Though still winless, we are NOT discouraged by the efforts being put forth by the varsity grid teams at Grayslake Central & Z-B. We liked a lot of what we saw from the Bees against Libby last time out & can actually see them winning a couple of games before everyone's attention in town turns to basketball.
As for the Rams, there really are two wins left on the sked, and we will pick them to win both those weeks. This week, however, is not one of them
Our picks to click this weekend, as always, are in order of how sure we are that a team will win.
Sadly, for our GC Rams, they play a very good Crystal Lake Central team, and The Crystal Ball is pretty sure how that one is going to turn out:
14) Vernon Hills over Lakes
13) Deerfield over Maine East
12) Glenbrook South over Waukegan
11) Huntley over Grayslake North
10) Grant over Round Lake
9) Lake Forest over Mundelein
8) Stevenson over Zion-Benton
7) Carmel over Marian Catholic
6) CL Central over Grayslake Central
5) Highland Park over Niles North
4) Antioch over Wauconda
3) Warren over Lake Zurich
2) Libertyiville over North Chicago
1) Luther South over LF Academy
predictions: September 2008 Archives
And then there were three.
Three unbeaten teams that is, as only Antioch, Vernon Hills and Grant are 3-0 heading into Week 4 of the prep football season.
According to the crystal ball, expect all three of them to be 4-0 at this time next week.
Here are the picks for this week's 14 area games, ranked in order from the most confident that the winner will, in fact, win, to the least confident.
14) Antioch over Mundelein
13) Wauconda over Round Lake
12) Grant over Lakes
11) Libertyville over ZIon-Benton
10) Woodstock over Grayslake North
9) Waukegan over Glenbrook North
8) Carmel over Benet Academy
7) Vernon Hills over North Chicago
6) Aurora Christian over Lake Forest Academy
5) Deerfield over Niles West\
4) Evanston over Highland Park
3) Grayslake Central over Dundee-Crown
2) Lake Forest over Warren
1) Lake Zurich over Stevenson
This week in area prep football, the North Suburban Conference begins league play, which means the action should heat up on the pitch.
Alas, when the heat gets turned up, the crystal ball invariably turns foggy.
That is a way of explaining, in advance, why some (or perhaps all) of this week's pigskin picks are wrong.
Here they are, ranked Nos. 14-1 in order of how much confidence iThe Locker Room has n the winning team, in fact, winning.
14) Waukegan over Maine East
13) Antioch over Round Lake
12) Cary-Grove over Grayslake Central
11) Dundee-Crown over Grayslake North
10) Chicago Christian over Lake Forest Academy
9) Warren over Mundelein
8 Glenbrook South over Highland Park
7) Vernon Hills over Zion-Benton
6) New Trier over Deerfield
5) Lakes over Wauconda
4) Carmel over Marist
3) Lake Zurich over Libertyville
2) Lake Forest over Stevenson
1) Grant over North Chicago
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
