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INSIDE: With new quarterbacks the norm this fall, teams expanding search for leaders. PAGES 12-13

Kane County ChronicleThursday, August 23, 20122012 Prep Football Preview

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Kaneland junior quarterback Drew David looks to hand off the ball during an Aug. 11 practice in Maple Park.

Sandy Bressner – [email protected]

ON THE COVER: Geneva senior offen-sive lineman Connor Chapman breaks the huddle during a recent practice in Geneva.

COVER sTORy: AREA TEAMs ADJUsT TO NEW QUARTERBACKs

The majority of the Tri-Cities football programs enter the season with a new signal caller behind center, and will look to find leadership in other areas. Kaneland, however, will enter its second season with quarterback Drew David (pictured), who looks to improve on last year’s Class 5A state semifinal finish.

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GOUlD sET fOR fiNAl NORTH sTARs sEAsON

KAnE COunTy ChROnICLE 2012 PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW

St. Charles North football coach Mark Gould is trying not to make a big deal over his final season on the sidelines with the North Stars.

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THE HiGH fiVE

Photographic tributes to the area’s top five players to watch this season, including Geneva senior running back Bobby Hess.

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TEAM PREViEWs

Scouting reports and Coach Sly shares his dirt on all 11 local teams.

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fACiliTiEs ARMs RACE

Batavia, Geneva rate edge over St. Charles programs when it comes to football facilities.

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Trio of programs look to stay kings of the hillThe Batavia and Kaneland

football teams each won their first 12 games last season before falling in the state semifinals.

Aurora Christian seized the IHSA Class 3A state champi-onship to cap a 13-1 season.

Not much room to keep climbing. Plenty of space below.

If sustaining king-of-the-hill status is one of the toughest things in sports to accomplish, the 2012 season presents a high degree of difficulty for each program.

The Bulldogs, Knights and Eagles face all the intangible challenges that follow high-end success – the threat of complacency, potentially bur-densome outside expectations and, perhaps most notably, an especially motivated opponent on a weekly basis.

“Everyone’s going to play their best game emotionally, and typically if you play at a high level emotionally, you’re going to play your best game, talent-wise,” Aurora Christian

coach Don Beebe said. “So I think going into the season, I’ve really tried to hone into

them two words, we call them the double ‘H.’ I want them to be humble. ... And I also want them to stay hungry.”

Unlike the Eagles, at least Batavia and Kaneland tote their own chip on the shoul-der – the sting of coming one game short

of advancing to Champaign. Kaneland has been in that spot both of the past two seasons, each time falling to Montini in the 5A state semifinals, while Batavia was ousted by Prairie Ridge last November in a 6A semi.

Batavia coach Dennis Piron said the number of vet-eran coaches in the Bulldogs’

program helps ensure the team will maintain it focus, regardless of how the previous year unfolded.

“You can’t really control the talent of your opponent or sometimes your own talent – it’ll be what it is, so I don’t think we’ll worry about those types of things,” Piron said. “We’ll work hard, prepare and get ready come game night.”

Geneva didn’t have quite the season last year of the aforementioned trio, but Vikings coach Rob Wicinski knows as well as any coach in the area how tricky it can be to maintain prosperity.

Geneva had won seven straight conference champion-ships until Batavia relegated the Vikings to Upstate Eight Conference River Division runners-up last year.

That prolonged success

contrasts sharply with Wicin-ski’s early years, when the Vikings won a combined five games in his first four seasons. Back then, Wicinski recalls hearing some of the state’s revered high school coaches – including then-Kaneland coach Joe Thorgesen – be-moan the perils of success. He wondered what on earth they could be talking about.

Now he knows. “I was like ‘Whatever, what

difficulties could you have?’” Wicinski said. “Everybody’s got their issues, everybody’s got their problems. [The same]

goes with money. There’s people with a lot of money who’ve got their problems, there’s people with no money who have got problems.”

Batavia, Kaneland and Aurora Christian each return a decent chunk of personnel from last year’s juggernauts to go with the influx of up-and-comers. Whether all three repeat as conference cham-pions and again go deep into the postseason remains to be seen, but it doesn’t appear any dramatic drop-offs are in their immediate futures.

“There are heightened ex-pectations,” Piron said. “You should have those every single year, but at the same time, this group of kids deserves the clean slate last year’s team got going into the season, hope-fully to do well. Let’s just see what happens.”

• Jay Schwab is sports editor at the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5382 or [email protected].

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• Thursday, August 23, 20123END OF AN ERA

Gould set for swan song

By KEVIN DRULEY [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – Mark Gould’s daily walk from the St. Charles North

football practice field to the school’s west-end athletic wing passes without much reminisc-ing.

On a campus situated near Tradition Boulevard, Memory Lane this is not.

The culmination of Gould’s 12 seasons as North’s lone head coach is coming this fall, and by next spring, he’ll have led the final health and driver’s education classes of a 34-year teaching career.

That Gould shrugs off his impending retirement at every mention captures his approach and philosophy to coaching. It’s not him, it’s you.

“Everybody reminds you anyway, but I try not to make a big deal out of it,” Gould said, grinning. “The football season is for the kids, and we want to keep it that way. I’m just wor-ried about practice tomorrow.”

Gould was standing amid his final first day of two-a-days when he took a brief and subtly prompted look back. He recalled North’s first year of varsity training camp, 2001, and the team bus rides to Primrose Farm Park. Shortly thereafter, the North Stars practiced in what’s now the outfield of the varsity baseball diamond before moving to the current location behind the stadium’s home stands.

North’s opportunities have grown since the school’s opening – the first six years of which Gould served as a dean. In the same period, the man who helped cultivate them has kept humility and good humor part of his imprint.

Asked to assess the new-comers to his final North

Stars team, Gould paused for a moment before identifying an athlete.

“This is why I’m retiring,” he joked, “my mind is going.”

Not exactly. Gould said the driving force was an early, vested retirement option avail-able after he reached a certain service term.

A longtime St. Charles High

assistant and employee of Dis-trict 303, Gould did not break the news to everyone right away, but said he and his wife, Lori, knew of the decision after learning of a contract stipula-tion four years ago.

“I didn’t even think twice about it,” Gould said. “My wife said, ‘Hey, dummy, do the math,’ and I did the math.

And it was like, ‘Yeah, I would be stupid to keep going. I can retire from teaching, too.’”

Players with only part-time work experience gradually have grasped Gould’s decision since he told them near the end of last season.

While they have yet to fully transform Gould into The Gip-per, there’s still a movement to send him out on a respectable note. Ending a two-year playoff drought is the least the North Stars could do for a guy who’s never been domineering.

“Just always encouraging,” senior wide receiver Zach Kirby said. “He kind of has an old-fashioned sense in him, but then again, he has the new sense of where he’s nice, and he’ll joke around with players, which always brings the posi-tive level of morale up. Because if you just had an old-fashioned football coach who’s drilling, drilling, drilling, yelling, yell-ing, yelling, kids’ attitudes go down. He has a good balance of that, so people respect him.”

Former St. Charles East

and West Aurora coach Buck Drach thinks Gould could have a hard time staying com-pletely away from the sideline, envisioning possible NCAA Division III opportunities or an emeritus role at North.

Then Drach’s defensive coordinator in the late 1980s, Gould would bring young children Kellen and Kayleigh to the Saints’ first first fall practices, where Drach fondly recalls two rugrats “messing up the dummies and mats.”

Someone so immersed in football would seem unlikely to walk away in one fell swim move. Since that someone is Gould, Drach speaks more assuredly.

“Mark’s the kind of guy that you can go six months, eight months without seeing him and you see him and nothing’s changed,” Drach said.

A bank of three decades of local high school football precedes Gould into every conversation.

Perhaps one of these days, he’ll more eagerly tap into it.

Only coach in North history closing in on retirement

Sandy Bressner - [email protected]

St. Charles North coach Mark Gould talks with Fabian Lara (8) during a recent practice. Gould will retire at the end of this season.

Mark Gould was a longtime assistant at St. Charles High School amid head coaching stops at Geneva and St. Charles North. Here’s a glance at his resume:

1994Takes reins at Geneva, where he

finishes 3-6 in his lone season. Returns as Buck Drach’s defensive coordinator at St. Charles the following fall, citing differences with Geneva program.

2001Guides North in its first varsity

season, finishing 2-7. Schedule includes inaugural crosstown showdown against St. Charles East, which features

Gould’s son, senior Kellen.

2002Steers a 6-4 North Stars turnaround

that marks the first of eight successive berths in the IHSA Class 7A playoffs.

2004Leads North to eight regular-season

victories, a school record, before first-round playoff exit.

2009Presides over North’s best season

to date, as team finishes 8-4 and advances to a 7A state quarterfinal against eventual runners-up Glenbard West.

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HIGH FIVE – THE AREA’S TOP PLAYERS TO WATCH

Kyle BoschSt. Francis • Senior • Offensive lineman


MaulerThe 6-foot-5, 280-pound Michigan recruit is ready to leave his mark on opposing D-linemen.


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Drew DavidKaneland • Junior • Quarterback


EfficiEntDavid keeps his mistakes down and passing numbers way, way up for the prolific Kaneland offense.

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Bobby HessGeneva • Senior • Running Back


SlipperyThe latest in a long line of dynamic Geneva backs, Hess can take it to the house from anywhere.




Joe HoscheitSt. Charles East • Senior • Linebacker/Fullback


HungryAfter consecutive years missing the playoffs and in his final season playing football, the two-way force has no shortage of motivation for his senior year.

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Zach StrittmatterBatavia • Senior • Wide Receiver


InvItIngA quarterback’s ideal target, Strittmatter brings a basketball forward’s size and a polished receiver’s hands to the huddle.

BREAKDOWN

While senior Daniel Albrecht and junior Micah Coffey stirred a camp competition at quarterback, second-year coach Dennis Piron raved about the overall offensive depth that will flank the winner.

As usual, it starts up front. Tackle Adam Hunger, center Ben Link and guard Sebastian Vermaas return to an offensive line that helped Batavia score 528 points and advance to the Class 6A state semifinals last season.

Defensive standouts An-thony Thielk (linebacker) and Robbie Bow-man (safety) also will get reps at running back, while fellow returners Michael Moffatt and Zach Strittmatter line up at receiver.

Strittmatter, a top target of graduated

all-stater Noel Gaspari in 2011, is eager to establish an equal rapport with either Albrecht or Coffey, who split snaps during the summer.

“We had to spend some extra time getting timing on our routes, we’ve been staying

after practice during summer camp,” Strittmatter said.

Opposing quarterbacks ought to be mindful of speed rusher Marquise Jenkins, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound senior who honed his quickness in the spring as a track sprinter.

“He just continued that rise from track and football last year,” Piron said. “He is going to be a very dif-ficult young man to deal with for offensive linemen.”

Linebacker Cullin Rokos also had an excellent summer, Piron said, while seniors Vincent Cerezo (cornerback) and Jason Toth (wide receiver) also worked themselves into likely starting

roles.The Bulldogs’ plan: create equal havoc with

a 4-3 defense and an offensive attack that al-ways aims to strike with multiple formations.

