Week 5 State Wide Top Games to Watch.....

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Edgytim

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Not exactly a killer week in my opinion. Please feel free to add to this list etc.

TF North at TF South
Providence Catholic at Naz
Stillman Valley at Byron
Geneseo at United Township
Quincy at Moline
St Charles East at Wheaton North
Naperville North at Metea Valley
Coal City at Reed Custer
Columbia at Centralia
St. Ignatius at St. Rita
CL Central at CL South
Zion Benton at Lake Zurich
Wilmington at Manteno
Triad at Mascoutah
Kankakee at LW West
Plain South at Oswego
Morris at Rochelle
Jacksonville at SHG
H-F at LW Central
Mount Carmel at St Pats
Morton at Dunlap
Glenbard West at Lyons
LW East at Sandburg
Morgan Park at Phillips

 

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Bwm57

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You could walk from the LT-GW game to PC-Naz

 

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That PC/Naz game is very interesting. Naz doesn’t want to go 1-4. And how will PC handle the firing of their head coach?

 

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ColeSheeks

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I have Zee Bee fever. I wanna see how far Zion Benton can take it undefeated. Lake Zurich will be a test for them (they lost big last year), but they beat Stevenson by larger margin than the Bears did.

 

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ColeSheeks

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GBN//WWS is another one in the DuKane that is interesting, mostly to gauge where GBN is truly at this year. I was somewhat surprised by their playoff run last season. The St. Charles East loss was tough.

 

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HUGE 2A match-up in the Heart of Central Illinois Conference
Both teams undefeated and putting up a boat load of points!

 

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OnVikings!

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I had Naz beating Provi before this whole situation occurred over there. I can’t imagine that it’s going to make things easier for the Celtics.

 

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ramblinman reborn

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I appreciate it's not a killer week. Still, MC vs Pat's and Iggy vs Rita seem like stretches to be included in a list of top games.

Yes, Pat's is 4-0, but the combined record of the teams they have beaten is 5-11. Iggy vs Rita is interesting, but it just doesn't seem like a top game to me. Rita has yet to beat a team with a winning record at this point.

 

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Wassup13_rivals219252

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St Rita vs St Iggy is interesting. I have a hard time trying to figure these teams out.

 

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SiuCubFan8

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Wassup13_rivals219252 said:

St Rita vs St Iggy is interesting. I have a hard time trying to figure these teams out.

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Rita is a pretty solid team. There two losses are to PC and Loyola. I cannot speak to Iggy.

 

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Huntley at CG

 

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MikeBMW

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ColeSheeks said:

I have Zee Bee fever. I wanna see how far Zion Benton can take it undefeated. Lake Zurich will be a test for them (they lost big last year), but they beat Stevenson by larger margin than the Bears did.

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Have not seen Zion, but I have some thoughts on LZ. In the LZ-Stevenson game, I actually saw a little spark in LZ that I have not seen in that program in years. LZ was down 14-3 with about 2 min left in the first half and things were really going south for LZ at that point. Then, they somehow drove almost 80 yards in that time frame with passes (of all things) capped with a nice 20 yard TD pass with 2 seconds left in the half. In the 3rd they received the kick and drove 80 yards for the go ahead score and played LZ defense the rest of the way. Granted, this was not the McNamara Stevenson team from the 2007-2013 era, but still, I did see a spark in LZ. Also, LZ’s front 6-7 on defense is excellent, but the secondary is young and they were playing way too close to the line of scrimmage in games 1-2, which explains the huge plays they were giving up based on poor angles. Once they get the defensive backs to play better angles and get more experience, they could be a very good defense in the end.

 

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Patrick Devitt

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Small School Games of Note for Week 5

Thursday

Meridian @ Metro-East Lutheran

Friday

Stockton @ Fulton

Forreston @ Eastland-Pearl City

Rockridge @ Riverdale

Newman Central Catholic @ Mercer County

Monticello @ Bloomington Central Catholic

Salem @ Carterville

Tri-Valley @ El Paso-Gridley

Elmwood-Brimfield @ Farmington

Clifton Central @ Oakwood

Bushnell-Prairie City @ Galva

Woodstock @ Johnsburg

Flora @ Johnston City

Aurora Christian @ Bishop McNamara

Mendota @ Kewanee

Knoxville @ Annawan-Wethersfield

Highland @ Macomb

Wilmington @ Manteno

Mt.Carmel @ Paris

Genoa-Kingston @ Durand-Pecatonica

Marquette Academy @ St.Bede

Maroa-Forsyth @ PORTA

Amboy @ Polo

Sparta @ Red Bud

Morris @ Rochelle

Fisher @ Sullivan

Nashville @ West Frankfort

West Central @ Calhoun

Saturday

Cerro Gordo-Bement @ Martinsville

 

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good_nocall

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Sycamore @ Kaneland I would put as a big game ... will say a lot into which team gets a first round bye in 5A.

 

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