Route 66 Keeps an 8-5 Lead Over the Lincoln Highway in the IHSA Football Showdown

The first round of the IHSA 2012 Football Tournament is over.  It started with Route 66 holding a 16-13 lead in the last-man standing battle.  Both roads had eight teams drop out.

Lincoln Highway teams dropping out: St. Charles East, Batavia, both Plainfields, Lincoln-Way North, Rochelle, Aurora Central Catholic and Morrison.

Route 66 teams waiting until next year:  Both Plainfields, Springfield, both Bloomingtons, both Normals (no joy in the Bloomington-Normal area) and Mt. Olicve.

Teams enteringthe second round:

LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Class 7A Lincoln-Way East

Class 5A  Kaneland, Lincoln-Way West, Joliet Catholic

Class 1A  Mooseheart

ROUTE 66

Class 8A  Bolingbrook

Class 7A  Edwardsville, East St. Louis

Class 5A  Normal University, Joliet Catholic

Class 3A  Wilmington, Williamsville, Carlinville

Who You Pulling For?  --RoadDog