The numbers crunchers have to love this weekend of football.
There were crazy streaks on the line Friday night, and another on the line as the weekend continues.
*On Saturday afternoon, Waukegan will host Niles West and try to end a 21-game losing streak against Central Suburban South opponents.
The Bulldogs are 0-2 in the league this year, went 0-5 in the strike-marred 2014 season, 0-5 in 2013, 0-5 in 2012, and lost their last four league games in 2011 after beating Niles West 27-14.
In that 2011 win, Maurice Childs had two touchdown runs for Waukegan, Reggie Richter threw a TD pass to Kyle Williams, and Quintin Davis had a pick-six.
Ironically, after the win, then-coach Nick Browder sounded like a visionary when he made this observation about the CSL South: “Our conference is a very competitive conference, so the wins are going to be tough to come by.”
*Grayslake Central took a 16-game losing streak into Friday night’s game against Woodstock North.
The Rams’ last win was Oct. 19, 2013, and it was against Woodstock North.
The Rams play nine games this fall, and going into this weekend, only one of the nine teams on its schedule had a losing record.
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*Maine South put its amazing 72-game Central Suburban South winning streak on the line Friday night against New Trier.
Last week, Maine South scored a touchdown in the final minute to tie the game and then beat Glenbrook South 34-31 in overtime to keep the streak alive.
*Lakes’ 25-game winning streak in the North Suburban Prairie was on the line when the Eagles played at Vernon Hills on Friday night.
This was the final conference meeting between the teams, as Vernon Hills is joining the Central Suburban North next year and Lakes will play in the North Lake County Conference.
Warhawk talk: The top seniors on last year’s North Chicago boys and girls basketball teams will be playing in college this winter.
Kylah Collins is now at Chadron State in Nebraska, which competes at the NCAA Division II level.
The 5-foot-8 Collins started her high school career at Warren, then went to Waukegan and finished up at North Chicago.
Chadron State has not had a winning season since 2000-2001. Last year, the Eagles were 8-18, after a 4-22 showing the previous season.
Collins is one of two freshmen joining the team this season in hopes of turning things around.
On the boys side, Courtez Zinnerman-Dixon is playing this winter at Parkland, a junior college located in Champaign.
He is a 6-4 left-hander with ball-handling and defensive skills.
TCYFL: Heading into Week 7 in The Chicagoland Youth Football League, Waukegan’s varsity division team, which basically is eighth-graders, is 6-0, along with Lake Zurich and Prairie Ridge from Crystal Lake.
Sunday at 10:30 a.m., Waukegan will play Grant (4-2). The game is at Grant’s home field, which is on Molidor Road, just west of Bill Hollow’s two grade-school buildings.
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