The Class 1A and Class 2A playoffs get underway tomorrow. The big schools are next week. There are some interesting non conference matchups this week and some of the crossover championship games. But basically, it is playoff time.
New additions
Indian Creek (30-0): There has been a revolving door at the bottom of the rankings for the last few weeks. Are the Timberwolves as good as Fenwick or Benet, Hinsdale South or Niles North? Probably not. But those teams have all had multiple weeks in the Super 25 and if a perfect regular season doesn’t get a team into the rankings what will?
Dropping out
Fenwick (23-7): The Friars lost to Loyola at home this past week. No shame in that and clearly they will be a major factor in the playoffs.
With record and last week’s ranking
1. Curie (25-2) 1
Notre Dame up next
2. Bloom (25-5)
Peaking at the right time
3. Thornton (27-1) 3
Incredible regular season
4. Simeon (22-8) 5
City champs had week off
5. Notre Dame (26-4) 6
Hosts Curie on Wednesday
6. Morgan Park (19-9) 7
Isaiah Burrell so important
7. Homewood-Flossmoor (23-3) 8
At Bolingbrook on Tuesday
8. Bogan (25-3) 9
Kennedy Brown is back
9. Young (18-9) 10
Had the week off
10. Evanston (25-4) 4
Lost to Kenwood
11. Marian Catholic (22-7) 11
Travels to Richards Tuesday
12. Joliet West (24-4) 12
Slowly getting healthy
13. Stevenson (24-4) 13
Knocked off Benet
14. Oak Forest (25-2) 14
Learned a lot in Curie loss
15. Bolingbrook (25-5) 16
Beat Lockport, Sandburg
16. Loyola (26-4) 20
Catholic Blue champs
17. Glenbrook South (26-4) 15
Split with Evanston
18. Kankakee (23-4) 17
Beat Crete-Monee
19. York (27-3) 18
Solid win vs. Hinsdale Central
20. Mundelein (25-4) 21
Handled, Libertyville and Lake Zurich
21. DePaul Prep (22-5) 19
Lost to Loyola
22. Orr (17-7) 22
Favorites in Class 2A again
23. Hillcrest (20-8) 23
Mar’Keise Irving beat TF North
24. Cary-Grove (27-3) 24
Beat Schaumburg
25. Indian Creek (30-0) NR
Can Timberwolves win 1A?