With another week in the books, our staff is updating the Power 25 after an eventful week of games. There is plenty of movement throughout, which can be found below - along with some new teams in the mix. 

Our top-3 remains the same, with No. 1 St. Laurence, No. 2 Normal Community and No. 3 Lincoln-Way East all having undefeated weeks.

Rising 

+ No. 4 Huntley (10-1): Huntley is making a jump to No. 4 in this update after a 4-1 week. They split with Crystal Lake Central on the week 1-1, but they saw wins over Benet 2-1, Dundee Crown 12-6 and Barrington 8-6.

+ No. 5 Libertyville (7-4-1): The Wildcats are rising one spot to No. 5 after a 2-1 week. They took down a couple strong clubs in Barrington 10-5 and Stevenson 3-1 - though they fell to Stevenson 7-5 as well. They will have a good test this week against a talented trio of schools in Lake Zurich, Crystal Lake Central and St. Charles North. 

+ No. 6 O’Fallon (11-4): The Panthers are seeing a significant jump to No. 6 as they continue to look like a top team in the southern part of the state. They only played one game this week, but won in dominant fashion over Althoff Catholic 10-0. 

+ No. 7 Lockport (8-6): Lockport is another program seeing a significant jump, rising four spots to No. 7. They lost to Naperville Central 5-1, but made up for it with ranked wins over No. 17 Sandburg 4-3 and No. 9 Homewood-Flossmoor twice (11-1, 9-7).

+ No. 8 Triad (10-2): The Knights are rising four spots after a clean 2-0 week. The bats were alive in both games as they took down Granite City 11-1 and Centralia 11-7. 

+ No. 12 Lane Tech (9-4): The Champions are rising again after an impressive 5-0 week. They took down No. 8 at the time New Trier 3-0, while also beating Whitney Young 5-3, Evanston 8-7 and Von Steuben 15-3 & 2-0. 

+ No. 16 Mascoutah (11-0): Still undefeated, Mascoutah is rising four spots after a perfect 4-0 week. They outscored opponents 48-4 on the week, taking down Murphysboro 16-0, Gibault Catholic 19-2, St. Louis Homeschool 10-0 and Belleville West 3-2. 

+ No. 23 McHenry (9-2-1): McHenry is rising one spot after a 4-0-1 week, beating St. Charles North 1-0, Crystal Lake South 3-2 and Dundee Crown 15-0 twice. Their tie came against Harlem in an 8-8 final. 

Falling

+ No. 10 Mount Carmel (8-5): A 2-2 week has the Caravan dropping a handful of spots. They took down Reavis (4-2) and Andrew (6-4), but lost to a couple of Kentucky’s top teams in Trinity 9-0 and St. Xavier 11-6. The record may not be flashy, but we are still very high on the roster the Caravan have, therefore keeping them in the top-10. 

+ No. 11 Brother Rice (6-7): The Crusaders are another talented team falling due to a tough week, finishing 1-3 with two losses to Trinity (KY) and a loss to St. Xavier (KY) 7-2. Another example of a team we still like a lot, the Crusaders are falling strictly due to overall record at this point. 

New to the Power 25 

+ No. 17 Lyons Township (9-1): The Lions enter the Power 25 with a strong week, going 3-1 with all three wins coming over ranked opponents (No. 18 Lemont 3-2 & No. 23 Oak Park-River Forest 9-2 & 5-2). Their lone loss came to Oak Park-River Forest 5-3 in the opening game of the series. 

+ No. 19 Geneva (11-1): The Vikings boast one of the more impressive records in the state, sitting at 11-1 on the year after a dominant 3-0 week. They saw wins over Waubonsie Valley 9-5, South Elgin 7-1 and Naperville North 6-4 - also not losing a game since the first week of the season. 

+ No. 21 Normal University (12-1): The Pioneers enter the Power 25 after a 3-0 week, seeing wins over Southeast 12-2, Jacksonville 17-1 and Joliet Catholic 7-6. They also have a strong win over East Peoria on their resume. 

Dropped out

+ Providence Catholic (3-5)
+ Oak Park-River Forest (9-5)
+ Loyola (7-4) 

Just missed the Cut (Listed alphabetically)

+ Dunlap (11-3)
+ East Peoria (8-4) 
+ Father McGivney (12-3)
+ Fremd (8-2)
+ Glenwood (10-2)
+ Jacobs (8-1)
+ Lake Zurich (7-2) 
+ Loyola (7-4)
+ Mahomet Seymour (10-2)
+ Minooka (9-2)
+ Monticello (14-0)
+ Newman Central Catholic (9-1)
+ Oak Park-River Forest (9-5) 
+ Prairie Ridge (8-1)
+ Providence Catholic (3-5) 
+ St. Rita (8-2) 
+ Teutopolis (11-1)
+ Tremont (13-2)
+ Waterloo (8-2)

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