Week 5: 19-11 Overall: 94-56 (.627 Pct.) Week 6: 30. South Fulton over Havana Fan Vote: South Fulton 69% (16 votes) 29. New Trier over Deerfield Fan Vote: New Trier 69% (16 votes) 28. Oak Lawn over Evergreen Park Fan Vote: Oak Lawn 65% (20 votes) 27. Lockport over Bradley-Bourbonnais Fan Vote: Bradley-Bourbonnais 68% (19 votes) 26. Loyola over Marist Fan Vote: Loyola 82% (28 votes) 25. Homewood-Flossmoor over Lincoln-Way West Fan Vote: Homewood-Flossmoor 85% (13 votes) 24. Ca

Week 4: 20-10 Overall: 75-45 (.625 Pct.) Week 5: 30. Macomb over Highland 29. Calhoun over West Central (Winchester) 28. Homewood-Flossmoor over Lincoln-Way Central 27. Du-Pec over Genoa-Kingston 26. Simeon over King 25. Wauconda over Grayslake North 24. Glenbard East over Glenbard South 23. Zion-Benton over Lake Zurich 22. Hononegah over Guilford 21. Sullivan over Fisher 20. West Hancock over Illini West 19. Wheaton North over St. Charles East 18. Aurora Christian over Bisho

Week 3: 22-8 Overall 55-35 (.688 Pct.) Week 4: 30. IC Catholic over DePaul Prep Fan Vote: IC Catholic 80% (15 votes) 29. Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton over Hamilton County Fan Vote: Hamilton County 100% (4 votes) 28. Wheaton Academy over Marian Central Catholic Fan Vote: Wheaton Academy 83% (6 votes) 27. Carmi-White County over Red Hill Fan Vote: Red Hill 75% (4 votes) 26. Hillsboro over Greenville Fan Vote: Greenville 100% (5 votes) 25. Du-Pec over North Boone Fan Vote: Du-Pe

Jake Wagler carries the ball up the middle in week two's home game against Cary-Grove Week 2: 16-14 Overall: 33-27 Week 3: 30. Downers Grove South over Addison-Trail Fan Vote: Downers Grove South 58% (12 votes) 29. Sesser-Valier over Red Hill Fan Vote: Sesser-Valier 60% (10 votes) 28. Greenfield-Northwestern over Carrollton Fan Vote: Greenfield-Northwestern 77% (26 votes) 27. Carlinville over Greenville Fan Vote: Greenville 75% (8 votes) 26. West Central (Biggsville) over Gal

Maine South running back Payton Donaldson carries the ball in week 1 game at Batavia Week 1: 17-13 Week 2: 30. Annawan-Wethersfield over Abingdon-Avon 29. Marengo over Peotone 28. Lincoln-Way East over Kankakee 27. Metamora over Cahokia 26. Flora over Carmi-White County 25. St. Anne over Galva 24. Tuscola over Shelbyville 23. Morris over Coal City 22. Monmouth-Roseville over Rockridge 21. Forreston over Seneca 20. Providence Catholic over Kenwood 19. Joliet West over Yorkvill

Sandburg quarterback Sean Ruisz throws a pass in last season's week 9 matchup at Lincoln-Way East For most, the high school football season begins tonight. That means it's time to pick the Sports Blog's top 30 games in the state of Illinois: 30. Flora over Sesser-Valier 29. Milledgeville over Galva 28. Downers Grove South over West Aurora 27. Carrollton over Brown County 26. Rochelle over Normal U-High 25. Yorkville over Crete-Monee 24. Du-Pec over Oregon 23. Joliet Catholic

* Weeks 1 and 2 are the official schedules for the respective weeks. Games in weeks 3 through 9 are unofficial unless noted with a + symbol. Week 1: 8/20: Peotone @ Eisenhower (Blue Island) 8/21: Maine South @ Batavia 8/22: G1: Freeport @ Rockford East G2: Mount Carmel vs. East St. Louis (@ Hancock Stadium) Week 2: 8/28: Cary-Grove @ Prairie Ridge 8/29: G1: St. Rita @ Glenbard West G2: Sacred Heart-Griffin @ Joliet Catholic (@ Joliet Memorial Stadium) Week 3: 9/3: Phillips @

