clown - you're a given, a staple.
as far as powerhouses...and your comments re: how WWS will end up...i think that the landscape of HS has changed a bit in the last 5 years. THere are just more, better teams now...let me rephrase...there is way way way more parity these days.
Even in years like the last two, where overall team talent was down, it was down across the boards, and parity existed.
As dean and i have harped, being undefeated in IL is so overrated these days. Unless, of course, a team does so after going though some gauntlet, like the DVC or Blue. Still, if WWS goes 12-2, 11-3, 13-1...i'm pretty much grading them the same.