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by TheAngryBavarian
Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:20 am
Forum: Illinois Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: 2021-22 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 9906

Re: 2021-22 Illinois Discussion

I'll give my Southern Illinois thoughts. The race for the 618 will be between Carbondale and Granite City [in AA], and should be comfortably be taken by Southwestern in A. Giifti Benti is a very good Lit/FA player for Carbondale, and should lead them to their typical level of success. Granite City g...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9194

Re: Illinois 2020-21

MID-SEASON POLL RESULTS 1. University Lab A (Urbana) 125 HIGHEST: 1st LOWEST: 2nd 2. Adlai E. Stevenson A (Lincolnshire) 114 HIGHEST: 1st LOWEST: 4th 3. Barrington A 113 HIGHEST: 1st LOWEST: 3rd 4. Buffalo Grove A 92 HIGHEST: 3rd LOWEST: 4th 5. William Fremd A (Palatine) 60 HIGHEST: 5th LOWEST: 7th ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9194

Re: Illinois 2020-21

Hey everyone. I have decided to put together a Mid-Season Poll. Please give your Top 10 teams, along with a reasonably well thought-out reasoning for your rankings. The Poll will close on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30TH at 11:59 PM. Any joke/spam ballots will not be counted towards the final results. https...
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9194

Re: Illinois 2020-21

A belated congratulations to Jonathan Lau of University Lab on winning Solo.
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9194

Re: Illinois 2020-21

I will also say this for Class A...look for DuQuoin to be very good. Guy Indorante may be the best Class A player in the state next year (ahead of Tommy Guyett and others), as he put up something in the neighbor of 125 PPG last year (granted against fairly weak competition). He has put up very good ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Earlybird Online (10/3/2020)
Replies: 29
Views: 11700

Re: Earlybird Online (10/3/2020)

I believe this is HS teams only.
by TheAngryBavarian
Thu Aug 20, 2020 12:47 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2020-2021.
Replies: 12
Views: 6187

Re: Missouri 2020-2021.

I will provide my limited knowledge (which as an Illinoisan is limited to the St. Louis Metro) Ladue A: Return two of the top 5 players in the state in Eric Yin and Louis Li, who will pretty much lock down science and history, respectively. Jason Xu is also a very good specialist, although not in a ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9194

Re: Illinois 2020-21

I'll give my thoughts on South of Champaign, since that is the area I know best. Alton: This will unequivocally be the best team in Downstate Illinois besides Uni Lab. Their team consists of 4 very good specialists and between them they take up most of the distro. Kieran Favazza for Science (especia...
by TheAngryBavarian
Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 2020-21
Replies: 25
Views: 9194

Re: Illinois 2020-21

In no particular order...

Buffalo Grove
IMSA
Barrington
Stevenson
Uni Lab
Fremd
Alton
Hinsdale Central
by TheAngryBavarian
Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020 IHSA
Replies: 5
Views: 2752

Re: 2020 IHSA

The IHSA has made an announcement in reaction to COVID-19, across all activities, including Scholastic Bowl. https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-announces-tournament-updates-related-to-covid-19 Based on the wording of the announcement, I believe that this does not apply to Sectionals?...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

The Wheaton North Falcon Kickoff and Chicago Christian Knights Novice were both held this past Saturday. Wheaton North Results 1. IMSA A (9-0) 2. Barrington A (7-2) 3. Fremd A (7-2) 4. Sandburg A (6-3) Individuals 1. Luke Meacham (Lincoln-Way East A) 52.5 PPG 2. Aidan Brinkman (IMSA A) 50 PPG 3. Joe...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sat Oct 12, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

Southwestern Site Results 1. Carbondale A (8-1) 2. Pana (7-2) 3. Southwestern Gold (6-2) 4. Northwestern (5-3) 5. Granite City Red (5-3) Individuals 1. Hunter Wood (Northwestern) 81.88 PPG 2. Corbin Tutterow (Southwestern Gold) 75.63 PPG 3. Lily Relleke (Granite City Red) 72.50 PPG 4. Avery Caselton...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

A name that I haven't heard, but so far is the leading scorer for the Barrington Novice site is Dhruv Pendharkar from Stevenson.
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

Earlybird Results 1. Uni A (11-0) 2. Stevenson A (9-2) 3. IMSA A (8-2) 4. Chicago Christian (7-3) 5. Homewood-Flossmoor A (7-3) To be clear, Homewood-Flossmoor swept their five matches in the bottom grouping (3 groups of 8 teams for the double re-bracketing), which makes them 17th. This is not to b...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