– Kevin Druley, [email protected]



2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: Dennis Piron (12-1, second season)2011 record: 12-1 overall, 6-0 Upstate

Eight Conference River Division. Lost to Prairie Ridge, 33-22, in Class 6A state semifinals.

Fast fact: Batavia allowed just 53 points in UEC River play last season, posting successive shutouts against Elgin and St. Charles North in weeks 7 and 8.

Special teams spotlight: With stand-out placekicker Brandon Clabough lost to graduation, the Bulldogs will rely on quarterback Daniel Albrecht and linebacker David Lanciotti to share duties this season.

Health watch: Piron said junior running back Kevin Green will miss the “first few games” recovering from a broken arm suf-fered during a non-football activity.

COACH SLY SAYS

The B-Towners hosted eight games at Bulldog Stadium last season, and Sly’s gotta think this bunch will be in line to go past its regularly-scheduled five in 2012. About half the starters are back from last season, and there are lots of returners hungry for increased roles.

Don’t expect the same volume of running clocks in Batavia this fall, but you wouldn’t be off in anticipating a 10th playoff berth in 12 years.

BATAvIA

2012 SCHEDULE

Nickname: BulldogsConference: Upstate Eight (River)

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Batavia coach Dennis Piron (right) instructs players during the first practice of the season in Batavia.

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2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: Rob Wicinski (86-53, 14th season)2011 record: 7-3 overall, 5-1 Upstate Eight

Conference River. Lost to Lake Zurich, 35-32, in first round of Class 7A playoffs.

Fast fact: Geneva’s second-place finish in the UEC River last year snapped a run of seven straight years finishing with at least a share of the conference championship.

Special teams spotlight: The Vikings are confi-dence in their kicking game with the return of Kevin Dunlop, while Santacaterina will handle the punting. Hess is a potentially game-breaking returner.

Health watch: The 6-2, 205-pound Griffin missed the first half of last season with a broken bone but, now healthy, should excel as a fleet-footed outside linebacker.

COACH SLY SAYS

With the newly installed turf at Geneva, Sly gets the romanticizing about the old Burgess Field quagmire. The Vikings won more than their share of messy affairs on the ole grass and cre-ated many memories worth hanging onto.

But this is actually a pretty good year for Ge-neva to christen the turf. Bobby Hess can scoot, and you’ve got to figure Geneva’s offense will revolve around Mr. Hess as long as he’s healthy.

The question is, does Geneva have enough team speed and muscle on defense? The answer will de-termine whether the Vikes can make last season a one-year blip and get back to winning titles.

GENEVAGENEVA

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Geneva averaged more than 37 points a game last season but had – by Viking standards – a relatively pedestrian 7-3 record and first-round playoff exit to show for it.

Defensive slippage has pre-vented the Vikings from making their characteristic extended playoff pushes the past couple years and, last season, Batavia knocked Geneva off its perch atop the conference.

The Vikings have responded by switch-ing to a 4-2 defensive alignment this season.

“We’ve really made a conscious effort to try and fix [the defense],” said coach Rob Wicinski, who thinks the new formation will better equip the Vikings to deal with spread offenses. “We’ve not been as good defensively as we’ve been in the past. To get deep in the playoffs, you’ve got to play defense. You can

score all the points you want but at some point and time you’ve got to be able to stop your opponent.”

Senior Jake Boser, shuffling to nose tackle this season, fellow defensive lineman Billy Douds, a junior, and senior linebacker Colin Griffin could emerge as defensive leaders, Wicinski said.

The Vikings are turning to a sopho-more at quarterback – Daniel Santaca-terina – for the first time in a decade.

Wicinski likes Santacaterina’s all-around skill set, but Geneva figures to focus on the running game as he accli-mates to varsity play.

Senior running back Bobby Hess, who flashed big-play capabilities in the backfield and on special teams last year, will be a workhorse. Hulking senior offensive tackles Jake Bastin and Connor Chapman are promising cogs but the Vikings are breaking in three new interior linemen, including

center Kyle McNeil.Like McNeil and Santacaterina, fullback

prospects Joe Boenzi and Luke Cella are the younger siblings of past Vikings.

Returnee Kevin Curtin becomes Gene-va’s top receiving target while speedster Pace Temple will seek to re-establish his connection with Santacaterina after both played for the sophomore team last year as freshmen. – Jay Schwab, [email protected]

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Nickname: VikingsConference: Upstate Eight (River)

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OCT. 12METEA VALLEY,

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2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: Tom Fedderly (39-16, sixth season)

2011 record: 12-1 overall, 5-0 Northern Illinois Big 12 East. Lost to Montini, 35-31, in Class 5A state semifinals.

Fast fact: The Knights are a perfect 10-0 all-time in NI Big 12 East play enter-ing the season.

Special teams spotlight: Fedderly said Zack Martinelli would fill the “[Quinn] Buschbacher” role as the team’s punt and kick return specialist.

Health watch: Fedderly credited the team’s offseason workout regimen and an overall group of versatile athletes for keeping the Knights “very healthy” enter-ing the season.

COACH SLY SAYS

Whether Montini winds up in the Knights’ path again remains to be seen, but this is a team primed for a postseason run either way.

Several incoming juniors bring size, and the speed on the perimeter ought to keep the offense rolling. As long as the Knights are primed to stop the running attacks mostly favored by their conference foes, look for another momentum-building regular season gaining steam toward November.

KANELAND

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Knights middle linebacker Ryan Law-rence peeks around the practice field and sees big things.

Literally.“We’ve got a lot more size than we did

last year,” Lawrence said. “It’s going to be good. We’ve got to just stay tough, stay in shape and hopefully stay injury-free.”

Most of the increased beef comes from the emergence of the junior class, which includes 6-foot-2, 245-pound Joe Komel. Listed as a two-way lineman last year, Komel is a likely candidate to move into the left tackle spot and flank four returning of-fensive linemen – Shane Jorgensen, Nick Sharp, Alex Snyder and Zach Theis.

Overall, Kaneland graduated just five starters from last season’s Class 5A state semifinalist.

“A lot of guys returning,” junior quarter-back Drew David said. “The offensive line

is going to be really good. They’re going to be the key. I know I have a lot of confi-dence in that group up there, and if all our skill guys can do what I know they can do

and our defense is really good, I mean, we have the chance to do some big things.”

David projects as a bigger running threat in the Knights’ spread offense after adding 20 pounds of muscle in the offseason, but he certainly won’t have to go at it alone. Skill position returners include junior run-ning back Jesse Balluff and senior wide receiver Zack Martinelli.

Dylan Nauert, a defensive player last year, is set to shift to receiver after impressing coach Tom Fedderly during summer camp.

Defensive quickness figures to be a strong suit, too, as linebacker Blake Brad-ford and linebacker/safety Kory Harner support Lawrence.

“On both sides of the ball, we’re not having to reteach to a lot of kids because we’ve got a lot of kids coming back,” Fed-derly said, “and that’s a big deal.”


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David looks to improve on big debut


MAPLE PARK – Standing under a shad-ed tree amid an already temperate August, Kaneland junior quarterback Drew David might have summoned a hammock and some lemonade if not for an impending practice.

Since the stuff of perfection wasn’t im-mediately at hand, David took to reminding himself of his own deficiencies.

Yes, Knights fans, he spotted a few dur-ing last season’s sparkling 12-1 debut.

“Sometimes I made the wrong reads and I couldn’t react to what the defense was doing

as fast as I would like to, and it took me a little longer into the game,” said David, one of the area’s few returning starting QBs. “It’s good to go back and watch the film on some of the games and stuff and see everything. I’ve kind of recognized some of the

mistakes that I was consistently making, and hopefully we can turn them around.”

After beating out senior Ryan Fuchs for the starting job under center in 2011 pre-season camp, David far exceeded his own vision as a simple sophomore game man-ager. He accounted for 3,310 passing yards, 396 rushing yards and 44 total touchdowns, helping Kaneland to a perfect regular sea-son and its second successive berth in the Class 5A state semifinals.

Also a point guard during basketball season, David spent the spring fine-tuning his game in both sports while adding about 20 pounds of muscle. The bulk ought to make him more durable as a runner in the Knights’ vaunted spread attack, though it wasn’t the only thing to add up since last November.

“Just the knowledge that he gained from the 13 games that we played, he’s way ahead,” Kaneland coach Tom Fedderly said. “And from the 7-on-7s this summer, he knows what he’s doing.”

He’s certainly not the only one. Four of-fensive linemen return from last season’s team, along with emerging skill players such as running back Jesse Balluff and re-ceiver Zack Martinelli.

“Not usually a vocal guy” by his own ad-mission, David doesn’t plan to change much about his lead-by-example approach in the huddle and during practice.

The tweaks to his physical game are on-going. David’s not kicking up his feet just yet.

Drew David

‘There’s all differenT Types of leaders’Teams open-minded about leadership as new quarterbacks settle in


Being huge and vocal goes a long way in football. Until offensive linemen host a

huddle, however, there will be at least one thing the big guys can’t influence.

An unusually high percentage of Tri-Cities area teams begin the season this weekend with more experience up front than under center, and the consensus among players and coaches is largely one of acceptance. Forget tradition, forget convention – an offense can derive leadership from any one of its 11 members, not just the one calling plays.

“The quarterback is always going to be the outward leader be-cause of his role as the orchestra-tor, said St. Francis senior tackle Kyle Bosch, a Michigan-bound St. Charles resident. “But you don’t win games if the QB is throwing well. You win them because of the right protections and the balance up front.”

While none of the four Tri-Cit-ies schools has a full-time return-ing starter at quarterback, many incumbent linemen have been entrenched on their teams’ rosters for years.

Geneva seniors Jacob Bastin (left tackle) and Connor Chapman (right tackle) are among that haul, returning from a season spent pro-tecting Northern Illinois recruit Matt Williams to be a wall for new sophomore quarterback Daniel Santacaterina.

It remains to be seen whether Santacaterina possesses the same swagger as Williams, but the Vi-kings’ bookends, Bastin and Chap-man, know any style will suffice. They occasionally spoke up during Williams’ huddles, anyway.

“There’s all different types of leaders, and people respect different types,” Chapman said. “If somebody’s out there working hard every play, I think the rest of the team is going to notice that and respect them.”

To Bosch, his position group carries the most cachet in the sweat equity department. While he might not dream of challeng-ing any of the Spartans’ stable of

shifty Wing-T running backs in a footrace, Bosch knows the offen-sive linemen were just as diligent in their offseason conditioning.

Two-a-days challenge players’ dedication to workouts right off the bat, but the real durability test comes at the end of mid- and late-October practices.

Or those that dip into Novem-ber, if teams are fortunate.

Eloquent and media-savvy from exposure to national camps

and combines early in high school, Bosch finds he doesn’t always have to open his mouth to spark the Spartans.

“If you look at the offensive linemen, they’re pushing kids that are about 280 pounds on every play, so they bring the momentum to the table,” Bosch said. “When everybody’s down, tired, [ticked] off that we’re doing more sprints or hitting the sled, you always see the linemen get back up without

saying a word.”Naturally, there are situations

that call for outside voices, most commonly during games.

