Benet Academy Hires New as New Head Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Illinois HIgh School Football Huddle

Former Benet Academy star Pat New is the school's new head football coach.

New takes over for Gary Goforth, who resigned after 22-years as the school's head coach. The Daily Herald reports that New is looking forward to returning to his alma mater.

St. Rita to Play in Tripleheader in East St. Louis

by Jeff Fisher
Illinois High School Football Huddle
Want to thank my friend RitaFootball on Twitter for the heads-up on what appears to be a very good high school football tripleheader Labor Day weekend in East. St. Louis.

St. Rita is scheduled to play Jefferson City from Missouri in the middle game of the tripleheader that will also feature East. St. Louis and DeSmet, which made it Missouri's Class 6 semifinals last year. East St. Louis is expected to play a team from Florida, while DeSmet may play a team from Georgia in what is being billed as the "City of Champions Classic at East St. Louis".

Last season St. Rita won its sixth Prep Bowl championship, beating Chicago Public League championship Simeon 34-20. The Mustangs advanced to 7A quarterfinals where they were beaten by eventual state champ Wheaton Warrenville South.



Jefferson City advanced to the Class 6 quarterfinals last season where the Jays lost to DeSmet and finished with a 9-3 record. According to on-line reports, Jefferson City should be strong this year with a number of key starters back from last year's team.

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Illinois - 2010 National Signing Day

Shawn Afryl (Niles West) OL - Illinois
Tyler Anderson (Guilford) P/K - Northern Illinois
Greg Barksdale (Crete-Monee) LB - Northern Illinois
Mickey Baucus (Carmel) OL - Arizona
Brandon Beitzel (Geneva) QB - Grand Valley St.
Frank Boenzi (Geneva) DT - Northern Illinois
D.J. Bland (De La Salle) DB - Eastern Illinois
Da'Ron Brown (Morgan Park) QB - Northern Illinois
Chance Carter (Loyola Academy) DL - Northwestern
C.J. Compher (Sycamore) TE - Northern Illinois
Corey Cooper (Proviso East) - Nebraska
Mike Cornely (Buffalo Grove) WR - Southern Illinois
Adam Drake (Charleston) QB - Eastern Illinois
Taylor Duncan (Marshall) QB - Eastern Illinois
Fabbians Ebbele (Simeon) OL - Arizona
C.J. Fiedorowicz (Johnsburg) TE - Iowa
Ed Fink (Althoff) LB - Kansas
De'Ron Flood (O'Fallon) TE - Purdue
Niko Foltys (Lockport Township) DE - Eastern Illinois
Andy Gallik (Brother Rice) OL - Boston College
Jimmy Garappolo (Rolling Meadows) QB - Eastern Illinois
Bruce Gaston (St. Rita) DT - Purdue
Taylor Graham (Wheaton North) QB - Ohio St.
Marlandez Harris (Sacred Heart-Griffin) DL - Indiana
Marckie Hayes (Sycamore) DB - Northern Illinois
Michael Heitz (South Fulton) OL - Illinois
Mike Hellams (Bolingbrook) LB - Northern Illinois
Warren Herring II (Belleville East) DE - Wisconsin
Pete Houlihan (Providence Catholic) DB - Eastern Illinois
Jake Howe (McHenry East) FB - Illinois
Brian Jones (Morgan Park) CB - Ball St.
Sam Kachanuk (Havana) OL - Western Illinois
Jamal Keaton (King College Prep) OL - Western Illinois
Marcus Lee (Bolingbrook) LB - Eastern Illinois
Marek Lenkiewicz (Andrew) OL - Minnesota
Dylan McElveen (Crete-Monee) DB - Wyoming
LaSteven McKinney (Nazareth Academy) RB - Southern Illinois
Antoine Lewis (Proviso East) CB - Purdue
Tyler Loos (Sterling) OL - Northern Illinois
David McDaniel (O'Fallon) DB - Western Illinois
Greg McKee (MLK) OL - Connecticut
Mark Mosley (Morgan Park) DE - Ball St.
Miles Osei (Prospect) QB - Illinois
Matt Perez (Maine South) QB - Indiana
Sean Robinson (Rochester) QB - Purdue
Michael Santacaterina (Geneva) - Northern Illinois
Collin Seibert (Oswego) OL - Eastern Illinois
Jack Sherlock (Mount Carmel) LB - South Dakota St.
John Sintich (Marist) OL - Western Illinois
Cameron Stingily (Romeoville) LB - Northern Illinois
Mack Tracey (Wheaton Warrenville South) WR - Southern Illinois
Louis Trinca-Pasat (Lane Tech) DL - Iowa
Austin Teitsma (Glenbard South) DL - Illinois
Laken Tomlinson (Lane Tech) OL - Duke
Brandon Tucker (Bolingbrook) DT - Eastern Illinois
Jon Voytilla (St. Charles East) DL - Eastern Illinois
Chandler Whitmer (Dowers Grove South) QB - Illinois