Another week, another L! When does the bleeding stop?
Not this year I am sad to project. There is no rock island on the schedule for them this year. Very likely that they go 0-9 (they were 1-8 last year with their only win being the last game of the year over a 5-4 rock island team that I think is 5A? Maybe 6A?
They usually get up for the war of Eola Road (they beat WV once a few years back - 2015 I think and they have never beaten Neuqua) but I think WV is going to need that week 9 win for playoff eligibility/playoff seeding so a low probability of WV overlooking that game. The only other game I can see them having a chance in would be against 7A Bradley Burbonais (2-7 last year) and possibly the second matchup with Naperville North but it looks like NN handled them pretty easily in the first game.
Tough sledding for Metea. They need to do some rethinking of their non con scheduling to get some confidence built up before the conference games. Maybe some middle of the pack Upstate 8 teams if they don’t have 10 in their conference next year, or some middle/lower of the pack FVC teams and stay away from Dukane teams (the Dukane teams are just using them as gussied up non con tune up games) you notice WWS, LP only scheduled Metea and didn’t schedule NV or WV,... that’s not by accident.
Sad to see. D204 is a proud district and they have been adamant with the 3 Valleys being a package deal (however, there was ALOT of Concern at the school board level when the valleys moved into the DVC regarding Metea being able to be competitive in the DVC being still a relatively new School.). I think those concerns are now justified.