ESPN2 Descends on Wheaton Warrenville South-Glenbard West Game

by Jeff Fisher
Illinois High School Football Huddle

For the second year in a row, ESPN's cameras are positioned around Red Grange Field at Wheaton Warrenville South High School to show the nation a top-notch Illinois high school football game.

In about 15 minutes, the national spotlight will shine on the Tigers' game against Glenbard West. It's all a part of ESPN's 2011 High School Football Kickoff television package of 13 football games in three-days that began Friday night.

This should be a good one with two-time defending champ WWS riding a 26-game win streak that includes a 40-20 over the Hilltoppers in last year's Class 7A quarterfinals.  WWS also beat Glenbard West 31-24 in double-overtime for the 7A title.

Wheaton Warrenville South leads the series rivalry, which dates back to 1916, with 31 wins to 25 wins for Glenbard West. There have been nine ties.

This will be the first time since 2006 that the two have played during the regular season. The rivalry has been put on-hold several times over the last century because of dominance by one of the teams. The current suspension occured because of WWS dominance.

This one has an interesting storyline surrounding the two starting quarterbacks.

Justice Odom is GW's starting QB was the start on WWS' freshman and sophmore teams in 2008 and 2009 before transferring last year to the Hilltoppers. The Tigers' starting quarterback is Thaddeus Armstrong, who transferred-in to WWS from Ottawa High School.

Armstong has the task of filling the shoes of Reilly O'Toole, who is now at the University of Illinois.

Last year, WWS pounded defending 8A champ Maine South 44-7 during a nationally-televised game on ESPN.

Illinois High School Football Scores - Week 1

Illinois High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Ag. Science 35 DuSable 10
Brother Rice 41 Orr 6
Bulls Charter 20 Golder 0
Byron 63 Walter Lutheran 32
Collins 54 Kelvyn Park 12
Crystal Lake South 41, Thornridge 6
Englewood 14, Clemente 6
Fenwick 34, Hales 12
Gary (IN) West Side 34 Bowen 6
Gordon Tech 54, Lake View 0
Gordon Tech 54 Lake View 0
Hirsch 26 Crane 12
Jacksonville Routt 42 Pleasant Hill 29
Immaculate Conception 38 Ridgewood 12
King 56 St. Joseph 6
Lincoln Way-West 40 Joliet Catholic 8
Luther North 40 Christian Liberty 0
Marengo 49, Chicago Christian 7
Marshall 60, Dyett 0
Nazareth 17 Benet 0
Noble Street 24, Roosevelt 0
Pritzker 18 Lindblom 14
Prosser 27, Douglass 6
Raby 38, Hope 0
Rich East 25, Eisenhower 19
Rochelle 49, Corliss 0
Rowe-Clark 12, Gage Park 6
St. Patrick 54, Proviso East 13
Steinmetz 19, South Shore 12
Sullivan 47, Rauner 6
Taylor Ridge Rockridge 42 Pittsfield 8
Thornwood 27, Bloom 14
UC Woodlawn 28, UIC 10
Washington 16, St. Francis de Sales 0
Waukegan 35, North Chicago 6

