With three weeks left in the regular season, here’s where Herald-News area teams stand in their quest to make the IHSA playoffs.
Locked in
Morris 6-0 (30 playoff points)
Six wins gets you into the field of 256, meaning Morris has already locked up a spot. Now the Interstate 8 Conference’s first-place team will try to lock up the I-8 title and a top seed in the postseason by winning out against a schedule containing 2-4 Ottawa, 3-3 Sycamore and 3-3 Byron Center, Mich.
Lincoln-Way East 6-0 (29 playoff points)
The Griffins – no surprise – have already punched their ticket to the field of 256. Their playoff point total (opponents’ combined wins, the first tiebreaker after record when seeding potential playoff teams) is good but not spectacular, meaning every win from here on out as the