The Final Sixteen Vying for This Weekend's IHSA State Football Championship

These are the sixteen remaining teams of the 256 that started running after that state championship four weeks ago and now still have a shot at it.

Six of these teams are in the Route 66-Lincoln Highway and US-14-U.S. 12 competitions.  Shown by *

8A

Warren (Gurnee)  (13-0)
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort)  (13-0)*

7A

Mt. Carmel (Chicago)  (13-0)
Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park)  (13-0)

6A

East St. Louis  (13-0)*
Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake)  (12-1)*

5A

St. Rita  (Chicago)  10-3)
Rochester  (12-1)

4A

Richmond-Burton  (Richmond/SpringGrove)  (13-0)*
Murphysboro   (11-2)

3A

Byron  (12-1)
Williamsville  (13-0)*

2A

Newman Central Catholic (Sterling)  (12-1)*
Nashville  (12-1)

1A

Lena  (13-0)
Moweaqua Central  (13-0)

Classes 1A to 4A play at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb today.  5A to 8A  play at Huskie Stadium on Saturday.  All games are televised.

Looking Forward to Some Great Football.   --RoadBall

It's Championship Time on the US-14 (Northwest Highway)- US-12 (Rand Road) Showdown

The IHSA State Champions of 2019 will be decided this Friday and Saturday at Huskie Stadiun (NIU)  in DeKalb.

Teams Remaining with US-14

6A

Prairie Ridge


Teams Remaining with US-12

4A

Richmond-Burton

So, like the US-66-Lincoln Highway Showdown, we have a tie.  1-1

Good Luck Guys!!  --RoadBall

It's Championship Time for the US-66 vs. Lincoln Highway Showdown

After four week of play, the original 256 Illinois high school football teams that started the journey is now pared down to 16 teams who will play each other by class this Friday and Saturday at Huskie Stadium (NIU) in DeKalb.

And, there is a tie between Route 66 and Lincoln Highway at two apiece.

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Remaining Lincoln Highway teams

8A

Lincoln-Way East (13-0)

2A

Newman Central Catholic (Sterling)  (12-1)

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Remaining Route 66 teams:

6A

East St. Louis   (13-0)


3A

Williamsville   (13-0)

Good Luck Boys!!!  --RoadRah

Along 66, October 2019: Tulsa Getting the Works

OCTOBER 24--  OKPOP museum breaks ground in Tulsa..  Full name, Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture.  This museum will feature musicians, artists and authors with Oklahoma ties.

Another museum never hurts, especially one like this.

OCTOBER 27--  A new neon sign goes up at Tally's Good Food Cafe in Tulsa.  It is the beneficiary of Tulsa's Route 66 neon-sign grant program which puts up to $10,000 for 50% the cost of a new neon sign or the restoration of an old one.

The have already has a neon sign, but more was added to it.  It is quite impressive and has a "Get Your Eats on Route 66" around a skillet.

We Can ALWAYS Use More Neon and Museums. --RoadNeon

Along 66, October 2019: Kingman Is Nicest in Arizona and the Demise of the Route 66 E-mail Group.

OCTOBER 19--  The Readers' Digest has named Kingman as the nicest place in Arizona.  Always get your gas there because it is really, really expensive in Needles, California.

OCTOBER 23--  It's the end of an era:  Yahoo! will scale back the Route 66 e-mail group on October 28 and remove all uploaded content come December. This is according to long-time member and moderator Mike Ward.

The group may relocate and FaceBook has a dozen Route 66 pages..

So far this year, the group has only had 150 posts, as compared to more than 8,000 in 2003  In July 1999, there were 1,191 posts.

At last count, the 66 e-mail group had 1,934 members, but many are inactive or have died.

The culprit is Face Book.

--RoadDog

Goodbye Route 66 Yahoo Group

Mike Ward reported that Yahoo! is shutting down our famous Route 66 E-Mail group  This is due to declining readership and posts as more people are turning to various FaceBook sites.  I imagine this applies to all of the Yahoo e-mail groups, not just ours.