Illinois High School Football Scores - Week 1

Illinois High School Football Scores
Friday, August 26, 2011

Abingdon 21, Farmington 13
Addison Trail 42, West Chicago 0
Antioch 14, Lake Forest Academy 12
Aquin 43, River Ridge 0
Argenta-Oreana 16, Shelbyville 12
Athens 54, Mt. Olive 6
Auburn 22, North Mac 7
Aurora Central 35, Rockford Lutheran 20
Aurora Christian 38, Stillman Valley 20
Austin 14, Lincoln Park 0
Batavia 36, Marmion 7
Beardstown 29, Lewistown 7
Belvidere 43, Jefferson 27
Bishop McNamara 35, Kankakee 7
Bloomington 26, MacArthur 7
Buffalo Grove 31, Lake Forest 24
Burlington Central 36, Hampshire 22
Carbondale 24, Murphysboro 14
Carlyle 39, Nashville 29
Carrollton 1, Virginia 0
Cary Grove 28, St. Charles East 0
Casey-Westfield 34, Red Hill 0
Centralia 46, Salem 13
Charleston 68, Rantoul 44
Chicago Academy 31, Mather 28
Clark 33, Taft 20
Clifton Central 34, Paris 0
Coal City 21, Seneca 13
Community West 55, Centennial 14
Conant 19, Lake Park 14
Crete-Monee 32, T.F. South 8
Crystal Lake Central 28, Huntley 6
Curie 39, Argo 13
Dakota 41, South Beloit 8
Danville 43, Urbana 27
De La Salle 35, Lane Tech 7
Deer Creek-Mackinaw 24, El Paso-Gridley 12
Downers Grove South 28, South Elgin 7
Elgin 34, Dundee-Crown 19
Elk Grove 39, Highland Park 12
Elmwood-Brimfield 61, Peoria Heights 7
Evergreen Park 42, Phillips 14
Fairfield 30, Hamilton County 12
Fenger 40, Reavis 19
Fenton 30, Leyden 29
Flanagan-Woodland 34, Fieldcrest 8
Foreman 67, Farragut 0
Forreston 19, Galena 6
Galesburg 55, Chicago Kelly 6
Geneseo 20, East Peoria 0
Geneva 27, Rock Island 14
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 34, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 7
Glenbard East 35, Willowbrook 14
Glenbard North 40, Oak Park 20
Glenbrook South 34, Prospect 10
Grant 42, Johnsburg 0
Grayslake Central 47, Round Lake 6
Greenville 41, Litchfield 20
Guerin 55, Marine 0
Harlem 49, Rockford East 34
Harper 50, Phoenix 0
Harrisburg 26, Mt. Carmel 15
Harvard 52, Rock Falls 6
Herscher 49, Dwight 8
Hersey 21, Glenbrook North 14
Hillsboro 34, Southwestern 14
Hinsdale Central 27, St. Charles North 26 (OT)
Hinsdale South 22, Romeoville 20
Homewood Flossmoor 76, Senn 6
Hoopeston Area 9, South Piatt 6
Hyde Park 36, Vocational 20
Iroquois West 45, Eureka 8
Jacobs 21, Joliet West 6
Johnston City 45, Sesser-Valier 24
Joliet Catholic 32, Carmel 31
Kaneland 44, Brooks 0
Kenwood 22, Bronzeville 0
Lake Zurich 35, Fremd 3
Lakes 16, Grayslake North 7
Lemont 54, Little Village 0
Leo 26, St. Laurence 20
Libertyville 23, Barrington 20 (OT)
Lincoln-Way East 45, Edwardsville 14
Lincoln-Way North 26, Lincoln-Way Central 18
Lockport 33, Downers Grove North 21
Longwood 48, Hope Academy 12
Loyola Academy 40, Evanston 0
Lyons Township 24, Stevenson 19
Mahomet 21, Mt. Zion 6
Maine South 40, Warren 12
Maine West 14, Urban Prep-Englewood 6
Manley 14, Uplift 6 (OT)
Manteno 14, Wilmington 11
Marian Catholic 51, St. Viator 27
Mattoon 50, Eisenhower 0
McHenry 19, Larkin 7 Montini 26, Palatine 21
Milford 25, East Central 6
Momence 44, Ridgeview 26
Monticello 41, Warrensburg-Latham 0
Montini 26, Palatine 21
Mooseheart 48, Alden-Hebron 7
Morris 27, Minooka 21
Morrison 45, Fulton 0
Mount Carmel 23, Simeon 14
Neuqua Valley 37, Naperville North 23
New Berlin 48, South Fork 7
North Fulton 34, Rushville-Industry 14
North Shore 36, Rockford Christian Life 26
Notre Dame 28, Limestone 0
Oak Forest 40, Urban-Prep East Garfield Park 0
Oak Lawn 21, Niles North 17
Orangeville 19, Warren 8
Oregon 7, Richmond-Burton 0
Oswego East 27, Rich South 12
Pana 41, Roxana 8
Pawnee 40, Sangamon Valley 38
Pekin 29, Richwoods 28
Peotone 40, Reed-Custer 0
Plainfield Central 41, Amundsen 15
Plano 43, Lisle 9
Polo 34, Milledgeville 8
Pontiac 44, Canton 7
Prairie Ridge 55, Glenbard South 12
Providence 21, Morgan Park 6
Proviso West 21, Hubbard 18
Quincy 30, Alton 20
Richards 28, Harlan 6
Rockford Christian 41, Hiawatha 7
Salt Fork 28, Villa Grove 20
Sandburg 17, Andrew 10
Sandwich 56, Westmont 6
Schaumburg 22, New Trier 17
Schurz 20, Maine East 14
Shepard 27, Payton 0
St. Bede 26, Kewanee 6
St. Edward 21, Genoa-Kingston 0
St. Francis 20, Riverside-Brookfield 14
St. Ignatius 27, Young 14
St. Louis Westminster Academy 27, Wheaton Academy 14
St. Rita 32, Portage Indiana 21
Stockton 45, Durand 14
Streamwood 34, Hoffman Estates 17
Sycamore 47, North Lawndale 12
Thornton 49, Hillcrest 6
Tri-County Oakland 19, Oakwood 6
Triopia 34, West Central 0
Tri-Valley 41, Blue Ridge 22
Tuscola 42, Clinton 7
United 13, Stark County 6
Unity 40, Meridian 0
Vandalia 27, East Alton-Wood River 6
Vernon Hills 58, Dunbar 34
Waubonsie Valley 21, Naperville Central 7
Wauconda 36, Woodstock 14
West Aurora 48, East Aurora 6
Westville 19, Arcola 7
Wheaton North 26, Bartlett 24
Woodstock North 49, Elmwood Park 7
Yorkville 21, Streator 12
Zion-Benton 27, Deerfield 13

Illinois Continues to Test for Performance-Enhancing Drugs for High School Athletes

by Jeff Fisher
Illinois High School Football Huddle

Courtesy: www.ihsa.org

High school football practice begins tomorrow in Illinois, and with it comes news that the Illinois High School Association will continue to test its athletes for performance-enchancing drugs.

During the 2010-11 school year, the IHSA tested 747 student-athletes with four positive tests.  Two of the four athletes were cleared by a medical review officer.  The other athletes were the first two punishable tests since the testing program began during the 2008-09 school year.  Over the first three-years, 1,758 tests were administered.

“Some people will look at the number of positive test results and conclude that the testing is not working,” said Marty Hickman, IHSA Executive Director.  “But, it is important to maintain perspective. The scope of our testing was never going to be large enough to catch every student who may be using performance-enhancing drugs. The program was put into place to be a deterrent to help prevent students from using these harmful drugs and we believe it is successfully serving that purpose.”

Illinois became the fourth state to test its athletes for PEDs.