WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.919 SGKR Injury Attorneys proudly sponsors the Friday Night Drive. I 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:07.000 met round you. We are ready to take on the 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.519 insurance company for you and get you to the end zone. 4 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.000 Visit US G A N A S SI N dot com, 5 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:14.960 Gannison dot com. 6 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.239 This is State Representative Steve Reich. Since twenty sixteen, it's 7 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:20.920 been my privilege to represent the sixty third district in 8 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.239 the Illinois House. I'd like to continue representing you, and 9 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.039 I'm asking for your vote on November fifth. Thank you 10 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:27.600 pay for. 11 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:29.320 By citizens to elect Stephen Reich. 12 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:35.399 Hello everybody, and welcome to the Friday Night Drive Western 13 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:39.119 Suburbs podcast. This is Josh Welgy joined by Joe Bennett's 14 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.399 on this lovely Tuesday afternoon. Joe, how you doing? 15 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:47.000 I mean pretty good. I mean I've got a little 16 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:49.799 eye infection, so I look a little weird compared to usual. 17 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:53.920 And I know you probably a little weird to a 18 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.479 couple of people because you're wearing your glasses today. But 19 00:00:57.960 --> 00:00:59.920 I mean, besides that everything else is doing for you. 20 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:02.799 Well, yeah, it's kind of weird. Sometimes I want to 21 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:04.680 take glasses off. Sometimes I might to take them on. 22 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:07.599 Just kind of depends, So we're gonna go without the 23 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:10.560 glasses for now. But yeah, anyway, we're gonna be talking 24 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:13.680 a lot of good football. Joey saw some great football 25 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.719 ass Friday, some really huge games in our neck of 26 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:21.359 the woods. I'm gonna start with you, Patavia Geneva. We 27 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.879 were wondering last week if Geneva could finally end the 28 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.879 run the Batavia's had on him for over a decade, 29 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:32.680 and boy did they. Man, he was not expecting that 30 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:35.239 final margin how to happen. 31 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:40.760 I mean, it was just a crazy second half from 32 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:44.120 Geneva and that was, you know, all they really needed. 33 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:46.840 Before I get more into the details of the game, 34 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.319 I first want to give an apology to the Geneva 35 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.879 coaches because after the game was over, I actually got 36 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:55.239 approached by a couple of the assistant coaches and they 37 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.239 told me that apparently my words from the preview and 38 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:03.200 also from six show kind of motivated them into making 39 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:06.400 sure that they definitely got it. They called me out specifically, 40 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:13.639 so you got to write, folks, but no, I mean, 41 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:18.080 the game was an absolute chess match, which was how 42 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.120 Booneborguson described how the game was possibly going to go. 43 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.960 And that's exactly what ends up happening that first half. 44 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.439 It was so cutthroat. Dare to say, you know, if 45 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:33.199 any team made a mistake, there was something getting into 46 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:36.000 the end zone. And that's what happened. The first drive 47 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.960 that Geneva made it into the red zone, it was 48 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:41.919 ninety three yards ended with a touchdown from talent Taylor. 49 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.400 And then to end the first half, you know, Batavia 50 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.840 was able to work their way down the field and 51 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:50.479 they pulled off a Philly special in order to get 52 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.680 you know, that touchdown. But once the second half hit, 53 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:57.360 Geneva just kept the momentum that they had with the 54 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.800 tea or with the people that came into a Bulldog stadium. 55 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.840 They just took it and they just ran with it. 56 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.840 I mean three touchdowns in the second half from Tony 57 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:13.199 Chikino to Finnigan. Webner really controlled it. Michael Romorro basically 58 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.560 dominated on the running offense, so he ended up with 59 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:18.960 I think two hundred rushing yards for them, and it 60 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:23.080 was just he even wanted it more in the end, 61 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:26.840 and that suit came out on top to get their 62 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.639 first win since twenty ten in the rivalry. 