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Speaker 4: Hello everybody, and welcome to the Friday Night Drive Western
Speaker 4: Suburbs podcast. This is Josh Welgy joined by Joe Bennett's
Speaker 4: on this lovely Tuesday afternoon. Joe, how you doing?
Speaker 5: I mean pretty good. I mean I've got a little
Speaker 5: eye infection, so I look a little weird compared to usual.
Speaker 5: And I know you probably a little weird to a
Speaker 5: couple of people because you're wearing your glasses today. But
Speaker 5: I mean, besides that everything else is doing for you.
Speaker 4: Well, yeah, it's kind of weird. Sometimes I want to
Speaker 4: take glasses off. Sometimes I might to take them on.
Speaker 4: Just kind of depends, So we're gonna go without the
Speaker 4: glasses for now. But yeah, anyway, we're gonna be talking
Speaker 4: a lot of good football. Joey saw some great football
Speaker 4: ass Friday, some really huge games in our neck of
Speaker 4: the woods. I'm gonna start with you, Patavia Geneva. We
Speaker 4: were wondering last week if Geneva could finally end the
Speaker 4: run the Batavia's had on him for over a decade,
Speaker 4: and boy did they. Man, he was not expecting that
Speaker 4: final margin how to happen.
Speaker 5: I mean, it was just a crazy second half from
Speaker 5: Geneva and that was, you know, all they really needed.
Speaker 5: Before I get more into the details of the game,
Speaker 5: I first want to give an apology to the Geneva
Speaker 5: coaches because after the game was over, I actually got
Speaker 5: approached by a couple of the assistant coaches and they
Speaker 5: told me that apparently my words from the preview and
Speaker 5: also from six show kind of motivated them into making
Speaker 5: sure that they definitely got it. They called me out specifically,
Speaker 5: so you got to write, folks, but no, I mean,
Speaker 5: the game was an absolute chess match, which was how
Speaker 5: Booneborguson described how the game was possibly going to go.
Speaker 5: And that's exactly what ends up happening that first half.
Speaker 5: It was so cutthroat. Dare to say, you know, if
Speaker 5: any team made a mistake, there was something getting into
Speaker 5: the end zone. And that's what happened. The first drive
Speaker 5: that Geneva made it into the red zone, it was
Speaker 5: ninety three yards ended with a touchdown from talent Taylor.
Speaker 5: And then to end the first half, you know, Batavia
Speaker 5: was able to work their way down the field and
Speaker 5: they pulled off a Philly special in order to get
Speaker 5: you know, that touchdown. But once the second half hit,
Speaker 5: Geneva just kept the momentum that they had with the
Speaker 5: tea or with the people that came into a Bulldog stadium.
Speaker 5: They just took it and they just ran with it.
Speaker 5: I mean three touchdowns in the second half from Tony
Speaker 5: Chikino to Finnigan. Webner really controlled it. Michael Romorro basically
Speaker 5: dominated on the running offense, so he ended up with
Speaker 5: I think two hundred rushing yards for them, and it
Speaker 5: was just he even wanted it more in the end,
Speaker 5: and that suit came out on top to get their
Speaker 5: first win since twenty ten in the rivalry.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, Geneva, they just everybody knew about talent
Speaker 4: hater coming the year, but they've really emerged as a
Speaker 4: team that's got so many weapons. Tony Chahino's to spend
Speaker 4: kind of a revelation and quarterback one of the best
Speaker 4: quarterbacks in the area. You know, Finnegan Webner keeps coming
Speaker 4: up big. Michael Romarro kind of knew about him going
Speaker 4: the year as a good running back. The other thing, too,
Speaker 4: is my goodness that their defense. I mean, nobody has
Speaker 4: been able to stop Patavia's rushing game with Nathan Whitwell
Speaker 4: this year and Geneva, I mean, what do you have
Speaker 4: like fifteen yards rushing twenty years rushing? That's something crazy.
Speaker 5: Officially on Max Preps it was thirty four, but I
Speaker 5: had them for twenty six, so it was anywhere in
Speaker 5: that range. Either way, it was under one hundred yards.
Speaker 5: Nobody's been able to do that this entire year. But
Speaker 5: Geneva put their foot down and was able to stop them.
Speaker 5: And on the other hand, you know, got their rushing
Speaker 5: game going, which is something that hasn't been really their
Speaker 5: strong suit throughout the year. Everybody's known them for their
Speaker 5: passing game. But Michael Rimorro showed up and it was like,
Speaker 5: I'm here too. Hello. So it was just a crazy
Speaker 5: game and it really showed the versatility of Geneva's offense
Speaker 5: and defense, and it'll be really interesting to see, especially
Speaker 5: with the playoffs, to see how far they go with
Speaker 5: that versatility.
Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, the thing about is is that this
Speaker 4: was not like a fluky. You know, they had a
Speaker 4: lot of huge, big plays or whatever type thing. I mean,
Speaker 4: when you have a situation where you're back runs for
Speaker 4: almost two hundred yards and you hold down their running
Speaker 4: back to about thirty yards or whatever and and they
Speaker 4: running back like Whitwell, that's been such a huge part
Speaker 4: of what Batavia does. I mean that this was no fluke.
Speaker 4: I mean, they clearly showed that they were the better team.
Speaker 4: And and man, I mean, you know, obviously in six A,
Speaker 4: East Saint Louis is always sort of the elephant in
Speaker 4: the room, but Geneva is gonna be one of those
Speaker 4: teams that we're gonna be talking about capable of making
Speaker 4: a very deep run in six A. And I think
Speaker 4: this week that went over Batavia. I mean that that
Speaker 4: just affirmed that thought.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, And I mean Steve Sussi has been talking
Speaker 5: about it a lot, you know, six A has usually
Speaker 5: been dominated by you know, East St. Louis and also
Speaker 5: Kerry Grow as of recently. But Geneva with a big
Speaker 5: win against a team that you know made the seven
Speaker 5: A States in Finals last year and has been looking
Speaker 5: just as dominant as they were last year. You know,
Speaker 5: getting a big win like this just shows how good
Speaker 5: they can be. And also on top of that, you
Speaker 5: know you kind of mentioned it, they changed up their
Speaker 5: game style. You know, they had fifty seven offensive plays
Speaker 5: when in each of their first five games they never
Speaker 5: had more than forty five, and they didn't rely on
Speaker 5: those big plays. So they showed that everything could be
Speaker 5: really good for the future. And it's really exciting to
Speaker 5: see what will.
Speaker 4: Happen, no doubt about it. So great win for Geneva
Speaker 4: last Friday. Also a great win for downs Grove North.
Speaker 4: The game that I was at, Downers Going North playing
Speaker 4: at York. It was another matchup of six of five
Speaker 4: and odd teams. Downs Grove coming away with a thirty
Speaker 4: five to fourteen win. And the two things that really
Speaker 4: set out for me in that game. Number one, Downers
Speaker 4: Grove North defense it's been great all year. It's only
Speaker 4: given up twenty one points. In six games so far.
Speaker 4: They don't excuse me, twenty eight points in six games
Speaker 4: this year. And I mean they gave up a flukey
Speaker 4: touchdown in the for Yorks first drive, kind of like
Speaker 4: a fumble guy picks it up, scores, you know, just
Speaker 4: kind of a weird, weird type play, and then they
Speaker 4: shut down York the rest of the game until the
Speaker 4: game was well in hand. Joe Edwards defensive lineman. There's
Speaker 4: been so many good Edwards that's come for through the
Speaker 4: Downs Growth program, including David Edwards is playing in the
Speaker 4: NFL now, But Joe Edwards really a guy that people
Speaker 4: are gonna want to keep an eye on. Defensive lineman,
Speaker 4: you know, big long type. I mean, he was living
Speaker 4: in the York backfield, made some really big plays. Jake
Speaker 4: Grigorio a really good linebacker for them that also ran
Speaker 4: for three touchdowns. They just got a they just got
Speaker 4: a tough defense. I mean, York is a team that's
Speaker 4: really been able to run on teams all year and
Speaker 4: they just weren't able to do it. Just just really
Speaker 4: hard to know his type defense. And on the other side,
Speaker 4: I mean, you know two things, you want to be
Speaker 4: a really great championship type team is a great defense
Speaker 4: and a really good quarterback and Downers Go North has
Speaker 4: one of the best quarterbacks in the state. They might
Speaker 4: have the best quarterback in the state that not named
Speaker 4: Jonas Williams, but Owen Lance, who was pretty darn good too.
Speaker 4: Threw for a couple of touchdowns, one at the end
Speaker 4: of the first half and then really the backbreaker end
Speaker 4: of the third quarter. Last play of the quarter, he
Speaker 4: finds Max Troe with a long deep one down the
Speaker 4: sideline and Owen Lance. The couple things I like about him.
