Adversity is no stranger to Mount Carmel. An Illinois record 15 state championships, including Class 7A titles each of the past two seasons, were not attained without overcoming obstacles. The Caravan’s 2024 season-opener, however, presented a different kind of challenge as they hosted an East Coast prep school that featured players old enough to be […]
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2024 Football Preview | Lyons has high hopes after agonizing end to last season
CONFERENCE: West Suburban Silver HEAD COACH: Jon Beutjer 2023 RECORD: 7-4 (lost 17-14 loss to York in the second round of the Class 8A playoffs) OUTLOOK: A last-second field goal in their second-round playoff game against York prevented the Lions from advancing to the Class 8A quarterfinals. A team with 14 returning starters is determined […]
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Clear-Ridge Reporter and NewsHound August 28, 2024
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2024 High School Football Preview | Brother Rice will have tough road to hoe
CONFERENCE: Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference Blue HEAD COACH: Casey Quedenfeld 2023 RECORD: 5-5 2024 OUTLOOK: No one said it was going to be easy. The Crusaders will play defending Class 8A champion Loyola and defending Class 7A champion Mount Carmel as well as a contest against Class 4A runner-up St. Laurence. There are […]
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2024 Football Preview | Stuart Ross closing in on Saint Xavier all-time passing mark
CONFERENCE: Mid-States Football Association Midwest League HEAD COACH: Mike Feminis 2023 RECORD: 8-4 OUTLOOK: If the conference coaches are correct, the battle for supremacy in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League is wide open. Marian was voted the preseason top team with 21 points and three first-place votes, while Saint Xavier was second with 20 […]
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2024 Football Preview | Mt. Carmel aims to make it four state titles in five seasons
CONFERENCE: Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference Blue HEAD COACH: Jordan Lynch (won class 7A state championship) 2023 RECORD: 13-1 2024 OUTLOOK: Mount Carmel is looking for a 16th state championship, which would be its third consecutive title and fourth in five seasons. The Caravan and Joliet Catholic are tied for the most state titles […]
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2024 Football Preview | St. Rita looks to build on Prep Bowl title
CONFERENCE: Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference Green HEAD COACH: Martin Hopkins 2023 RECORD: 8-5 (lost in first round of Class 7A playoffs; won Prep Bowl) OUTLOOK: While 2023 wasn’t looking all that special for a Mustangs team that lost in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs, they went wild in the Catholic […]
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2024 Football Preview | Nazareth aiming for third straight state title
CONFERENCE: Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference Green HEAD COACH: Tim Racki 2023 RECORD: 9-5 2024 OUTLOOK: After two years of making IHSA history with less-than-sparkling regular-season records and spectacular postseason runs that resulted in Class 5A state championships, veteran coach Tim Racki is ready to tighten things up the first nine games of the […]
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2024 Football Preview | Marist looks to right ship under new coach Mike Fitzgerald after rare losing season
CONFERENCE: Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference Orange HEAD COACH: Mike Fitzgerald 2023 RECORD: 4-5 OUTLOOK: The RedHawks have plenty of experience on both sides of the ball to try to make everyone to forget about last year’s rare losing record. Defensive linemen Brad Fitzgibbon (Iowa) and Achilles Anderson (Harvard) have made verbal commitments to […]
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2024 Football Preview | Returning star RB Rizzs, transfer QB Kwiatkowksi have St. Laurence thinking big
CONFERENCE: Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference White HEAD COACH: Adam Nissen 2023 RECORD: 10-4 (lost 59-38 to Rochester in the Class 4A state championship game) 2024 OUTLOOK: Not many people thought St. Laurence was going to be a state power last year, but the Vikings put on a show in the postseason and finished […]