63 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:33.919 Yeah, I mean, Geneva, they just everybody knew about talent 64 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.960 hater coming the year, but they've really emerged as a 65 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.879 team that's got so many weapons. Tony Chahino's to spend 66 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:41.919 kind of a revelation and quarterback one of the best 67 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.319 quarterbacks in the area. You know, Finnegan Webner keeps coming 68 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.639 up big. Michael Romarro kind of knew about him going 69 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:51.000 the year as a good running back. The other thing, too, 70 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:54.960 is my goodness that their defense. I mean, nobody has 71 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:58.280 been able to stop Patavia's rushing game with Nathan Whitwell 72 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:00.759 this year and Geneva, I mean, what do you have 73 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.840 like fifteen yards rushing twenty years rushing? That's something crazy. 74 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.199 Officially on Max Preps it was thirty four, but I 75 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.560 had them for twenty six, so it was anywhere in 76 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:13.080 that range. Either way, it was under one hundred yards. 77 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.000 Nobody's been able to do that this entire year. But 78 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.839 Geneva put their foot down and was able to stop them. 79 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:23.519 And on the other hand, you know, got their rushing 80 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.720 game going, which is something that hasn't been really their 81 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.319 strong suit throughout the year. Everybody's known them for their 82 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.399 passing game. But Michael Rimorro showed up and it was like, 83 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:37.319 I'm here too. Hello. So it was just a crazy 84 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:41.040 game and it really showed the versatility of Geneva's offense 85 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:46.160 and defense, and it'll be really interesting to see, especially 86 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.399 with the playoffs, to see how far they go with 87 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:50.519 that versatility. 88 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:52.639 Yeah. I mean, the thing about is is that this 89 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.639 was not like a fluky. You know, they had a 90 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:58.160 lot of huge, big plays or whatever type thing. I mean, 91 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.680 when you have a situation where you're back runs for 92 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.279 almost two hundred yards and you hold down their running 93 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.319 back to about thirty yards or whatever and and they 94 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.879 running back like Whitwell, that's been such a huge part 95 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:13.319 of what Batavia does. I mean that this was no fluke. 96 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.199 I mean, they clearly showed that they were the better team. 97 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:20.040 And and man, I mean, you know, obviously in six A, 98 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.360 East Saint Louis is always sort of the elephant in 99 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:25.120 the room, but Geneva is gonna be one of those 100 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.120 teams that we're gonna be talking about capable of making 101 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:29.800 a very deep run in six A. And I think 102 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.480 this week that went over Batavia. I mean that that 103 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:34.680 just affirmed that thought. 104 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:41.160 Yeah, definitely, And I mean Steve Sussi has been talking 105 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.199 about it a lot, you know, six A has usually 106 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.759 been dominated by you know, East St. Louis and also 107 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:51.360 Kerry Grow as of recently. But Geneva with a big 108 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.959 win against a team that you know made the seven 109 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:57.319 A States in Finals last year and has been looking 110 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:00.879 just as dominant as they were last year. You know, 111 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.439 getting a big win like this just shows how good 112 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.720 they can be. And also on top of that, you 113 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.240 know you kind of mentioned it, they changed up their 114 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:12.639 game style. You know, they had fifty seven offensive plays 115 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.600 when in each of their first five games they never 116 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.160 had more than forty five, and they didn't rely on 117 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.120 those big plays. So they showed that everything could be 118 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.839 really good for the future. And it's really exciting to 119 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:27.480 see what will. 120 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.399 Happen, no doubt about it. So great win for Geneva 121 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.040 last Friday. Also a great win for downs Grove North. 