Edgy Tim

The quest begins this week. Despite my best attempts to preview, examine and come up with the best possible predictions for the 2012 season, all of it means nothing the...

Deerfield-based Core 6 Athletes traveled to Auburn Hills, Mich., where it finished second in the IMG Regional 7 on 7 during the weekend, earning an invitation to the IMG national...

Deerfield-based Core 6 Athletes traveled to Auburn Hills, Mich., where it finished second in the IMG Regional 7 on 7 during the weekend, earning an invitation to the IMG national...

Now that eight state champions have been crowned, let's look back and ahead. Who's No. 1? The teams that played for the Class 8A state title were the best teams...

A great season will wrap up this weekend with eight state championships at Illinois' Memorial Stadium. It's time to lay out my predictions of which teams will win state titles....

This will be the 11th season that I will select an all-state team consisting of players from Class 5A to 8A, since those are my main focus. I also select...

Used to be that whatever the high school coach said was pretty much law. Not anymore. In addition to being expected to win, many coaches today are hammered by irate...

The postseason is the best time of the year for high school football fans. So where are all the fans? I was pondering that last weekend when I saw some...

OK, so the football playoff system isn't perfect. That doesn't mean you don't have your pick of good first-round games this weekend. My general rule of thumb, even under the...

Let's say I'm allowed to make any change I want to the Illinois High School Association's football state playoff system. First and foremost, I'd seed teams in each class 1-32,...