Sometimes, they result from a poor drive or botched execution. Other reactions stem from years of frustration.

After qualifying for the playoffs for eight successive seasons from 2002-09, St. Charles North has slumped to a combined six victo-ries during the past two falls. For

a team with so little postseason experience, the North Stars boast their share of motivators.

“Since we haven’t been as suc-cessful as we expect to be,” North coach Mark Gould said, “it seems like there are more guys who are stepping up and saying, ‘Hey, we want to change things around. We’re not just going to rely on somebody else,’ which is a good thing.”

Across town, St. Charles East

junior quarterback Jimmy Mitch-ell figures to have an easier time adjusting than most, considering he started for the sophomore team during his first two high school seasons. With three-year starter Joe Hoscheit in the same huddle at fullback, Mitchell has plenty of back-up in the leadership depart-ment.

Batavia junior Micah Coffey also could tap into past experi-ences should he beat out senior

Daniel Albrecht for the starting job. Coffey’s older brother, Jordan, was a sophomore quarterback for the Bulldogs’ 2006 Class 6A state runners-up, and the most recent Batavia starter before 2012 graduate Noel Gaspari began his three-season starting run as a sophomore.

By and large, teams still must follow their quarterbacks through the rigors of the season, which projects as the first rodeo for many 2012 starters. Three of the four Tri-Cities teams replace a graduating senior at quarterback, while 2011 part-time North start-ing QB Ryan Fischbach competed with a pair of juniors during this year’s camp.

Defending Class 3A state cham-pion Aurora Christian lost stand-out Anthony Maddie to Western Michigan University, creating an-other competition. Assessing the race afterward, Eagles coach Don Beebe credited Ryan McQuade’s charisma and vocal dynamics for pulling him through.

Beebe’s son, wide receiver Chad, and fellow Northern Illinois signee Brandon Mayes, a running back, both were impact players last fall who return this season. Still, Beebe wants the Eagles to take their Friday directives from McQuade, no matter what.

“I think the quarterback has to be a leader on game day in the huddle, there’s no question about that,” Beebe said. “That goes without saying. During the course

of the week and in the school, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the quarterback. In the course of prac-tice, it doesn’t always have to be the quarterback – ideally, it’s the best situation. But on game day, there’s no doubt the quarterback has to be a leader.”

Geneva coach Rob Wicinski re-spects such views, and has worked with his share of quarterbacks in that mold. Considering the con-stant give-and-take between the quarterback and the head coach, he said it’s natural for the QB to assume alpha dog status in the huddle and the locker room.

Still, Wicinski said earning teammates’ trust and respect is even more significant, noting that former Geneva QB Alex Pokorny “didn’t say ‘Boo’ but yet they respected him.”

A big part of leadership has al-ways been experience – something the new QBs will need time to ac-quire. Whether a player is opening the holes, running through them or tap-dancing in the pocket, that’s probably what counts most toward making things go.

“You understand the varsity level and you’re not all jittery,” North senior wide receiver Zach Kirby said. “The lights come on and there’s no deer in the head-light look. You understand what’s going to happen, what the defense is going to throw at you.”

Then everyone claps their hands, yelling “Break!,” and goes from there.


St. Francis offensive lineman Kyle Bosch (center) talks with his teammates during a recent practice at the Wheaton school. Bosch said “you don’t win games if the QB is throwing well. You win them because of the right protections and the balance up front.”


St. Charles East quarterback Jimmy Mitchell is one of numerous new quarter-backs throughout the Tri-Cities.

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David looks to improve on big debut


MAPLE PARK – Standing under a shad-ed tree amid an already temperate August, Kaneland junior quarterback Drew David might have summoned a hammock and some lemonade if not for an impending practice.

Since the stuff of perfection wasn’t im-mediately at hand, David took to reminding himself of his own deficiencies.

Yes, Knights fans, he spotted a few dur-ing last season’s sparkling 12-1 debut.

“Sometimes I made the wrong reads and I couldn’t react to what the defense was doing

as fast as I would like to, and it took me a little longer into the game,” said David, one of the area’s few returning starting QBs. “It’s good to go back and watch the film on some of the games and stuff and see everything. I’ve kind of recognized some of the

mistakes that I was consistently making, and hopefully we can turn them around.”

After beating out senior Ryan Fuchs for the starting job under center in 2011 pre-season camp, David far exceeded his own vision as a simple sophomore game man-ager. He accounted for 3,310 passing yards, 396 rushing yards and 44 total touchdowns, helping Kaneland to a perfect regular sea-son and its second successive berth in the Class 5A state semifinals.

Also a point guard during basketball season, David spent the spring fine-tuning his game in both sports while adding about 20 pounds of muscle. The bulk ought to make him more durable as a runner in the Knights’ vaunted spread attack, though it wasn’t the only thing to add up since last November.

“Just the knowledge that he gained from the 13 games that we played, he’s way ahead,” Kaneland coach Tom Fedderly said. “And from the 7-on-7s this summer, he knows what he’s doing.”

He’s certainly not the only one. Four of-fensive linemen return from last season’s team, along with emerging skill players such as running back Jesse Balluff and re-ceiver Zack Martinelli.

“Not usually a vocal guy” by his own ad-mission, David doesn’t plan to change much about his lead-by-example approach in the huddle and during practice.

The tweaks to his physical game are on-going. David’s not kicking up his feet just yet.

Drew David

‘There’s all differenT Types of leaders’Teams open-minded about leadership as new quarterbacks settle in


Being huge and vocal goes a long way in football. Until offensive linemen host a

huddle, however, there will be at least one thing the big guys can’t influence.

An unusually high percentage of Tri-Cities area teams begin the season this weekend with more experience up front than under center, and the consensus among players and coaches is largely one of acceptance. Forget tradition, forget convention – an offense can derive leadership from any one of its 11 members, not just the one calling plays.

“The quarterback is always going to be the outward leader be-cause of his role as the orchestra-tor, said St. Francis senior tackle Kyle Bosch, a Michigan-bound St. Charles resident. “But you don’t win games if the QB is throwing well. You win them because of the right protections and the balance up front.”

While none of the four Tri-Cit-ies schools has a full-time return-ing starter at quarterback, many incumbent linemen have been entrenched on their teams’ rosters for years.

Geneva seniors Jacob Bastin (left tackle) and Connor Chapman (right tackle) are among that haul, returning from a season spent pro-tecting Northern Illinois recruit Matt Williams to be a wall for new sophomore quarterback Daniel Santacaterina.

It remains to be seen whether Santacaterina possesses the same swagger as Williams, but the Vi-kings’ bookends, Bastin and Chap-man, know any style will suffice. They occasionally spoke up during Williams’ huddles, anyway.

“There’s all different types of leaders, and people respect different types,” Chapman said. “If somebody’s out there working hard every play, I think the rest of the team is going to notice that and respect them.”

To Bosch, his position group carries the most cachet in the sweat equity department. While he might not dream of challeng-ing any of the Spartans’ stable of

shifty Wing-T running backs in a footrace, Bosch knows the offen-sive linemen were just as diligent in their offseason conditioning.

Two-a-days challenge players’ dedication to workouts right off the bat, but the real durability test comes at the end of mid- and late-October practices.

Or those that dip into Novem-ber, if teams are fortunate.

Eloquent and media-savvy from exposure to national camps

and combines early in high school, Bosch finds he doesn’t always have to open his mouth to spark the Spartans.

“If you look at the offensive linemen, they’re pushing kids that are about 280 pounds on every play, so they bring the momentum to the table,” Bosch said. “When everybody’s down, tired, [ticked] off that we’re doing more sprints or hitting the sled, you always see the linemen get back up without

saying a word.”Naturally, there are situations

that call for outside voices, most commonly during games.

Sometimes, they result from a poor drive or botched execution. Other reactions stem from years of frustration.

After qualifying for the playoffs for eight successive seasons from 2002-09, St. Charles North has slumped to a combined six victo-ries during the past two falls. For

a team with so little postseason experience, the North Stars boast their share of motivators.

“Since we haven’t been as suc-cessful as we expect to be,” North coach Mark Gould said, “it seems like there are more guys who are stepping up and saying, ‘Hey, we want to change things around. We’re not just going to rely on somebody else,’ which is a good thing.”

Across town, St. Charles East

junior quarterback Jimmy Mitch-ell figures to have an easier time adjusting than most, considering he started for the sophomore team during his first two high school seasons. With three-year starter Joe Hoscheit in the same huddle at fullback, Mitchell has plenty of back-up in the leadership depart-ment.

Batavia junior Micah Coffey also could tap into past experi-ences should he beat out senior

Daniel Albrecht for the starting job. Coffey’s older brother, Jordan, was a sophomore quarterback for the Bulldogs’ 2006 Class 6A state runners-up, and the most recent Batavia starter before 2012 graduate Noel Gaspari began his three-season starting run as a sophomore.

By and large, teams still must follow their quarterbacks through the rigors of the season, which projects as the first rodeo for many 2012 starters. Three of the four Tri-Cities teams replace a graduating senior at quarterback, while 2011 part-time North start-ing QB Ryan Fischbach competed with a pair of juniors during this year’s camp.

Defending Class 3A state cham-pion Aurora Christian lost stand-out Anthony Maddie to Western Michigan University, creating an-other competition. Assessing the race afterward, Eagles coach Don Beebe credited Ryan McQuade’s charisma and vocal dynamics for pulling him through.

Beebe’s son, wide receiver Chad, and fellow Northern Illinois signee Brandon Mayes, a running back, both were impact players last fall who return this season. Still, Beebe wants the Eagles to take their Friday directives from McQuade, no matter what.

“I think the quarterback has to be a leader on game day in the huddle, there’s no question about that,” Beebe said. “That goes without saying. During the course

of the week and in the school, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the quarterback. In the course of prac-tice, it doesn’t always have to be the quarterback – ideally, it’s the best situation. But on game day, there’s no doubt the quarterback has to be a leader.”

Geneva coach Rob Wicinski re-spects such views, and has worked with his share of quarterbacks in that mold. Considering the con-stant give-and-take between the quarterback and the head coach, he said it’s natural for the QB to assume alpha dog status in the huddle and the locker room.

Still, Wicinski said earning teammates’ trust and respect is even more significant, noting that former Geneva QB Alex Pokorny “didn’t say ‘Boo’ but yet they respected him.”

A big part of leadership has al-ways been experience – something the new QBs will need time to ac-quire. Whether a player is opening the holes, running through them or tap-dancing in the pocket, that’s probably what counts most toward making things go.

“You understand the varsity level and you’re not all jittery,” North senior wide receiver Zach Kirby said. “The lights come on and there’s no deer in the head-light look. You understand what’s going to happen, what the defense is going to throw at you.”

Then everyone claps their hands, yelling “Break!,” and goes from there.


St. Francis offensive lineman Kyle Bosch (center) talks with his teammates during a recent practice at the Wheaton school. Bosch said “you don’t win games if the QB is throwing well. You win them because of the right protections and the balance up front.”