122 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.120 The game that I was at, Downers Going North playing 123 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.839 at York. It was another matchup of six of five 124 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.600 and odd teams. Downs Grove coming away with a thirty 125 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.439 five to fourteen win. And the two things that really 126 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.560 set out for me in that game. Number one, Downers 127 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.279 Grove North defense it's been great all year. It's only 128 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.560 given up twenty one points. In six games so far. 129 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:55.680 They don't excuse me, twenty eight points in six games 130 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:57.959 this year. And I mean they gave up a flukey 131 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.519 touchdown in the for Yorks first drive, kind of like 132 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:03.279 a fumble guy picks it up, scores, you know, just 133 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.000 kind of a weird, weird type play, and then they 134 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.519 shut down York the rest of the game until the 135 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:13.000 game was well in hand. Joe Edwards defensive lineman. There's 136 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.439 been so many good Edwards that's come for through the 137 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.480 Downs Growth program, including David Edwards is playing in the 138 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.319 NFL now, But Joe Edwards really a guy that people 139 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.240 are gonna want to keep an eye on. Defensive lineman, 140 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.920 you know, big long type. I mean, he was living 141 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:30.000 in the York backfield, made some really big plays. Jake 142 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.600 Grigorio a really good linebacker for them that also ran 143 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.480 for three touchdowns. They just got a they just got 144 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:39.160 a tough defense. I mean, York is a team that's 145 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:41.560 really been able to run on teams all year and 146 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.920 they just weren't able to do it. Just just really 147 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.279 hard to know his type defense. And on the other side, 148 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.079 I mean, you know two things, you want to be 149 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.680 a really great championship type team is a great defense 150 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.399 and a really good quarterback and Downers Go North has 151 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.319 one of the best quarterbacks in the state. They might 152 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.560 have the best quarterback in the state that not named 153 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:04.600 Jonas Williams, but Owen Lance, who was pretty darn good too. 154 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:08.040 Threw for a couple of touchdowns, one at the end 155 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:11.120 of the first half and then really the backbreaker end 156 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.680 of the third quarter. Last play of the quarter, he 157 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.040 finds Max Troe with a long deep one down the 158 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:21.439 sideline and Owen Lance. The couple things I like about him. 159 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.480 His release is so quick. I mean, if there is pressure, 160 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:27.759 he's just getting the ball out. And the other thing 161 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.240 that I like about him is that if he gets pressure, 162 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.559 it gets flushed out of the pocket. He doesn't try 163 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:35.080 to like make plays and aren't there try to force 164 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.360 things into coverage. He'll just kind of chuck it to 165 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.519 the ground, you know, throw it away. He's just a 166 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:42.519 very He's not only a really talented quarterback. I mentioned 167 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.799 a quick release, very strong arm. He's just a very 168 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:49.159 smart quarterback. I mean, he's a kid that you know, 169 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:51.559 you could easily see in one or two years is 170 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.879 going to be playing for a Big ten program, which 171 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:56.679 he is going to be at Minnesota. Just really like 172 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:59.879 Owen Lance as a quarterback, and again, you get a 173 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.919 great quarterback, you get a championship level defense. I don't 174 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:06.960 know if this team, I don't know if this team 175 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:08.200 is as good as a team that went to state 176 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:10.240 last year. They might even be better than the team 177 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.600 that went uh to the state finals last year. But 178 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.440 just a really impressive win for downscow North. 179 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.799 Yeah, definitely. And you kind of mentioned it last week 180 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.039 that this matchup between Downscrode North and York was gonna 181 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:25.120 be you know, the Trojan's first true test of the season, 182 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:30.159 as you know, Yeah, yeah, exactly. They basically passed it 183 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.440 with flying colors, and you know, it really showed how 184 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.120 deep they are and how good they are, especially against 185 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:40.200 teams that are, you know, up there in terms of 186 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.720 the power rankings like York. It'll be really interesting to 187 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.559 see how they do this week against Lions. A little 188 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:50.200 sneak peak of what we're gonna be covering for feature games, 189 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.039 but yeah, it'll be really interesting. 