference. And that is one thing
Speaker 5: I am happy to say I have gotten right.
Speaker 4: So you you nailed that one. I mean, Batavia could
Speaker 4: have been like, you know, no, we're just gonna go
Speaker 4: undefeated and and this game wouldn't mean quite as much,
Speaker 4: but but it certainly means a lot. So I'm that's
Speaker 4: gonna be a game that Friday. You know, when you're there,
Speaker 4: I'll probably be checking every five minutes and there'll be
Speaker 4: another touchdown so you know, we'll see I'm looking forward
Speaker 4: to that one. Uh A game that I'm gonna be
Speaker 4: on Friday, Oswego a sweet East, a game that always
Speaker 4: means quite a bit, obviously a rivalry game, crosstown rival
Speaker 4: asweeg go. You know mentioned before they can go for
Speaker 4: the undefeated season. They're in the playoffs, no worries, everything's good.
Speaker 4: They just have to know who they're playing. They'll find
Speaker 4: out Saturday, asweg of East. A little bit of different situation.
Speaker 4: They started season zero and two, they were two and four.
Speaker 4: They've been able to really, to their credit, they've been
Speaker 4: under rally and really put it together. They got back
Speaker 4: to back wins the last couple of weeks to beat
Speaker 4: Bowling Brook, to beat Yorkville to put themselves in a
Speaker 4: position where they're four and four. Now. You know, if
Speaker 4: you know you look at Steve Sussi, he projects every week,
Speaker 4: you know they may be one of those teams that
Speaker 4: even if they lose this week to go to four
Speaker 4: and five, they might be able to still get into
Speaker 4: the playoffs. But man, would it feel good if they
Speaker 4: can number one get into the playoffs and get into
Speaker 4: the playoffs. Breathing easy and get playoffs breathing easy by
Speaker 4: beating their cross down rival. Now easier said, easier said
Speaker 4: than done, because Oswego East offense has been I'm just
Speaker 4: gonna say it's a little bit inconsistent this year, and
Speaker 4: they're going up against probably the best defense they're going
Speaker 4: to see all year Oswego. Now that being said, Oswegos
Speaker 4: East quarterback Nico Volacchi's coming off probably the best game
Speaker 4: of his varsity career last year last week against Yorkville.
Speaker 4: He had over three hundred yards of total offense, had
Speaker 4: a few touchdowns as well, So he's got to be
Speaker 4: feeling pretty good about that. But again, at a Swego defense,
Speaker 4: it's be very difficult. But we'll see. I mean, you know,
Speaker 4: last year I covered a Week nine game We're playing
Speaker 4: Field North lost. They fell to four and five, and
Speaker 4: they were doing hugs and handshakes afterwards like their season
Speaker 4: was over. Next tea, I knew they were in the playoffs,
Speaker 4: So I mean, I would be curious to see if
Speaker 4: Oswega East doesn't win Friday, what what they're going to
Speaker 4: be like. But obviously it's a game that means a
Speaker 4: lot on both sides. Uh, you know, us we going
Speaker 4: as Suega East a game another game that I'm kind
Speaker 4: of curious about. Uh, scoreboard watching for sure. On Friday.
Speaker 4: Two teams that are definitely in the playoffs, I believe.
Speaker 4: So Saint Francis, Yeah, they're they're in good shape. I
Speaker 4: lose Jackson, but uh but Saint Francis Nazareth. That was
Speaker 4: a game last year that but you know, another one
Speaker 4: of those high scoring games. I think it's going to
Speaker 4: be that way again. Nazareth great quarterback lo Mogan Mauch.
Speaker 4: But Saint Francis man Brady Palmer has had a really
Speaker 4: nice year for them. He's got a lot of weapons.
Speaker 4: They're coming off a really good win against the Paul
Speaker 4: Prep two, So you know, I know, Nazareth seems to
Speaker 4: be a they're kind of a they're kind of in
Speaker 4: juggernaut mode right now. I mean, they put up sixty
Speaker 4: two points against Bennett last week. But Saint Francis, I
Speaker 4: think they got a game on Friday.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. I mean obviously Saint Francis Is just you know,
Speaker 5: one delay of game pill be away from being seven
Speaker 5: and one as well, So you know, they've you know,
Speaker 5: they've kind of built up their own resume as well.