St. Charles East quarterback Jimmy Mitchell is one of numerous new quarter-backs throughout the Tri-Cities.

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By JAY SCHWAB [email protected]

It would be wildly simplistic to contend that Batavia and Geneva have fared better than their St.

Charles counterparts in recent years because their football facilities are superior.

Yet the facilities advantages the Bulldogs and Vikings wield com-pared to the Saints and North Stars can’t be discounted.

Perhaps it’s not entirely coin-cidental that Batavia and Geneva have been the dominant programs in the early years of the Upstate Eight Conference River Division while East and North are each coming off consecutive years missing the playoffs.

In football, when it comes to facilities, it all starts in the weight-room.

“We have the smallest weight-room in the Upstate Eight, by far,” East coach Mike Fields said. “Ge-neva’s got, I think it’s a 5,400 square foot weightroom, ours is 2,400. But we don’t make any excuses. It is what it is. That’s what we have right now. Down the road maybe that will change, but that’s what we have right now and we utilize it to its best.

“It’s kind of like the old-school ‘Rocky’ mentality. Get in there, get after it and work. You can’t com-plain about what you have. My gosh, there are a lot of schools that don’t have what we have.”

Those schools aren’t in Batavia or Geneva.

While Geneva has long muscled up in one of the premier weight training facilities in the area, Bata-via ushered in an upgraded weights facility in 2010, months before its new fieldhouse opened. Now, the Bulldogs train in a weightroom that compares favorably to many smaller colleges.

The Bulldogs were among the most physically rugged teams in Class 6A last season and finished a school record 12-1. Batavia coach Dennis Piron said the capacity of the weightroom to allow the entire team to work out together bodes well for team dynamics but said the program’s strength and condition-ing prowess has more to do with shared commitment from coaches and players.

“We’ve got a nice community of people who really like working with

kids and we now have the facilities, especially indoors, some of the best facilities around, and we’re utilizing those facilities,” Piron said. “Hope-fully we’ll see kids on a regular ba-sis who are as good as they can be.”

The debut of FieldTurf at Burgess Field this year accounts for much of the preseason buzz at Geneva but the Vikings have prospered long before their sloppy grass field was replaced this summer.

Geneva coach Rob Wicinski said the school’s weightroom has laid the foundation for perennial success, which included seven straight con-ference titles before Batavia relegat-ed Geneva to conference runners-up last season.

“It’s nice to have the other things, don’t get me wrong, but if I had to start anywhere, that’s where I’d start, and that’s where we started, that’s the first thing we built up,” Wicinski said of Geneva’s weights program. “And now it’s spread. It looks like we’ve got some pretty nice turf, and now they’re working their

way up and working on the stands and the press box, going in that direction.”

Just outside the Tri-Cities, Mar-mion has served as a testament to the difference facilities can make. The Cadets have enjoyed one of their strongest stretches in program history in recent years – including a 6A state title game berth in 2010 – as Marmion’s football facilities have been upgraded in nearly every way imaginable. That includes a new grass field installed in June.

“It’s high school football environ-ment, primo,” Marmion coach Dan Thorpe said. “The lights and the concession stands and the seating arrangements and the florescent, Wishbone goalposts and now with a new playing surface – wow. Very blessed.”

St. Charles North coach Mark Gould isn’t as smitten with North’s overall facilities. Gould said North’s weightroom is a little bigger than East’s but no match for the set-up at Batavia or Geneva. Further chal-

lenges include what Gould considersto be cramped space for practice fields and locker rooms.

“When they built North, they certainly didn’t splurge,” Gould said. “It’s kind of funny, we laughed the first couple of years when we went into the locker room and saw 110 lockers in there and not real big ones. We were like ‘OK, we’re going to have 185 football players, what do they expect us to do? I guess we’re doubling up,’ which is tough to do when you have helmets and shoul-der pads and everything.”

North Stars seniors are the only players to have their own lockers.

Both East and North are careful not to use their facility shortcom-ings as excuses for losing games.

East recently painted and added a new sound system to its weight-room, said Fields, who added that the football program is happy to share its modest space with other programs at the school.

“We’re all Saints, trying to get better and get stronger,” Fields said.


Batavia football player Clayton Siemsen works out on the bench press in the school’s 2-year-old weight room.

Bulldogs, Vikings lead area football facility arms race



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Coach: Mark Gould (59-51, 12th season)2011 record: 2-7 overall, 2-4 Upstate Eight

Conference River. Fast fact: Gould, the program’s lone coach

who is retiring at season’s end, will finish with a winning record at North as long as the North Stars do not go 0-9.

Special teams spotlight: North added time to its kick and punt coverage drills during practices after a series of recent woes in those departments, including a botched punt that cost North the game last year against Plainfield Central.

Health watch: After missing the latter part of 2011 with concussion issues, senior free safety Nick McCullough has been sharp and healthy throughout camp.

COACH SLY SAYS

While Gould made it clear with players that this season is not about him, it’s hard for teenagers not to rally behind their motivator.

For the North Stars to give their outgoing coach one last taste of the playoffs, they’ll have to be on top of all three

facets each week. In other words, execute the same kind of fundamental football Gould’s been preaching since they first tossed the pigskin on Red Gate Road.

ST. CHARLES NORTH

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Eight straight seasons of playoff football have given way to consecu-tive losing falls.

The North Stars are hoping a switcheroo guides them back to November.

In the offseason, coach Mark Gould swapped chief responsibilities with assistant Jared McCall, transforming the North Stars’ nine-year defensive coordinator into the new offensive coordinator. Players quickly beamed about the change of pace, which brings a spread offense and 4-4 defense to campus.

“It was different at first, but it’s nice for a new freshness,” senior wide receiver Zach Kirby said. “Last year, we just needed something new after what happened. We just needed a brand new start, which is nice.”

The “what happened” isn’t anything cryptic, just a nod to North’s 2-7 finish. Re-turning seniors such as Kirby, running back George Edlund, defensive lineman Wes Pasholk, linebacker Alec Datoli and quar-terback Ryan Fischbach worked to boost

morale throughout the offseason.An influx of varsity newcomers

are excited to change the program’s culture, too. Strong-armed juniors Erik Miller and Kevin Dawrant were part of a summer-long competition with Fischbach at quarterback.

Fellow juniors Chase Gianacakos (offensive line), Garrett Johnson (tight end) and Reece Conroyd (linebacker), who each played last season, will be relied on in bigger roles this fall.

McCall touted Johnson as a top tar-get during the summer, while Gould is excited about Conroyd’s speed sup-porting the pass rush, which includes

defensive lineman Guillermo Macedo.“It’s a good group and they really want

to be successful,” Gould said. “We’ve got a good nucleus, and we’ve got high expectations.”


Nickname: North StarsConference: Upstate Eight (River)

AuG. 24 @ HINSDALE

CENTRAL, 7:30 P.M.

AuG. 31 @ PLAINFIELD

CENTRAL, 7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 7 ST. CHARLES EAST,

7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 14 @ ELGIN, 7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 21 GENEvA, 7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 28 @ STREAMWooD,

7:30 P.M.

OCT. 5 @ BATAvIA,

7:30 P.M.

OCT. 12 LARKIN,

7:30 P.M.

OCT. 19 SoUTH ELGIN,

7:30 P.M.


St. Charles North’s Dylan Hunter makes a catch during a recent practice.

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2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: Mike Fields (13-15, fourth season)2011 record: 3-6 overall, 3-3 UEC RiverFast fact: The Saints have started each of the last

two seasons 0-5 before winning three of their final four games.

Special teams spotlight: Senior punter Chris Segretto is back, though Fields wishes his memories of Segretto from a year ago weren’t quite so vivid. “He did a real nice job,” Fields said. “Punted way too much, but he did a nice job.”

Health watch: Hoscheit hopes a clean bill of health for the season makes him all the more dangerous after only playing a couple games healthy last season, when he fought shoulder and ankle injuries.

COACH SLY SAYS

Look for coach Fields to take a page or two from his old program, Geneva, this season and pound the rock behind an improved offensive line and some physical backs. If the new quarterback can hold his own, Sly expects the Saints to have one of the most improved offenses in the area.

These guys aren’t starting 0-5 again, but will they have enough for a playoff berth? Depends if a mod-estly sized defensive front can stand its ground and a couple other guys on ‘D’ emerge as playmakers to go along with Hoscheit and Barry.

ST. CHARLES EAST

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Back-to-back 3-6 seasons gives St. Charles East the luxury or the curse – pick your vantage point – of entering the 2012 season below the radar.

East coach Mike Fields doesn’t have the flashiest roster but thinks this group could be the one to turn the program’s tide back in the right direction.

“We feel pretty good,” Fields said. “We feel like we’ve got some athletes. They may not be the biggest, they may not be the fastest, they may not be the strongest, but we’ve got some athletes that I think are going to go out there and compete and surprise some people.”

Senior Joe Hoscheit, a Northwestern

baseball recruit, will seek to make his final football season a memorable one on both sides of the ball. Hoscheit was East’s leading tackler despite an injury-plagued junior season and will seek to play a larger offensive role at fullback, where he’ll share duties with Mike Eyre, who is returning to the program after sitting out last year.

Sophomore offensive lineman Brennan Bosch, who already has a scholarship offer from Illinois, and fellow linemen Tommy Wilson, Nick Asquini, Cullen Cady and Ben Smith will aim to open holes for the fullbacks as well as return-ing tailback Erik Anderson.

If the running game delivers on its promise, junior quarterback Jimmy

Mitchell can ease in to his first varsity season after starting two years on the sophomore level.

“He doesn’t have to do it all, but he’s going to be a nice player for us,” Fields said.

Tall and speedy receiver Brannon Barry could become Mitchell’s top target in the passing game as well as a big-play cornerback on defense.

Elsewhere on the ‘D’, brawny tackle Sam Malone should anchor the line while Hoscheit has plenty of help in a deep linebacking corps from guys such as Jon Finn, Mike Candre, Pat Frio and Burlington Central transfer Nate Reed.

– Jay Schwab, [email protected]

Nickname: SaintsConference: Upstate Eight (River)

Aug. 24@ CARy-GRovE,

7:30 P.M.

Aug. 31WEST AURoRA,

7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 7@ ST. CHARLES

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SEPT. 14NEUqUA vALLEy,

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SEPT. 22@ ELGIN,1:30 P.M.

SEPT. 28GENEvA,7:30 P.M.

OCT. 5@ STREAMWooD,

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OCT. 12BATAvIA,7:30 P.M.

OCT. 19LARKIN,

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2012 SCHEDULE

2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: Brian Casey (7-11, third season)2011 Record: 4-5, 1-4 SCC GoldFast fact: The Chargers will look to start strong

– as they did in 2011 – but improve upon a 1-4 finish to crack the playoff field for the first time since 1997.

Special teams spotlight: Casey went out of his way to point out the added strength that kickoff specialist Nick Homan added to his legs in the offseason. Homan registered seven touchbacks in 2011 and could eclipse that number in 2012.

Health watch: Steven Amoni missed six games in 2011 and must stay on the field for the Chargers to be a force offensively. The 5-foot-8 senior is the strongest player on the team but hamstring and ankle injuries cut his junior season short. If Amoni stays healthy, a big season could follow.

