In a year which has been described as being full of many good teams, but no great teams - I think this is impressive by the variety of teams which have reached the semi-finals:
1A: Kewanee*, no titles and last playoff win in the 90's hanging with Le-Win, 3 titles and D1 talent. No-trophy Athens giving Mowequa A&M a challenge, who is contending in this millenium again.
2A: Fieldcrest of Minonk, 4-13 in playoff history with 3 of those wins coming in their run in '14, before they hit Newman of Sterling - plus Nashville and St Theresa looking to become regular visitors again.
3A: Princeton almost upsetting perennial power Byron and semi-regular threat Williamsville almost stunned by QND.
4A: Oft-bridesmaid Coal City blanked by RB while Murphysboro, 2nd semi ever, beats basketball-centric Effingham in OT.
5A: Has newbie Rita playing at their weight against regulars Boylan to take on the public school public schools hate, Rochester, who barely gets by Mascoutah, last hoisting a trophy in the VonderLinden era.
6A: Had Deerfield - Deerfield! - playing football after the leaves fell against one (almost two!) loss Prairie Ridge for the right to get windburn from the Flyers, who beat Glenwood a team clearly unfamiliar with the Victory Formation.
7A: Had Willowbrook - feeling like the 70's - and the Meadows, one semi, but not with their NFL qb - falling to regulars Naz and MC.
8A: Even they have Warren, who never won more than 2 playoff games in a season, with regulars Rice, Marist and LWE.
All in all, a very good year for good teams.
*Edit: Kewanee (pop. 12,916) is home to both the Kewanee Boilermakers (enrollment 557.5), and the Kewanee-Wethersfield Flying Geese (183.5).
1A: Kewanee*, no titles and last playoff win in the 90's hanging with Le-Win, 3 titles and D1 talent. No-trophy Athens giving Mowequa A&M a challenge, who is contending in this millenium again.
2A: Fieldcrest of Minonk, 4-13 in playoff history with 3 of those wins coming in their run in '14, before they hit Newman of Sterling - plus Nashville and St Theresa looking to become regular visitors again.
3A: Princeton almost upsetting perennial power Byron and semi-regular threat Williamsville almost stunned by QND.
4A: Oft-bridesmaid Coal City blanked by RB while Murphysboro, 2nd semi ever, beats basketball-centric Effingham in OT.
5A: Has newbie Rita playing at their weight against regulars Boylan to take on the public school public schools hate, Rochester, who barely gets by Mascoutah, last hoisting a trophy in the VonderLinden era.
6A: Had Deerfield - Deerfield! - playing football after the leaves fell against one (almost two!) loss Prairie Ridge for the right to get windburn from the Flyers, who beat Glenwood a team clearly unfamiliar with the Victory Formation.
7A: Had Willowbrook - feeling like the 70's - and the Meadows, one semi, but not with their NFL qb - falling to regulars Naz and MC.
8A: Even they have Warren, who never won more than 2 playoff games in a season, with regulars Rice, Marist and LWE.
All in all, a very good year for good teams.
*Edit: Kewanee (pop. 12,916) is home to both the Kewanee Boilermakers (enrollment 557.5), and the Kewanee-Wethersfield Flying Geese (183.5).
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