Posting to the Route 66 E-Mail group is way down, with just 150 so far this year, but still one of the most of any still-existing groups.  At one time, that would have been as many posts for one week.

One person replied and said there are multiple sites on FaceBook. I at one time belonged to at least ten and it is a very rare day when anyone posts on these.

With all these eight blogs, I haven't posted on the E-Mail group in many years, but continued to read it.

The End of an Era.  --RoadYahoo

Along 66, October 2019: Oklahoma's Tulsa Signage and Phillips 66 Cottage-Style Gas Station

OCTOBER 15:  Tulsa, Oklahoma, is adding 29 historical markers along Route 66 at a cost of $111,000.  With the various alignments of 66 in the city there are a total of 26 miles of our favorite road there.

Not sure if these are signs to show the various alignments are to point out interesting places.

Always room for another sign on 66.

OCTOBER 18:  The bank that owns the property of the Old 66 Phillips 66 gas station in Chandler, Oklahoma, has foreclosed on it.  They prefer to sell it to someone who wants to preserve it.

It is at 701 Manvel Avenue (Route 66) and was built in 1930 with one of those neat cottage-style designs.

Phillips 66 Station No. 1423.

Anyone Interested?  --RoadDog

Along 66, October 2019: Chatham Road Bridge in Illinois and 66 Drive-In in Carthage, Missouri

These articles come from the Route 66 News site, your place to go for any and everything you want to know about what's happening on Route 66.  I just write about the ones I have the most interest in.  The site has many more articles, almost always one a day and goes into much greater detail.  Check it out.

OCTOBER 5:  Springfield Illinois' City Water Light and Power company made quick work covering up graffiti on the Chatham Road Bridge.  The span dates to 1919 and is also called the Old Chatham Road bridge over Lick Creek in Chatham, south of Springfield.

It was closed in 1989 after the new Illinois Hwy 4 bridge was built.  It once carried Route 66 traffic south of Springfield.


OCTOBER 10:  The 66 Drive-In theater in Carthage, Missouri marks its 70th year at the site.  It closed in 1985 but reopened in 1998.

And, so glad glad to have it.

--RoadDog

2019 IHSA US-14 vs. US-12 Showdown: Going Into Today's Semi-Final Games There Is a Tie at 1 Apiece

There were 256 teams 4 weeks ago.  Now there are just 32 going into the semi-finals.  To reach this level is truly an accomplishment.

Teams remaining.

US-14 (NORTHWEST HIGHWAY)

6A

Prairie Ridge  (11-1)

US-12  (RAND ROAD)

4A

Richmond-Burton   (12-0)

Good Luck Teams!!   --RoadBall

2019 IHSA Lincoln Highway-Route 66 Showdown Semi Finals This Weekend: Route 66 Leads Lincoln Highway 3-2

With just one week to go to the IHSA championship games in DeKalb, Illinois on Nov. 29 and 30, we are in the semi-final round.

ROUTE 66 TEAMS REMAINING

6A

East St. Louis 12-0
Chatham Glenwood  12-0

3A

Williamsville  12-0

One of the 6A teams will be going to the championship game as the two teams play each other.

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LINCOLN HIGHWAY TEAMS REMAINING

8A

Lincoln-Way East  12-0

2A

Newman Central Catholic  11-1

Go Teams!!   RoadBall

Eatin' Southern Style Up North, Y'all

Yesterday, I went to Stucky's in Johnsburg, Illinois, and had their Wednesday night food special which varies every week, but is a five course dinner with a theme.  Yesterday's theme was "SOUTHERN STYLE."

FIRST COURSE:  Corn chowder and corn bread

SECOND COURSE:  Cat Fish, Black-eyed peas& grits

THIRD COURSE:  Fried chicken, collard greens & biscuits

FOURTH COURSE:  Jambalaya

FIFTH COURSE:  Peach cobbler and ice cream

All that for $12.99.  Now, that's eatin' good in the neighborhood.

