Area Leaders From Week 1

After each week has ended, I will post the previous weekends area leaders. Hopefully these will be updated by Wednesday afternoon at the latest.

QB's
1. Riverside-Brookfield's Billy VandeMerkt threw for 425 yards and 4 touchdowns.
2. Prospect's Miles Osei had 274 yards, 4 td's by air and 137 yards with a score by land.
3. Wheaton Academy's Brian Pell passed for 280 yards and one touchdown.
4. Hinsdale Central's John Whitelaw connected for 258 yards and 3 scores.
5. WW South's Reilly O'Toole threw for 234 yards and 3 touchdowns.

RB's
1. St. Rita's Jahwon Akui rushed for 288 yds and 5 touchdowns.
2. Glenbard North's Evin Natick raced for 249 yards and 2 scores.
T.3. Glenbrook South's Mike Hirsch raced for 202 yards and 2 touchdowns.
T.3. Neuqua Valley's Joe Ippolito dashed for 202 yards and a score.
5. Longwood's Robert Goggins reached 200 yards and had 2 touchdowns.

WR's
1. Hinsdale Central's Alex Kirk pulled in 178 yards receiving for 3 scores.
2. Prospect's Peter Bonahoom collected 124 yards receiving.
3. Bolingbrook's Chris Williams picked up 122 yards on his way to a touchdown.
T.4. Lincoln Park's Theaplus Lee, hauled in 108 yards and scored twice.
T.4. Romeoville's Donald Miller held on for 108 yards and a single touchdown.

Defense
T. 1. Washington's Carl Golston, Jr. wrapped up 14 tackles.
T. 1. Gage Park's Rashid Treadway collected 14 stops.
3. Steinmetz' Devon Scott had 13 tackles.
T. 4. De La Salle's Bobby Kerwin had 12 tackles.
T. 4. St. Viator's Michael Krzoska also had 12 tackles.

WEEK 1 IS OVA!!!

So, the first week of high school football is complete and for the most part, the games played out pretty much as many believed they would. But there were a few early season upsets. But upsets make you stronger.

A very big congrats to the Robeson defense, who allowed just 13 yards of offense during their 40-6 man handling of Julian. Dion Grace led the attack with eight tackles and three sacks while freshman Devaughn Gaultney picked up a sack and a fumble recovery. The Robeson "D" also stopped the Julian "O" 15 times behind the line of scrimmage.

In Robbie Gould like fashion, Joliet Catholic kicker Robbie Cranmer kicked a 35-yarder that split the uprights, with no clicks left on the clock, to win the game against Carmel 19-16. Congrats for not loosing your cool like I would have, Robbie, and missed the ball as I tried to kick it.

And to wrap it up, another congrats goes to the boys over at Maine East who have finally ended that horrible 39-game loosing streak they've been riding since 2004 by beating Schurz 19-9. Their last win, 22-0, came October 3, 2004 against Niles North. Feels real nice doesn't it boys?

Week 1, August 30

Sunday, August 30

Clemente 34, Washington 6
Collins 24, Wells 14
Robeson 40, Julian 6
Sacred Heart 28, (25) Montini 14