190 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.600 Another big one in the West suburban silver and I 191 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:57.080 mean I think Downers Rode North. I know somebody had 192 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:59.879 said me on Twitter after the game, you know best 193 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:02.039 in seven A. I mean, I think Mount Carmel is 194 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:05.639 still going to be heard from until otherwise noted. I 195 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.919 think they need to be recognized as one of the 196 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:10.080 teams to beat, if not a team to beat in 197 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.039 seven A. But Downerds Go North is right there. I mean, 198 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.600 they're they're gonna be heard from. I think Batavia I'm 199 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.759 not gonna I'm not going to count them out. Even 200 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:20.679 after that loss last Friday, I still think Batavia is 201 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.080 going to be a factor in seven A. But certainly 202 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.879 Downds Go North. Uh, Joey, we we talked. I just 203 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.679 talked about another big, big game in Elmhurst. There was 204 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:33.039 another pretty big game in Elmhurst this past Friday. Saint Francis. 205 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:36.559 I see Catholic really really big time rivals, you know, 206 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.480 just kind of a you know, I don't know if 207 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:42.240 they like each other, but they always play great football games. 208 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.919 And Saint Francis came away with a really big win 209 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.320 in that one, twenty one to thirteen, and kind of 210 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.480 the story and at that game is I don't know 211 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:52.840 if you saw, but Saint Francis was out there. Their 212 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.639 star running back Tyrone Ransom, he missed the game. He 213 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.399 ran for over thirteen hundred yards last year. But but 214 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:03.200 Tivious Well stepping up running for over one hundred yards 215 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.840 in that game, had the big touchdown, they kind of 216 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:08.360 sawted the game away. I mean you mentioned like the 217 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.440 depth of downers Rode North, how about the depth of 218 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.120 Saint Francis said, A sophomore comes out the bench and 219 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:14.600 I think you ran for close to one hundred and 220 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.480 fifty yards. Really shows the depth of skill talent at 221 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.600 Saint Francis between Tivious Caldwell, Tyvan Ramson when he comes back. 222 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:25.320 I mean Brady Palmer we've talked about as a quarterback 223 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:28.200 that stepped right in as a quarterback, done a great job. 224 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.120 They have a couple of very good receivers and then 225 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.120 they have Gavin Mule or the big tight end who 226 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.440 all he has is like ten or twelve Division one offers. 227 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.200 So just just a lot of talent for Saint Francis 228 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:39.120 and Tivious Caldwell. 229 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:42.240 Great game for that kid, Yeah, definitely, And I think 230 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:45.480 it's a really big confidence vision for Saint Francis as well, 231 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.360 because I mean we've, like we mentioned last week, this 232 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.080 was a must win game for both of these teams. 233 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.200 Obviously, Saint Francis had had two straight losses heat into 234 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.679 that game and putting that heartbreaker against Providence Catholic last week, 235 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.480 and then I see Catholic is obviously right on that fringe, 236 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:05.440 right or right on the fringe of, you know, being 237 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.799 one of those lower playoffs or lower teams in the playoffs. 238 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.799 But Saint Francis proved that they really wanted to come 239 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.960 out and get that confidence booster back. And you know, 240 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.360 he kind of mentioned it with previous caldball, you know, 241 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:23.639 coming off the bench and you know, being that producer 242 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:26.879 that he needed to be for the team. And it 243 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:30.639 really just showed the depth of Saint Francis and it 244 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.279 will definitely be good to see what they can do 245 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.240 with these next upcoming matches in the future. 246 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.120 Another really good win in the Chicago Catholic League last Friday, 247 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.840 Montini comes with a thirty four to sixteen win over 248 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:49.720 Carmel Carmel uh Montini a team that's you know, there's 249 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.279 just so many good teams in that that CCL e 250 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:55.279 s SEC that sometimes they maybe get a little bit overshadowed. 251 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.759 But we're talking about a team that last year reached 252 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.840 the Class three A semifinals. And and really gave Byron 253 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.639 a really great game in the semifinals. They have a 254 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.279 sophomore quarterback to Israel Abrams that I think people are 255 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.480 gonna want to kind of keep an eye on. He 256 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.919 threw for two hundred and forty nine yards and three touchdowns. 