It's that time of the year. The 2023 regular season has come to a close, and the playoff brackets have been released.
Who will win it all? Who are the favorites? Top first round games? Potential playoff matchups? Sleepers?
Here are my playoff projections:
Championship:
Lena-Winslow over Althoff Catholic
Top First Round Games:
Fulton/Morrison
ROWVA-Williamsfield/Newman Central Catholic
Villa Grove/LeRoy
Carrollton/Sesser-Valier
Princeville/Stark County
Sleeper(s):
Morrison, LeRoy, Newman Central Catholic
Championship:
Maroa-Forsyth over Athens
Top First Round Games:
El Paso-Gridley/Tri-Valley
Chester/Red Bud
Mater Dei/White County
Vandalia/Lawrenceville
Mercer County/Wilmington
Sleeper(s):
Rockridge, Nashville
Championship:
Byron over Olympia
Top First Round Games:
Tolono Unity/Williamsville
Eureka/Montini
Monmouth-Roseville/North Boone
Benton/Mt. Carmel (IL)
Clinton/Sullivan-Okaw Valley
Sleeper(s):
Montini, Williamsville, Olympia, Tolono Unity, St. Joseph-Ogden
Championship:
IC Catholic over Rochester
Top First Round Games:
St. Viator/Richmond-Burton
Harrisburg/Carterville
Normal University/Coal City
Peoria Notre Dame/Kewanee
Phillips/Boylan Catholic
Sleeper(s):
Murphysboro, Kewanee, St. Laurence
Championship:
St. Francis over Morris
Top First Round Games:
Rochelle/St. Francis
Nazareth/Prairie Ridge
Joliet Catholic/Peoria
MacArthur/Metamora
Triad/Mahomet-Seymour
Sleeper(s):
Nazareth, Carmel, Providence Catholic, Joliet Catholic, Peoria
Championship:
East St. Louis over Cary-Grove
Top First Round Games:
Grant/Wauconda
Bloomington/Glenwood
Crystal Lake Central/Lake Zurich
Simeon/Normal West
Dunlap/Eisenhower (Blue Island)
Sleeper(s):
Kaneland, Geneva
Championship:
Mt. Carmel over Downers Grove North
Top First Round Games:
St. Charles North/Bradley-Bourbonnais
Hoffman Estates/Lincoln-Way West
Yorkville/Willowbrook
Jacobs/Lincoln-Way Central
Brother Rice/Batavia
Sleeper(s):
St. Charles North, Wheaton North, Lincoln-Way West, Brother Rice
Championship:
Loyola over Lincoln-Way East
Top First Round Games:
Palatine/Neuqua Valley
Naperville North/Glenbard West
Sandburg/Minooka
Oswego/Warren
Lyons/Stevenson
Sleeper(s):
Edwardsville, York, Glenbard West
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