Blake Baumgartner

It was a relationship borne out of circumstance and fate, but Naperville North's Tommy Welch is more than thankful. Welch's eyes were wide open last season, taking it all in...

Benet's Matt Boyle had been prepping for it all week. The senior quarterback desperately wanted to contribute after being sidelined since September because of a broken thumb. Nine minutes into...

Sophomore quarterback Colin Gillespie remembers it as if it were yesterday. "All through middle school I was a running back," Gillespie said. "At a summer camp for Benet, going into...

The challenge for Benet's Ben Hickey was not a simple one. The junior running back faced a tall task, replacing two-year starter Marty Dosen. After all, Dosen rushed for 904...

By any means, it wasn't an unfamiliar situation for Jayden Reed. He knew it was just a matter of time before the request was made by Naperville Central's coaching staff....

Benet's Victor Karam doesn't faze easily. The senior kicker doesn't garner the limelight of some of his teammates, but on a misty and foggy Saturday night, Karam stood out in...

It was a drive every football purist could get behind. Five plays, all runs, for 84 yards, resulting in a touchdown over the course of 76 seconds. But for Naperville...

Whatever it takes to win. In his eight years, Benet coach Pat New hasn't been afraid to put some of his players in unfamiliar situations. Michael Wymer stepped into those...