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School Football - Week 9 & City Playoffs Coverage
This weeks' Friday night lights actually kicked off Wednesday with the
Public league playoffs. At the top of the mountain was Julian who scored 50
points and shut out Kennedy to advance in the Windy City conference. The
Jaguars got things going on the ground behind Chris Williams who had over
200 yards on just five carries. He also scored three touchdowns. Also on
Wednesday, Lindblom knocked off Hirsch 14-12 and North Lawndale did a repeat
score performance on Rauner, 50-0.
In their last meeting Marist won 35-26 last season. But the story inside the
story is for the first time in his 38 years as a football coach at Marian
Catholic, Dave Mattio wasn't on the sideline for a varsity game last week.
The 1966 Marian graduate, who has been head coach for 34 seasons, was absent
from Marian's 28-6 loss to Joliet Catholic on Friday after being taken to
the hospital earlier in the day because of a blood clot. He was released
earlier this week.
"The decision to miss the game was quite simple once the medical people
explained what was happening, " said Mattio, who received updates during the
game from his son, Josh. "When you get used to a routine on Friday night,
it's certainly a little strange not being at the game."
Right now, Marian is on a two game losing streak and tonight didn't work in
their favor.
Marist quarterback Mike Perish stayed clean three straight quarters
attributing that to his offensive line. Basically he went airborne all night
throwing four TDs in the 49-0 victory over Marian Catholic in East Suburban
Catholic play. "I can't believe my uniform is so clean," said Perish,
sporting just a patch of dirt on his left shoulder from an early
fourth-quarter scramble. The offensive line played great. They deserve all
the credit. They got a big push and the pass protection was great."
Despite a strong wind and slippery conditions, Perish completed 18 of 24
passes for 316 yards. The Western Michigan recruit directed the RedHawks on
three consecutive scoring drives to start the game.
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Providence wins conference title
On this Friday night, the Caravan packed things up and took a 20 mile
journey to New Lenox to take on Providence. In their last meeting, last
season, Providence held off the Caravan 6-3 in the mud.
Going into the game, Providence knows better than to be overconfident based
on what each team did against St. Rita. For example, Providence beat the
Caravan 42-16 in 2004 but squeaked by 16-15 weeks later during the playoffs.
Caravan assistant Dave Lenti's defense has uncharacteristically allowed 21
or more points in six games but held St. Laurence to seven points last week.
The question of whether the Caravan defense has found its identity will be
answered Friday night and well, depending on who's side you are on, the
answer was clear.
On the game's opening drive, Denzel Thompson's 71-yard run set up a 2-yard
scoring run by Milton Greer to give the Caravan a 7-0 lead, which held up
until late in the second quarter, when Hanrahan broke out of a pack of
would-be tacklers and scampered 75 yards for a 7-7 tie at halftime. The
Caravan had a 14-10 lead with 2 minutes, 42 seconds left in the fourth
quarter and a first-and-10 on the Celtics 33-yard line. Instead of running
out the clock, the Caravan attempted a pass that was tipped into the hands
of Celtics defensive back Matt Crowley. "I'm glad we got to give our offense
one more chance," Crowley said.
The Celtic offense took full advantage and drove 63 yards with 2:37 left in
the contest for the win and the conference title. The winning play was when
Joey Hanrahan ran a yard for the winning touchdown with 28.6 seconds
left. "You always want to have a drive like that," Houlihan said. "I didn't
think we would get that chance and I thought for sure they would run the
clock out. Thank God they didn't."
At first Mount Carmel coach Frank Lenti tried to rationalize a play call
that turned the tide Friday during a Catholic Blue showdown at Providence.
Then he conceded he made a mistake.
"My bad, my fault, was a bad job on my part," Lenti said after his team's
17-14 loss to Providence. "The kids deserved a better fate."
Lincoln-Way North continues its winning
ways...
What a difference a year makes.
In their first varsity season last year and with no senior class, the
Phoenix lost all nine games. It appeared that the road to respectability was
long and rocky. But this year's team didn't see it that way.
"Our goals from the beginning of the year were to win our conference and
make the playoffs," Lincoln-Way North senior quarterback Tait Erikson said.
"We've come a long way since being 0-9. That 0-9 is what drove us to get
better. I'll don't think I'll ever really forget it."
This week's game against Andrew also will be memorable. Lincoln Way North
hosted the Thunderbolts on Friday in a game that will decide the conference
outright.
After dropping its first two nonconference games to Lincoln-Way Central and
Lincoln-Way East, the Phoenix won five of their next six games. That
includes a 42-13 rout of third-place Bradley-Bourbonnais, a team that
defeated Lincoln-Way North 33-16 last year.
In the blowing rain for senior night the Phoenix responded early with a
field goal to take the early lead. Then right before halftime, they were
able to get the ball into the end zone by Alex McInerney on a
4-yard TD run
to take what would be the only touchdown on the evening. The Phoenix won
10-0.
"All the conference coaches knew that North would be a contender," Andrew
coach Jim Zimmer said. "They were well coached, and even though they went
0-9, you kind of saw what they could become. They played with a lot of
purpose."
Loyola wins over St. Rita
Loyola quarterback Will Forsyth said his position coach describes him as an
athlete who likes to run. But his passing, not his running, spelled the
difference in the Ramblers’ 17-7 victory over St. Rita Saturday in a duel of
Catholic League Blue powers in Wilmette.
Loyola's Mark Sullivan (right) tackles St. Rita's Robert
Gallik. (John J. Kim/Sun-Times)
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