Double Post.
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

Earlybird Results 1. Uni A (11-0) 2. Stevenson A (9-2) 3. IMSA A (8-2) 4. Chicago Christian (7-3) 5. Barrington A (7-3) Best Individuals 1. Ben Fry (Chicago Christian) 140 PPG 2. John Paul Taylor (Carbondale) 99.44 PPG 3. Matthew Lee (IMSA A) 90 PPG 4. Ethan Ashbrook (Uni A) 75.81 PPG 5. Arjun Nages...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

Even without Abe, Barrington is still a very good team. Perhaps IMSA A, Carbondale or Sandburg will make a run for that 3rd spot.
by TheAngryBavarian
Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:41 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

A little early, but here are my Earlybird Predictions 1. Uni A (Obvious) 2. Stevenson A (How close will they be?) 3. Barrington A (Good team, good players, can they reach the next level?) SS Champ: Chicago Christian (Ben Fry is a legit top 10 player in the state. Latin could make a push.) Feel free ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The BUTTERSCOT
Replies: 4
Views: 5260

Re: The BUTTERSCOT

Would teams be able to do both BUTTERSCOT and Scottie or is there too much correlation between the two sets? Thanks in advance.
by TheAngryBavarian
Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Date Claims
Replies: 2
Views: 4378

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Date Claims

Yeah, it is. Should've thought about that a bit more.
by TheAngryBavarian
Sat Aug 03, 2019 11:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion
Replies: 40
Views: 17045

Re: 2019-2020 Illinois Discussion

My S Illinois Top 8 1. Carbondale (Lose Shaunie and Jonah, but John Paul is a force. Giifti, Charles and co. will provide solid support.) 2. Springfield (Aidan Fein is very good, look out for Fr. Jared Dong to contribute as well.) 3. Collinsville (Will be lower if we don't have a science player, if ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

Congratulations and Good Luck to all advancers to state.
by TheAngryBavarian
Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

Congratulations to the All-Sectional Teams, and also good luck to those participating in Masonic State tomorrow.
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

What are everyone's predictions for Masonic State?
My predictions
1A
1. New Berlin
Next Most Likely: Galena

2A
1. Uni Lab
Next Most Likely: Macomb/Williamsville

3A
1. Auburn
Next Most Likely: IMSA/OPRF
by TheAngryBavarian
Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:07 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

My predictions
1. Uni Lab A
2. Stevenson A
3. Auburn
4. IMSA
Small School Champ: Southwestern
Leading Scorer: Ethan Strombeck, I'd guess about 125ppg.
by TheAngryBavarian
Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 Masonic/Reinstein Set Discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 13339

Re: Set Discussion

Overall I feel that this was a pretty good set. However, it felt slightly worse than in previous years. Probably my biggest complaint is inconsistent difficulty on the teamwork questions (Odd questions felt significantly easier than even questions overall.) More specifically, there was a teamwork qu...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois Masonic 18-19
Replies: 11
Views: 7242

Re: Illinois Masonic 18-19

Site #32 Results
1. Carbondale
2. O'Fallon
3. Collinsville
4. Granite City
by TheAngryBavarian
Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois Masonic 18-19
Replies: 11
Views: 7242

Re: Illinois Masonic 18-19

Bump since sectionals are tomorrow.
by TheAngryBavarian
Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois Masonic 18-19
Replies: 11
Views: 7242

Illinois Masonic 18-19

Sectionals are posted (if you do some digging). What is everyone's predictions for State qualifiers etc.?
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

Doesn't mean much, but assignments for IHSA Sectionals are posted.
https://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/S ... assign.htm
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Individuals in Illinois
Replies: 12
Views: 8828

Re: Best Individuals in Illinois

Banned Tiny Toon Adventures Episode wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:53 pm obviously your physical location makes things difficult but how many of these players have you actually seen play
I have played against all who were at South Central Solo and John Paul.
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Individuals in Illinois
Replies: 12
Views: 8828

Re: Best Individuals in Illinois

This ranking is based on my opinion, which is primarily based on my interpretation of Solo results. In other words, probably not the most precise way of doing this. Feel free to post your own lists.
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Jan 08, 2019 1:40 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Individuals in Illinois
Replies: 12
Views: 8828

Best Individuals in Illinois

I haven't seen anybody do this before, so I figured I'd try. DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to offend anybody, I am merely expressing my opinion. I could probably flip several of these names around depending on the question set. Feel free to debate and post your own thoughts. 1. Ethan Strombeck 2. Hans...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: South Central Solo II @ Southwestern H.S. (Piasa) 12/15/2018
Replies: 6
Views: 3492

