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Great post and thanks to Milkman for his post. I went to Rice when it had way more kids than it does today. Got cut from basketball even tho our Q of M team won the city league title and got cut from baseball as there were so many kids they worked tryouts over several days by position, LOL. I like to follow high school sports in my old stomping grounds from afar and was hoping Rice could win a title or two. I know the Catholic schools recruit it's always been that way. We finally recruited the best kids in the area I guess, lol.

Nice move. Our pitching staff needs a bunch of bodies some to emerge as studs; others to fall to the DFA wayside. This guy sounds like a good candidate for success.

That is so cool of the police. Call the newspapers and give them the tip it happened. The Rice kids and coaches deserve all the praise they can get. That is so cool of the cops. Bless them.

Congrats to you and your son! Both offensive line and defensive line are so good. The boys and the coaches were truly dominant and now will go down in history as one of the top 2 teams in school history, arguably the finest team. In this day and age they had what, one close game all year? Glad Rita advanced instead of one of the Lincoln Ways. You can't win without a great running game and our linemen made it possible along with some skilled backs including that outstanding QB. Coach Q obviously is a genius coming from Cali and recruiting a great team and coaching them up. Badke should take a bow for starting this return to dominance (along with Marist of course) of the far south side. Mt. Carmel can't be touched; glad they weren't in 7A. Hold a parade for the guys, South Side officials. Down Pulaski. Let St. Rita take part in some way. They closed well this year and deserve praise. Tell your son we former Rice students are proud of the linemen. Their work has not gone unnoticed. Fantastic title. I'm ecstatic because of the work of the boys and Q.

I was gonna say what a waste driving all the way to WIU for the game. I wonder who sponsors the Prep Bowl. There were literally 100 fans at the game max, probably less.

7 years, ridiculous. He won't be pitching in 7 years. This reminds me of Cole of the Yankees. Missed all last season. Sox can't compete with this type of b.s. going on. Of course many teams can't give out contracts like this.

I remember Rice was in the Prep Bowl one year when I was there. Didn't they hold it after the actual state playoffs? A team could actually be in both? I can't remember who we played in the Prep Bowl. I think Rice won big.

I hear you. But the snow wasn't bad at all in champaign on saturday night. Did ISU get all the snow predicted if Champaign didn't? Could they have gone to NIU on Saturday this week? Or next Saturday? I just think the kids should be allowed to play on Friday night or Saturday this week. Is Brother Rice going to have a half day school Wednesday? Then have buses take all the students to NIU? I am glad your son gets some more rest for his knees. Say what we want .... it's just high school sports but if these kids win the state title they will be regarded as Rice legends forever. Football is a big deal in the CCL as we all know. Anyhow I accept whatever the decision is. I am all for the players and I will not think any less of these players if we lose to Rita. These kids deserve a parade. It's high school sports and these kids have had the best season in Rice history perhaps. I'm just saying Rice is known for its academics and its football. Winning the title would be monumental forevermore.

This is ridiculous. A state title game Wednesday at Illinois State will be awful. Hold it somewhere next Friday night or Saturday. Is Soldier Field available? Isn't that owned by the state? Hold it there. Rita and Rice can make it there easily. This could screw up our state title.

Thanks. Football is such a weird sport in that it starts in 90-105 degree hot August days/nights and ends in blizzards. To be a champion truly is difficult. I can only imagine a quarterback and receiver trying to hook up on a day their hands are ice cold and their bodies are shaking with bitter cold and wind and snow. I'd just as soon they split the pot and declare Rice and Rita co champs if we can't play them in a dry indoor arena. Sort of kidding but it does show why teams with strong running games are probably built more for the end of the season.

Are you hopeful we can win it? Where do you guys live? How does your son get to school? I just wonder cause we lived on 103rd and Homan and had to walk. Got a bit cold. But it seems some of our football guys come from suburbs, etc.

I laughed at the line "at this stage of the rebuild." LOL. We gonna be rebuilding forever at this rate of dumping players. Look folks, we don't have enough talent to consider the stage of our rebuild anything but EARLY.

Tell your son we fans appreciate the linemen and get hungry for Rita. Rita's starting qb I read was hurt for the first meeting. We also owe Rita for some dominance throughout history. Rita used to beat Rice every year back in the day. Impressive we pounded Downers in the second half. It was a 7-point game at half and our fans had to be worried considering the turnovers. Hope our QB is able to throw some in the final. Rita may dare us to throw and try to stifle our potent ground game. If we win it all, from what I read, the MVP should be the offensive linemen. Tell those boys we appreciate you and are hopin' for one more monster effort. This is high school football so no matter what we love our Rice players, win or lose. But if we do win, these kids are immortal. They may even hold a parade down 103rd Street or they should. If we lose ... it may be a long time before we have a team this good again. Rita figures to keep it close. I assume their coach is good and he will have a game plan. Coach Q obviously has been great in coaching up and recruiting this team which has not even had one game that's been close unless we consider the MC game close. So tell me, will Rice win? What is your son's attitude about the final? U should be proud. The linemen have been special. We are the favored team so we have to complete the deal.

Do we have any common opponents?

Congrats to your son and the line(s). Two more wins somehow and it will forever be known as the best team in Rice history even though Tom Mitchell won one. This team has clubbed everybody except Mt. Carmel which obviously is one of the top teams in the entire country, prolly a top 3 team nationally. Do you have a gut feeling? Do we beat Downers or do the suburbanites pull a Nazareth (dominant team) and roll us?