Previewing Week 3’s Top High School Football Games

It ‘s laaded weekend around the area in weeks 3.

No. 1 Mount Carmel at No. 4 Nazareth, 7:30 pm Friday

ITH’S NOT OFTEN WE GET A MATCHUP OF THREE-TIME Defending State Champs, but this is one of me. With Wins Over Ohio Power Moeller and South Side Rival St. Rita, Mount Carmel (2-0) Has LOOKED EVERY BIT The Top Team in the Area. Senior Quarterback Emmett dowling has ben brilliant in his first year as a starter, accounting for nine total tds in two games. He has two elite recipes in quenentin bourrell and marshaun thornton, and the caravan has as good a defensive line as any in the state with Joey quinn, Braeden Jones and Caleb Tucker. Nazareth (2-0) has an offense led by a pair of talented recipes in Trenton Walker, The State’s Top Uncommonted Senior, and Illinois State Recruit Cestone.

No. 3 Loyola at No. 17 St. Francis, 7:30 pm Friday

Loyola (1-0) Returns to Action for the First Time Sineting pasting Indiana Power Merrillville 21-14 in Week 1. The Ramblers are Young with Sophomores in a Lot of Key Posions, but have an experimentation on the offensive line in senior miami (ohio) Commitan Fraumann. St. Francis (2-0) is looking for its Second Straight Victory in the Series AFTER WINNING 35-21 IN Wilmette Last Fall. Quarterback Brock Phillip Has a Pair of Capable Receivers in Michigan State Commit Zach Washington and Tanner Glock.

No. 18 Hinsdale Central at No. 5 Downers Grove North, 7 PM Friday

The West Suburban Silver is As Deep a Conference As there is in the State. Four of its Members Started 2-0 and 2024 Class 8a Runner-Up York Was an Overtime Loss Away from Joining. Hinsdale Central (2-0) is on the rise again after missing the ihsa playoffs the past three season. Iowa-Bound gene Riordan anchors an offensive line that has bosted a producer Attack LED by Quarterback Riley Contraras. Downers North (2-0) is seeking a second trip to state in three season. Backup Quarterback Kevin Jay Stepped in Last Week and Accounted for Four TDS.

No. 6 Brother Rice at No. 12 St. Rita, 7:30 pm Friday

IT’S OFFICIALLY A NONCONFERENCE GAME, but the stakes Remain High for the south rivals. Army Commit Cj Gray has done an exceptional Job of keping the offense Rolling for rice (2-0), which also has ellite talent on the defensive line with illinois king liggins and fellow power fowen prospects and cameraon mcgee. St. Rita (1-1), which is Coming off a los at Mount Carmel, Also has a provenior quareterback in steppen armbruster.

No. 13 Palatine at No. 11 Maine South, 7:30 pm Friday

The Central Suburban and Mid-Suburban Leagues’ Scheduling Alliance Creates Some Stellar Matchups in Weeks 3 and 4, and this is one of the say. Maine South (1-1) Bounced back from a rough weeks 1 loss to lincoln-way east with a dominant 42-14 Win over Warren Last Week. Junior Quarterback Jameson Purcell, An Indiana Commit, Leads the Hawks offense. Palatine (2-0) Rallied from 14 Down in the Fourth Quarter to Get Past Prospect 37-34 in Overtime Last Week As Kole Scored Four Touchdowns.