September 5 – September 9

(Photo Credit: Laura Duffy)

 

By Michael Newman

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All eyes will be on Detweiller Park on Saturday for the First to the Finish Invitational. Three top ranked state teams will toe the line. In all six races, there will be 80 teams from the ILXCTF state rankings.

There will be meets where ranked teams will be at other than Peoria. Here is a look at some of the ranked teams and where they will be competing this weekend. This is not a complete list of meets in Illinois. Just a list of where some of the top teams will be competing at.

 

First to the Finish Invitational @ Detweiller Park

Class 3A

Boys - #1 Downers Grove North, #5 Lyons Township, #8 Hinsdale Central, #10 Downers Grove South, #12 Glenbard West, #13 Edwardsville, #14 New Trier, #17 Plainfield North, #19 Dundee-Crown, #24 Maine South. Others – Batavia, DeKalb, Marmion Academy, Oswego East, Yorkville, Whitney Young, Highland Park, Minooka, Evanston Township, Lincoln-Way Central, St. Ignatius Prep, Waubonsie Valley, Stevenson.

Girls - #1 Naperville North, #3 Yorkville, #4 Hinsdale Central, #5 Downers Grove South, #6 Barrington, #7 Edwardsville, #8 Lyons Township, #9 Minooka, #11 Batavia, #15 Hononegah, #21 Naperville Central, #22 New Trier, #24 Lockport Township. Others – Metea Valley, Evanston Township, Libertyville, Northside Prep, Hoffman Estates, DeKalb, Lincoln-Way East, Cary-Grove, Whitney Young, Fremd.

 

Class 2A

Boys - #2 Normal University, #4 Danville, #5 Sycamore, #6 Kaneland, #11 Belvidere North, #12 Dixon, #13 Lakes Community, #14 Metamora, #16 Antioch, #17 Normal West, #18 Riverside-Brookfield, #20 Rock Island Alleman, #21 Illiana Christian, #22 Elmwood Park, #23 Mt. Zion, #25 Washington. Others – Hampshire, Woodstock, Dunlap, Burlington Central, Waterloo, Charleston, East Peoria, Geneseo, Bremen, St. Francis, Sterling, Belvidere, Vernon Hills, Champaign Central, Mather.

Girls - #1 Belvidere North, #2 Dunlap, #3 Vernon Hills, #4 Waterloo, #5 Kaneland, #6 Washington, #7 Dixon, #9 Lakes Community, #11 Latin School, #14 Canton, #16 Triad, #19 Riverside-Brookfield, #22 Metamora, #24 Morton. Others – Normal University, Trinity, Woodstock, Normal West, Rock Island, Rochester, Antioch, Rockford Boylan, Galesburg, Urbana University, Jacksonville, Geneseo, Highland, Glenbard South, Freeport.

 

Class 1A

Boys - #2 Rockford Christian, #3 Athens, #4 Elmwood-Brimfield, #6 Carlinville, #8 Deer Creek-Mackinaw, #11 St. Teresa, #12 Tremont, #13 Eureka, #15 El Paso-Gridley, #19 Rock Falls, #22 Illinois Valley Central, #24 Urbana University. Others – Aurora Central Catholic, Williamsville, Seneca, Westmont, Clinton, Winnebago, Pittsfield, Johnsburg.

Girls - #3 Williamsville, #5 Illiana Christian, #6 Eureka, #11 St. Teresa, #12 El Paso-Gridley, #15 Rock Falls, #16 Rockford Christian, #18 Stanford Olympia, #19 Johnsburg, #20 Beecher, #21 Kewanee Wethersfield, #22 Elmwood-Brimfield, #23 Westmont, #24 Macomb, #25 Chicago Christian. Others – Winnebago, Deer Creek-Mackinaw, Carlinville, Bloomington Central Catholic, Prairie Central, Monmouth-Roseville, Maroa-Forsyth, Clifton Central.

