Providence, Lincoln-Way East to get the Saturday night lights
By Dick Goss dgoss@stmedianetwork.com October 29, 2012 8:56PM
Lincoln-Way East quarterback Tom Fuessel has rushed for 1,400 yards and scored 19 touchdowns. | File Photo
Class 8A
Upper Bracket
No. 8 Conant (7-3) at No. 1 Maine South (10-0),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 5 Stevenson (8-2) at No. 4 Glenbard North (9-1),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 2 Loyola (9-1) at No. 10 Bartlett (7-3),
1:30 p.m. Saturday
No. 6 Schaumburg (8-2) at No. 3 Palatine (9-1),
2 p.m. Saturday
Lower Bracket
No. 1 Neuqua Valley (10-0) at No. 9 Bolingbrook (8-2),
7 p.m. Friday
No. 4 Waubonsie Valley (9-1) at No. 12 Oak Park (7-3),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 15 Lyons (6-4) at No. 10 O’Fallon (8-2),
7:30 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 Mount Carmel (9-1) vs. No. 6 Simeon (8-1)
at Gately Stadium, 7 p.m. Friday
Class 7A
Upper Bracket
No. 1 Glenbard West (10-0) at No. 9 Libertyville (8-2),
3 p.m. Saturday
No. 5 Wheaton North (9-1) at No. 13 Prospect (7-3),
7 p.m. Friday
No. 7 Fenwick (8-2) at No. 2 Boylan (10-0), 2 p.m. Saturday
No. 6 Lake Zurich (8-2) at No. 3 Hononegah (9-1),
2 p.m. Saturday
Lower Bracket
No. 8 Downers Grove North (6-4) at No. 5 Thornton (8-2),
7 p.m. Friday
No. 3 Oswego (9-1) at No. 2 Benet (9-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday
No. 4 Providence (8-2) at No. 1 L-W East (10-0),
7 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 East St. Louis (8-2) at No. 2 Edwardsville (9-1),
7 p.m. Friday
Class 6A
Upper Bracket
No. 8 St. Patrick (7-3) at No. 1 Cary-Grove (10-0),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 5 Grant (8-2) at No. 4 Crystal Lake Central (8-2),
7 p.m. Friday
No. 2 Lakes (9-1) at No. 10 Lake Forest (7-3),
7:30 p.m. Friday
No. 14 Notre Dame (6-4) vs. No. 11 Steinmetz (7-2) at Hansen Stadium, 6 p.m. Friday
Lower Bracket
No. 1 Oak Forest (9-1) at No. 5 Shepard (7-3), 7 p.m. Friday
No. 3 Lemont (9-1) at No. 2 Richards (9-1), 6 p.m. Saturday
No. 4 Richwoods (8-2) at No. 1 Crete-Monee (10-0),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 Rock Island (8-2) at No. 2 Ottawa (10-0),
2 p.m. Saturday
Class 5A
Upper Bracket
No. 1 Kaneland (10-0) at No. 9 L-W West (7-3),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 13 Tinley Park (6-4) vs. No. 12 Joliet Catholic (6-4) at Memorial Stadium, 1 p.m. Saturday
No. 7 Woodstock North (7-3) at No. 2 Woodstock Marian Central (10-0), 6 p.m. Saturday
No. 6 Sycamore (7-3) at No. 3 Montini (8-2),
6 p.m. Saturday
Lower Bracket
No. 1 Normal University (10-0) at No. 5 Washington
(8-2), 7 p.m. Friday
No. 3 Urbana (9-1) at No. 2 Morris (9-1), 4 p.m. Saturday
No. 4 Chatham-Glenwood (8-2) at No. 1 Jersey (10-0),
2 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 Sacred Heart Griffin (9-1) at No. 7 Jacksonville (6-4), 1 p.m. Saturday
Class 4A
Upper Bracket
No. 1 VOISE Academy (9-0) vs. No. 4 Payton (8-1)
at Lane, 7 p.m. Friday
No. 7 Evergreen Park (7-3) at No. 6 Richmond-Burton
(7-3), 2:30 p.m. Saturday
No. 1 Alleman (9-1) vs. No. 4 Stillman Valley (7-3)
at Augustana College, 2 p.m. Saturday
No. 2 Coal City (9-1) at No. 6 Geneseo (6-4), 2 p.m. Saturday
Lower Bracket
No. 1 Macomb (9-1) vs. No. 5 Peoria Notre Dame (7-3) at Peoria Stadium, 7 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 Charleston (9-1) at No. 2 Rochester (9-1),