257 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:14.799 He's really started to come on as a playmaker, a 258 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:16.519 guy that makes a lot of plays for them. They 259 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:18.759 have they kind of really spread it around. They have 260 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:20.519 a lot of different guys that they like to go to, 261 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.120 but Israel Abrams, he's a kid that that, again, you know, 262 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:25.559 keep an eye on. I think he just got an 263 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:27.320 offer from Iowa State. I'm a feeling he's going to 264 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.559 be getting more offers too. He's only a sophomore. But 265 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.600 but that was a really good win for Montini. You know, 266 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.159 kind of a hand Honestly, I picked Karmel in that game. Uh, 267 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.399 just because Carmel. They got Trey Taylor, a great quarterback, 268 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.720 and they're a real good team. But Mantini won pretty handily. 269 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:45.120 That was a very impressive win for them. 270 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.840 Yeah, definitely, And Slate and you know you kind of 271 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:51.559 mentioned it the office, are you know, the quarterback play 272 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:53.759 was really good for them. Three touchdowns, in that game 273 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.919 and with Montini obviously, you know, those back back losses 274 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:01.360 against Marist and Fenwick we three and four might have 275 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.720 been a little bit of a you know, a little 276 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:09.320 confidence instead of booster, lowered their confidence a little bit. 277 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.799 But back to back wins against Marmy and then this 278 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.519 week against Carmel, it's definitely gonna be good for them 279 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.720 heading into that lather half of the season. I believe 280 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:20.279 They've got a pretty tough schedule coming up. They got 281 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.039 Saint Dieter next week, I believe, and then they have 282 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.759 Saint Lawrence also down the line as well. So it's 283 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.240 definitely gonna be big for them to get a big 284 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.039 win against Carmel and it definitely boosts their playoff chances 285 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:34.639 for the future as well. 286 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:36.720 Yeah, I mean, they kind of struggled to put up 287 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:39.279 points in their losses against Maris and Fenwick. I think 288 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.639 they might have scored like nine against Maris and tan 289 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.200 Or it wasn't that many, but the fact that they 290 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.519 would put thirty four points last week. Again, I mentioned 291 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:49.600 Abrams is kind of coming on as a quarterback for them. 292 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:54.159 So again, a very very good win for them, A 293 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.039 couple of really important wins. I thought last week that 294 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:00.320 stood out to me. I'm gonna start with the game 295 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:03.320 on Friday Night, a game that you know, it's funny. 296 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:05.840 We get so caught up on our games and everything 297 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:07.799 that's going on, kind of living our own and then 298 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.639 you know, you check Twitter every once in a while 299 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.879 just see what's going on, and there's always like one 300 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:15.360 or two games. Ye're like, wow that that that kind 301 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:17.399 of raised my eyebrows a little bit. The game that 302 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.240 kind of raised my armbels last week was was Yorkville 303 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:23.440 beating Manooka. Minooka is a team that came in undefeated 304 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.080 five and oho Yorkville, they came in two and three. 305 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.720 They were kind of really they were struggling, had some 306 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.039 trouble running the ball. They have a new offensive line 307 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:34.559 this year, and and Yorkville comes away with a twenty 308 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.320 one to seven win. Notable in that game they ran 309 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:39.559 for over two hundred yards in that game. They had 310 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.840 a negative yardage rushing in two of their first five games, 311 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:44.639 and to be able to run for that many yards 312 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:46.840 in a game, that's a really good sign for them. 313 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.639 And Yorkfille is a team that even last year, they 314 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.919 they started two and three, but then they won their 315 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.919 last four regular season games. They're a team that I 316 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:57.159 could see coming on again. They seem to get better 317 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:00.000 as the season goes on. But that was a very 318 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.440 very big win for them because you know, you get 319 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.879 to two and three. If they would have dropped the 320 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.960 two and four, well, then you know math is starting 321 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:08.200 to take over and and things are not looking so 322 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.799 great for you. So that was a very big win 323 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.480 for them. And then of course the other one I 324 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.200 