Week 1, August 29

Saturday, August 29

Ag. Science 28, Lake View 6
Amundsen 12, Urban Prep 0
Argo 44, Fenger 16
Austin 14, Uplift 0
Brooks 33, Bronzeville 0
Carver 28, Marine Academy 14
Gage Park 14, Crane 8
Geneva 13, St. Charles East 6
Glenbard North 33, Oak Park 21
Glenbrook North 28, Waukegan 0
Gordon Tech 12, Leo 0
Guerin 48, St. Francis de Sales 0
Harper 22, Foreman 12
Kennedy 39, Juarez 13
Lake Forest Academy 46, Danville-Schlarman (Ind.) 18
Lindblom 14, North Lawndale 6
Little Village 30, Tilden 14
Longwood 35, Luther North 6
Marengo 20, Chicago Christian 0
Marian Central 42, North Chicago 6
(18) Naperville Central 25, Waubonsie Valley 17
(22) Nazareth 63, Clark 8
Niles Notre Dame 43, Sullivan 6
Phoenix 46, LaLumeire (Ind.) 0
Pritzker 16, Roosevelt 8
Raby 30, Marshall 28
Ready (Ohio) 31, Immaculate Conception 30
Rich East 27, Eisenhower 0
Rochelle 38, Corliss 6
Senn 42, Farragut 0
St. Joseph 34, Ridgewood 14
St. Patrick 22, Proviso East 15
(6) St. Rita 35, Portage (Ind.) 20
South Elgin 24, Marmion 14
T.F. North 61m Gary Bowman (Ind.) 12
Thornwood 6, Bloom 0
Taft 35, Kelly 26
Vernon Hills 42, Niles West 12
(16) Warren 20, New Trier 6

Week 1, August 28

Friday, August 28

ACT 26, Noble Street 18
Alden-Hebron 63, Christian Liberty Academy 0
Antioch 34, Streamwood 0
Bartlett 47, Hoffman Estates 0
Benet 21, Oswego East 6
Bishop McNamara 27, St. Ignatius 14
Bogan 22, Tinley Park 15
(5) Bolingbrook 16, (15) Downers South 14
Bowen 14, Chicago Academy 6
Buffalo Grove 26, Mundelein 0
(23) Cary-Grove 40, Crystal Lake Central 0
Coal City 28, Seneca 21
(24) Crete-Monee 27, T.F. South 13
Crystal Lake South 24, Grant 7
Curie 24, Kenwood 18
De La Salle 28, Lane 7
Deerfield 19, Z-B 14
DeKalb 38, Ottawa 12
Dundee-Crown 19, Elgin 18
DuSable 47, Aurora Christian 0
Elk Grove 49, Niles North 7
Evergreen Park 48, Elmwood Park 0
Fenwick 32, Rock Island 0
Fremd 10, Lake Zurich 7
Geneseo 42, Manley 0
Genoa-Kingston 44, Aurora Central 0
Glenbard East 27, Willowbrook 7
(8) Glenbard West 49, Glenbard South 0
Glenbrook South 38, Minooka 14
Grayslake North 22, Woodstock North 6
Harlan 33, Hirsch 6
Herscher 27, Dwight 6
Hillcrest 40, Thornton 22
Hope Academy 20, Hiawatha 14
Hubbard 13, South Bend Adams (Ind.) 0
Huntley 28, Wauconda 23
Jacobs 21, Moline 9
Johnsburg 12, Grayslake Central 7
(9) Joliet Catholic 19, (13) Carmel 16
Kaneland 35, Burlington Central 0
Kankakee 30, Bradley-Bourbonnais 22
King 48, Hyde Park 8
Lake Park 34, Conant 20
Lakes 55, Perspectives Calumet 0
Larkin 15, McHenry 6
(20) Lemont 53, Hope 0
Leyden 28, Fenton 0
Libertyville 22, Barrington 21
Lincoln Park 38, Douglass 6
Lincoln-Way Central 13, Lincoln-Way North 0
(14) Lincoln-Way East 28, (11) Providence 7
Lincoln-Way West 32, Plainfield East 8
Lockport 49, Downers North 18
(19) Loyola 23, Evanston 7
Lyons 31, Plainfield Central 8
Maine East 19, Schurz 9
(2) Maine South 64, Schaumburg 35
Marian Catholic 34, H-F 18
Marist 52, Vocational 14
Mendota 40, Walther Lutheran 13
Metamora 53, Riverside-Brookfield 42
Mooseheart 21, North Shore 0
Morgan Park 19, (17) Brother Rice 3
Morton 30, Reavis 6
(4) Mount Carmel 53, Simeon 27
(7) Naperville North 28, Neuqua Valley 21, 2 OT
Oak Forest 44, Orr 0
Oswego 6, (21) Morris 3, OT
Palatine 38, Lake Forest 31
Payton 51, Rauner 8
Phillips 32, Englewood 6
Plainfield North 36, West Chicago 7
Plainfield South 20, Dunbar 14
Prairie Ridge 41, Woodstock 14
Plano 34, Peotone 13
Prospect 41, York 27
Prosser 14, Kelvyn Park 8
Proviso West 16, Stagg 9
Reed-Custer 17, Lisle 0
Rich Central 23, Bremen 8
Richards 28, Joliet 7
Richmond-Burton 35, Oregon 7
Rolling Meadows 48, Dyett 0
Romeoville 34, Hinsdale South 12
Sandburg 26, Andrew 7
Sandwich 45, Westmont 12
Shepard 20, Oak Lawn 14
Stevenson 34, Highland Park 0
St. Charles North 43, Batavia 13
St. Edward 32, Hampshire 6
St. Francis 35, Yorkville 7
St. Laurence 48, Hales 0
St. Viator 14, Hersey 0
Steinmetz 21, Mather 16
Sycamore 42, Streator 7
Thornridge 13, Rich South 12
Thornwood 6, Bloom 0, OT
West Aurora 46, East Aurora 13
Westosha Central (Wis.) 24, Round Lake 0
Wheaton Academy 28, Momence 18
Wheaton North 23, Addison Trail 7
Wheeling 27, Maine West 13
Wilmington 56, Manteno 7
(1) WW South 34, (3) Hinsdale Central 26
Young 32, South Shore 0

