Whoa! St. Rita may have...

...the toughest 2012 schedule of them all. The Mustangs play eight -- count 'em -- eight teams that had winning records last year: Marist (7-3), Danville (10-2), Brother Rice (8-5), Providence (6-4), Hales Franciscan (7-5), Bishop McNamara (9-3), Mount Carmel (9-4), and Loyola (13-1).

(Looks like I'll be traveling down to 77th and Western a lot this year.)

Now, I'm all for scheduling good opponents (it better prepares you for the playoffs, and, since you only need to go 5-4 to qualify, why not?), but eight tough games? (That's twice as many as crosstown rival Mount Carmel.)

Coach Todd Kuska, what were you thinking?