high school football summary
week 2
| It's week 2.... are you ready? Things got started on Thursday with CVS knocking off Corliss 33-0. Boy oh boy was it hot Thursday afternoon for this contest. The 90-degree plus temperature with a heat index of over 100 made both teams work a littler harder. But the Cavaliers got on the board early and often and jumped out to an 18-0 lead in the first quarter. From here, they never looked back. They were able to score on all facets of the game... offensively the Cavs scored on a 57-yard run by running back Terrance Sheldon-Brown; Chris Brown on a 3-yard dive and a 2-yard run; defensively the Cavs scored with a safety by Dionte Maxwell who tackled the Trojan quarterback in the end zone; and on special teams with a 22-yard field goal. "I have been around CVS for over 22 years as an assistant coach and head coach and that is the first time that I can remember us ever connecting on a field goal,” said Vocational coach David Underwood. Up next for the Cavs is Fenger... September 10 at 4:30p.  |
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T.F. North 57, North Lawndale 20
After a 90-minute lightning delay, T.F. North's quarterback Calvin Lindsey carried the team to a big 57-20 vicotry over North Lawndale Saturday afternoon at Lane Tech Stadium. Lindsey accounted for 327 yards and eight touchdowns moved them team to 2-0. It all started in the first quarter with three touchdown passes measuring 33, 13 and 25 yards. He mixed things up by keeping on the option-read for a 20-yard score early in the second quarter.
“We showed up, we executed and did what we were supposed to do,” Lindsey said. “They really held their heads down defensively and we took advantage of that.”
North Lawndale got on the board with a kickoff return for 75 yards to narrow the deficit to 25-7, and then the weather took over. The game was halted with 8:23 left in the half for 90 minutes before the teams retook the field.
“The kids handled everything well today,” T.F. North coach Artie Rodgers said. “We gave up a few plays, but for throwing our kids off their routine, I’m really proud of how we played today.
“Anytime we have the ball, we think there’s a chance we can score, so we just harp on our kids to stay with their blocks and hustle and good things will happen.”
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Brother Rice 34, Marist 31 (OT)
In front of a standing-room only crowd at Marist, these two teams slugged it out but in the end it was the Crusaders standing in overtime 34-31. The Crusaders got on the board first with a short run by Andrew Walker.
We talked about never giving up. Keep going 'till the final whistle," Andrew Walker said. "We worked too hard to lose."
A 31-yard field goal by Tom O'Neill gave Marist a 31-28 lead after its first OT possession.
Brother Rice led 14-7 at lead into halftime. But Marist scored three straight times to start the second half beginning with a 55-yard interception return by Ryan Meyer. Meyer was also a factor the entire second half, scoring on a 1-yard sneak, returning a punt 14 yards and hauling in a 26-yard pass to set up another score, making it 28-14 with 3 minutes, 53 seconds left in the third quarter. He finished the game with 5 catches, 123 yards
"It's definitely disappointing," Meyer said. "All we can do is build on it."
But the Crusaders never gave up and struck back on touchdown runs by Andrew Walker (80 yards, 21 carries, 2 TDs) and Martez Walker (210 yards, 20 carries, 3 TDs) to tie it at 28-28 with 5:15 left. An interception by Jason Flagg in the end zone ended a late scoring threat by Marist.
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Mount Carmel 31, Morgan Park 0
The Caravan rode senior running back Brandon Greer on both sides of the field in this victory over Morgan Park 31-0. He scored on two long touchdowns runs by simply outrunning the defense.
“We didn’t want to make it close,” Greer said. “We had a good week of practice, so we came out hard and physical to get the job done.”
He finished with 86 yards on just three carries.
On the other side of the ball, the Caravan defense held Morgan Park to just two first-half first downs as the offense went three-and-out on its first four possessions. Morgan Park quarterback Andre Newell was harassed to a 6-for-20 passing day for 123 yards while also gaining 22 yards on five carries. No other Mustang gained more than 10 rushing yards in the game.
“We were trying to swarm the ball,” Caravan linebacker Derrick Bryant Jr. said. “We wanted to come out aggressive and play hard and mean.”
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Crete-Monee 35, Lincoln-Way West 0
The Crete-Monee Warriors continued their dominance on Friday night as they knocked off Lincoln-Way West 35-0. The Warriors struck first when quarterback Marcus Terrell hit LaQuan Treadwell for a 10-yard TD strike. Carlos Posada’s extra point made it 7-0 with 3:38 to play in the first quarter. To start the second quarter, Kenneth Kidd added a 1-yard TD run to make it 14-0.
Terrell completed 20-of-40 passes for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Treadwell caught five passes for 124 yards
On a sad note, West defensive back Andy Hensel suffered a serious injury in the second quarter when he put his head into Sykes’ chest in an attempt to separate him from the ball. Both players hit the ground, and Hensel did not move.
Trainers and paramedics rushed to the field and put Hensel on a backboard. He was then put on a stretcher and taken to an ambulance. On the way out, he raised his right arm, drawing cheers from the Lincoln-Way West crowd.
“I think he’s going to be OK,” Warriors coach Mark Vander Kooi said after the game.
Vander Kooi said doctors were going to run precautionary tests on Hensel at the hospital. He is expected to recover from a serious injury he suffered.
HF Vikings rolled to a 47-0 victory over visiting Deerfield advancing to 2-0 and picking up where they left off from last season. The first-half numbers tell the story comprehensively: Vikings quarterback Tim Williams was 11-of-15 for 260 yards and four touchdowns, two to Gerald Butler, and ran for one himself. Homewood-Flossmoor piled up 338 yards. Deerfield managed 28, all on the ground, and didn’t post a first down. In other words, except for the opposition, the second week of the season was the same for the Vikings as the first week, when they scored a 76-6 rout of Senn. The real question, with improved Lincoln-Way Central next, is how good H-F can be. See you next week from the sidelines. *************** Oak Forest 47, Rich Central 12 Oak Forest dominated the game from start to finish and snagged a 47-12 victory over Rich Central Friday night in Olympia Fields behind the play of Mr. Everything - Tevin Coleman. Coleman had two rushing touchdowns, returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown, and had two interceptions, one of which he returned 80 yards for a TD. “I always have a way to score, and I will score because my team needs me,” said Coleman, who had eight carries for 46 yards. “Even if I’m hurt, I’m going to keep going back in.” Oak Forest got on the board when Rich Central attempted a pooch punt on the team’s first possession to avoid kicking to Coleman. The punt was blocked by Nick Bukowski and scooped up by Alec Brown, who took it 40 yards for a touchdown. After gaining minus-16 yards of offense in the first quarter, Rich Central (1-1) opened the second quarter with a bang. On the Olympians’ first play from scrimmage, Shawn Mitchell Jr. took a reverse for 69 yards and a touchdown to cut the Bengals’ lead to 14-6. A 16-yard scamper by Matt Barry (24 carries, 97 yards) made it 21-6 with a little over four minutes left in the half.
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