It has been a theme all season.

Points have been scored at a rapid rate all year and nowhere was that fact more apparent than in round 1 of the IHSA playoffs.

Over 7,000, 7,019 points to be exact, were scored in the opening round’s 128 games and a wide disparity of them were scored by winning teams in a week full of runaway contests.

Winning teams scored an average of 41.1 points per game as 76 teams scored at least 40 points in their opening round playoff win, led by the high water mark of 73 points scored by Crete-Monee in its win over Quincy.

15 games saw a winning team score at least 60 points.

Defensive struggles were rare. Only 10 winners of the 128 scored less than 20 points in their victories.

Perhaps the most striking thing about all of these scoring numbers was the collecti

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