🏈 JESS SCHUMACHER RE/MAX TOWN, LAKE & COUNTRY GAME OF THE WEEK 🏈
We head to John O’Boyle Field for one of the most historic rivalries in Illinois high school football.
Stockton vs. Galena.
A rivalry that dates all the way back to 1908.
These are the two winningest programs in NUIC history.
They also own the two most playoff appearances in NUIC history.
And history adds another layer to this week's showdown.
Stockton owns the all-time head-to-head advantage over Galena in both the regular season and the playoffs.
Now, the Pirates have a chance to change the narrative.
Can Galena put a halt to Stockton's recent historical advantage?
🔥 Stockton vs. Galena.
📍 John O’Boyle Field
🏆 History. Rivalry. Tradition.
Ashton Jeanty started his rookie season with a new stance after his OC Chip Kelly made him ditch his legendary college stance.
After a slow start, Jeanty switched BACK to his old stance — and went on to have a huge rookie year.
JEANTY IS ELITE AGAIN �
If you are wondering what Winter Workouts are like In College Football, it’s you questioning the existence of life at 5:24 in the morning before a man with a curly mustache tries to test your manhood with the hardest workout you’ve ever experienced
Galena,Warren, Le-Win all driving to Woodstock in middle of school week but we can't seed football 1-32 because of travel concerns.
In this example, if Galena reaches regional championship = 8 hours RT for Week. No different than a playoff Saturday trip
#IHSAMATH
There is absolutely no difference between this play and the Buffalo play. Adams did not make any move. He caught it, secured it as he was tackled and then stripped on the ground. Same exact thing. Same exact. This is why fans hate the NFL refs. No consistency game to game
The IHSFCA has released its 2026 Hall Of Fame Class inductees. These coaches will be honored and at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, March 28, 2026 (Noon) at the I Hotel & Conference Center in Champaign. Ticket info is available at https://t.co/BCwXhmWzKG.
The disparity of the IHSA super-sectional sites for boys vs girls is an issue that needs our attention.
If you share this concern, please contact the girls basketball representative, Beth Sauser, [email protected] at @IHSA_IL
My nephew plays varsity football for Fairhope, Alabama High School.
Their opening round playoff game is at James Clemens High School on Friday.
It's a 702 mile round trip from Fairhope to Madison. A 5 hour and 21 minute trip one way.
A 1-32 can be done in Illinois.
I didn't really know anything about Charlie Kirk
Until this week Kirk was a name and face I would occasionally see someone retweet on here and I would scroll past. I'd seen 2 or 3 short videos taken from Tiktok of him debating some low IQ college student but that was it.
I'm generally not interested in MAGA. I broadly believe in many of their goals, but find much of the rhetoric and policy implementation to be self defeating. To me Kirk was another Ben Shapiro or Tim Pool. All MAGA, all the time.
Immediately following his shooting my shock was political and societal. Another step down in what seems to be the never ending descent of American, and thus Western, society. Another sad day for free speech, no matter what you thought of the man's politics.
Then in the following hours my timeline was filled with videos of Kirk as a father, and my heart broke. I saw a man that was clearly devoted to his family and who loved them, and was loved in return, a great deal. I felt that love forever torn apart. I saw a daughter that would never run to her father and wrap her arms around him again.
The following day I saw more videos on here, and out of respect and curiosity I watched them all. Maybe they would make some sense of why someone felt the need to end this man's life and rob his children of a father. They did not.
Contrary to the tweets spreading through X as some kind of justification, what I found was a man who was deeply religious. I man that had a true belief system, and not one that he bent or shaped to fit to modern society. For example. he absolutely believed that homosexuality was a sin because that was what the bible told him, but he did not hate or think less of those people. Many of his close friends such as Peter Thiel and David Rubin were gay.
What I see when I watch the videos of Kirk is a fan of deep faith who put that faith above everything else. I see a man who treated everyone with compassion and civility. I see a man that was friendly and open and honest.
Honestly, I see a man that is braver and better than I. Not because he put himself in danger by wanted to talk to people, but by handing himself completely over to a belief system that I've never been able to get my head around. Like many of us, the idea is alien to me.
I can't say I don't watch his videos with a tinge of jealousy. What I see is a man who was completely happy. A man confident in his faith and who led his life accordingly. A man who not just believed, but acted on his belief.
At a time when so many people seem empty and depressed, it's hard not to be a little jealous of a person that seemed so fulfilled.
With this in mind, it's been incensing to see him slandered on here by people without any of the faith and none of the commitment. To see people take the man's faith and turn it into something twisted and hateful.
I knew nothing of the man in life, but I will try to listen to him more in death.
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Good luck to Coach Knight and the Galena Football team as they open up against Morrison tonight at Southwestern HS at 7:00. Senior night introductions at 6:25. Come out and support the Pirates on Senior Night!! Go Pirates!!
Another one bites the dust.
“Coach, I’m NOT going to play football so I can focus on (fill in the sport) year around.”
It’s high school. The best time of your life. Play multiple sports. Run for ASB, volunteer at the local food bank, mentor younger classmates, attend youth group, get a part/time job, earn straight A’s.
Build that resume and make the most of your high school career.
You will thank me later.