Suburban Christian Blue football preview

Updated: August 28, 2011 2:52PM

SUBURBAN CHRISTIAN BLUE

Outlook: The conference boasts the defending Class 5A champion (Montini) and Class 6A runner-up (Marmion) and adds last year’s Gold Division champion, St. Edward, to the mix. Montini WR Jordan Westerkamp is committed to Nebraska and St. Edward DT/OT Evan Finnane is drawing Big Ten interest.

Top five players Ht. Wt. Yr.

OL Kyle Bosch, St. Francis 6-5 280 Jr.

RB/LB Luke Duffy, St. Edward 5-11 185 Sr.

DT/OT Evan Finnane, St. Edward 6-7 260 Sr.

OL/DL Ryan Glasgow, Marmion 6-4 270 Sr.

WR/DB Jordan Westerkamp, Montini 6-2 190 Sr.

Quote: “We won the Gold last year and are moving over to the Blue. We were very competitive with those teams in 2008 in the old Suburban Catholic Conference, so we hope to be competitive again.” — St. Edward coach Mike Rolando.

Did you know? St. Francis and Wheaton Academy will both be nomads for the season. St. Francis will play its entire home slate at the College of DuPage while Wheaton Academy will play at four sites for its five home games (Wheaton College twice, Elmhurst College, College of DuPage and West Chicago).

Predicted finish: Montini, Marmion, Marian Central, St. Francis, St. Edward, Wheaton Academy.

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