Speaker 5: I mean obviously last year, not not just the first
Speaker 5: game to decide who won, you know, the conference in
Speaker 5: which Saint Francis won, but I mean both of the
Speaker 5: games that they played were really close, really high scoring,
Speaker 5: and you know, really fun to watch. So it should
Speaker 5: be interesting to see if the same thing happens this
Speaker 5: week or this week. Is Saint Francis is gonna win
Speaker 5: just like they did in Week nine last week or
Speaker 5: last season, or is Nazareth going to continue the streak
Speaker 5: they gave whenever they defeated Saint Francis in the Class
Speaker 5: five A state semifinals last year. So it should be
Speaker 5: interesting to see what happens.
Speaker 4: Actually, I think the has beat them both times. Last year.
Speaker 4: They beat him in Week nine to get to the playoffs.
Speaker 4: If I'm not mistaken, I could be wrong about that
Speaker 4: because they started the season. Oh wait, did I forget
Speaker 4: they started the season one four?
Speaker 5: I'm pretty sure Saint Francis won.
Speaker 4: Okay, yes I was wrong about that. My mind's gonna
Speaker 4: I do know that.
Speaker 5: We had too much football, and uh it's okay.
Speaker 4: Football, But again, it should be a lot of fun
Speaker 4: and again, really I expect to be a high scoring
Speaker 4: game between between those teams. So, uh, you know, we'll
Speaker 4: see about that. A lot of teams in our area
Speaker 4: that are kind of just fighting, scratching and clawn to
Speaker 4: get into the playoffs this week that either they need
Speaker 4: win or you know, maybe they're in a better position
Speaker 4: because they got you know, more playoff points and stuff.
Speaker 4: You know, one of them that stands out to me.
Speaker 4: I mean, I see Catholic a team that they haven't
Speaker 4: missed the playoffs. I don't believe since twenty fourteen. In fact,
Speaker 4: I don't think they've got any worse than the quarterfinals
Speaker 4: since twenty fourteen, which is pretty impressive. Now that being said,
Speaker 4: they're four and four right now. They've got a couple
Speaker 4: wins back to back, so the feeling will bit good
Speaker 4: about themselves. But man, they got to play Saint da
Speaker 4: this Friday, and that is a tough assignment if you
Speaker 4: want to get that fifth win. I think they got
Speaker 4: the playoff points that if they that. If they don't
Speaker 4: get that fifth win, you know they're probably maybe in
Speaker 4: the playoffs anyway, but boy would they like that win Friday.
Speaker 4: And then Marmion you know, different situation, but similar in
Speaker 4: that you know, they don't really have the playoff points,
Speaker 4: so they probably you know, feel like they want to
Speaker 4: get that fifth win even more, and they got a
Speaker 4: little bit easier assignment with LEO on Saturday.
Speaker 5: Yeah, exactely. I mean, you know, it's it's kind of
Speaker 5: been the story of like, you know, if they are
Speaker 5: will they get in in their first year under at Square,
Speaker 5: And looks like it's a pretty set stone for them
Speaker 5: to get in if they win. Not only do they
Speaker 5: win their conference, they also you know, keep that fifth win,
Speaker 5: which you know, it doesn't secure a place in the playoffs,
Speaker 5: but in recent years it does, so you know, it
Speaker 5: should be interesting to see if they can pull that off.
Speaker 5: They do have to go on the road for it,
Speaker 5: so I mean, you never know. Week nine madness always happens,
Speaker 5: so we'll see what happens. But you know, they're looking
Speaker 5: pretty solid for the most part.
Speaker 4: Yeah. And a couple other teams that I'm watching, both
Speaker 4: of them in the West Suburban Silver, you know, Hinsdale Central. Uh,
Speaker 4: you know, they got down as Go North this week.
Speaker 4: Obviously that's a big that's a big rival they played
Speaker 4: for that. I think they played it. I think it's
Speaker 4: an old open, old Oaken Bucket that they play for
Speaker 4: every year. It's always, you know, kind of a rivalry game.
Speaker 4: But Hinsdale Central comes in four and four, so they're
Speaker 4: in a position where, you know, they'd love to get
Speaker 4: that fifth win. I mean, if they do have forty
Speaker 4: playoff points, it's okay, maybe could be better. A fifth
Speaker 4: win would be nice, but it could be a tough
Speaker 4: assignment against Downers Growing North and then kind of, you know,
Speaker 4: a storyline up been found all season. Glenbard West, they've
Speaker 4: never missed the playoffs under Chad Hedlett. He's in the
Speaker 4: seventeenth They've made sixteen consecutive playoff appearances under uh coach Headlet.
