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Top 25 Illinois high school football rankings (9/16/2024)
East St. Louis and Lincoln-Way East hold steady at 1-2, but there are changes elsewhere near the top of this week’s Illinois high school football Top 25.
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September 16, 2024
Previous rank: 1 Last week: Def. Philadelphia Imhotep Charter (Pa.) 35-14
Quarterback Kendrick Lyons threw for 186 yards and two more TDs, giving him eight this season.
Next game: at Belleville East, Sept. 21
Previous rank: 2 Last week: Def. Stagg 49-3
The Griffins led 35-0 after one quarter and coasted to the nonconference win.
Next game: at Naperville North, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 5 Last week: Def. Nazareth 56-33
It was a historic night for the Caravan, as Vanderbilt commit Jack Elliott threw for 424 yards and a program record-tying six TDs. Cooper Lehman set a program record with 255 receiving yards and scored twice.
Next game: vs. Nazareth, Sept. 13
Previous rank: 4 Last week: Lost to Mount Carmel 56-33
Logan Malachuk passed for 192 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions in the matchup of two-time defending state champions.
Next game: vs. St. Ignatius, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 7 Last week: Def. McHenry 46-7
Logan McHenry scored three first-quarter touchdowns for the Trojans.
Next game: vs. Jacobs, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 8 Last week: Def. Glenbard West 42-7
Playing past halftime for the first time this season, Minnesota commit Owen Lansu was 13 of 16 for 154 yards and three TDs.
Next game: at Proviso West, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 9 Last week: Def. Lake Park 56-6
Nathan Whitwell ran for 204 yards and three touchdowns, and Brett Berggren had five catches for 136 yards and three scores.
Next game: vs. St. Charles North, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 11 Last week: Def. Thornridge 56-0
Phillip Turner ran for two scores, and Keyandre White recovered a fumble in the end zone for his fourth defensive touchdown of the season.
Next game: vs. Normal, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 12 Last week: Def. Montini 21-6
The RedHawks opened a 21-0 lead and held the Broncos scoreless until the fourth quarter.
Next game: at Joliet Catholic, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 13 Last week: Def. Glenbrook South 51-21
St. Thomas commit Nick Peipert passed for 367 yards and four touchdowns for the Broncos.
Next game: at Maine South, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 14 Last week: Def. Andrew 31-14
Aiden Clark ran for 130 yards and three touchdowns for the Redhawks.
Next game: vs. Stagg, Sept. 20
Previous rank: NR Last week: Def. Loyola 35-21
Brady Palmer was 15 of 22 for 192 yards and two touchdowns, and he ran 15 times for 87 yards and two more scores to pace the Spartans.
Next game: vs. St. Rita, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 15 Last week: Def. Westinghouse 54-0
The Mustangs’ defense posted its second consecutive shutout.
Next game: at Kenwood, Sept. 14
Previous rank: 17 Last week: Def. Wheaton North 31-13
Linebacker Aidan McClure had another big night for the North Stars with 14 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception and a TD.
Next game: at Batavia, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 3 Last week: Lost to St. Francis 35-21
In the first home game under their new lights, the Ramblers suffered their first nonconference loss since 2018. Iowa commit Ryan Fitzgerald, who was hurt in a Week 2 win against Glenbard West, dressed but did not play.
Next game: vs. Brother Rice, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 24 Last week: Def. Maine South 28-23
Brandon Jenkins ran 33 times for 238 yards and two touchdowns, and he had a key interception late for the Hawks.
Next game: at Glenbrook South, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 6 Last week: Lost to Hersey 28-23
Constantine Coines and Jameson Purcell each passed for a TD for the Hawks, and Michael Dellumo had a 98-yard kickoff-return touchdown.
Next game: vs. Barrington, Sept. 20
Previous rank: NR Last week: Def. Warren 38-7
Marty Hippel had touchdown runs of 48 and 47 yards for the Scouts.
Next game: at Zion-Benton, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 18 Last week: Def. Plainfield Central 49-6
Quarterback Brett Connolly accounted for 160 total yards and three TDs in less than two quarters of playing time.
Next week: vs. Joliet Central, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 19 Last week: Def. Hinsdale Central 21-16
Danny Carroll ran for 125 yards and a TD for the Lions.
Next game: vs. Glenbard West, Sept. 21
Previous rank: 20 Last week: Def. Downers Grove South 54-21
Bruno Massel threw for 234 yards and had five total touchdowns for the Dukes.
