Games of the Week (IL – Week 7)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mt. Carmel (Chicago) vs Fenwick </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 Mt. Carmel has been rolling through the competition through the first 6 weeks of the season. They are loaded on both sides of the ball and its been impressive to watch them take care of business in 2023. Fenwick is 4-2 on the year and have lost a few close games. Fenwick has the talent to hang with Mt. Carmel in this one. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players (Mt. Carmel): Senior RB [player_tooltip player_id='148856' first='Darrion' last='Dupree'] - 5'11 190, Senior LB [player_tooltip player_id='271810' first='Parker' last='Startz'] - 6'3 225, Junior QB [player_tooltip player_id='131488' first='Jack' last='Elliott']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players (Fenwick): Junior EDGE Nate Marshall - 6'4 265, Senior QB [player_tooltip player_id='338979' first='Marek' last='Hill'] - 6'4 210, Senior RB [player_tooltip player_id='271874' first='Luke' last='D'Alise'] - 6'1 200</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction:<em> Mt. Carmel</em> - I look for Fenwick to battle for 4 quarters but the Caravan just has too much talent across the board. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Downers Grove North vs Lyons </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Second week in a row that Downers Grove North is featured in the game of the week. Last week they lost to York 32-31 which was an absolute nail bitter. Lyons enters this week 4-2 playing their best football of the year. This looks to be another battle in week 7. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players (Lyons): Senior DL [player_tooltip player_id='142544' first='Eddie' last='Tuerk'] - 6'4 265, Junior LB [player_tooltip player_id='119388' first='Noah' last='Pfafflin'] - 6'2 190, Senior QB [player_tooltip player_id='153532' first='Ryan' last='Jackson'] - 5'10 185</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players (DGN): Senior LB [player_tooltip player_id='326053' first='Cael' last='Brezina'] - 6'3 215, Junior WR [player_tooltip player_id='205735' first='Charlie' last='Cruse'] - 6'1 185, Senior RB [player_tooltip player_id='252513' first='Noah' last='Battle'] - 5'11 200</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction:<em> Lyons</em> - I look for both defenses to show up in this game early on. I think the advantage will go to the home team and Lyons will feed off the the home crowd to beat DGN. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Edwardsville vs Belleville East </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This has been an impressive Belleville East team that enters week 7, 5-1 on the year. They look to build off their momentum as they enter this week against a ranked Edwardsville team. The Tigers are undefeated with some of the top prospects in the area as well as the state of Illinois. They look to keep the winning steak going this week when they travel to Belleville. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players (Edwardsville): Junior EDGE [player_tooltip player_id='830235' first='Iose' last='Epenesa'] - 6'4 255, Senior QB [player_tooltip player_id='271786' first='Jake' last='Curry'] - 6'0 185, Senior LB [player_tooltip player_id='259038' first='Dalton' last='Brown'] - 5'11 205</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players (Belleville East): Senior RB Brandon Coleman - 5'6 160, Senior DB Javion Mobley-Jackson - 5'11 175, Senior QB [player_tooltip player_id='898634' first='Armon' last='Vinson'] - 6'1 190</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prediction: <em>Edwardsville</em> - Belleville East has the skill players to play with Edwardsville but I believe the tigers front 7 will be too much to handle for Belleville East.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->