Mt. Carmel loses coach for first 2

When somebody doesn't follow rules in high school, and they are caught by an authoritative figure, they are usually sent to the dean for a short reprimanding. Or the authoritative figure skips the dean and writes the rule breaker a pass to detention at the end of the day. But a detention, however, wasn't enough punishment for Mt. Carmel athletic director/head football coach Frank Lenti, according to IHSA director Marty Hickman.

The rule that Lenti or Principal Rev. Carl Markelz broke was making contact with about 400 possible future students/players, by sending marketing letters that invited the future students to a playoff football game, which breaks a recruiting bylaw.

Mt. Carmel has cooperated with the IHSA on the matter and has developed a plan to make sure this type of activity never happens again.

Lenti has coached for just over 2 1/2 decades and has won nine of the 13 state championship games his teams have played in.

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Rickover says goodbye

Rickover High School has dropped from the Chicago Public League's Inter City 1 section and will not field a team for the 2009 season.

The Sea Dragons finished the 2008 season at 2-7.

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Just Say No To Drugs

The scandals of athletes who use Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED's) fill the pages of newspapers and magazines on a pretty regular basis. It might have been major league ball bashers Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire using a little something extra to excite the nation in that magnificent home run chase a few years back. Or maybe it was Brian Bosworth way back in the day poping pills to keep that tough guy persona he had going for him. And hell, it might have even been Kyle Petty of NASCAR fame using something to help him win a race. (But we, well, some of us anyway, know that nothing could help him win a race.)

Because the youth of this country hold athletes so high and most dream to someday be in the majors of their sport of choice, perhaps the professional use of PED's has trickled down to the youngsters.

And if it has, it won't be tolerable any longer. Well, in Illinois anyway.

Illinois is one of the four states to allow student athletes to be tested for PED's. Something that fans of any level of competition should be thankful for.

Welcome to Running It In For Two

Because I love high school football and have lost my job at the Chicago Sun-Times for whatever reason they have decided, this here little blog will be, well, the scores, some highlights, maybe an interview or two of coaches/players/fans/cheerleaders over the entire season. If I still like doing this stuff come November, it'll be up and going again in 2010. If you have something to send me about your personal stats, team stats yadda-yadda-yadda, shoot me an e-mail.

Thanks .

Freddy