6 p.m. Saturday
No. 4 Columbia (9-1) at No. 1 Harrisburg (9-1, 2 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 East Richland (9-1) at No. 2 Alton Marquette (9-1),
2 p.m. Saturday
Class 3A
Upper Bracket
No. 1 Elmwood-B’field (10-0) at No. 9 Winnebago (8-2),
2 p.m. Saturday
No. 4 Aurora Christian (9-1) at
No. 12 Immaculate Conception (7-3), 1 p.m. Saturday
No. 7 Monmouth-Roseville at No. 2 Newman (10-0),
2 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 St. Joseph-Ogden at No. 11 Wilmington (8-2),
6 p.m. Saturday
Lower Bracket
No. 1 Williamsville (10-0) at No. 5 Monticello (8-2),
Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Saturday
No. 3 Pleasant Plains (9-1) at No. 2 Tolono Unity (9-1),
1 p.m. Saturday
No. 4 Vienna-Goreville (7-3) at No. 1 Greenville (9-1),
2 p.m. Saturday
No. 2 Benton (9-1) at No. 6 Carterville (7-3), noon Saturday
Updated: December 1, 2012 6:19AM
After Providence and Lincoln-Way East both played their opening-round playoff games Friday, it seemed logical the much-anticipated second-round match-up would be played Friday night.
However, per IHSA guidelines, playoff games are played Saturday unless both teams agree to play Friday. Providence preferred Saturday.
“We are not in school Thursday or Friday and we have an awful lot of activity going on at school this week,” Providence athletic director Doug Ternik said. “It’s just a crazy week. So, yes, we wanted to play Saturday.”
East, which also does not have school Friday, will be home and wanted to play at night, on whichever day. The result is a 7 p.m. Saturday kickoff.
“We wanted to play under the lights anyway, and we have a huge craft fair here at school on Saturday,” Griffins athletic director Mark Vander Kooi said. “It really would have been a mess had we played during the day.”
Having that second-round showdown Saturday night leaves the Joliet area with one Friday game among its eight. That one is huge in its own right.
Neuqua Valley (10-0), a No. 1 seed in the 8A bracket, will visit Bolingbrook (8-2) at 7 p.m. The Raiders are the defending 8A state champions and entered this season as candidates for a repeat.
Those lofty hopes were dealt a blow when All-State quarterback Aaron Bailey suffered a knee sprain early in the Week 6 loss to Lincoln-Way East. Bailey has not played since. However, the Raiders’ offense has been clicking lately with Quincy Woods calling the signals.
Meanwhile, with Providence and Lincoln-Way East playing Saturday night and Kaneland having played Saturday, Lincoln-Way West athletic director Ted Robbins and coach Dave Ernst decided the Warriors hosting Kaneland in the afternoon Saturday would be a good idea. That 5A game will kick off at 1 p.m.
“Dave and I talked about it, and what we wanted to do is attract some of the New Lenox area crowd that wants to go watch Lincoln-Way East and Providence at night,” Robbins said. “We’ll give them a doubleheader to see.”
Two other area 5A games also are scheduled Saturday, with Joliet Catholic hosting Tinley Park at 1 p.m. and Morris entertaining Urbana at 4 p.m.
Wilmington and Lemont both will play at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Wildcats are home against St. Joseph-Ogden in 3A and the Indians visit Richards in 6A.
Coal City is this week’s true road warrior among area teams. The Coalers journey to Geneseo for a 4A battle at 2 p.m. Saturday.
