abbatt Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Lake Zurich is a 7A team that was 13-1 in 2017......lost in the state championship game 21-14. Last year they were 7-4. Always a very well-coached.disciplined team with good speed and physical play. They would be a good match-up for some mid level to just below upper level teams in most states. They are looking for an opponent Home or away in first week of September. If interested contact Head coach Luke Mertens at lukemertens@lz95.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Well now on their website it looks like they filled the slot with Chicago Marist....so never mind !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omaha Vol Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 16 hours ago, abbatt said: Well now on their website it looks like they filled the slot with Chicago Marist....so never mind !! Good team to fill the schedule with, but I wish it would've been an OOS game. I would love to see Lake Zurich (or any other Chicago area team) play an Eden Prairie or Muskego type team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 19 hours ago, abbatt said: Lake Zurich is a 7A team that was 13-1 in 2017......lost in the state championship game 21-14. Last year they were 7-4. Always a very well-coached.disciplined team with good speed and physical play. They would be a good match-up for some mid level to just below upper level teams in most states. They are looking for an opponent Home or away in first week of September. If interested contact Head coach Luke Mertens at lukemertens@lz95.org my brother coaches youth football for Barrington football out there..I believe that is the feeder program for Lake Zurich?...my nephews went to the local Catholic HS...Can't remember the name!...St. Viator?....I would love to see some Chicago teams do some traveling and see how they do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Yes.... I would like to see teams like Lake Zurich.....Cary-Grove.....Warren Township....Barrington.... play OOS teams like Kimberly WI........top Iowa teams......top Kansas teams ..... good Mi. teams..the teams that you mentioned...etc. St Viator had a 6`5...250 lb TE last year but i believe that he graduated....don`t know where he went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteshoes Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Have them contact Indianapolis Cathedral. They are an independent and are always looking for a good OOS game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omaha Vol Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 18 minutes ago, whiteshoes said: Have them contact Indianapolis Cathedral. They are an independent and are always looking for a good OOS game. Cathedral will play anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Whiteshoes, i wish Chicago area Catholic`s like Loyola...Mt.Carmel....Montini.....Marist.......Brother Rice.......Nazarath....other teams like LWE....HF.......Bolingbrook........ would play Cathedral......Carmel....other Indy area Catholic`s.......Brownsburg.......Warren Central........Center Grove.......I mean we are neighboring states !! They would be highly competitive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteshoes Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, abbatt said: Whiteshoes, i wish Chicago area Catholic`s like Loyola...Mt.Carmel....Montini.....Marist.......Brother Rice.......Nazarath....other teams like LWE....HF.......Bolingbrook........ would play Cathedral......Carmel....other Indy area Catholic`s.......Brownsburg.......Warren Central........Center Grove.......I mean we are neighboring states !! They would be highly competitive games. Have always wondered why Indiana teams don't schedule more Illinois games. Last year I went to Michigan City to watch them play Homewood-Floosmoor for the chance to watch a team from Illinois play. Cathedral and Warren Central will play Ohio teams and Penn plays a couple of Michigan teams each year but there does not seem to be a lot of action to our west. Still think someone should establish a two-day event at Lucas Oil featuring teams from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Whiteshoes, YES....YES.....YES.......and portions of the gate ...which would attract pretty sizeable crowds could go to worthy charities.......it would be awesome.......some logistics would need to be worked out ....but it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteshoes Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Within a certain radius Indiana has an antiquated 300 mile rule that restricts their travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteshoes Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: They currently have 10/4 and 10/11 available. Baller, you sound like just the person who could get the ball rolling on an event at Lucas Oil. I agree with @abbatt that the crowds would be great, Indianapolis is a great city to host events (i.e., Super Bowls, NCAA Finals) and LOS is a great venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 GSB, Programs like Muskegon .MI.......De LaSalle Collegiate .MI.......Brownsburg. Ind.......Bishop Chatard. Ind... are consistently good but don`t get the ink and exposure because of that 300 mile travel restriction. Up until about 5 years ago Illinois had a restriction of 350 miles. Now that it has been lifted Illinois teams have played in FL.....Tn.......MS....GA......etc. An event at LOS would need Sponsors and I`m also sure that ESPN would want to be involved as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospeeder Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 7 hours ago, Omaha Vol said: Good team to fill the schedule with, but I wish it would've been an OOS game. I would love to see Lake Zurich (or any other Chicago area team) play an Eden Prairie or Muskego type team. I believe Stevenson and Muskegeon just recently split a two game series. Mundelein Carmel played and lost to Wayazata a few years ( or maybe a decade ) ago. Cathedral and Sac Ht Griff took turns beating each others brains out a couple of seasons ago as well. Overall, IL teams have fared pretty well OOS in the Midwest recently. IMO, if their better 8A teams were allowed to play mid season OOS against "more elite" teams, they would show well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Gospeeder, Yes Stevie and Muskegon split......Stevie won at Muskegon 38-35 and Muskegon won the re-match 28-7. Carmel has played twicw OOS losing to Wayzata 33-27 and losing at Cincy Elder 21-14. Sac H Griff lost to Cathedral 40-17 and the beat Whitehaven Tn 49-20 the next year. They are a 5A team in Ill so they were a bit over-matched against Cathedral. Yes ...because of no inter-team pre-season scrimmages allowed in Il it is better if they play OOS game around mid-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omaha Vol Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 6 hours ago, abbatt said: beat Whitehaven Tn 49-20 the next year. I was surprised Whitehaven got thumped like that. They are usually a good Memphis team. I can’t remember if that was a down year for them or not. What year was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Omaha Vol, It was in 2013....The final score was actually 49-27 because WH returned a punt for a TD with under a minute to go. WH finished 9-3 and SSHG won 5A with a 14-0 record. The year before Cathedral beat SSHG 40-17.... SSHG QB wasn`t playing so a Soph QB started and threw 4 ints. in first half.....3 were returned for TD`s. by Cathedral. SSHG actually out-gained Cathedral 326-287 but couldn`t overcome the 3 picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Omaha Vol said: I was surprised Whitehaven got thumped like that. They are usually a good Memphis team. I can’t remember if that was a down year for them or not. What year was that? Whitehaven is 2-1 vs Illinois 2013 Whitehaven was 9-3 when SHG beat them. SHG was 14-0 and state champ http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/whitehaven-tigers-(memphis,tn)/football-fall-13/schedule.htm 2011: Whitehaven 7 St Rita (Chicago) 0 2012: Whitehaven 26 East St Louis 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 RedZone, In 2011 Whitehaven finished 14-1 losing in the state championship to Maryville 23-7. St.Rita finished 10-3 losing to Loyola Academy 34-7 and Wheaton Warrenville South 28-14. In 2012 Whitehaven finished 15-0 ..state champs........ESL finished 8-3 losing to Rockhurst, MO 20-12 and Edwardsville Il 21-18. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhit1 Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 20 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Damn i am impressed you even keep tabs on the 20-25 top states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_e Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Did I miss the toughest oos schedule alert announcement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_e Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Oops, wrong thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted February 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 GSB, I`d like to see Loyola play DePaul in a home and home in the near future. Also a top NJ public play maybe Maine South or LWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omaha Vol Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 50 minutes ago, abbatt said: Also a top NJ public play maybe Maine South or LWE. The Jersey publics aren’t ready for MS or LWE. Let those two play a BNU team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbatt Posted February 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Omaha Vol, I believe that you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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