So sad.  I'm from North Carolina and to look up how to spell Y'all.  Reckon I have to give up my Southern citizenship.

--RoadEatin'

Just Hangin' 'Round Here-- Part 2: Doing That History Thing, Tacos, Oak Park, Sunnyside, Legion

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

I went to the Fox Lake Historical Society's meeting where a presentation was made on the role Waukegan, Illinois, played in the early days of he motion picture industry.  And, it was a big one.  Enjoyed talking with my buddy Frank who was also there.  We've had a great many good times boating in the past, but don't see much of each other anymore.

Afterwards had the delicious Baja Fish taco at Taco Bell (and a spicy tostada). The two of them came to $2.30, a hard deal to beat.

Later that afternoon, we went over to Oak Park Lounge on Pistakee Bay.  This place looks just about as it did when it was built back in the 1880s.  A real piece of history, and with $2 drafts, not bad.  And, we got to see Bomber, the much-spoiled bar dog.  He puts the lick of approval on customers.

Then, it was on to Sunnyside in Johnsburg where we had fun with the regulars and continued watching college football.  Too bad that Iowa beat Minnesota, but, at least Georgia eat Auburn.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Kind of a lost day for us, as no NFL football.  The Bears didn't play until night and the Packers were off for the week.  Enjoyed a rotisserie chicken from Jewel for $5.99.

We went to the McHenry American Legion and enjoyed talking with people there.  Crowds are improving as the Legion is trying to reopen again.  Then to Sunnyside again.

Watched Da Bears lose another game in Margaritaville.

--RoadDog

Just Hangin' 'Round Here-- Part 1: Ten at Tens, Crummy Weather, Bars and Friends

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14

As the days keep getting shorter and the early onslaught of winter (we've had about 12 inches of snow since Halloween and temps around 20-30 degrees colder than usual, rarely getting over freezing), we've still managed to cope.

As usual, during the day and early afternoon, we are on the internet (I'm doing these confounded blogs).

Later today, we went on our weekly excursion to Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, a regular Cheers kind of place where everyone generally knows everybody else.  On the way home, we stopped at The Grove in Spring Grove, Illinois, and had their saganaki cheese "OooPahh!! and loaded nachos.

Met good friend Tom from Fanella's Pizza in Ingleside and talked with him.  He used to own Tom's Cafe in Johnsburg where I deejayed quite often.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

After the usual morning (which often also involves recording Bob Stroud's Ten at Ten on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  Yesterday it was ten songs from 1978 (my pick was "Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan) and today Cocktails, ten tunes about drinking.  My pick of them "I Drink Alone" by George Thorogood.

Later we went to another Cheers kind of bar, Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg.

Too Much Fun To Go Elsewhere.  --RoadFun

US-12 vs. US-14 IHSA Football Showdown Going Into the Third Round

The second round has ended

These US-14 (Northwest Highway) teams lost their second round games:

8A   Fremd
7A  Hersey, Prospect

Teams remaining:

6A

Prairie Ridge
Cary Grove

Route 14 has two teams left.

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These US-12 (Rand Road) teams lost their second round games:

8A  Fremd
7A   Hersey


These US-12 (Rand Road) teams remain:

7A

Lake Zurich

4A

Richmond-Burton

US-12 has two teams remaining.

Going into the third round this weekend  US-14 and US-12 are tied at two apiece.

--RoadDog

IHSA Lincoln Highway-Route 66 Showdown-- Lincoln Highway Teams Remaining

These Lincoln Highway teams lost their second round games:

6A  Kaneland

5A  Sterling, Marmion Academy

These Lincoln Highway teams are still in the running:

8A

Lincoln Way East

7A

Batavia

6A

Providence Catholic

5A

Joliet Catholic

2A

Newman Central Catholic

1A

Morrison

Lincoln Highway has six teams left, as does Route 66, so right now, it is a tie.

Third Round Is This Weekend.--RoadDog