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Fenger
dedicates win in honor of coach’s wife Week 5 kicked off with a special dedication for south side football coach over at Fenger, Albert Cruse’s wife, Cynthia, who lost her battle with cancer. Coach Cruse decided to coach the team on Thursday evening in a Heartland Conference victory over Crane, 30-0 at Rockne stadium. As difficult as it was to coach the team one day after burying his wife, this is what she “demanded us to do,” said Cruse. ‘‘We [The three of us] had this discussion many times, this is not what she asked us to do; it is what she demanded us to do.” They also has a son, Al Jr., who plays for Hubbard. |
The Rockets blast pass Olympians
| In an important Southland Conference battle, the Rockets pulled out the rec league playbook to win the game 14-6. They got on the scoreboard first on a perfect halfback pass from Darryl Anthony's to Johnnie Jones in the back of the endzone. "It was a last-second thought," Anthony said. "I was going to run, but saw (Jones) open. It's rare, we only use it when we need it. I just had to get the team momentum up." |
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| In the second half, the Rockets came out with a 12 play, 80 yards drive that concluded with a short run by Jeremiah Dyer (20 carries, 80 yards). The Olympians got on the scoreboard with a short power run by senior Giorgio Bowers (14 carries, 69 yards). They fail on the extra point attempt. |
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To lock down the victory, Josh Dyer, yup Jeremiah's brother, made an interception with a little more than 3 minutes left in the game. Then the offense was able to drain the clock.
| "The (halfback pass) worked out," Rich East coach Barry Reade said. "We practiced that all week and I decided that was the time to use it. For us, it was a playoff game. we couldn't afford to go 2-3 and then have win out." |
Southland Conference breaks a record!!!
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On a wet, foggy, and muddy homecoming evening, the
Stars took on the Blazing Trojans. This game was truly playing in
between the tackles with both teams running the ball consistently.
The Stars struck first on a touchdown run and took the early lead 6-0 on
a run by Shaquille Jones.
The Blazing Trojans got on the board via their special teams play in the second quarter when Aaron Ivory blocked a punt and ran it to the house. |
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| Then, history was made... Sam(antha) Angell successfully made the extra point. This wasn't just a regular extra point... This was the first female place kicker to successfully kick an extra point. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! |
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Now, back to the game... the Stars marched down the field
and was able to connect with several big runs by Thomas Mathias and
Shaquille Jones. Unfortunately on one possession, the Stars powered
their way down the field into the red zone, but fumbled the ball at the
goal line - recovered by Bloom with 6:26 left in the third. They were
not able to score on this possession. The quarter concluded with the
score of Bloom 13 - Rich South 12.
NOTE: Stars second touchdown can be viewed by clicking here. |
Homecoming performance
Bloom scored again on the defensive side of the ball with an interception with 5:10 left to put the game away at 19-12.
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The Griffins show why they are force in the Blue...
Homewood-Flossmoor
- Coming into this Southwest Suburban Blue contest, the Vikings (0-4) was
without 6 starters including quarterback Tim Williams, who has more than 600
yards in the air at this time, due to a wrist injury. This made the contest
very difficult, not to mention according to coach Kenneth Smith,
"Lincoln-Way East (4-0)
is head and shoulders above everybody we've seen.
Nothing against the teams
we've played -- we've played two 4-0 teams and a 3-1, and those are good
teams -- but Lincoln-Way East is one of the top teams, if not the No. 1
team, in the state."
| On the other side of the ball, the Griffins have averaged 49 points in their last three games. In addition, the maturity of Ryne Van Gennep, who discovered the hard way that playing quarterback isn’t as glamorous as it is often portrayed, has catapulted the team in the top 5 rankings and a serious contender for the Class 7A title. "A lot of years he would have been talented enough to start as junior, but he had an all-state kid (Spencer Stanek) in front of him," Lincoln-Way East coach Rob Zvonar said. "We're real proud of Ryne. He was in that position for the first time in his life, and instead of wasting time he kept working to improve and learn the system.” |
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"The
group of guys around me are great athletes," Van Gennep said. "That has
made the job easier. Not playing last year, I did a lot of studying. I
really watched Spencer, what he did and what he was good at." His waiting and studying paid huge dividends where their offense just exploded against the Vikings on three straight second-half possessions to break things open.
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Hawks soar over
Indians
In
this key, undefeated contest, Hillcrest
(4-0) took on Lemont (4-0). As
history states, the Hawks are 0-for3 against them. Overall, the Hawks needed
to use their speed
offense
and not let the Indians
overpower them on the line. On the other side of
the ball, the Hawks needed to stop the power running of
Lemont's running back Danny
Hayes, who finished the contest with 57 yards on 21 carries and one score,
as well as stop the steady rotation of quarterbacks the Indians' use.
| On this wet night, the Hawks pressed and pressed and sent the game into overtime where quarterback Herb Offord (11-for-22, 174 yards, 1 TD) told coach Sutton he wanted the ball. Sutton gave him that chance. Offord turned the opportunity into a 16-10 upset of No. 16 Lemont. |
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After a pile of players fell over the goal line, none
of the referees made a call. Finally, the side judge gave the
touchdown signal and the Hawks pulled off an amazing come-from-behind
win. They beat Lemont (4-1, 1-1) for the first time in four meetings.
"I kept pushing and pushing with all my might," Offord said of his
quarterback sneak attempt.
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Caravan
cruise...
Whew,
coming off a defeat at
home last week against unranked Loyola, the Caravan (3-1)
came out focused. Mount
Carmel has relied heavily on RBs Denzel Thompson and Milton Greer who
carried the team with over 100 yards.
In
addition,
QB Chris Sujka showed the
huge crowed that he’s capable of rebounding
and leading the team in the
right direction against the
Meteors squad. But tonight the
defense stepped up behind the play of Chris Barcelona. Be was able to
recover a fumble deep in the Caravan red zone, sack the quarterback and get
a interception that was return 90 yards for a score. Talking about the sack
and fumble, Barcelona said "He bobbled a
quick snap and I had a blitz on, so I just got my helmet on the ball."
It was noted that De La Salle (4-0) circled this game when the schedule was released. More specifically QB Juwan Martin needed to flaunt his arm and legs to pull out the win.
Final score: 42-21
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