Next game: at Oak Park-River Forest, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 10 Last week: Lost to Lake Forest 38-7
The Blue Devils are allowing 33 points per game after giving up 13.7 per game last season.
Next game: at Lake Forest, Sept. 13
Previous rank: 21 Last week: Def. Fenwick 14-13
Nate Magrini had 25 carries for 152 yards and a TD for the Hilltoppers.
Next game: vs. Marist, Sept. 20
Previous rank: 22 Last week: Def. Urbana 56-0
Calen Taylor had two punt-return TDs for the Ironmen, and Kyle Beaty had three touchdown passes.
Next game: at Kankakee, Sept. 20
Previous rank: NR Last week: Def. Brother Rice 14-7
Steven Armbruster passed for 203 yards and two touchdowns for the Mustangs.
Next game: at St. Francis, Sept. 20
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Is housing discrimination illegal even if the action wasn’t intended?
According to the Fair Housing Act, yes.
Should the federal government go after errant housing providers in those scenarios? Well, that depends on the president.
In 2013, Barack Obama codified what’s known as the “disparate impact” rule, in other words, recognizing discriminatory practices not motivated by discriminatory intent. The Biden administration reinstated the rule. Now President Donald Trump seeks to roll it back by preventing agencies from investigating housing discrimination complaints.
Still, the disparate impact remains legal — federally and locally. And Illinois ensured extra protections by codifying disparate impact into state law. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reduced the workforce in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is antagonistic toward fair housing.
Let’s go back to the legal origins. In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. spent time in the city for the Chicago Freedom Movement, which protested housing segregation and slums. Part of that campaign sent Black people to real estate offices, and agents told them they had no listings. Soon after, the campaign sent white people to the same offices, and agents gave them listings. After King’s assassination in 1968, Congress quickly passed the Fair Housing Act. The civil rights law prohibited discrimination against people trying to rent or buy a home. Race, sex and national origin are among the protected classes.
Today that King campaign is called “testing,” and fair housing organizations continue the practice. They send two people — one pair Black and one pair white — with otherwise similar profiles to visit the same housing provider. The volunteers are trained to see how they are treated and report back if discrimination occurs. State and local fair housing centers do a variety of education and fight discrimination — to the chagrin of the Trump administration, which has also sought to gut their funding. To advance fair housing, HUD is a primary source of financing. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with other states, filed a lawsuit to challenge the attacks. Some contracts have been reinstated, but not every center received back money.
“A lot of our worst fears have kind of already happened. We know that it’s going to take at least a decade to rebuild the federal infrastructure to what it was before with the number of federal workers,” said Emily Coffey of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. “What we had a couple of years ago was never enough. We are still one of the most segregated cities in the country. What worries me the most is that we won’t be able to sustain what we have, and rebuilding that is so much more challenging than just weathering a storm.”
To counter the political climate, fair housing groups have formed the Illinois Housing Equity Collective, which seeks $5 million from the state for fair housing enforcement. So far philanthropy has contributed to the collective.
Michael Chavarria leads HOPE Fair Housing Center, which serves DuPage and Kane counties and parts of Northern Illinois. The mixed messaging from the federal government has prevented growth and also caused rearranging their budget while waiting on reimbursements. He doesn’t want to tap into reserves to cover a bill when the federal government promised that money.
“Just last year we held over 40 events that were targeted at training individuals, be it housing seekers, housing providers, local government. We reached about 3,500 people through our online educational campaigns. We reached almost 750,000 people across Illinois. So we really aim to prevent discrimination by making sure everyone knows their rights and responsibilities. We do not want to have to sue people,” Chavarria said.
Illinois finds itself once again on the front lines of protecting residents — see reproductive, immigration or First Amendment rights. And now must add fair housing, which Trump pushed against just last week by refusing to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill.
The reason? He first wants Congress to approve the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America Act — legislation designed to create more inequity and burn democracy to the ground.
Natalie Y. Moore is a senior lecturer at Northwestern University.
A major overhaul to the Illinois justice system could be officially underway.
House Bill 3363 lays the foundation for a brand new agency, the state public defender office.
The goal is to bring more consistent legal representation for Illinois residents who can’t afford an attorney.
Joining us now to discuss the rolled-out timeline is the bill’s sponsor, State representative Dave Vella, who actually started his legal career as a public defender, before heading to Springfield.
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