Speaker 4: They they started the season one four They've been able
Speaker 4: to rally a little bit. They're three and five, but
Speaker 4: they have very good playoff points. They actually play Saturday,
Speaker 4: not Friday night. So I talked to Steve Susci earlier
Speaker 4: this week and I'm like, are they gonna know if
Speaker 4: they're in a playoff field going into that game? And
Speaker 4: he thinks yes, So, uh So they play oak Park
Speaker 4: River Forest on Saturday. It's a game that you know,
Speaker 4: pay on on paper that they should feel pretty good
Speaker 4: about it. But obviously a chance to get that fourth
Speaker 4: winn and potentially get in a playoffs and then a
Speaker 4: long road trip to where to wherever they're going a
Speaker 4: road trip nonetheless, but h you know, but we'll see
Speaker 4: im in Glenbard West, like Icy Catholic has been a
Speaker 4: real main staple of playoff teams around here. So it'd
Speaker 4: be really weird if either of them were not in
Speaker 4: the playoffs. I have a feeling both are gonna end
Speaker 4: up getting in. But you know, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 4: What a lot of interesting stuff, what other any other
Speaker 4: games that you're kind of looking forward to Week nine, Yeah.
Speaker 5: It's just kind of going off of the same, you know,
Speaker 5: kind of thing that you were talking about, those teams
Speaker 5: that are like right on the edge of, uh making
Speaker 5: the playoffs. You got both of the Wheaton schools in
Speaker 5: the Kayne Conference, Wheaton North and week War and both South.
Speaker 5: Both of them are for and four heading into this
Speaker 5: final game. Both of them have kind of easy games.
Speaker 5: I would guess whet War and Boll South is going
Speaker 5: to be facing off against Saint Charles East, who hasn't
Speaker 5: had the best success as of recently. To be fair
Speaker 5: that they've also been facing off against you know, some
Speaker 5: of the best teams in the Ducaine Conference, so that's
Speaker 5: probably part of the reason why. But I mean I
Speaker 5: wouldn't count them out considering how they played earlier in
Speaker 5: the season, especially against a team like Wheat North, So
Speaker 5: should be interesting to see there. And then Wheaton North
Speaker 5: is going to be facing offense Lake Park this week.
Speaker 5: They got to four and four after getting an overtime
Speaker 5: victory over glenn Bard North last week, so you know,
Speaker 5: like I mentioned, anything can happen in those week ninth late,
Speaker 5: and you know, it should be interesting to see how
Speaker 5: a play up against you know, Lake Park and see
Speaker 5: if they can get to that five and four spot,
Speaker 5: if both teams can get to that five and four spot,
Speaker 5: So those are going to be two games I'm also
Speaker 5: going to be looking at throughout my game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that the Decay Conferences locked in with
Speaker 4: three teams in the playoffs already with the potential Wheaton
Speaker 4: Warrenville South and Wheaton North. I know, Lake Park is
Speaker 4: three and five, their playoff points are kind of you
Speaker 4: know so so so I'm not sure if four and
Speaker 4: five is going to be enough for them, but there's
Speaker 4: obviously you know, they have a lot to play for
Speaker 4: it to be able to get to four and five.
Speaker 4: So yeah, that's that's kin. They're going to be some
Speaker 4: games scoreboard watching on Friday. You know, a lot of
Speaker 4: good stuff looking forward to it. I just want to
Speaker 4: invite everybody to keep following us this week. I'll be
Speaker 4: back here tomorrow talking to Steve Sussie preve in the
Speaker 4: big week nine games around the state, and then JT.
Speaker 4: Penalty and Eddie CARRIFFI will be back on Thursday for
Speaker 4: their podcast and then leading up to Friday night, Steve
Speaker 4: Sussie and Matt Rodewall will be here from nine point
Speaker 4: thirty to eleven, you know, breaking it down. If it's
Speaker 4: like last year, see will probably be will still be
Speaker 4: on till two in the morning, uh, breaking looking into
Speaker 4: his playoff projections you want to get them here. We'll
Speaker 4: have his projections throughout the week and into Saturday as well.
Speaker 4: So a lot of good stuff. Joe anything else before
Speaker 4: we sign off again, mannis again exactly again for Joe
Speaker 4: Bennett's I'm Josh Welge. Thanks a lot for joining us.
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