think we talked about on the podcasts last week. I 325 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.279 feel like I've talked about this team every week because 326 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:20.200 they've just had kind of an up and down year. 327 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:24.399 Glenbard West able to come away with a thirty five 328 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:28.159 to fourteen win over Hinsdale Central. Notable in that game 329 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:33.200 Teyon Oriental. They're very fine senior running back. He got 330 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.279 hurt at the very end of the week one loss 331 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.600 to Bataviate a hand injury. I think it was a 332 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:40.639 broken hand. He told me it was, but but he 333 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.200 came back last last week. He ran for sixty yards 334 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.240 and a touchdown. He threw a forty one yard touchdown. 335 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.600 They they like to use him in different areas. I mean, 336 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.320 he's a running back, but they wit to use as 337 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:55.639 a Wildcat occasionally, but so that's now their second win 338 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:58.039 in a row. They're two and four. But as Nather 339 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.120 has taught everybody last year, zhe and four does not 340 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.480 end the season for anybody. But they're two and four now. 341 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.519 The schedule, you know, they play York this week, so 342 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.160 that's a tough one, but it gets a little bit 343 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:12.599 more favorable the last two weeks of the season. At 344 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.400 this point, I like Gleenbard's West chances of getting into 345 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.640 the playoffs either four and five or potentially five and 346 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.920 four if they're able to beat York this week. But 347 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.519 I'm not getting You know, when a team makes the 348 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:26.400 playoffs sixteen years in a row under a head coach's 349 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:28.960 it's wise not to give up on them after four weeks. 350 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.160 And I what, I was getting very close to giving 351 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.200 up on them. 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But like 365 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.079 you mentioned, that game against Dorky is going to be 366 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.680 big for them as well, because I mean, writing that 367 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.279 two game win streak, even as a team that you 368 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:24.359 know that hasn't had the most success this year against 369 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.559 teams that have done really well last season, you know 370 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:29.480 this is going to be a really big game for them, 371 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:31.799 and it'll be something that you know, we're gonna have 372 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.720 to keep our eyes on in order to make sure that, 373 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.200 you know, if something big happens, we're on top of it. 374 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:41.000 Next week. Yeah, any other Week six games that kind 375 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.279 of stood out to you before we dive in a 376 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.000 Week seven. 377 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.559 With the Patavia Geneva rivalry, we had a couple of 378 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:52.839 other rivalries happening in the Decay Conference that you know 379 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.160 kind of pop my eyes out. Saint Charles North defeated 380 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.319 Saint Charles East for their fifth consecutive game. They ended 381 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:02.799 up winning forty two to seven, things to five touchdowns 382 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.759 from Ethan Plub. They moved up five and one on 383 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:10.680 the season, very sneakily, you know, a top of or 384 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.680 near the top of the Decay Conference. And you know, 385 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.039 from the way that they're looking there's a really good 386 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:19.240 chance in that Week nine matchup against Geneva if they win, 387 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:23.559 they'll potentially have a share of the Decaying Conference and 388 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:26.720 that's gonna be really interesting to watch. And then also 389 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.440 on top of that, we had Warnville South defeat Wheaton 390 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.559 North for the second straight season. You know, it's a 391 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.920 pretty dominant fashion, winning thirty one to six in that game. So, 392 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:39.880 you know, a couple of interesting results happening through the 393 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:44.119 Decaying Conference, but really good week of football overall. 394 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:47.079 Yeah, it kind of leads us into Week seven, a 395 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:49.359 game that I believe you're going to be at Geneva 396 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:52.920 Is hosting Wheaton North, and I mean right now, it's 397 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.200 sort of like if you're doing a stock report, Geneva 398 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:59.319 Is stock is going up up up where Wheaton North. 399 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:01.839 I mean, unfortun after a pretty good start of the year, 400 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.359 they've kind of had a couple of really difficult weeks. 401 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.599