Speaker 4: His release is so quick. I mean, if there is pressure,
Speaker 4: he's just getting the ball out. And the other thing
Speaker 4: that I like about him is that if he gets pressure,
Speaker 4: it gets flushed out of the pocket. He doesn't try
Speaker 4: to like make plays and aren't there try to force
Speaker 4: things into coverage. He'll just kind of chuck it to
Speaker 4: the ground, you know, throw it away. He's just a
Speaker 4: very He's not only a really talented quarterback. I mentioned
Speaker 4: a quick release, very strong arm. He's just a very
Speaker 4: smart quarterback. I mean, he's a kid that you know,
Speaker 4: you could easily see in one or two years is
Speaker 4: going to be playing for a Big ten program, which
Speaker 4: he is going to be at Minnesota. Just really like
Speaker 4: Owen Lance as a quarterback, and again, you get a
Speaker 4: great quarterback, you get a championship level defense. I don't
Speaker 4: know if this team, I don't know if this team
Speaker 4: is as good as a team that went to state
Speaker 4: last year. They might even be better than the team
Speaker 4: that went uh to the state finals last year. But
Speaker 4: just a really impressive win for downscow North.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. And you kind of mentioned it last week
Speaker 5: that this matchup between Downscrode North and York was gonna
Speaker 5: be you know, the Trojan's first true test of the season,
Speaker 5: as you know, Yeah, yeah, exactly. They basically passed it
Speaker 5: with flying colors, and you know, it really showed how
Speaker 5: deep they are and how good they are, especially against
Speaker 5: teams that are, you know, up there in terms of
Speaker 5: the power rankings like York. It'll be really interesting to
Speaker 5: see how they do this week against Lions. A little
Speaker 5: sneak peak of what we're gonna be covering for feature games,
Speaker 5: but yeah, it'll be really interesting.
Speaker 4: Another big one in the West suburban silver and I
Speaker 4: mean I think Downers Rode North. I know somebody had
Speaker 4: said me on Twitter after the game, you know best
Speaker 4: in seven A. I mean, I think Mount Carmel is
Speaker 4: still going to be heard from until otherwise noted. I
Speaker 4: think they need to be recognized as one of the
Speaker 4: teams to beat, if not a team to beat in
Speaker 4: seven A. But Downerds Go North is right there. I mean,
Speaker 4: they're they're gonna be heard from. I think Batavia I'm
Speaker 4: not gonna I'm not going to count them out. Even
Speaker 4: after that loss last Friday, I still think Batavia is
Speaker 4: going to be a factor in seven A. But certainly
Speaker 4: Downds Go North. Uh, Joey, we we talked. I just
Speaker 4: talked about another big, big game in Elmhurst. There was
Speaker 4: another pretty big game in Elmhurst this past Friday. Saint Francis.
Speaker 4: I see Catholic really really big time rivals, you know,
Speaker 4: just kind of a you know, I don't know if
Speaker 4: they like each other, but they always play great football games.
Speaker 4: And Saint Francis came away with a really big win
Speaker 4: in that one, twenty one to thirteen, and kind of
Speaker 4: the story and at that game is I don't know
Speaker 4: if you saw, but Saint Francis was out there. Their
Speaker 4: star running back Tyrone Ransom, he missed the game. He
Speaker 4: ran for over thirteen hundred yards last year. But but
Speaker 4: Tivious Well stepping up running for over one hundred yards
Speaker 4: in that game, had the big touchdown, they kind of
Speaker 4: sawted the game away. I mean you mentioned like the
Speaker 4: depth of downers Rode North, how about the depth of
Speaker 4: Saint Francis said, A sophomore comes out the bench and
Speaker 4: I think you ran for close to one hundred and
Speaker 4: fifty yards. Really shows the depth of skill talent at
Speaker 4: Saint Francis between Tivious Caldwell, Tyvan Ramson when he comes back.
Speaker 4: I mean Brady Palmer we've talked about as a quarterback
Speaker 4: that stepped right in as a quarterback, done a great job.
Speaker 4: They have a couple of very good receivers and then
Speaker 4: they have Gavin Mule or the big tight end who
Speaker 4: all he has is like ten or twelve Division one offers.
Speaker 4: So just just a lot of talent for Saint Francis
Speaker 4: and Tivious Caldwell.
Speaker 6: Great game for that kid, Yeah, definitely, And I think
Speaker 6: it's a really big confidence vision for Saint Francis as well,
Speaker 6: because I mean we've, like we mentioned last week, this
Speaker 6: was a must win game for both of these teams.