AURORA CENTRAL CATHOLIC

BREAKDOWN

It’s been baby steps for coach Brian Casey since taking over at Aurora Central Catholic in 2010. After a three-win debut season, the Chargers followed up with four wins a year ago to fall just short of the five needed to become playoff-eligible.

The Chargers have made big strides

with a double-wing option offense that is predicated on blocking assignments and misdirection decoys to gain big chunks of rushing yards.

ACC must replace all-conference quarter-back Kyle Clechenko and his 791 rushing yards. The Chargers will platoon to start 2012 with senior Drake Riedy and sopho-more Matt Rahn. Rahn is athletic and makes

plays with his legs while Riedy has the ability to pick teams apart with his arm. Both will be counted on equally, according to Casey.

Whoever is under center will have a stable of backs to hand the ball off to, including seniors Steven Amoni and Steve Belovich along with juniors Brian Bohr and Jacob Holzer.

– Ian Matthews, [email protected]

Nickname: ChargersConference: Suburban Christian (Gold)

AUG. 24@ PoNTIAC

7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 1vS. ooSTBURG (WIS.),4 P.M.

SEPT. 7@ IMMACULATE CoN., 7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 14vS. CHICAGo

CHRISTIAN, 7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 21@ ST. EDWARD,

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SEPT. 28vS. WALTHER

LUTHERAN, 7:30 P.M.

oCT. 5vS. GUERIN,

7:30 P.M.

oCT. 12@ MARMIoN,

7:30 P.M.

oCT. 19@ MoNTINI,

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Coach: Greg Purnell (37-17, sixth season)

2011 record: 8-3 overall, 3-2 Subur-ban Christian Conference Blue. Lost to Kaneland, 31-28, in second round of Class 5A playoffs.

Fast fact: The Spartans yielded the second-fewest points in the SCC Blue last season with 199. Only Marmion (185) had a stingier defense.

Special teams spotlight: Several members of the Spartans’ running back rotation will get opportunities returning punts and kicks to open the season.

Health watch: Without downplaying the injury to workhorse fullback Jack Petrando (MCL), Purnell said the loss of lineman Peter Quirk (lower back) could be equally jarring.

COACH SLY SAYS

St. Francis’ staples – execute the Wing-T and stop the run – ought to be on display again, whether the team is prac-ticing on campus or shuttling to home games at nearby College of DuPage.

The versatile attacks elsewhere around the SCC Blue always seem to have a fight with the Spartans, and Sly sees nothing different as St. Francis again factors into the league race.

ST. FRANCIS

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Preseason injuries to fullback-linebacker Jack Petrando (torn MCL) and two-way lineman Peter Quirk (lower back) prompted vet-eran coach Greg Purnell to tap in to his reserves – and his resolve.

“Injury is opportunity,” Purnell said, “and I’m sure we’ll have some young men step up to fill those holes and make key contributions.”

Look for a handful of candidates to take carries from Petrando, the Spartans’ leading rusher in 2012, until his likely October return. Bar-tlett transfer James Butler gives a big boost to the backfield, while seniors Danny Beck and Colin Baumgartner work into expanded roles.

Senior Michael Robinson and ju-nior Zach Prociuk dueled for the quarterback

position during camp. Michigan-bound left tackle Kyle Bosch anchors the offensive line,

which has a number of returning players, including stout seniors Robert Dwyer and Alex Napoli.

Junior James Kalfas looks to contribute on both sides of the line after a strong debut as a sophomore.

Purnell said senior defensive end Kyle Wedoff “looked ter-rific” during the summer, and may occasionally drop back as a linebacker.

Mike Hanson, Baumgartner and Beck highlight an experi-enced secondary.

“The kids worked extremely hard and have high expecta-tions,” Purnell said. “It’s a competitive league, but we’re ready to go into the season and see what we have.”


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2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: Dan Thorpe (eighth season, 43-29)2011 season: 5-5 overall, 2-3 Suburban Chris-

tian Conference Blue. Lost to Prairie Ridge, 49-0, in first round of 6A playoffs.

Fast fact: The Cadets’ schedule includes two defending state champions (Montini and Aurora Christian) and six playoff qualifiers from 2011.

Special teams spotlight: New kicker Eddy Gra-ham will pull double duty, replacing A.J. Friedman for the football team while also playing soccer.

Health watch: Lally, younger brother of former Cadets star T.J. Lally, had a snakebitten Cadets career. In addition to his broken leg suffered dur-ing preseason practice this year, he missed most of his junior season with a foot injury.

COACH SLY SAYS

Once Cody Snodgrass returns to health, the Ca-dets will have a filthy speed (Ruddy) and power (Snodgrass) combo in the backfield that should make for an improved offense, provided the line-play holds up without big Kurt Becker prowlin’ the sidelines. Sly expects Marmion’s QB play to be more of a positive this season, as well.

Just the same, the SCC is a beast like always, and the Cadets don’t return too much experience on the defensive side of the ball. Unless some of the defensive newcomers can make a big impact right away, Marmion looks to Sly like a playoff team again, probably better than last season, but not quite the juggernaut of a couple years back.

BREAKDOWN

Marmion coach Dan Thorpe didn’t mince words about last season, which ended with a 5-5 record and 49-0, first-round 6A playoff loss to Prairie Ridge. “Embarrassed” is how Thorpe describes the program’s feel-ings toward 2011.

A season that more closely resembles 2010 – when the Cadets advanced to the 6A state championship game – will require working through unwelcome preseason develop-ments for projected starting senior linebacker Matt Lally (broken leg, out for the season) and senior fullback Cody Snodgrass (mono, out 2 to 6 weeks).

The Cadets have a pair of viable options at quarterback, returning starter Charlie Faunce, a senior “who is playing with great confidence and command,” according to

Thorpe, and junior Brock Krueger. The pair is expected to split time in the early going.

Projected two-way starter Jake Ruddy (running back/defensive back) figures to take center stage offensively. Thorpe consid-ers the 5-foot-9, 170-pound senior a college football prospect “who could be special.” Seth Sevenich gives the Cadets a returning

starter at receiver, provided he can take the licks at 155 pounds.

The Cadets’ O-line is Glasgow-less for the first time in years – Graham and Ryan are playing at Michigan – but returns a pair of starters in 6-foot, 260-pound tackle Kevin Lin and 6-3, 230-pound guard Matt Smith.

Thorpe said the Cadets’ pre-season practices have been more physical than usual and is hopeful that is evident on defense, where tackle Michael Hughes and end Charlie Clohecy join Ruddy as returning starters. Defensive back Tom Jude and linebacker

Mike Montalbano are among the newcomers who could crack the defensive lineup.

One intangible in the Cadets’ favor – the seniors were conference co-champions as sophomores, “so they know they can beat Montini/Marian,” Thorpe said.

– Jay Schwab, [email protected]

MARMION

2012 SCHEDULE

Nickname: CadetsConference: Suburban Christian (Blue)

Aug. 24JACOBS, 7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 1 @ FENwICK,

7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 7@ ST. EDwARD,

7 P.M.

SEPT. 14MARIAN CENTRAL,

7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 21@ MONTINI,

7:30 P.M.

SEPT. 28A. ChRISTIAN,

7:30 P.M.

OCT. 5 @ ST. FRANCIS,

7 P.M.

OCT. 12 AURORA CENTRAL

CAThOLIC, 7:30 P.M.

OCT. 19 wALThER

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Jake Ruddy runs a drill during a Marmion practice.

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Coach: Rich Crabel (7-3, second season)2011 record: 7-3 overall, 4-1 Northern Illinois

Big 12 East. Lost to St. Francis, 27-10, in Class 5A first round.

Fast fact: Last season’s playoff berth was BC’s first since 2007.

Special teams spotlight: Look for junior Casey Matthews to handle placekicking duties in addition to being part of the rotations at running back and safety.

Health watch: Senior wide receiver/safety Tyler Majewski missed most of last season with a knee injury, but has been at full speed through-out the summer.

COACH SLY SAYS

The Rockets thought there would be a few more returners from last year’s breakthrough playoff team in tow in 2012, but they won’t sulk over a pocket of transfers and preseason injuries.

Team Crabel still has enough pieces in place to be a pest in the BNC East and challenge for a second successive postseason berth.

BURLINGTON CENTRAL

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Central lost a pair of All-Big Northern East selections to the Suburban Christian Conference, as running back/linebacker Joel Bouagnon (Aurora Christian) and de-fensive end Andrew Yarwood (St. Edward) transferred in the offseason.

Second-year coach Rich Crabel, a long-time Rockets assistant, tabled talk about the defections early in camp, and the team has obeyed orders.

“We’re not going to let it be a distraction, because we’re big believers in taking care

of the things that we can control and not worrying about the things that we can’t,” Crabel said. “Our expectations are still very high.”

Among the returners from last season’s Class 5A playoff participants is third-year starting quarterback Ryan Ritchie, a senior adept at running the program’s balanced, pro-style offense. Senior Dishon Rambo and juniors Riley Marino and Casey Mat-thews will split carries in the backfield, while speedy senior receivers Joe Breeden and Tyler Majewski are threats to break into the secondary.

BC will need to mature quickly on the of-fensive line, especially after returning starter Jawad Aburmishan (6-foot-1, 235 pounds) suffered a broken tibia during camp.

Joel Lopez, a 6-foot-1 senior who also will play tight end, figures to anchor the defensive line in the Rockets’ 4-3 scheme. Breeden and Majewski also will see their share of snaps in a deep rotation at defen-sive back.

“We’ve got shoes to fill with a lot of kids who really want to play,” Crabel said, “and we’re working really hard to get there.”– Kevin Druley, [email protected]

Nickname: RocketsConference: Big Northern (East)

Aug. 24 @ HAMpSHIRE,

7:15 p.M.

Aug. 31 STILLMAN VALLEy,

7 p.M.

SEPT. 7 @ ROCKFORD

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OCT. 19 NORTH BOONE,

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2-MINUTE DRILL

Coach: T.J. Ragan, first season2011 record: 1-8, 0-5 SCC BlueFast fact: Ragan is an experienced strength

and conditioning coach with college stints at Nebraska and Oregon State and in the NFL with the Denver Broncos.

Special teams spotlight: Ragan noted that receiver Matt Lindsay will be moonlighting as the team’s kicker. “We’ve been really pleasantly surprised with his kicking so far,” Ragan said.

Health watch: Ragan inherited a team without any major injuries and has a leg-up on the situation with his strength and conditioning background.

COACH SLY SAYS

Moving back to the Gold, and with some new energy in the program, Sly expects Wheaton Academy to be much more respectable this season.

WHEATON ACADEMY

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

A new era for Wheaton Academy foot-ball began in April as T.J. Ragan took over as head coach. Ragan follows Ben Wilson, who will still be on the staff as the associ-ate head coach, but will be scaling back his duties for health reasons.

Ragan brought new schemes on both sides of the ball from his prior stops in California and Colorado.

