Watseka/St. Anne co-op (7-2) at IC Catholic Prep (8-1) What: First round of the Class 3A state football playoffs When: Friday or Saturday (check IHSA.org for exact date and time) Where: Lewis Stadium at Plunkett Athletic Complex, Elmhurst Seeds: Watseka is the No. 12 seed in the top half of the Class 3A bracket; IC Catholic Prep is the No. 5 seed Up next: The winner faces the winner of No. 13 Paxton-Buckley Loda (6-3) at No. 4 Peotone (8-1) in the second round. Outlook: IC Catholic Prep is in a Class 3A playoff field loaded with 9-0 and 8-1 teams (16 of the 32 teams in the field have 9-0 or 8-1 records), so don’t read too much into that No. 5 seed the Knights received. IC Catholic Prep is in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row and faced nine regular-season opponents with a combined 43-38 record. Watseka also is in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, but its opponents have a combined 35-46 record. The Warriors play in the Sangamon Valley Conference where they finished third with a 3-2 record. Wateska, located in Iroquois County with an 815 area code, faced four teams with winning records and went 2-2, including a 13-12 loss to potential second-round foe Paxton-Buckley-Loda. IC Catholic Prep has scored no less than 45 points in its last seven games and has broken 50 in the last three. Wateska co-ops with St. Anne High School, which last had a football team in 1977.
