If it was 1999 and the 6-class PLAYOFFS started today.....

[Catch--22]

Same exact message I used to reply to JCHILLTOPPERS in another thread. Reposting here in case he misses it. 6-classes. 192 teams. The good ol' days of Wednesday Night Lights!

Same 256 teams I used Monday.

The cut-off for 192 playoff teams in a 6-class system is 4-3, 39 pp. Hersey and Galesburg stay in the playoffs as conference champs. The last team in is Lincoln-Way Central. St. Teresa is the first team out at 4-3/36

I also removed St. Bede, Erie-Prophetstown, Mattoon, Limestone, St. Ignatius, Glenbard East, Schaumburg, Carlyle, Wesclin, Decatur Lutheran, Monmouth-Roseville, Grayslake North, Normal West, Pekin, Momence, Rockford Christian Life, Winnebago, Marion, Kaneland, Triopia, Milledgeville, Knoxville, St, Edward, Coal City, Mahomet-Seymour, Hillcrest, Lake Forest, Rock Island, Bolingbrook, Leroy, Warren Coop, Ashton-Franklin Center, Red Hill, Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Vandalia, Williamsville, Sullivan-Okaw Valley, North Boone, Hillsboro, Farmington, Wheaton Academy, Genoa-Kingston, Jacksonville, Woodstock North, Freeport, Belvidere, Guilford, Glenwood, Plainfield South, Astoria-South Fulton, Rockridge, ROWVA, Carterville, Alton Marquette, Quincy, Tremont, Auburn, Pleasant Plains, Fairfield, Herscher, Ottawa, Centenniel, and Niles North.... WHEW!!!
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COMMENTS

6 classes sets up the rivalry in the west burbs everyone desires... 1st round!

8A and 7A have been equally strong in recent years. With 6 classes, the drop from 6A to 5A seems very large.

The last time we had 6 classes, where did Huntley fit in? 2A maybe? You've come a long way Sun City!

Let's party like it's 1999



~~~~~ 6A ~~~~~

Upper Bracket
#32 Stevenson at #1 Loyola
#17 South Elgin at #16 Oswego
#25 Glenbard North at #8 Brother Rice
#24 Plainfield North at #9 Conant

#29 Waubonsie Valley at #4 Edwardsville
#20 Marist at #13 Neuqua Valley
#28 Evanston at #5 Homewood-Flossmoor
#21 Lincoln Park at #12 Sandburg

Lower Bracket
#31 Warren at #2 Glenbard West
#18 Curie at #15 Notre Dame
#26 Belleville East at #7 Oak Park
#23 Lyons at #10 Barrington

#30 Simeon at #3 Huntley
#19 Maine South at #14 New Trier
#27 Fremd at #6 Hinsdale Central
#22 Palatine at #11 Naperville Central

--- 2nd smallest school - Glenbard North 2256
--- Smallest school - Plainfield North 2231


~~~~~ 5A ~~~~~

--- Largest school - Mount Carmel 2204
--- 2nd largest school - Benet 2199

Upper Bracket
#32 Hersey at #1 Lincoln-Way North
#17 Glenbrook North at #16 Auburn
#25 Harlem at #8 Thornton
#24 Hononegah at #9 Normal

#29 Hubbard at #4 Geneva
#20 Lincoln-Way East at #13 Riverside-Brookfield
#28 St. Charles North at #5 Cary-Grove
#21 Kenwood at #12 Prairie Ridge

Lower Bracket
#31 Lincoln-Way Central at #2 Whitney Young
#18 Benet at #15 Reavis
#26 Jacobs at #7 Crete-Monee
#23 Belvidere North at #10 Eisenhower

#30 Richards at #3 Libertyville
#19 Crystal Lake South at #14 DeKalb
#27 Hinsdale South at #6 Batavia
#22 Bradley-Bourbannais at #11 Mount Carmel