Speaker 5: Obviously, Saint Francis had had two straight losses heat into
Speaker 5: that game and putting that heartbreaker against Providence Catholic last week,
Speaker 5: and then I see Catholic is obviously right on that fringe,
Speaker 5: right or right on the fringe of, you know, being
Speaker 5: one of those lower playoffs or lower teams in the playoffs.
Speaker 5: But Saint Francis proved that they really wanted to come
Speaker 5: out and get that confidence booster back. And you know,
Speaker 5: he kind of mentioned it with previous caldball, you know,
Speaker 5: coming off the bench and you know, being that producer
Speaker 5: that he needed to be for the team. And it
Speaker 5: really just showed the depth of Saint Francis and it
Speaker 5: will definitely be good to see what they can do
Speaker 5: with these next upcoming matches in the future.
Speaker 4: Another really good win in the Chicago Catholic League last Friday,
Speaker 4: Montini comes with a thirty four to sixteen win over
Speaker 4: Carmel Carmel uh Montini a team that's you know, there's
Speaker 4: just so many good teams in that that CCL e
Speaker 4: s SEC that sometimes they maybe get a little bit overshadowed.
Speaker 4: But we're talking about a team that last year reached
Speaker 4: the Class three A semifinals. And and really gave Byron
Speaker 4: a really great game in the semifinals. They have a
Speaker 4: sophomore quarterback to Israel Abrams that I think people are
Speaker 4: gonna want to kind of keep an eye on. He
Speaker 4: threw for two hundred and forty nine yards and three touchdowns.
Speaker 4: He's really started to come on as a playmaker, a
Speaker 4: guy that makes a lot of plays for them. They
Speaker 4: have they kind of really spread it around. They have
Speaker 4: a lot of different guys that they like to go to,
Speaker 4: but Israel Abrams, he's a kid that that, again, you know,
Speaker 4: keep an eye on. I think he just got an
Speaker 4: offer from Iowa State. I'm a feeling he's going to
Speaker 4: be getting more offers too. He's only a sophomore. But
Speaker 4: but that was a really good win for Montini. You know,
Speaker 4: kind of a hand Honestly, I picked Karmel in that game. Uh,
Speaker 4: just because Carmel. They got Trey Taylor, a great quarterback,
Speaker 4: and they're a real good team. But Mantini won pretty handily.
Speaker 4: That was a very impressive win for them.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, And Slate and you know you kind of
Speaker 5: mentioned it the office, are you know, the quarterback play
Speaker 5: was really good for them. Three touchdowns, in that game
Speaker 5: and with Montini obviously, you know, those back back losses
Speaker 5: against Marist and Fenwick we three and four might have
Speaker 5: been a little bit of a you know, a little
Speaker 5: confidence instead of booster, lowered their confidence a little bit.
Speaker 5: But back to back wins against Marmy and then this
Speaker 5: week against Carmel, it's definitely gonna be good for them
Speaker 5: heading into that lather half of the season. I believe
Speaker 5: They've got a pretty tough schedule coming up. They got
Speaker 5: Saint Dieter next week, I believe, and then they have
Speaker 5: Saint Lawrence also down the line as well. So it's
Speaker 5: definitely gonna be big for them to get a big
Speaker 5: win against Carmel and it definitely boosts their playoff chances
Speaker 5: for the future as well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, they kind of struggled to put up
Speaker 4: points in their losses against Maris and Fenwick. I think
Speaker 4: they might have scored like nine against Maris and tan
Speaker 4: Or it wasn't that many, but the fact that they
Speaker 4: would put thirty four points last week. Again, I mentioned
Speaker 4: Abrams is kind of coming on as a quarterback for them.
Speaker 4: So again, a very very good win for them, A
Speaker 4: couple of really important wins. I thought last week that
Speaker 4: stood out to me. I'm gonna start with the game
Speaker 4: on Friday Night, a game that you know, it's funny.
Speaker 4: We get so caught up on our games and everything
Speaker 4: that's going on, kind of living our own and then
Speaker 4: you know, you check Twitter every once in a while
Speaker 4: just see what's going on, and there's always like one
Speaker 4: or two games. Ye're like, wow that that that kind
Speaker 4: of raised my eyebrows a little bit. The game that
Speaker 4: kind of raised my armbels last week was was Yorkville
Speaker 4: beating Manooka. Minooka is a team that came in undefeated
Speaker 4: five and oho Yorkville, they came in two and three.