The Warriors are coming off a 1-8 campaign and, despite moving from the cut-

throat SCC Blue to the Gold, must deal with another tough slate of games with perennial league stalwarts Montini, Aurora Christian and Marian Central on the schedule.

Ragan’s extensive strength and condi-tioning background has already factored into the team’s development as many play-ers have put on weight and muscle in the short time Ragan has been with the team.

Wheaton Academy is switching from a spread offense to a veer-option, which changes what senior quarterback Nate Martinez will be asked to do. Martinez

split time at quarterback last year but will be counted as the starter in the new run-first attack in 2012.

Among the three options Martinez will have to choose from will be running backs John Mark Wiersema and John gemmel along with returning all-conference re-ceiver Matt Lindsay. Counted on to help the offense rush the ball consistently will be linemen Peter Ferrill, Taylor Johnson, Theo Selvaggio and Daniel Sedjo.

– Ian Matthews, [email protected]

Nickname: WarriorsConference: Suburban Christian (Gold)

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OCT. 12CHICAGO

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Coach: Don Beebe (ninth season, 75-21)2011 season: 13-1, 5-0 Suburban Christian Confer-

ence Gold; won IHSA Class 3A state championship.Fast fact: The Eagles have a trio of Northern Illinois

recruits in their senior class – Beebe, Bouagnon and Mayes.

Special teams spotlight: Sophomore kicker Trevor Hills, a Wheaton Academy transfer, has a booming leg, while Noah Roberts will handle punting duties.

Health watch: While the Eagles hold their breath that the beefed-up Beebe – who has been dogged by injuries throughout his career – can make it through the season healthy, they’re also eager to see what type of impact 6-foot-3, 210-pound linebacker Jack-son Carpenter can make as a junior after injuries kept him off the field as an underclassman.

COACH SLY SAYS

Certain coaches in certain sports have the gift of gab, and you take what they say with a grain of salt. But Don Beebe has won championships at the professional level and high school level, so you hear the man out.

If coach Beebe thinks this is the best defense the Eagles have had and they’ll be able to throw it and run it at a high level to boot, well, far be it for Coach Sly to dampen the preseason giddiness. Life in the SCC Blue is no joke, but neither are the Aurora Christian Eagles.

AURORA CHRISTIAN

2012 SCHEDULE

BREAKDOWN

Defense is not usually the starting point for Aurora Christian football conversations, but that might have to change this season.

Coach Don Beebe calls this Eagles defense “the best we’ve ever had, and it’s not even close.” The defending 3A state champion Eagles return instinctive and nimble defensive back Brandon Mayes and stalwart linebacker Ryan Suttle, but Beebe said the defense has “no weak spots” across the board.

Despite the defensive hubbub, rest assured the Eagles will still pile up points. Stud quarterback Anthony Maddie has graduated and will be replaced by 6-foot-4 senior Ryan McQuade, who has plenty of high-level skill players to ease the transition.

“Right now, we have two Division

I players, Chad (Beebe) and Brandon (Mayes),” Beebe said. “... My job is to get the ball in those kids’ hands.”

A potential third D-I player, Burlington Central transfer Joel Bouagnon (RB/LB), awaited a late eligibility ruling by the IHSA.

Chad Beebe, a speedy and polished receiver, and Mayes both have worthy complements. Lanky receiver Cory Windle enjoyed a breakthrough junior

season last year (61 catches, 19 for TDs) while Suttle, like Mayes, is a punishing runner who can break tackles.

“This is the first time in history that I have been here that we will be able to run the football as good as we’ve ever done it and we’ll be able to throw the football as good as we’ve ever done it,” Beebe said.

Team captain Josh Kok, a 6-foot-4, 260-pounder, anchors the offensive line at left tackle, while left guard Eric Motisi brings experience

starting in the state championship game.Beebe said the Eagles will mix in

more pro style sets in addition to their customary spread formations to play to the strengths of McQuade, who Beebe compared stylistically to former Eagles standout Jordan Roberts.

– Jay Schwab,[email protected]

Nickname: EaglesConference: Suburban Christian (Blue)

Aug. 24DuSABLE,

7 p.M.

Aug. 31@ ST. EDWARD,

7 p.M.

SEPT. 7WALTHER

LuTHERAN, 7 p.M.

SEPT. 14@ WHEAToN

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SEPT. 21ST. FRANCIS,

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SEPT. 28@ MARMIoN,

7 p.M.

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OCT. 12@ MoNTINI,

7:30 p.M.

OCT. 19GuERIN, 7 p.M.

Jeff Krage – For the Kane County Chronicle

Aurora Christian football players run kickoff drills during a practice.

2012 PREP FOOTBALL ROSTERSAURORA CENTRAL CATHOLIC

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. 2 patrick Canning Jr. WR/DB 5-8 1403 Tyler Nelson Sr. WR/DB 6-0 1554 Nick Homan Sr. K 6-1 1655 Jordan Hendricks Jr. WR/DB 5-8 1556 Enrique Anaya Jr. K 5-11 1507 Drake Riedy Sr. QB 6-3 1958 Jacque Jacquay Fr. QB/DB 6-3 1609 Matt Rahn So. QB/DB 5-11 15510 Matt Schaefer Jr. RB/LB 6-1 17511 Matt Nass Sr. TE/DB 6-2 16012 Kyle Reilly Jr. QB 6-2 21014 Colin Hendricks Jr. WR/DB 6-1 15015 Juan Huerta Jr. TE/DL 5-10 18016 Javier Liz Sr. RB/DB 6-0 16518 Julian Rios Jr. RB/DB 5-10 17019 Colin Baillie So. QB 6-2 17020 Sean Canning Sr. WR/DB 5-8 15021 Alex Schuler So. RB/LB 5-8 14522 Thomas Gouger Jr. WR/DB 5-9 15023 Roman padilla So. RB/LB 5-11 17024 Josh Wilson So. WR/DB 6-0 14526 Steve Belovich Sr. RB/LB 5-10 17528 Steven Amoni Sr. RB/LB 5-11 20031 Michael o’Donnell Sr. K 6-2 18032 Cody Ekstrom Jr. RB/DB 6-0 16533 Jeff Marcoux Jr. WR/DB 5-6 14034 Brian Bohr Jr. RB/LB 5-9 17536 Sean Anger Jr. TE/DL 6-3 18042 Sean Tobin So. TE/LB 5-9 17046 Ben Ariano Fr. RB/LB 5-11 18548 Josiah padilla Sr. oL/DL 6-0 19049 Zach Thomas Jr. WR/DB 6-4 15550 Alex Cohen Jr. oL/DL 5-9 18051 Josh Feltes Jr. oL/DL 6-1 210

52 Jeff Kus So. oL/DL 6-4 20553 Don Ishmael Jr. oL/DL 5-8 19554 Karlo Valenzuela Jr. oLB 5-11 20055 Matt Sternberg Fr. oL/LB 5-10 17056 Matt Kramer Jr. oL/DL 6-1 27557 Joe Cisneros Sr. oL/DL 5-10 19058 Luke Faltz Sr. oL/DL 6-5 23559 Jacob Holzer Jr. RB/LB 6-0 16560 Diego Avila Jr. oL/DL 5-11 17561 Jacob Bunce So. oL/LB 5-6 16065 Tony Hizo Jr. oL/DL 5-11 23067 Josh Karn Sr. oL/DL 6-1 22068 Michael Shanahan Jr. oL/DL 6-5 28070 Brendan Filip Jr. oL/DL 5-11 21572 Danny Mowka Jr. oL/DL 5-10 20573 Eddie Gonzalez Jr. oL/DL 6-1 26074 Mikey Malawski So. oL/DL 6-0 25075 Izzy Rosa Sr. oL/DL 6-2 21576 Alec Licar Jr. oL/DL 6-2 23577 Alex Martin So. oL/DL 6-1 31086 Jake McCarthy Sr. TE/DE 6-3 19587 Zach Kavcar Jr. WR/DB 5-10 15589 Jordan A.-Zauner Jr. WR/DB 5-11 170Head coach: Brian CaseyAssistant coaches: Adam Blake, Kent Brauweiler, Chris

Bonifas, Luke Brauweiler, Tim Casey, Kyle Clodi, Tom Costantini, Eric Fulara, Josh Fullmer, Chris Goryl, Tom Kero, pat McCarthy, Dave Schuster

AURORA CHRISTIANNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. 1 Brandon Mayes Sr. RB/FS 5-11 1822 Noah Hagerty Jr. WR/DB 5-6 1363 Brandon Walgren Jr. WR/SS 6-1 1794 Bailey Byers Jr. WR/DB 5-10 1415 Noah Roberts Jr. WR/SS 6-2 184

7 Ryan McQuade Sr. 6-4 196 QB9 Trevor Hills So. K 5-10 15510 Chase Tomney Jr. WR/DB 5-7 14112 MJ Zepeda Jr. LC 5-9 15815 Austin Bray So. QB 6-2 20720 pJ Cole Jr. WR/DB 5-11 15222 Legend Smith Jr. RB/RC 5-8 16223 Joel Bouagnon Sr. RB/LB 6-2 22430 Trevor Majka Sr. LB 5-11 18432 Ryan Suttle Sr. TE/LB 5-11 18133 Riley Byers Jr. TE/LB 6-0 17939 Matt Liesendahl Jr. oL/LB 5-8 17541 Dan Clapp Jr. LB 5-10 17544 Justin Brothers Jr. LB 5-11 14446 Victor Roza Sr. RB/LB 5-10 20150 Jack Burke Jr. oL/DE 6-3 23251 Mason Bray Sr. oL/DT 5-10 21252 Nick Larson Sr. RG/NG 5-10 21855 Tristin Withrow Jr. C/DT 5-10 23456 Jackon Carpenter Jr. RT/LB 6-3 20357 Jon Czerwinski Jr. RG/NG 5-8 18360 Dan Brown Jr. LB 6-0 18561 Eric Motisi Sr. 5-10 193 LG62 Nathan Wells Jr. RG/DT 5-10 23263 Christian Arias Jr. oL/DT 5-11 23165 Jonah Walker Jr. LG/DE 6-2 22468 Josh Kok Sr. LT/DE 6-4 25874 Jake Galbato Jr. RT/DT 6-5 26477 Brennon Kuhn Jr. oL/DT 6-1 27582 Chad Beebe Sr. WR 5-9 16785 Cory Windle Sr. WR 6-4 191

BATAVIANo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. 2 James Millette Jr. TE/DE 6-5 2004 Kevin Murphy Jr. SS 5-7 150

