Outlook: If recent tradition holds, the winner of the Oswego-Morris game will be conference champ. Morris has won six titles in seven years, but Oswego, with its huge line, is the favorite this fall.
1993 state qualifiers: Morris (quarterfinals), Oswego (first round), Batavia (first round).
Quotable: First-year Geneva coach Mark Gould, on succeeding legendary coach Jerry Auchstetter: “There is a good tradition here, and we need to resurrect it.”
Players to watch: Mike Flaar (OT/DT, 6-5, 280), Joey Goodspeed (FB/LB, 6-1, 210), Oswego; Chris Zierman (RB, 5-10, 175), John Mackinson (G/DT, 6-4, 245), Morris.
Key Games: Oswego at Morris, Oct. 14.
Predicted ’94 finish: Oswego, Morris, Plainfield, Batavia, Sycamore, Yorkville, Minooka, Kaneland, Geneva.
