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Football: Kaneland hangs on to top St Francis

As stunning as St. Francis’ opening drive was Saturday night, so too was host Kaneland’s response. The top-seeded Knights didn’t let Spartans’ running back Jack …

  • Nov 12, 2011

St Francis ends first-round slump

St. Francis wasn’t about to settle for another early exit from the postseason Saturday night. With momentum starting to tip in favor of visiting Burlington …

  • Oct 29, 2011

St Edward falls short of making playoffs

It was do or done for the St. Edward football team Friday night. The Green Wave needed to beat Suburban Christian Blue Division opponent St. …

  • Oct 22, 2011

St Francis fast start is enough

Friday’s 20-14 St. Francis win over Marmion was a tale of two halves for the Spartans. They roared out to a 20-0 halftime lead and …

  • Oct 8, 2011

Fast start paces the Spartans to victory

Jack Petrando and Nate Baratta each scored three touchdowns to lead St. Francis over visiting Wheaton Academy 56-12. It was 14-0 before the Spartans’ (3-1, …

  • Sep 17, 2011

St Francis scores late to edge Vernon Hills

St. Francis doesn’t tie games. It wins them. After a Nick Donati 10-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Rutkowski with four seconds to play cut the …

  • Sep 3, 2011

Suburban Christian Blue football preview

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, …

  • Aug 24, 2011

St. Francis tops ACC

Host St. Francis improved to 5-3 with a 42-7 Suburban Christian Conference crossover win over Aurora Central Catholic (2-6). The Spartans put the Chargers in …

  • Oct 16, 2010

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