The always-clouded Crystal Ball ...

In The Locker Room, the only thing moving faster than a person being chased by a towel-snapper is the bandwagon.
And so, as we head into Week 2 of the prep football season, the trick is not to hop on bandwagon' that may tip over this week, and not to hop off shaky ones that will find an extra gear and right themselves this Frdiay night.
As a result, we are again listing the 16 games involving area football teams on Friday and Saturday ranking them from 18-1 based on how sure we are that the team picked to win will, in fact, win.
No. 18) Vernon HIlls over South Elgin
17) Crystal Lake Central over Lakes
16) Glenbrook South over Stevenson
15) Waukegan over Mundelein
14) Highland Park over Minooka (providing the Giants can find Minooka)
13) Grant over Grayslake Central
12) Antioch over Grayslake North
11) Carmel over Libertyville
10) Maine South over Warren
9) Wheaton North over Lake Zurich
8) Zion-Benton over Niles West
7) Lake Forest over Deerfield
6) Wauconda over Chicago Orr
5) Maine West over Round Lake
4) North Chicago over Chicago Simeon
3) Vernon Hills over South Elgin
2) North Shore Country Day over Lake Forest Academy
1) Lakes over Crystal Lake Central