Post-Week 2 breakdown: Simeon shines in win over Bolingbrook

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Good morning,

The first two weeks of the high school football season were really solid. I didn't do any research on this but it feels like the best schedule of games for the opening weeks in a long time. There were loads of games featuring ranked teams playing one another.

That peters out in Week 3. There are only three games between ranked teams as we settle into a lot of conference play.

One highlight of the week is the annual Wilmington vs. Coal City rivalry game. The Coalers lost to a really good Morris team in Week 1 and Wilmington is unbeaten. It's a game I've wanted to see since I was a kid and one that I threaten to go to almost every season.

Thanks for reading and enjoy Week 3. The football season always flies by.

Thanks for reading!

Michael O'Brien, High School Sports Editor

Super 25 update

Simeon's Cameron Ashley (80) makes a leaping catch out of the reach of Bolingbrook's Jacob May (7). | Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times

Kudos to Bolingbrook fans for making the trip to Gately Stadium on Saturday. Simeon always has a nice crowd but the Raiders' big turnout made the game feel special.

What a win it was for the Wolverines. After some hemming and hawing, I went ahead and put Simeon in the top 10. That's quite a jump from unranked but it seems warranted, especially after Wheaton-Warrenville South, the team the Wolverines beat in Week 1, knocked off Neuqua Valley.

Warren jumps into the top five after knocking off Maine South. But the Hawks don't far too far for the loss. I do my best not to penalize teams all that much for losing close games to good teams. That's one of my basic rankings beliefs.

1. Mount Carmel (2-0) 1

2. Loyola (2-0) 2

3. Lincoln-Way East (2-0) 3

4. Warren (2-0) 7

5. Glenbard West (2-0) 6

Check out the rest of this week's Super 25 rankings here.

Game stories

Nine teams from last week's Super 25 lost in Week 2, including four of the top nine. Check out our Week 2 scoreboard as well as stories from three of the biggest games of the last week.

High school football scores: Week 2

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