Speaker 4: They were kind of really they were struggling, had some
Speaker 4: trouble running the ball. They have a new offensive line
Speaker 4: this year, and and Yorkville comes away with a twenty
Speaker 4: one to seven win. Notable in that game they ran
Speaker 4: for over two hundred yards in that game. They had
Speaker 4: a negative yardage rushing in two of their first five games,
Speaker 4: and to be able to run for that many yards
Speaker 4: in a game, that's a really good sign for them.
Speaker 4: And Yorkfille is a team that even last year, they
Speaker 4: they started two and three, but then they won their
Speaker 4: last four regular season games. They're a team that I
Speaker 4: could see coming on again. They seem to get better
Speaker 4: as the season goes on. But that was a very
Speaker 4: very big win for them because you know, you get
Speaker 4: to two and three. If they would have dropped the
Speaker 4: two and four, well, then you know math is starting
Speaker 4: to take over and and things are not looking so
Speaker 4: great for you. So that was a very big win
Speaker 4: for them. And then of course the other one I
Speaker 4: think we talked about on the podcasts last week. I
Speaker 4: feel like I've talked about this team every week because
Speaker 4: they've just had kind of an up and down year.
Speaker 4: Glenbard West able to come away with a thirty five
Speaker 4: to fourteen win over Hinsdale Central. Notable in that game
Speaker 4: Teyon Oriental. They're very fine senior running back. He got
Speaker 4: hurt at the very end of the week one loss
Speaker 4: to Bataviate a hand injury. I think it was a
Speaker 4: broken hand. He told me it was, but but he
Speaker 4: came back last last week. He ran for sixty yards
Speaker 4: and a touchdown. He threw a forty one yard touchdown.
Speaker 4: They they like to use him in different areas. I mean,
Speaker 4: he's a running back, but they wit to use as
Speaker 4: a Wildcat occasionally, but so that's now their second win
Speaker 4: in a row. They're two and four. But as Nather
Speaker 4: has taught everybody last year, zhe and four does not
Speaker 4: end the season for anybody. But they're two and four now.
Speaker 4: The schedule, you know, they play York this week, so
Speaker 4: that's a tough one, but it gets a little bit
Speaker 4: more favorable the last two weeks of the season. At
Speaker 4: this point, I like Gleenbard's West chances of getting into
Speaker 4: the playoffs either four and five or potentially five and
Speaker 4: four if they're able to beat York this week. But
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Speaker 4: playoffs sixteen years in a row under a head coach's
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the return of Peon Oriental is definitely
Speaker 5: good reason to get back on that train. But like
Speaker 5: you mentioned, that game against Dorky is going to be
Speaker 5: big for them as well, because I mean, writing that
Speaker 5: two game win streak, even as a team that you
Speaker 5: know that hasn't had the most success this year against
Speaker 5: teams that have done really well last season, you know
Speaker 5: this is going to be a really big game for them,
Speaker 5: and it'll be something that you know, we're gonna have
Speaker 5: to keep our eyes on in order to make sure that,
Speaker 5: you know, if something big happens, we're on top of it.
Speaker 4: Next week. Yeah, any other Week six games that kind
Speaker 4: of stood out to you before we dive in a
Speaker 4: Week seven.
Speaker 5: With the Patavia Geneva rivalry, we had a couple of
Speaker 5: other rivalries happening in the Decay Conference that you know
Speaker 5: kind of pop my eyes out. Saint Charles North defeated
Speaker 5: Saint Charles East for their fifth consecutive game. They ended
Speaker 5: up winning forty two to seven, things to five touchdowns
Speaker 5: from Ethan Plub. They moved up five and one on
Speaker 5: the season, very sneakily, you know, a top of or
Speaker 5: near the top of the Decay Conference. And you know,
Speaker 5: from the way that they're looking there's a really good
Speaker 5: chance in that Week nine matchup against Geneva if they win,
Speaker 5: they'll potentially have a share of the Decaying Conference and
Speaker 5: that's gonna be really interesting to watch. And then also
Speaker 5: on top of that, we had Warnville South defeat Wheaton
Speaker 5: North for the second straight season. You know, it's a
Speaker 5: pretty dominant fashion, winning thirty one to six in that game. So,
Speaker 5: you know, a couple of interesting results happening through the
Speaker 5: Decaying Conference, but really good week of football overall.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it kind of leads us into Week seven, a
Speaker 4: game that I believe you're going to be at Geneva
Speaker 4: Is hosting Wheaton North, and I mean right now, it's
Speaker 4: sort of like if you're doing a stock report, Geneva
Speaker 4: Is stock is going up up up where Wheaton North.