--- 2nd smallest school - Kenwood 1474
--- Smallest school - Belvidere North 1443



~~~~~ 4A ~~~~~

--- Largest school - Lakes 1409
--- 2nd largest school - Lemont 1407

Upper Bracket
#32 Galesburg at #1 Washington
#17 Glenbard South at #16 King
#25 Nazareth at #8 Montini
#24 Tinley Park at #9 Lincoln-Way West

#29 DuSable at #4 Triad
#20 Metamora at #13 University
#28 Morgan Park at #5 Oak Forest
#21 Solorio Academy at #12 Sterling

Lower Bracket
#31 Sycamore at #2 Peoria Notre Dame
#18 Dunlap at #15 Highland
#26 Lakes at #7 Peoria
#23 Decatur Eisenhower at #10 Lemont

#30 Vernon Hills at #3 Joliet Catholic
#19 St. Laurence at #14 Champaign Central
#27 Rich Central at #6 Sacred Heart-Griffin
#22 Marian Central at #11 Westinghouse


--- 2nd smallest school - Metamora 969
--- Smallest school - Highland 967


~~~~~ 3A ~~~~~

--- Largest school - Centralia 923
--- 2nd largest school - Lindblom 908


--- 2nd smallest school - DuQuoin 545
--- Smallest school - Roxana 538


~~~~~ 2A ~~~~~

--- Largest school - Bishop McNamara 526
--- 2nd largest school - DePaul 519

--- 2nd smallest school - Sparta 356
--- Smallest school - Fieldcrest 356

~~~~~ 1A ~~~~~

--- Largest school - West Carroll 341
--- 2nd largest school - Cerro Gordo-Bement 338

 

[MS4EVER]

Great job Catch! No MS?

 

[NazDad]

No Success Factor? (sarcasm font)

 

[Catch--22]

Maine South should be in there… I must've copied and pasted wrong with them… Let me figure out where they would be.

 

[Catch--22]

I doubled up the beloved Dons of ND. It's fixed now.

 

[septon34]

I really miss the 6 class system.

 

[capnbillhitters]

Excellent work! Why the hell did this state move away from this structure? <SF>

 

[Quags22]

I miss Wednesday games....

 

[godfthr53]

Naz at Montini this would be a perfect world.

 

[sammyfam5]

This would be outstanding.

 

[eireog]

Excellent work! Why the hell did this state move away from this structure? <SF>

Cuz everyone must get a trophy.

 

[capnbillhitters]

cool...I thought it might be the extra $200k of revenue derived from the extra 4 teams joining the party. At least they are doing it for the kids <SF>

Cuz everyone must get a trophy.

 

[septon34]

I miss Wednesday games....

They were great when you were in high school or even grammar school, but it was not safe for kids to be playing 3 games in 7 days.

 

[Bwm57]

cool...I thought it might be the extra $200k of revenue derived from the extra 4 teams joining the party. At least they are doing it for the kids <SF>

I'm curious where you come up with this extra $200K number for adding the two new classes? Is that some estimate based upon extra gate fees??

 

[GEPreps]

cool...I thought it might be the extra $200k of revenue derived from the extra 4 teams joining the party. At least they are doing it for the kids <SF>

Capn,

Hate to do it again, but changing from 6 to 8 classes added (2 classes x 32 teams/class) or 64 more teams to the playoffs.

6 classes = 192 playoff teams (and not all 6-3 teams are at large qualifiers)
8 classes = 256 playoff teams (and not all 5-4 teams are at large qualifiers)

 

[capnbillhitters]

I'm curious where you come up with this extra $200K number for adding the two new classes? Is that some estimate based upon extra gate fees??

back of the envelope 5k fans per team, 4 new teams, $10 per fan would make 5,000 * 4 * $10 = $200,000

 

[capnbillhitters]

Capn,

Hate to do it again, but changing from 6 to 8 classes added (2 classes x 32 teams/class) or 64 more teams to the playoffs.

6 classes = 192 playoff teams (and not all 6-3 teams are at large qualifiers)
8 classes = 256 playoff teams (and not all 5-4 teams are at large qualifiers)

Man alive!!!! I was doing the math for the State Finals.....so I guess the math is even more ridiculous...so I guess the figure is more like $450k based on $7 tickets for early rounds, $10 tix for the final with ballpark 5k fans per game and added 5k per each new final. Wow...IHSA likely saw the value in adding the 2 new classes

That may be an overstatement as lower fan volumes in early rounds, but still...significant new coin for IHSA

 

[JCHILLTOPPERS]

thanks catch. this is amazing. it solves all the problems...except the IHSA's money grab as discussed.