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Cabanban brought the ball<br />
down to the Crusaders’<br />
20-yard line in six plays.<br />
Brother Rice then stiffened,<br />
putting the Ram-<br />
32 | September 20, 2018 | The glenview lantern sports<br />
glenviewlantern.com<br />
Football<br />
Loyola routed by Brother Rice, sitting in new seat<br />
Neil Milbert<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Loyola Academy’s<br />
sophomore team surmounted<br />
a three touchdown<br />
first half deficit and<br />
won on a field goal on the<br />
last play of the game.<br />
That was the highlight<br />
of the Ramblers’ trip to<br />
Brother Rice on Sept. 15.<br />
Saying that the varsity<br />
was unable to come up<br />
with an encore is an understatement.<br />
“It’s been over a decade<br />
since we lost like this,”<br />
Loyola head oach John<br />
Holecek lamented after<br />
the Ramblers were routed<br />
35-3. “It was such a debacle—offensively<br />
and<br />
defensively—that I can’t<br />
put my finger on anything.<br />
“Obviously, they’re a<br />
good team and they’re<br />
rolling. They executed<br />
in every aspect and we<br />
didn’t. They have some<br />
good weapons. We had to<br />
play catch up and that’s<br />
not our forte.”<br />
Loyola Academy versus Brother Rice<br />
1 2 3 4 F<br />
Loyola 0 3 3 3 3<br />
Brother 7 7 14 7 35<br />
Rice<br />
Top Performers<br />
1. John Bean, QB — 248 passing yards, 1 passing TD, 53<br />
rushing yards, 1 rushing TD<br />
2. Brother Rice defense — four interceptions<br />
3. Nate Van Zelst, kicker — 38-yard field goal<br />
The Ramblers trailed<br />
7-0 at the end of the first<br />
quarter and 14-0 when the<br />
second quarter was in its<br />
infancy before Nate Van<br />
Zelst’s 38-yard field goal<br />
put them on the scoreboard<br />
midway through the<br />
quarter.<br />
Brother Rice answered<br />
immediately with a 74-<br />
yard touchdown drive and<br />
maintained its momentum<br />
by scoring again in the<br />
third and fourth quarters.<br />
The loss in their Catholic<br />
League Blue Division<br />
opener was the second<br />
straight for the Ramblers<br />
(2-2). They were defeated<br />
at home 17-12 the previous<br />
week by Mount Carmel,<br />
a game in which they<br />
were stopped on the goal<br />
line on the last play.<br />
Undefeated Brother<br />
Rice (4-0) was led on offense<br />
by quarterback John<br />
Bean, who completed<br />
14 of 20 passes for 248<br />
yards and ran 12 times<br />
for 46 yards and another<br />
touchdown, and by running<br />
back Jessi Plunkett,<br />
who rushed for two touchdowns.<br />
Spearheading the defense<br />
in the Crusaders’<br />
first victory over Loyola<br />
since 2014 was defensive<br />
Loyola Academy’s Aidan McHugh tries to bring down a Brother Rice player on Friday,<br />
Sept. 14 in Chicago. photos by Margo Grogan/22nd Century Media<br />
back Danny Fitzgerald,<br />
who returned a fumble<br />
recovery 55 yards for a<br />
touchdown and accounted<br />
for two of their four interceptions.<br />
Ironically, the Ramblers<br />
made a good first impression.<br />
Michael Gavric<br />
fielded the opening kickoff<br />
with a fair catch at his<br />
own 29-yard line and the<br />
passing of Matthew Schiltz<br />
and running of Trevor<br />
Please see football, 30<br />
Loyola Academy’s Michael Gavric runs the ball against Brother Rice defenders.<br />
Trevor Cabanban (8) rushes the ball against a Crusaders defense that limited the<br />
Ramblers.
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