Speaker 4: I mean, unfortun after a pretty good start of the year,
Speaker 4: they've kind of had a couple of really difficult weeks.
Speaker 4: I mean, Batavia really kind of smacked them around a
Speaker 4: little bit, and then Wheat and Warneville South beat them
Speaker 4: last week. So maybe the Falcons you start to kind
Speaker 4: of get worried about them. But I've kind of learned
Speaker 4: the Dukene Conference that just when you think you got
Speaker 4: things figured out, you don't have things figured out. So
Speaker 4: I'm very curious to see what's going to happen. You know,
Speaker 4: what do you think about that matchup as you go
Speaker 4: into it.
Speaker 5: It's definitely going to be really interesting to watch. I mean,
Speaker 5: you know, Wheaton North came into or Wheaton North defeated
Speaker 5: Juveniva last year. That was their second loss that the
Speaker 5: Vikings suffered last season, and it was in a pretty
Speaker 5: you know, heartbreaking fashion, I believe. I think they scored
Speaker 5: they scored the game winning touchdown in the fourth quarter
Speaker 5: to go up by one, I believe, and that basically
Speaker 5: secured it or for Wheaton North. So you know, like
Speaker 5: you mentioned anything that's possible in Dukane Conference, but I
Speaker 5: can are. But Geneva is just on the highest of
Speaker 5: highs right now, and Wheat North, I'm sure is on
Speaker 5: the lowest of lows and once they turn that around
Speaker 5: as quickly as they can. So it'll be really interesting
Speaker 5: to see how they respond after two straight weeks of beginning.
Speaker 4: Now, yeah, that's gonna be a game that I mean,
Speaker 4: you're gonna be there, so I'm definitely gonna become an
Speaker 4: eye on. But that's gonna be a game that I'm
Speaker 4: keeping an eye on. Friday. Is that that Geneva Wheat
Speaker 4: North game. Another matchup in the Westerburn and Silver that
Speaker 4: you mentioned a few minutes ago. That that's a big one,
Speaker 4: one of the biggest ones in the areas. Downers Go North,
Speaker 4: Uh plays Lions Township. Both those teams six and zero
Speaker 4: Downs Go North. I'm not mistaken a six and Z
Speaker 4: for the first time since two thousand and three, which
Speaker 4: is many moons ago. So it should be a fun one.
Speaker 4: I mean, I really like Downers Go North, the way
Speaker 4: they're playing with their defense, the way Old Lance is
Speaker 4: coming together as a very good quarterback. But Lions Township,
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, they got a really good defense,
Speaker 4: They're pretty physical. I like their quart of Dom Pitt Pitt.
Speaker 4: We've gotta Butcher's name. I'm just gonna say, Don Pisciotti
Speaker 4: and and hope that I pronounced it correctly. He's been
Speaker 4: really good as a first year starter, and Travis Stam
Speaker 4: Illinois State recruited receiver, one of the best receivers around.
Speaker 4: They're gonna Lions Township. You know, they're gonna have to
Speaker 4: really open it up and really get the ball to
Speaker 4: Travis and kind of spread the ball around because that
Speaker 4: down As Grove North defense is tough. If you think
Speaker 4: that you're gonna go into a game and hey, we're
Speaker 4: just gonna run the ball thirty times and that's the
Speaker 4: way we're gonna win, well you're gonna go away very
Speaker 4: disappointed because because their defense is that good. I like
Speaker 4: Downers Going North in this game, but I'm just very
Speaker 4: interested to see because Downsgow North has already played York,
Speaker 4: where Lions Township has not played down As North or York.
Speaker 4: So I think I have a little bit more data
Speaker 4: on Downers Grow North than I do on Lions Township.
Speaker 4: So I think I'm gonna learn a little bit more
Speaker 4: about Lions this week. I already know a little bit
Speaker 4: more about down As Go North, but but but yeah,
Speaker 4: that should be a fun one Friday night at down
Speaker 4: As Grove.
Speaker 5: Definitely I mean Lions has, you know, kind of been
Speaker 5: one of those teams that, you know, even though they
Speaker 5: are sick to know, they've picked up their offense a
Speaker 5: whole lot throughout the latter half or as the season
Speaker 5: has gone on. I mean, they had close wins against
Speaker 5: week more of the Southern Kinsdale Central in the first
Speaker 5: two weeks that were decided by one score, and that
Speaker 5: these past two weeks fifty nine to nothing win against
Speaker 5: pro Vicia West and then a forty nine to fourteen
Speaker 5: win last week against oak Park. I mean, it was
Speaker 5: just it seemed like one of those things where it's play.
