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Essentially, the grist is above. Private High Schools are whipping the public skools butts in athletics in ILL.

Joliet Catholic HS has won 12 State Titles...they draw from the Kane County area, south-west of Chicago. There are plenty of other private schools in the 30 mile radius around Chicago that DON'T make it to the state playoffs, and they also have a huge pool of students to feed into their programs...the whiners argue that it's just not FAIR!!

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Recruiting could be an issue.

Discipline, tradition, and coaching is more an issue in my mind. In Cincinnati, the parochial catholic leagues are tough; the win a lot. But there are public high schools just as good. (My public school alma mater is just about prepared to win the state football title next week...and they're blowing other schools away.)

In Cincy they should be worried more about why Xavier high school turned out about 30 National Merit Scholars last year to the closest public school's 6 or 7.

Their teachers are paid less, their parents have to pay tuition, and transportation is generally a private issue to be resolved by the family.

So, even if it is recruiting, why do parents want their kids in those schools?

I say it again: discipline, tradition, coaching (teaching.)

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Essentially, the grist is above. Private High Schools are whipping the public skools butts in athletics in ILL.

Essentially, the private schools can recruit specific sports talent and offer scholarships. The public schools cannot. It isn't really a matter of the private school being superior; it is a matter of trying to make an appearance of competion when the playing fields are not level.