Round 1: 40-8 Overall: 182-106 Round 2: 1A: Dwight over Clifton Central Deer-Creek Mackinaw 0ver Annawan-Whethersfield Calhoun over Greenfield-Northwestern Casey-Westfield over Nokomis Camp Point Central over Brown County 2A: Rockridge over Tri-Valley Wilmington over Seneca Aurora Christian over Farmington Maroa-Forsyth over Johnston City Westville over DuQuoin 3A: Bloomington Central Catholic over Monmouth-Roseville IC Catholic over Bishop McNamara Tolono Unity over Monticel

Sandburg Quarterback Sean Ruisz throws a pass Week 9 at Lincoln-Way East. Week 8: 20-10 Week 9: N/A Overall: 142-98 1A: Stockton over Galena Dwight over Rushville-Industry Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley over Marquette Academy Greenfield-Northwestern over Sesser-Valier Brown County over Athens 2A: Newman Central Catholic over Ridgeview-Lexington Farmington over Eastland-Pearl City Nashville over Flora Pana over Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin Cumberland over Sullivan 3A: Du-Pec ov

Thursday: Sandburg @ Lincoln-Way East Friday: Coal City @ Wilmington Saturday: Washington University @ Wheaton College

Week 7: 16-14 Overall: 122-88 Week 8: 30. Glenbard East over Glenbard South 29. Eisenhower over Oak Lawn 28. St. Charles North over Glenbard North 27. Fairfield over Christopher/Zeigler-Royalton 26. Rochester over Springfield 25. West Central over Unity/Payson 24. Morris over Sycamore 23. Downers Grove North over Lyons 22. DuQuoin over Nashville 21. Breese Central over Columbia 20. Sterling over Quincy 19. Stockton over Du-Pec 18. Belvidere North over Hononegah 17. Antioch ov

Week 6: 22-8 Overall: 106-74 Week 7: 30. Bloomington Central Catholic over St. Joseph-Ogden 29. St. Charles North over Wheaton Warrenville South 28. York over Downers Grove North 27. West Central (Biggsville) over Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland 26. Sullivan (IL) over Cumberland 25 Elmwood-Brimfield over Marquette Academy 24. West Central (Winchester) over Greenfield-Northwestern 23. Kaneland over Rochelle 22. Richards over Oak Lawn 21. Oregon over Stillman Valley 20. Sterling over

Week 5: 17-13 Overall: 84-66 Week 6: 30. Byron over Du-Pec 29. Centralia over Marion 28. Williamsville over Athens 27. Quincy over United...

Lyons junior running back E.J. Kuhlman carries the ball to the right side in Saturday's game against Hinsdale Central Week 4: 16-14...

Joliet Catholic quarterback Lucas Simulick rolls out to pass at Glenbard West (September 6). "Week 0": 8/23: College of DuPage 60 Rochester Community Technical College 14 Week 1: 8/28: St. Francis 38 @ Kenwood 34 (@ Gately) 8/29: Lincoln-Way East 40 @ Maine South 0 8/30: Greenfield-Northwestern 19 @ Routt Catholic 0 Highland 50 @ Jacksonville 27 Week 2: 9/5: Rockridge 36 @ Princeton 29 9/6: Glenbard West 27 Joliet Catholic 21 Week 3: 9/11: Simeon 62 @ Brooks 0 9/12: Warren 22

Week 3: 18-12 Overall: 51-39 Week 4: 30. Palatine over Glenbrook South 29. Rochelle over Sycamore 28. Lake Zurich over Libertyville 27....

Week 1: 15-15 Week 2: 30. Sycamore over Moline 29. Kewanee over Riverdale 28. St. Joseph-Ogden over Paxton-Buckley-Loda 27. Nazareth over...

30. Carrollton over Brown County 29. St. Charles North over Minooka 28. Joliet West over Oswego East 27. Naperville Central over Oswego...

Week 9: 21-9 Week 10: 30-10 Overall: 204-76 1A: Lena-Winslow over Stockton Galena over Marquette Academy Althoff over Carrollton Newman...

On top of the second round of the football playoffs, I have my first hoops game of the season. Here is the weekend schedule: Thursday...