Speaker 5: You know, as the season has gone along with their
Speaker 5: offense has been a little bit more potent to getting
Speaker 5: into the end zone. But against the big against the
Speaker 5: relatively powerhouse team like Downers grow Up North, it'll be
Speaker 5: interesting to see if they can keep that offensive moment.
Speaker 5: To Burley.
Speaker 4: Yeah, another game Friday, the game that I'm going to
Speaker 4: be at Oswego, which is six and zero playing at
Speaker 4: Yorkville again. Alluded to a few minutes ago that coming
Speaker 4: off of a really good win over Minoka as we
Speaker 4: go six and all, but you know, they played some
Speaker 4: pretty close to the vest tough games the last two
Speaker 4: weeks against playing Field North and Bowling Brook just kind
Speaker 4: of the game just kind of hung around and hung around,
Speaker 4: and then they were finally able to come away with
Speaker 4: a win. So, I mean, I'd like their defense a lot.
Speaker 4: Their defense has been great all year. I think their
Speaker 4: offense is gonna need to kind of step it up
Speaker 4: a little bit because Yorkville. You know, I know Aswego
Speaker 4: probably comes in its favorite, but Yorkville has really had
Speaker 4: their number the last couple of years, including last year.
Speaker 4: And I talked to Yorkville uh luke Zuk, who's a
Speaker 4: really good senior safety and running back, and they kind
Speaker 4: of feel condy. They feel a little sneaky confident about
Speaker 4: this game. They they know they've beaten Oswego the last
Speaker 4: two years, so they bring that conference to that game. Obviously,
Speaker 4: it's it's a big game for Usuego. They want to
Speaker 4: stay undefeated. They're they're going towards their first conference title,
Speaker 4: and I believe five it's been it's been a few years,
Speaker 4: maybe three or four years since they won conference. On
Speaker 4: the other side, Yorkville, I mean they're three and three.
Speaker 4: They're in a little bit better shape than they were
Speaker 4: at this time, but there's still three and three. There's
Speaker 4: still a lot of work to do. That's going to
Speaker 4: be a really good game, a big game, and I'll
Speaker 4: be very surprised if it's not a low scoring game
Speaker 4: because both of those programs, both those teams hang their
Speaker 4: head on defense. Should should be a fun one. Looking
Speaker 4: forward to that one.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you can mentioned the uh you know, be expected
Speaker 5: to be a low scoring game. I mean the past
Speaker 5: couple of games for US we Go has been relatively
Speaker 5: low scoring. I mean after that Juliet Central game, I
Speaker 5: mean they've only had what twenty one to twenty two
Speaker 5: points in their last two wins. But no, I really
Speaker 5: expect this to be a really interesting game, especially with
Speaker 5: Yorkville already defeated one undefeated team so far this season
Speaker 5: and hopefully looking to get another one off with the Panthers.
Speaker 5: So it'll be interesting to see if they can pull
Speaker 5: it off again.
Speaker 4: Yeah, what are the games are you looking at this week?
Speaker 4: That that that Friday night when you're at Geneva you're
Speaker 4: gonna be keeping an.
Speaker 2: Eye on.
Speaker 5: New In the back of my mind that I was like, hmm,
Speaker 5: this will be really interesting to watch. The first one
Speaker 5: it's gonna be another c C L E. SEC game.
Speaker 5: It's gonna be Marmion and I see Catholic. If that
Speaker 5: game is gonna be coming up on Friday night, that
Speaker 5: one's gonna be really interesting. Marmion, of course, is four
Speaker 5: and two on the season in their first season under
Speaker 5: Adam Guerra, and Icy Catholic is looking to get anything
Speaker 5: going really or for the most part, especially after that,
Speaker 5: you know too and four starts of the season. So
Speaker 5: I think it'll be really interesting Marmion. If they get
Speaker 5: this win, it makes the path to the playoffs a
Speaker 5: lot easier for them. They've got a couple of tough
Speaker 5: matchups in the next coming weeks, so it'll be really
Speaker 5: So this will be a really big confidence booster for
Speaker 5: them and will hopefully get them in a bear shot
Speaker 5: to make the playoffs. Meanwhile, Icy Catholic needs this win
Speaker 5: in order to get that chance in the future. And
Speaker 5: the other one that I think will be really interesting
Speaker 5: is going to be it's gonna be Caitlin and Rochelle
Speaker 5: actually out out West a little bit. So Caitlin is
Speaker 5: started off the season four no therefore and two now
Speaker 5: after two pretty big losses to Morris at Sycamore over
Speaker 5: the past two weeks. Meanwhile, Rochelle is five and one
Speaker 5: and is coming off of a big win against Morris,
Speaker 5: who beat Caitlin fifty to ten. So Rochelle's kind of
Speaker 5: writing that I right now and has gotten themselves into
Speaker 5: or into the conversation of potentially be on or being
Speaker 5: on the top of that Interstate eight. So it'll be
Speaker 5: really interesting to see how these two teams match up
Speaker 5: this week.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Rochelle, that was another one of those eye opening
Speaker 4: wins last week. They really took it to Morris pretty
Speaker 4: good and really show that they're going to be a
Speaker 4: team to watch out for in whatever bracket they end
Speaker 4: up with. But you mentioned Ic Catholic. I mean, they're
Speaker 4: a program that it hasn't been a matter of are
Speaker 4: they going to get to the playoffs the last several years.
