Week 9 almost always seems to bring a distinct level of chaos.

And we should have been on a red alert after a relatively calm Week 9 Friday night.

But as IHSA schools wrapped up the regular season on Saturday afternoon and all the final scores were in and ready to be assembled into the 256-team bracket there was a power outage in Bloomington/Normal, home of the Illinois High School Association.

And the computer that does all the tabulating and checking of how the brackets were put together wasn’t operable for a substantial chunk of Saturday afternoon.

Pairings are usually available to those putting together the IHSA Pairings Show no later than 6 p.m. I’ve been a part of several of those broadcasts, including Saturday night’s, and there have been delays to that process before because of

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