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Rankings 2003

Preseason Rankings

Rank	Last year	Team	2003 Record	Last Years Record	This weeks game	Comments
1	11	Mundelein (Carmel)	1-0	12-2	35-10 overChicago (Marist) (0-1)	Carmel overcomes slow start to score 35 straight points.
2	1	New Lenox (Providence)	1-0	14-0	68-0 over Chicago (Fenger)(0-1)	Celtics up 54-0 at halftime.
3	2	Lockport (Twp.)	1-0	13-1	31-0 over Moline (0-1)	RB Dave Sliwa has three TDa.
4	14	Oak Lawn (Richards)	1-0	11-1	28-26 over Lake Forest (H.S.) (0-1)	Emotional Lake Forest team falls short on conversion.
5	4	Chicago (Mt. Carmel)	1-0	13-1	9-7 over Chicago (Morgan Park) (0-1)	Defense scores all 9 for Caravan.
6	30	Chicago (Hubbard)	1-0	10-2	61-14 over Chicago (Hyde Park) (0-1)	Robert Hughes & Carl Moore both have over 100 yards rushing, in Greyhounds victory.
7	7	Downers Grove (South)	1-0	11-1	28-6 0v34 #17 Edwardsville (H.S.) (1-0)	DGS looking to end the season where they started...in Champaign.
7	16	Naperville (North)	1-0	9-2	33-3 over Orland Park (Sandburg) (1-0)	Sandburg's team lacks prowess of years past.
9	5	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	0-1	12-2	Lost 16-10 to Downers Grove (North) (1-0)	North could be the surprise team of the season.
10	NR	Park Ridge (Maine South)	1-0	8-2	17-0 over Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (0-1)	Hawks defense tuff as Price airs it out on offense.
11	27	Joliet (Catholic)	1-0	9-3	48-0 over LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)(1-0)	Even after going back to the East Suburban Catholic JC is looking at a 2nd year of being the underdog in it's conference.
12	6	Lincolnshire (Stevenson)	0-1	11-3	lost 35-14 toBarrington(1-0)	.
13	21	Morris	1-0	11-1	13-0 over #20 Pontiac (0-1)	.
14	NR	Harvey (Thornton)	1-0	7-4	41-6 over Maywood (Proviso East) (1-0)	Marcus Randle El passes for 2 TDs as other Wildcats get in on the scoring.
15	15	Rochelle	1-0	12-1	41-18 over Chicago (Corliss) (0-1)	Hubs keep getting close to the finals, this could be the year.
16	12	Bloomington (HS)	1-0	13-1	42-7 over Champaign (Centennial)(0-1)	.
17	10	Edwardsville (H.S.)	0-1	12-2	lost 28-6 to #7 Downers Grove (South) (1-0)	Solid program, looking to bring the 1st place trophy to the south.
18	28	Libertyville	1-0	10-2	42-20 over New Lenox (Lincoln Way Central) (0-1)	.
19	NR	Riverside (R.-Brookfield)	1-0	7-4	42-22 over Yorkville (0-1)	.
20	17	Pontiac	0-1	12-2	Lost 13-0 to #13 Morris (1-0)	Pontiac's season is far from over. This loss may help the team.
21	NR	Oswego (HS)	1-0	10-2	26-0 over Naperville (Neuqua Valley) (0-1)	Opening drive impressive as Panthers handle Neuqua.
22	NR	Geneseo	1-0	7-4	47-6 overDecatur (Eisenhower) (0-1)	.
23	NR	Chicago (St. Rita)	1-0	9-5	26-6 over Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) (0-1)	.
24	NR	Roselle (Lake Park)	0-1	7-3	Lost 21-0 to Naperville Central (1-0)	.
25	NR	East St. Louis (Sr.)	1-0	8-3	64-12 over Chicago (Simeon) (1-0)	Flyers fly behind their offense.
26	NR	Naperville Central	1-0	4-5	21-0 over #24 Roselle (Lake Park) (0-1)	The Hawks are backand could be the front runners in 8A if the have a strong showing in their first 2 games.
27	26	Addison (Driscoll)	1-0	13-1	14-6 over Maple Park (Kaneland) (0-1)	.
28	23	Springfield (S.H.G.)	1-0	11-1	49-13 over Lombard (Montini) (0-1)	.
29	NR	Metamora	1-0	10-2	36-21 over Urbana (H.S.) (1-0)	.
30	NR	Troy (Triad)	0-1	7-3	Lost 33-0 to Belleville (Althoff) (1-0)	Triad falls short in being the south's team to beat.

 

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