Speaker 4: It's going to be a matter of just how deep
Speaker 4: they are and can they start book reservations for wherever
Speaker 4: the state championships are because they've been such a regular there.
Speaker 4: But man, they're sitting right now at two and four.
Speaker 4: They still got to play Saint Rita. They still got
Speaker 4: Saint Viader. I mean, this is this is about its
Speaker 4: close of a must win game, them going to Marmoning
Speaker 4: as he possibly can get Icy Catholic playing Marmy, and
Speaker 4: I mean Marmion's four and two, so they're probably feeling
Speaker 4: pretty good. And they still got Leo lef which is
Speaker 4: in all likelihood to win, So a pretty good chance
Speaker 4: for the playoffs for marm And so you know, Marmia
Speaker 4: can kind of be that team that says Icy Catholic,
Speaker 4: you're not going to the playoffs this year. This week.
Speaker 4: I'm sure they like to do that because I see
Speaker 4: has been you know, one of those, you know, top
Speaker 4: level programs for a number of years. But uh, another
Speaker 4: game in the CCO I'm really keep an eye on
Speaker 4: is Bennett is hosting Fenwick. Both of those teams kind
Speaker 4: of sneaky quietly coming along at five and one. I mean,
Speaker 4: Fenwick is a program, a team that they're about a
Speaker 4: minute away from being undefeated against the close Loft against
Speaker 4: Joey with Katholic, Bennett's on lost, you know Cana Mount Carmel's,
Speaker 4: So it's gonna be a fun one. Uh. You know,
Speaker 4: it's pretty good players, good quarterback. Bennett's got a good one. Uh,
Speaker 4: Fenwick's got a good one as well. So that's another
Speaker 4: one that I'm you know, just kind of seeing, like
Speaker 4: I like both of those teams, and let's just see
Speaker 4: if I like one of them just a little bit
Speaker 4: more out of this week. So so yeah, a lot
Speaker 4: of great stuff going in a Friday.
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, And I mean you meant you allude to
Speaker 5: it been like just a minute off from you know,
Speaker 5: basically being sick to know they looked really good in
Speaker 5: their wins throughout the season. I mean, grinding out a
Speaker 5: victory gets Montini Catholic a couple of weeks ago and
Speaker 5: then handing it to the Saint Lawrence last week and
Speaker 5: thirty seven fifteen one, so you know, both these teams
Speaker 5: have a lot of momentum heading into this game, and
Speaker 5: it should definitely be an interesting one to look at.
Speaker 4: Should be a lot of fun. Weather's getting a little
Speaker 4: bit colder.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 4: I was very stupidly or shorts still as Friday's game,
Speaker 4: and I was really regretting around nine thirty a nights.
Speaker 4: So the weather's getting a little bit colder. Games are
Speaker 4: getting a little bit more important as we get late
Speaker 4: in the year, So it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4: Looking forward to it. I'm going to be back here
Speaker 4: tomorrow with Steve Seucie looking ahead too Week seven around
Speaker 4: the State, and then Steve Whom and Matt Rhadall will
Speaker 4: be back on Friday night for the live stream from
Speaker 4: nine thirty to eleven. Of course, Joel and I will
Speaker 4: be on the sidelines, probably bundled up a little bit
Speaker 4: more than I was last Friday. So again, thanks everybody
Speaker 4: for joining us Western Suburbs Podcast for Joe Bennet's I'm
Speaker 4: Josh Welly, have a great Tuesday afternoon.
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