 

Harvey Braus Lake Park Invitational

Boys: 3A - #25 Huntley. 2A: #10 Deerfield. Others – Jones College Prep, St. Charles East, Bartlett, Plainfield East, Lane Tech

Girls: 3A - #2 Glenbard West, #10 Maine South. Others – Schaumburg, Prospect, St. Charles East, St. Charles North, Deerfield

 

Joliet Steelmen Invitational @ Channahon Park

Boys: 3A - #2 York, #11 Plainfield South. Others – Oswego, Lincoln-Way West, Glenbard North

Girls: 3A - #14 Oswego, #25 Neuqua Valley. Others – Lincoln-Way Central,

 

Lee Halberg Invitational @ Lincoln Park, Springfield

Boys: 3A - #7 Mundelein. 2A - #1 Mahomet-Seymour, #3 Chatham-Glenwood, #7 Springfield, #15 Bloomington. 1A - #16 Monticello. Others - Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin

Girls: 2A - #10 Urbana, #12 Mahomet-Seymour, #15 Chatham-Glenwood, #21 Springfield. 1A - #4 Monticello. Others – Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, Mattoon

 

DePaul Invitational @ Horner Park, Chicago

Boys: 3A - #9 Prospect. 1A - #1 Harvest Christian Academy. Others – Loyola Academy, Fenton, Payton Prep, Niles Northridge Prep

Girls: 1A - #10 Harvest Christian Academy. Others – Payton Prep, Fenton

 

Reavis Invitational

Boys: 3A - #15 Sandburg. Others - Stagg

Girls: 3A - #18 Plainfield North. Others – Marist, Hinsdale South

 

Wauconda Invitational

Boys: 3A - #4 Wheaton-Warrenville South, #18 Wheaton North. Others – Geneva, Glenbrook South, Libertyville, Crystal Lake Central

Girls: 3A - #13 Wheaton-Warrenville South. 2A - #8 Crustal Lake Central. Others – Geneva, Glenbrook South, Crystal Lake South,

 

Waukegan Invitational

Boys: Grayslake Central, Richmond-Burton

Girls: 3A - #17 Stevenson. 2A - #23 Grayslake Central. Others – Huntley, Lake Zurich, Grayslake North

 

Belleville West Invitational

Boys: 2A - #8 Marion, #9 Mascoutah. 1A - #17 Father McGivney

Girls: 2A - #25 Mascoutah

 

Forest Park Classic @ St. Louis, Missouri

Boys: 3A - #16 O’Fallon. 1A - #5 Freeburg. Others - Benton

Girls: 3A - #20 O’Fallon. 1A - #9 Freeburg. Others - Benton

 

Royal Cadet Invitational @ Marmion Academy

Boys: 2A - #24 IMSA. Others – Lincoln-Way East, Wheaton Academy

Girls: 3A - #16 Benet Academy; 2A - #13 Rosary. Others – Glenbard East, Oak Park-River Forest, Wheaton Academy

 

Paxton-Buckley-Loda Invitational

Boys: 1A - #10 St. Joseph-Ogden, #21 Clifton Central, #23 Paxton-Buckley-Loda. Others – Tolono Unity, Kankakee McNamara, Downs Tri Valley, St. Thomas More

Girls: 1A - #1 Tolono Unity, #2 St. Joseph-Ogden, #8 Herscher, #14 St. Thomas More. Others - Heyworth

 

Princeton Invitational

Boys: 1A - #14 Sterling Newman Catholic. Others – Rockridge, Minonk Fieldcrest.

Girls: LasSalle-Peru

 

Petersburg PORTA Invitational

Boys: 1A - #20 Illini West. Others – Quincy Notre Dame

Girls: 1A - #7 Liberty, #13 Springfield Lutheran. Lewistown

 

Michigan Christian Schools Invitational @ Grand Rapids, Michigan

Boys: 1A - #25 Timothy Christian

 

Wednesday, September 6

 

Edwardsville Invitational

Boys: 3A - #13 Edwardsville

Girls: 3A - #7 Edwardsville. 2A - #16 Triad. 1A - #17 Breese Mater Dei

 

Marissa Invitational

Boys: 1A - #18 Pinckneyville

Girls: Chester

 

St. Viator Invitational @ Melas Park, Mt. Prospect

Boys: Oswego East, St. Viator, St. Francis, Niles Northridge Prep

Girls: 2A - #13 Rosary, #20 Carmel Catholic

 

Tuesday, September 5

 

Herrin Invitational

Boys: 2A - #8 Marion. Others - Nashville

 

Teams Not Competing in Invitationals

 

3A Boys - #3 Neuqua Valley, #6 Hersey, #20 Naperville Central, #21 Palatine, #22 Lake Zurich, #23 Barrington.

2A Boys - #19 Hinsdale South

1A Boys - #7 Robinson, #10 Lawrenceville

 

3A Girls - #12 York, #19 Palatine, #23 Hersey

2A Girls - #17 Peoria Notre Dame, #18 Lemont