5 Daniel Albrecht Sr. QB 5-10 1706 Rourke Mullins Jr. WR/CB 5-9 1608 Sean penman Sr. WR 6-1 1859 Anthony Moneghini Jr. FB 5-9 18010 Douglas Vernon Sr. TE/DE 6-2 29011 Tucker Knox Jr. WR/FS 6-5 17513 Alexander Rodriguez Jr. SS 5-9 18014 Mitchell Davis Jr. WR/CB 5-10 16015 Micah Coffey Jr. QB 6-2 18517 Brian Maskell Sr. WR/CB 5-11 17520 Daniel Theriault Sr. SS 6-0 16522 Anthony Thielk Jr. RB/LB 6-2 21523 Michael Moffatt Jr. WR/CB 6-0 17524 Brandon Dean Jr. SS 5-11 17525 Jason Cahill Jr. CB 5-10 16526 Forrest Gilbertson Jr. CB 5-11 16028 Anthony Scaccia Jr. RB 5-7 15029 Spencer Rydholm Sr. SS 5-10 15031 Vincent Cerezo Sr. CB 5-10 15533 Dylan Ingersoll Jr. WR 6-2 16034 Robert Bowman Sr. RB/SS 6-0 19535 Tyler Miller Sr. FB/DT 6-0 19036 patrick Ward Jr. RB 5-9 15537 Christopher Moran Sr. SS 6-0 18539 Matthew Fossali Sr. CB 5-9 15540 David Lanciotti Jr. LB 5-9 17542 Kevin Green Jr. RB 6-0 20043 Dean Simoncelli Jr. LB 5-10 20044 Noah Frazier So. TE 5-11 19045 Cullin Rokos Sr. FB/LB 6-1 20546 Donovan Kilker Jr. LB 6-0 19047 Steven Hansen Jr. TE 6-0 17548 Marquise Jenkins Sr. TE/DE 6-3 21550 Nicholas offutt Sr. G 5-8 18051 Aaron Glasco Jr. LB 6-2 17052 Nicholas Whitman Jr. LB 5-7 180


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53 Michael Gates Sr. G/LB 5-10 20554 Michael Watson Sr. LB 6-1 20555 Sebastian Vermaas Sr. T 6-3 21056 Devin Gregorek Sr. DT 5-10 22058 Mark Monroe Sr. DT 5-7 20559 John Buchas Jr. DB 5-6 17560 Jonathan Wagner Jr. G 5-10 18061 Jacob Slott Jr DE 6-0 17562 Benjamin Link Sr. C 6-1 21063 Connor McKeehan Jr. G/DT 5-10 21564 Mitchell Krusz So. G 6-0 25065 Isaac Cortez Jr. T/DT 5-11 18066 Matthew Zimmerman Jr. G 5-6 18568 Adam Hunger Sr. T/DT 6-4 25070 Anthony Tuzzolino Jr. G 5-11 18571 Conor Croci Jr. T 5-11 20072 Noah Cotten Jr. G 6-3 27074 Gustavo Cuevas Sr. DT 6-1 32075 Stefyn Cortez Jr. T/DT 6-1 21876 Eric Schneider Jr. G/DT 5-10 22077 Daniel DelRio Sr. DT 5-8 22078 Jared Philip Sr. OL /DL6-2 21579 Maximillian Heidgen Jr. T 6-3 26080 Ethan Compton Jr. WR/CB 5-11 15581 Jason Toth Sr. WR 6-2 18582 Zach Strittmatter Sr. WR/FS 6-4 19583 Ben Bennington Jr. TE/DE 6-0 18584 Alec Berry Jr. TE 6-2 18585 Jordan Zwart Jr. WR 6-2 18586 Clayton Siemsen Jr. TE/DE 6-2 17587 Steven Seyfarth Jr. WR/CB 5-11 17090 Ryan Minniti Jr. DT 5-10 21595 George Morgano Sr. DE 5-9 19097 Nathan Sarkisian Sr. G/DT 6-1 23098 Alfonso Nolasco Sr. G/DT 5-10 190Head coach: Dennis PironAssistants: Bill Kettering, Matt Holm, Mike

Gaspari, P.J. White, Steve Bailey, Greg Schroeder, Stewart Charles, Dan Cadena

BURLINGTON CENTRALNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. 1 Ryan Ritchie Sr. QB/DB 6-0 1852 Dishon Rambo Sr. WR/DB 5-8 1653 Ibrahim Samson Sr. WR/DB 5-10 1654 Joe Breeden Sr. WR/DB 5-8 1455 Nick Patton Jr. RB/DB 5-6 1566 Tyler Majewski Sr. WR/DB 6-0 1757 Tarek Ahmed Sr. RB/DB 5-10 1818 Casey Matthews Jr. RB/DB 6-0 1759 Parth Patel Jr. QB/DB 5-7 14010 Damyan Vasquez Sr. WR/DB 5-8 15511 Joe Fill Jr. RB/LB 5-11 16012 Charles Horton Sr. RB/LB 5-9 18513 Matt Bozich Sr. E/DL 6-2 19014 T.J. Johnson Sr. WR/DB 5-11 16515 Matt Davis Sr. E/DB 6-0 16516 Ryan Minehart Sr. E/DB 6-1 16017 Carter Muelling Sr. E/DL 6-4 21018 Sean Robinson Jr. WR/DB 5-9 15019 Ian Napiorkowski Jr. E/DB 6-2 16024 Sean Garbarino Sr. RB/LB 6-1 18026 Sabino DeSantis Jr. RB/DB 5-9 16033 Reilly Marino Jr. RB/LB 6-0 18043 Jeremy Esin Sr. RB/DL 5-5 15044 Kyle Coffland Jr. E/LB/DB 5-8 15545 Cole Roach So. RB/LB 5-10 19550 Kyle Holtz Sr. OL /DL 5-10 21054 Craig Kein So. RB/LB 6-0 17055 Jon Lyons Jr. OL/DL 5-8 15056 Jawad Aburmishan Sr. OL/DL 6-2 26058 Erikas Kupraitis So. OL/DL 6-3 18059 Zach Cramer Sr. OL/DL 6-2 18065 Mike Kielhack Jr. OL/DL 5-8 20067 Robbie Frederickson Sr. OL/DL 6-2 20570 Joseph Senyah Sr. OL /DL 5-8 21074 Jacob Ott Sr. OL /DL 6-3 17475 Ryan Gaydos Jr. OL /DL 5-10 18077 Victorius Almasi Jr. OL /DL 6-2 15078 Shawn Cork Sr. OL /DL 6-0 28582 Joel Lopez Sr. E/DL 6-2 26583 Alex Johnson Sr. RB/DB 5-6 15584 Justin Schreiber Jr. E/DB 5-11 16586 A.J. Fisher Jr. E/DB 6-1 16888 Kevin Mattes Sr. E/DL 6-0 190

GENEVANo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.1 Jack Housenga Jr. DB 5-9 1402 Nathan Balettie Sr. DL 6-2 255 4 Jeremy Hanson Sr. DB 5-9 1655 Jake Boser Sr. DL 5-10 2106 T.J. Miller Jr. DB 6-0 1907 Daniel Santacaterina So. QB 6-1 1658 Pace Temple So. WO 6-0 1709 Chris Sweeney Sr. LB 6-1 18011 Kevin Curtin Sr. WO 6-2 18512 Alexander Dosani Jr. WO 5-10 15513 Noah Parsons Sr. DB 5-9 14015 Kyle Brown Jr. WO 6-4 19016 Jason Soto Jr. RB 6-1 15519 Andrew Marsh Jr. WO 5-10 16020 Dan Hart Sr. DB 5-11 16521 Brett Landrum Sr. DB 5-10 15522 Joseph Boenzi Jr. RB 5-11 19024 Patrick Su Sr. LB 5-7 15025 James Carroll Jr. DB 5-11 14526 Connor Slepikas Sr. DB 5-9 15527 Zach Deem Jr. RB 5-10 14528 Daniel Corral Jr. LB 5-10 16530 Kevin Dunlop Sr. WO 6-3 17531 Ryan Navigato Jr. DB 5-10 15532 Bobby Hess Sr. RB 5-11 17033 Travis Champer Sr. DB 5-9 18034 Joey Seybold Jr. LB 5-9 17035 Alex Kunkel Sr. LB 5-8 16536 Tyler Schleicher Jr. DB 5-10 16039 Matt Guenther Jr. LB 5-11 21040 Paul Larson Sr. DL 6-3 22541 Jake Will Sr. LB 6-0 20042 Nick Finnberg Sr. LB 5-10 17543 Luke Cella Sr. RB 5-11 17544 Quinn Einck Jr. RB 6-0 17445 Donnie Pannier Jr. RB 5-10 19046 Collin Schumock Sr. TE 6-0 16047 Ford Dickinson Sr. DL 5-10 18048 Colin Griffin Sr. LB 6-2 20052 Cody Murphy Sr. LB 5-10 18053 Doug Davis Sr. DL 6-0 18554 Christopher Goodale Jr. OL 6-1 24055 Mitch Keller Jr. DL 5-10 20560 Jordan Hunter Sr. OL 6-4 21561 Paul Douds Sr. OL 6-2 24567 Jacob Bastin Sr. OL 6-3 24568 Ryan Powers Jr. OL 5-9 22074 Kyle McNeil Sr. OL 6-3 22076 Curtis Rupnow Jr. OL 5-11 20077 Connor Chapman Sr. OL 6-4 26079 Jon Anderson Sr. OL 6-0 19581 Brian Leban Sr. TE 6-3 20582 Connor Feeney Sr. TE 6-1 18583 Dan Berendt Sr. RB 5-9 18586 Will Camacho Sr. WO 5-10 16089 Billy Douds Jr. DL 6-3 200Head coach: Rob WicinskiAssistants: Frank Martin, Gale Gross, Brad

Wendell, Paul Giambaluca, Nick Herrera, Adam Gregait

KANELANDNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.2 Dan Evers Jr. WR/DB 5-5 1453 JR Vest Jr. DB 5-9 1504 Drew David Jr. QB 6-0 1755 Gary Koehring Jr. RB/LB 6-1 2106 Kyle Pollastrini Sr. WR/LB 6-0 1757 Matt Rodriguez Jr. K 6-0 2008 Brandon Bishop Jr. WR/DB 5-8 1609 Tyler Slamans Jr. TE/LB 6-3 22010 Tyler Carlson Jr. QB/WR 6-2 18011 Zack Martinelli Sr. WR/DB 5-10 17012 John Pruett Jr. WR/DB 6-2 18516 Blake Bradford Sr. LB 5-10 18518 Connor Fedderly So. WR/LB 5-8 15020 Dylan Nauert Jr. WR/LB 6-1 19024 Grant Wooten Jr. WR/DB 6-0 16029 Ryan Lawrence Sr. RB/LB 5-10 20030 Jesse Balluff Jr. RB/LB 5-10 19031 Tanner Andrews Sr. WR/DB 6-0 16032 Nate Dyer Jr. RB/LB 5-8 200

33 Dan Goress Sr. RB/LB 5-8 16543 Kory Harner Sr. WR/DB 6-0 18544 Cole Carlson Jr. LB 5-11 18542 Michael Kinder Sr. TE/DE 6-5 22051 Bryan Endrenal Jr. OL/DL 5-9 18553 Justin Diddell Jr. OL/DL 6-4 28055 Tom VanBogaert Jr. TE/LB 6-0 19056 Sam Bower Jr. OL/DL 6-1 23057 Zach Theis Sr. OL/DL 6-4 28558 Joe Komel Jr. OL/DL 6-5 27071 Caesar Estrada Sr. OL/DL 5-10 20072 Shane Jorgensen Jr. OL/DL 6-1 26574 Jaumaureo Phillips Jr. OL/DL 6-4 32576 Nick Sharp Sr. OL/DL 6-1 24077 Evan Ortiz Jr. OL/DL 6-1 27078 Alex Snyder Jr. OL/DL 6-0 27079 Bradley Johnson Sr. OL/DL 6-5 240Head Coach: Tom Fedderly Assistants: Keith Snyder, Patrick Ryan, Eric

