If we assume that Bolingbrook won (and I would be surprised if they didn't) then my Magnificent Seven is looking more and more like a Fab Five. Here are the results for Week Eight:
Buffalo Grove 27, Wheeling 20
Hersey 21, Rolling Meadows 20
Evanston 45, Glenbrook South 20
Bolingbrook 22, Thornton 6
Rochelle 38, LaSalle-Peru 0
Crystal Lake Central 42, Dundee-Crown 28
Lincoln Way West 38, Stagg 14
That makes both Buffalo Grove and Hersey 7-1, and Glenbrook South and Crystal Lake Central 5-3. Even if the Titans lose this week to New Trier (5-3) and the Tigers bow to Cary-Grove (5-3) they would probably be playoff eligible. LaSalle-Peru (4-4), meanwhile, hosts Yorkville (1-7) on Friday in what should also give them a postseason-worthy 5-4 finish.*
Now come my problem children. Thornton and Stagg are both 4-4 and have challenging matchups ahead for Week Nine. The Wildcats host Lincoln-Way Central (7-1) while the Chargers charge out to Moline (6-2). Barring a miracle (or two, actually), the Thornton and Stagg squads should be watching the playoffs from the stands.
So right now it looks like five of my Magnificent Seven programs are going to the postseason. I hope I'm wrong about Thornton and Stagg, but at least there will be a handful of schools that get to cheer on their teams in a tenth game for the first time in a while.
* I really hope the Cavaliers make it to the playoffs for the first time since 2009, when today's seniors were in fifth grade. I've always wanted to see a game in Howard Fellows Stadium, at top, and if L-P can get past the first round (they would presumably open up on the road) I just might have to drive the hour and a half -- a hundred miles! -- to see them play. Come on, Cavs!
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