The winner is ... Postseason Pigskin Picks first-round results

Newcomer walks away with first-round pigskin pick title.
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Althoff defensive back DeMarco Koonce brings down St. Joseph-Ogden quarterback Lane McKinney. The Spartans scored 10 touchdowns in the first half on the way to beating the Crusaders 80-31 in their first-round playoff game. This Saturday, SJO takes on Unity at home in their third-consecutive postseason pairing. In the previous two meetings, and in every other playoff game the two have played since the 2014 season, the Rockets have prevailed.
See last year's SJO-Unity game photos.


Congratulations go out to "lg", who successfully picked 11 winners from last week's 12-game lineup for the Sentinel Postseason Pigskin Picks for games in last weekend's IHSA First Round. Here is how lg and last week's analysts fared.

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FIRST-ROUND CHAMPION
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lg
97.67% .::. 11-for-12

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#11 Providence Catholic (7-3) at #6 Kankakee (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)


2. Frank
81.82% .::. 9-for-11

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)

3. DoubleJ
75% .::. 9-for-12

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#11 Providence Catholic (7-3) at #6 Kankakee (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)

3. Coltrane
75% .::. 9-for-12

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#11 Providence Catholic (7-3) at #6 Kankakee (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)

3. Cory
75% .::. 9-for-12

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#11 Providence Catholic (7-3) at #6 Kankakee (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)

6. KingsQueen
72.73% .::. 8-for-11

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)

7. SportsMom
66.67% .::. 8-for-12

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#11 Providence Catholic (7-3) at #6 Kankakee (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)

The Sentinel
66.67% .::. 8-for-12

#10 Villa Grove-Heritage (7-3) at #7 Salt Fork (7-2)
#9 Oakwood (7-3) at #8 Greenfield-Northwestern (7-2)
#9 Illini West (8-2) at #8 Peotone (7-2)
#15 St. Teresa (5-5) at #2 Frankfort (8-1)
#18 Prairie Central (5-5) at #2 Byron (9-0)
#10 Unity (8-2) at #7 Central Catholic (7-2)
#15 Althoff Catholic (7-3) at #2 St. Joseph-Ogden (9-0)
#9 Geneseo (7-3) at #8 Montini (7-2)
#9 MacArthur (8-2) at #8 Mt. Zion (7-2)
#11 Providence Catholic (7-3) at #6 Kankakee (7-2)
#20 Nazareth Academy (5-5) at #4 Dunlap (8-1)
#18 Moline (7-3) at #15 Glenbard West (6-3)


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