Re: South Central Solo II @ Southwestern H.S. (Piasa) 12/15/2018

Top 6 for the Varsity Division went like this 1. Alex Morris 5-0 (11-0) 2. Clara Barclay 4-2 (10-2, beat Luke Tutterow in a tiebreak) 3. Luke Tutterow 3-3 (9-3) 4. Zach Roseman 2-3 (8-3) 5. Jess Markley 2-4 (8-4, beat Carter Moore in another tiebreak) 6. Carter Moore 1-5 (7-6, played a tiebreaker in...
by TheAngryBavarian
Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

Now that the season has started to get into full swing, what are everybody's thoughts on the season so far? I am particularly looking forward to South Central Scobol Solo and was wondering if some of the more distant teams from last year (Uni Lab, Winnebago etc.) were making the trip down to Macoupi...
by TheAngryBavarian
Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

Out of curiosity, how early is info released for South Central Scobol Solo? I'm vaguely interested in doing it this year (even though I'll probably do terribly :wink: ). I'm assuming Coach Hasquin has some info. Looking to find areas to improve and meet other talented players.
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:33 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois 18-19
Replies: 33
Views: 22115

Re: Illinois 18-19

My knowledge of Chicagoland is slim, so I will present my downstate (south of Springfield ) predictions. Southwestern are always solid, but lose Lana and Jacob. They always seem to be competitive though, so we'll see. O'Fallon lose probably the best player in southern Illinois in Mark and don't brin...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

P.S. I answered with just duel on the Cyrano de Bergerac clue and got prompted. Was this not accepted later? I don’t think a prompt is too heinous. First off, nice buzz! That play is awesome, that clue is about a particularly awesome part of it, and I'm glad you got points for it. "duel",...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

If we are allowed to talk about specific questions, then I would agree that the "sword fight" one was strange. I believe I answered "brawl" or something to that effect, and was slightly surprised that I wasn't at least prompted. The only other one that I found strange was the que...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

My working theory on this year's IHSA set is that regionals were meant to approximate an A set, while sectionals will be like an IS set, and state will be like an SCT set. That's my theory, anyway. I'll be interested to see the data if Mr. Fischer shares what he is collecting from the scoresheets. ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

My working theory on this year's IHSA set is that regionals were meant to approximate an A set, while sectionals will be like an IS set, and state will be like an SCT set. That's my theory, anyway. I'll be interested to see the data if Mr. Fischer shares what he is collecting from the scoresheets. ...
by TheAngryBavarian
Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

Has anybody on here played Greenville? I'm curious to see what we're dealing with, as we will see them in regional semis. As we beat the 6 seed in our sectional (Columbia) but lost to the 4 seed (Granite City), I'm expecting a challenge as they're the 5 seed, but with some lucky breaks (and a frien...
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

All-Sectional is not exactly the best measure of performance. It really depends who votes, who you play, and who you are on a team with. I was only one vote out of All-State consideration partially because I am "competing" against four other players who are also quite good, and as a resul...
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

All-Sectional is not exactly the best measure of performance. It really depends who votes, who you play, and who you are on a team with. I was only one vote out of All-State consideration partially because I am "competing" against four other players who are also quite good, and as a resul...
by TheAngryBavarian
Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

Not sure if this is old news but here is the IHSSBCA All-Sectional Teams. I think I would've made it if we went to some IHSSBCA tournaments instead of just Masonic and IHSA.
http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/all-secti ... elections/
(Sorry if I'm not allowed to post links)
by TheAngryBavarian
Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

Thank you. Best of luck to you and all competitors on Monday.
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

Has anybody on here played Greenville? I'm curious to see what we're dealing with, as we will see them in regional semis. As we beat the 6 seed in our sectional (Columbia) but lost to the 4 seed (Granite City), I'm expecting a challenge as they're the 5 seed, but with some lucky breaks (and a frien...
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

Thank you, Mr. Price. I see that that they were 2nd in their home sectional at Masonic behind Mater Dei. I wonder if Coach Hasquin can provide any information on them.
by TheAngryBavarian
Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '17-'18
Replies: 154
Views: 92692

Re: Illinois '17-'18

Has anybody on here played Greenville? I'm curious to see what we're dealing with, as we will see them in regional semis. As we beat the 6 seed in our sectional (Columbia) but lost to the 4 seed (Granite City), I'm expecting a challenge as they're the 5 seed, but with some lucky breaks (and a friend...