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High School Football - Week 5

Fenger dedicates win in honor of coach’s wife
Week 5 kicked off with a special dedication for south side football coach over at Fenger, Albert Cruse’s wife, Cynthia, who lost her battle with cancer. Coach Cruse decided to coach the team on Thursday evening in a Heartland Conference victory over Crane, 30-0 at Rockne stadium.  As difficult as it was to coach the team one day after burying his wife, this is what she “demanded us to do,”  said Cruse. ‘‘We [The three of us] had this discussion many times, this is not what she asked us to do; it is what she demanded us to do.” They also has a son, Al Jr., who plays for Hubbard.

The Rockets blast pass Olympians

In an important Southland Conference battle, the Rockets pulled out the rec league playbook to win the game 14-6. They got on the scoreboard first on a perfect halfback pass from Darryl Anthony's to Johnnie  Jones in the back of the endzone. "It was a last-second thought," Anthony said. "I was going to run, but saw (Jones) open. It's rare, we only use it when we need it. I just had to get the team momentum up."

In the second half, the Rockets came out with a 12 play, 80 yards drive that concluded with a short run by Jeremiah Dyer (20 carries, 80 yards).  The Olympians got on the scoreboard with a short power run by senior Giorgio Bowers (14 carries, 69 yards). They fail on the extra point attempt.

To lock down the victory, Josh Dyer, yup Jeremiah's brother, made an interception with a little more than 3 minutes left in the game. Then the offense was able to drain the clock.

"The (halfback pass) worked out," Rich East coach Barry Reade said. "We practiced that all week and I decided that was the time to use it. For us, it was a playoff game. we couldn't afford to go 2-3 and then have win out."

Southland Conference breaks a record!!!

On a wet, foggy, and muddy homecoming evening, the Stars took on the Blazing Trojans. This game was truly playing in between the tackles with both teams running the ball consistently.  The Stars struck first on a touchdown run and took the early lead 6-0 on a run by Shaquille Jones.

The Blazing Trojans got on the board via their special teams play in the second quarter when Aaron Ivory blocked a punt and ran it to the house.

 Then, history was made... Sam(antha) Angell  successfully made the extra point. This wasn't just a regular extra point... This was the first female place kicker to successfully kick an extra point. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 

LIVE INTERVIEW WITH Ms. Sam Angell


record setting kick

Now, back to the game... the Stars marched down the field and was able to connect with several big runs by Thomas Mathias and Shaquille Jones. Unfortunately on one possession, the Stars powered their way down the field into the red zone, but fumbled the ball at the goal line - recovered by Bloom with 6:26 left in the third. They were not able to score on this possession. The quarter concluded with the score of Bloom 13 - Rich South 12.

NOTE: Stars second touchdown can be viewed by clicking here.


Homecoming performance

Bloom scored again on the defensive side of the ball with an interception with 5:10 left to put the game away at 19-12.


CONGRATULATIONS SAMANTHA ANGELL #27

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The Griffins show why they are force in the Blue...
Homewood-Flossmoor - Coming into this Southwest Suburban Blue contest, the Vikings (0-4) was without 6 starters including quarterback Tim Williams, who has more than 600 yards in the air at this time, due to a wrist injury. This made the contest very difficult, not to mention according to coach Kenneth Smith, "Lincoln-Way East (4-0) is head and shoulders above everybody we've seen. Nothing against the teams we've played -- we've played two 4-0 teams and a 3-1, and those are good teams -- but Lincoln-Way East is one of the top teams, if not the No. 1 team, in the state."

On the other side of the ball, the Griffins have averaged 49 points in their last three games. In addition, the maturity of Ryne Van Gennep, who discovered the hard way that playing quarterback isn’t as glamorous as it is often portrayed, has catapulted the team in the top 5 rankings and a serious contender for the Class 7A title. "A lot of years he would have been talented enough to start as junior, but he had an all-state kid (Spencer Stanek) in front of him," Lincoln-Way East coach Rob Zvonar said. "We're real proud of Ryne. He was in that position for the first time in his life, and instead of wasting time he kept working to improve and learn the system.”

"The group of guys around me are great athletes," Van Gennep said. "That has made the job easier. Not playing last year, I did a lot of studying. I really watched Spencer, what he did and what he was good at."

His waiting and studying paid huge dividends where their offense just exploded against the Vikings on three straight second-half possessions to break things open.


defensive pressure

"We had a little adversity with some injuries this week," Griffins coach Rob Zvonar said. "We don't feel like we played our best and still put up a pretty good score against an H-F team that played hard all night."

Of which, their second half scores came courtesy of Gennep, who finished 13-for-27, 228 yards and threw a 32-yard scoring pass to Brandyn Jackson and tossed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Alex Evans (4 catches, 119 yards) to make it 29-0 with a quarter to go.

On the other side of the ball, the defense behind Ryan Herman, who  returned an interception 94 yards for a touchdown and Ryan Hickey blocked a punt to give it an early 9-0 lead.

The Vikings', Malik Norman, did have an outstanding showing for 152 yards on the ground on 16 carries.

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Hawks soar over Indians
In this key, undefeated contest, Hillcrest (4-0) took on Lemont (4-0). As history states, the Hawks are 0-for3 against them. Overall, the Hawks needed to use their speed offense and not let the Indians overpower them on the line. On the other side of the ball, the Hawks needed to stop the power running of Lemont's running back Danny Hayes, who finished the contest with 57 yards on 21 carries and one score,  as well as stop the steady rotation of quarterbacks the Indians' use.

On this wet night, the Hawks pressed and pressed and sent the game into overtime where quarterback Herb Offord (11-for-22, 174 yards, 1 TD) told coach Sutton he wanted the ball. Sutton gave him that chance. Offord turned the opportunity into a 16-10 upset of No. 16 Lemont.

After a pile of players fell over the goal line, none of the referees made a call. Finally, the side judge gave the touchdown signal and the Hawks pulled off an amazing come-from-behind win. They beat Lemont (4-1, 1-1) for the first time in four meetings. "I kept pushing and pushing with all my might," Offord said of his quarterback sneak attempt.

Caravan cruise...
Whew, coming off a defeat at home last week against unranked Loyola, the Caravan (3-1) came out focused. Mount Carmel has relied heavily on RBs Denzel Thompson and Milton Greer who carried the team with over 100 yards. In addition, QB Chris Sujka showed the huge crowed that he’s capable of rebounding and leading the team in the right direction against the Meteors squad. But tonight the defense stepped up behind the play of Chris Barcelona.  Be was able to recover a fumble deep in the Caravan red zone, sack the quarterback and get a interception that was return 90 yards for a score. Talking about the sack and fumble, Barcelona said "He bobbled a quick snap and I had a blitz on, so I just got my helmet on the ball."

It was noted that De La Salle (4-0) circled this game when the schedule was released. More specifically QB Juwan Martin needed to flaunt his arm and legs to pull out the win.

Final score: 42-21

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