Top 20 High School Basketball Recruits to See Play Before They Go to College
11 days ago by Andy Schmidt
Time For Shot Clock In High School Basketball
50 days ago by Andy Schmidt
I have spent the last 10 years of my life watching and covering high school basketball. During that time, I have wanted to make some changes to the game to make it even better and maybe get some more fans into the bleachers at schools across this country. There is one thing that does weigh [...]
Illinois High School Football: Championship Game Scores
67 days ago by Andy Schmidt
Maroa-Forsyth 48, Stockton 24 Aledo Mercer County 14, Belleville Althoff 7 Aurora Christian 42, Tolono Unity 12 Rochester 43, Rock Island Alleman 18 Montini 19, Morris 6 Crete-Monee 33, Cary-Grove 26 Glenbard West 10, Lincoln-Way East 8 Mt. Carmel 28, Glenbard North 14
Illinois High School Football: Class 8A Title Analysis
67 days ago by Andy Schmidt
The final game of the Illinois high school football season came with the Class 8A title game between the Glenbard North Panthers and the Chicago Mt. Carmel Caravan. I expected this game to go very quickly with two run-oriented teams and the first half did just that with three big plays producing all the scoring [...]
Illinois High School Football: Class 7A Championship Analysis
67 days ago by Andy Schmidt
After a very entertaining game before it, the Class 7A title game featured the Glenbard West Hilltoppers and the Lincoln-Way East Griffins. This for me gave me a chance to see someone from my past with West coach Chad Hetlet being one of my teachers in high school in the Chicago suburbs. I also knew [...]
Illinois High School Football: Class 6A Title Analysis
67 days ago by Andy Schmidt
The Class 6A title game features a team I am very familiar with in the Cary-Grove Trojans in facing the Crete-Monee Warriors. I covered Cary-Grove for two years and saw them three times this year in the playoffs and have seen a ton of their triple option. The first half saw the first time I’ve [...]
Illinois High School Football: Class 5A Championship Analysis
67 days ago by Andy Schmidt
When I started my Saturday morning with the Class 5A title game between the Montini Broncos and Morris Redskins, I knew there was history on the line with Montini looking for their fourth straight state championship. I just didn’t think that Morris was going to give Montini a game which they did in the first [...]
Illinois High School Football: Class 4A Title Game Analysis
68 days ago by Andy Schmidt
I waited all day to see the Class 4A title game between the Rochester Rockets and the Rock Island Alleman Pioneers knowing it was going to be the most interesting game of the day. It proved to be as Rochester quarterback Austin Green scored two first half touchdowns rushing while throwing for two more as [...]
Illinois High School Football: Class 3A Title Game Analysis
68 days ago by Andy Schmidt
I came into the Class 3A title game figuring that the Aurora Christian Eagles would just come in and roll right through the Tolono Unity Rockets. I was far from right at that assessment for the first half of the late afternoon contest as Mitch Negangard scored twice in the first quarter of play as [...]
Illinois High School Football: Class 2A Title Analysis
68 days ago by Andy Schmidt
Friday’s second championship game came in Class 2A with the Aledo Mercer County Golden Eagles facing the Belleville Althoff Crusaders. The wind was blowing quite hard at the University of Illinois and points were hard to come by in the early going with Belleville Althoff using a 19 play, nearly nine minute drive and scored [...]