Delaney, Ryan Gierke, Marcus Goedken, John Pav-lak, Brian Aversa, Jonathon Busch, Mike Thorgesen

MARMIONNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.2 Eddy Graham Jr. K 5-9 1503 Charlie Faunce Sr. QB/B 6-2 1956 Jake Ruddy Sr. B/B 5-11 17010 Brennan Giffin Jr. QB/B 6-0 16011 Brock Krueger Jr. QB/B 6-2 19013 Tom Jude Sr. E/B 6-1 18020 Sean Kozak Jr. E/B 6-2 17021 Erik Fitzgerald Sr. B/B 5-7 15022 Jordan Glasgow So. B/LB 6-0 19023 Jordan Sullivan So. B/B 5-10 16024 Josh Meyers Jr. B/LB 6-0 16025 Sam Breen Jr. B/LB 6-0 16026 Matt Fredericks Jr. E/B 6-0 16027 Charlie Clohecy Sr. TE/LB 6-2 21533 Mike Montalbano Jr. B/LB 5-11 18534 Matt Lally Sr. TE/LB 5-11 19042 Mitch Feltz Jr. B/LB 5-10 16544 Nick Ferraro Jr. TE/LB 5-11 18046 Cody Snodgrass Sr. B/LB 5-11 20550 Stanley Sullivan Sr. G/T 5-10 21054 Peter Shares Sr. C/T 6-2 24555 Andy Matthews Jr. C/T 5-11 21056 Matt Smith Sr. G/E 6-3 23057 Zach Siwiec Jr. G/T 6-1 20560 Paul Khoury Jr. G/T 5-8 18061 Chris Unruh Jr. G/T 5-10 20565 Kyle O’Dwyer Jr. T/T 6-2 23566 Joe Talbot Jr. G/E 6-1 19567 Jimmy Rogers Jr. G/E 6-2 18068 Erik Eckberg Jr. T/T 6-6 30069 Kevin Lin Sr. T/T 5-11 26070 Oscar Garza Jr. T/T 6-0 25071 Jamie Conway Jr. C/T 6-0 28573 Paul Gunderson Sr. G/T 5-10 21074 Ricardo Fernandez Sr. T/T 6-3 29075 Mike Hughes Sr. T/T 5-11 23076 Patrick Bakala Sr. T/T 6-1 28077 Alex Fritz Sr. T/T 6-0 22580 Ross Moshinsky Jr. TE/LB 6-2 20082 Seth Sevenich Jr. E/B 5-10 15083 Tyler Eberth Jr. E/B 6-2 18084 Dan Bicknell Jr. TE/LB 6-2 205Head coach: Dan ThorpeAssistants: Tim Betustak, Jim Bonebrake, Mike

Budzinski, Jay Cherwin, Joe Currie, Andy Damato, Ed Degeter, Justin Dimitri, Geoff Durian, Bob Friel, Brian Giffin, Jim Juriga, Matt Perez, Dave Rakow, Mike Shares

ST. CHARLES EASTNo. Name Ht. Wt. 2 Brannon Barry 6-4 2003 Chris Segretto 5-11 1704 Sam Malone 5-9 1955 Trevor Zajicek 6-0 1906 Mike Eyre 6-0 2057 LJ Rutkowski 5-9 1608 Andrew Szyman 6-2 2059 Andrew Badowski 5-10 17510 Matt Allen 6-0 19511 Kevin Cedillo 5-8 160

12 Justin Cameron 5-10 19013 Anthony Sciarrino 6-0 19014 David Knudsen 6-1 15515 Mitch Depuis 5-11 18016 Matt Meyers 5-6 15017 Jimmy Mitchell 6-0 18018 John Paoli 5-7 13519 Adam Free 5-9 17520 Mike Candre 6-0 18521 Erik Anderson 6-0 19022 Michael Grohe 5-7 14524 Jordan Ford 5-10 15525 James Jones 6-0 18527 Connor McDermott 5-9 17528 Matt Lang 5-10 15529 Xander Doria 5-11 18030 Mitch Munroe 5-9 16532 Vince Locascio 5-9 15533 Jon Finn 5-11 19534 Joe Hoscheit 6-0 21535 Scott Robak 5-10 16539 Geno Rogers 5-9 15042 Spencer Santoro 5-11 19544 Brad Kearbey 5-11 17545 Brian Spino 5-10 16049 Alec Jacquot 5-10 16050 Jose Flores 5-11 22551 Ian Crawford 6-0 19553 Steven Jagodzinski 5-8 19054 Pat Frio 5-11 20555 Nate Reed 6-2 21556 Keegan Furmanski 5-11 19057 Zack Roberts 6-0 22558 Tommy Wilson 6-2 25559 Vinny Mugnolo 5-9 19060 Dan Henaughan 6-0 17561 Josh Caicedo 5-4 17062 Brennan Bosch 6-1 24063 Ben Smith 5-10 23565 Cullen Cady 5-11 22070 Jack Schultz 6-3 23072 Peter Banks 5-11 21075 Brian Dodson 6-3 25077 Nick Asquini 6-1 18581 Robert Kudlicki 6-0 18082 Tyler Windau 6-3 21583 Matt Arvizu 5-8 15585 Phil Hopper 6-0 20088 Nathan Campana 6-2 16590 Luke Spicer 6-2 18092 Gage Harshbarger 5-10 175

ST. CHARLES NORTHNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. 1 Jonathan Elliott Jr. DB 5-9 1502 Nick McCullough Sr. DB 6-1 1853 Patrick O’Brien Sr. DB 5-11 1604 Ricky Kauffmann Sr. WR 5-9 1655 Alec Datoli Sr. LB 5-11 2006 Zachary Loess Sr. WR 5-11 1608 Benjamin Kaplan Sr. WR 6-4 1809 Ryan Fischbach Sr. QB 6-4 21510 Connor Larson Sr. WR 6-1 17511 Grant Loess Sr. WR 5-10 16512 Erik Miller Jr. QB 6-3 19013 Zach Kirby Sr. WR 5-11 16014 Alek Druck Sr. WR 6-1 16015 Kevin Dawrant Jr. QB 6-3 19016 Dylan Sathchakham Jr. LB 5-11 19518 Dylan Hunter Jr. WR 5-9 15519 Aidan Gleeson Sr. WR 6-3 19020 Cody Mayhak Sr. LB 5-11 17521 Fabian Lara Sr. LB 5-10 18522 George Edlund Sr. RB 5-10 19023 Anthony Presta Sr. DB 5-11 18524 Nicholas Lynch Sr. RB/LB 5-9 19025 Conor Lee Sr. DB 5-10 27526 Josh Kohon Jr. WR 6-2 18027 Mitchell Riggs Jr. DB 6-1 17028 Matt Prestemon Jr. LB 5-11 18531 Jon Merriweather Jr. WR 6-0 15533 Josh Phelan Sr. WR/DB 6-0 17034 Evan Kurtz Jr. RB/LB 6-3 21535 Miles Harris Jr. RB 5-8 17036 Tim Hausl Jr. RB 6-0 180

37 Reece Conroyd Jr. LB 5-11 20038 Cameron MacKenzie Jr. LB 5-11 16540 Nick Davison Jr. LB 6-0 16541 Matt Pretet Sr. DL 6-1 19042 Lazaro Aguiar Jr. DB 5-7 15043 Tyler Ingham Sr. LB 5-11 17045 Tyler Kane Jr. LB 5-11 18546 Cyrus Amani Jr. LB 5-9 18550 Mark Rubidge Jr. DL 5-9 15051 Sal DeStefano Jr. LB 5-9 18052 Matt Butler Jr. DL /K 5-8 16553 Kat Stutesman Jr. K/P 5-5 14054 Camden Cotter Jr. OL 6-3 21555 Wes Pasholk Sr. DL 6-2 23056 Stephen Bancroft Jr. OL 5-10 19060 Ricardo Ascencio Jr. OL 5-6 21561 Edward Pellissier Sr. OL 5-10 21564 Tony Maganini Jr. OL 5-9 21065 Spenser Sheppard Jr. OL 6-1 24566 Austin King Jr. OL 5-11 18572 Alex Smith Jr. OL 5-10 19073 Eric Giers Jr. OL 6-0 22074 Matthew Smith Sr. OL 6-3 24075 Ryan Bagnell Jr. OL 6-3 23076 Richard Mix Jr. DL 5-10 21577 Guillermo Macedo Sr. DL 6-2 21078 Brock Mayhak Sr. DL 6-0 17080 Jomari Villaluz Jr. DB 5-9 15081 Nate Newbill Jr. WR 5-9 15083 Garrett Johnson Jr. WR/DL 6-6 23585 Thomas Cunningham Jr. LB 5-10 16089 Jason Mattie Jr. DB 5-10 14090 Greg Dierking Jr. LB 5-11 19592 Carter Gianacakos Jr. DL 6-0 22598 Logan Hanson Jr. DL 6-0 210Head coach: Mark GouldAssistants: Jared McCall, Tom Poulin, Chip

McPheeters

WHEATON ACADEMYNo. Name Yr. Pos. 2 Camden Meade So. WR/LB7 Nathan Lopez Jr. WR/S9 Matthew Casto Sr. WR/S12 Max Tucker So. QB/S13 Graham Cote So. WR/CB14 Conrad Devin Sr. RB/CB16 Andrew Casto Jr. WR/S17 Nate Martinez Sr. QB/LB19 Justin Sergeant Sr. RB/CB20 David Leffler Jr. RB/CB21 Luke Doncel So. RB/ CB22 John Mark Wiersema Sr. RB/LB24 Joel Swick Sr. RB/S25 Marino Costello So. WR/S26 Matthew Lindsay Sr. WR/S30 Mark Acosta Jr. OL /LB32 Scottie McLean So. RB/LB34 James Ragan So. TE/LB38 Connor Kramer Jr. TE/LB45 John Gemmel Jr. RB/LB50 Alex Budzisz Jr. OL /DL52 Bailey Hill Jr. OL /DL54 Daniel Sedjo Jr. OL /DL55 Justin Berg So. OL /DL56 Peter Ferrill Sr. OL /LB58 John Acosta So. OL /LB60 Josh Dutton So. OL /DL63 Tommy Miller Sr. OL /DL66 Theodore Selvaggio Jr. OL /DL70 Chris Williams Jr. OL /DL75 Joshua Adams Sr. OL /DL76 David Westfallen Jr. OL /DL77 Christian Evans Sr. OL /DL78 Moon Suk Park Sr. OL /DL79 Taylor Johnson Jr. OL /DL80 Tyler Melby Sr. WR/CB83 Sam Martinez So. WR/S84 Jameson Brinks Sr. WR/LB

Editor’s note: The St. Francis roster was not available as of press time.

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