Crushed Under the Lights - Lane, Morgan Park, Hubbard, Robeson all lose big non-conference games

Evanston 21 - Hubbard 6  (final)
Glenbrook North 28 - Lane 7 (final)
Gary West Side - 33 - Robeson 26 (final)
Geneva 31 - Morgan Park 20 (final)
Simeon 21 - North Chicago - 0 (final)

Hubbard players watch Evanston Quarterback Kevin Rosinski about to take a snap.

This was supposed to be the week that the CPS showed it's muscles, as the top CPS teams all faced quality suburban teams - in games in which many (myself included) felt were winnable if not favored by the CPS. Instead, all the top CPS teams lost their big week 2 games with the exception of Simeon.

I'll start with Morgan Park and Geneva. Morgan Park, after a big upset win over Brother Rice had all the momentum and confidence going into their game at state runner up Geneva. Morgan Park Quarter Back Daron Brown even bragged about Morgan Park winning state this year. All of those expectations crashed as Geneva handled Morgan Park 31-20. The papers will soon be filled with plenty of articles covering this game.

Robeson, the Land of Lincoln Conference pre-season favorite lost to Gary West Side from Indiana.

Lane Tech, fresh off a 28-7 loss to DeLaSalle last week at Soldier Field, lost by the same score to Glenbrook North of the Central Suburban League North conference. This time the game was at home. The defending city champions and my pre-season favorite to win city again is now 0-2 to start the season.

Hubbard lost to Evanston 21-6. Hubbard beat Evanston last year and their sophomore team easily handled Evanston's Sophomore team by a 22 - 6 score, so the expectation was a Hubbard win. But Evanston did not follow the script. In Evanston's first possession fo the game, running back Rendell Massie (jr) rumbled in for a 67 yard touchdown score to put Evanston up 7-0. Only two plays later, Hubbard running back Ronnie Oliver showed great speed as he scored a 60 yard touchdown run to put Hubbard within 1 at 7-6. But after that it was all Evanston. The play that broke Hubbard back came when Evanston wide receiver Joshua Perryman took full advantage of his 6'3" height to beat  amuch shorter Hubbard defender for a long touchdown catch that gave Hubbard a 14-6 score. Hubbard did show some good ability to run the ball early. But after falling behind they had to change their strategy from their strength of running and instead relied on the passing arm of sophomore Quarterback Quincy Skanes. Skanes could not complete enough passes under Evanston sitff defense and Hubbard could not score any further.

On the bright side number 2 CPS ranked Simeon team did win it's game 21-0 over North Chicago. However, that game was marred when the game was called off after a fight broke out in the stands in the first quarter. At that time Simeon had a comfortable 21-0 lead.

Hubbard punt returner Brandon Noland (sr, 5'7, 145lbs) stays far away from the ball and let's the ball bounce as Evanston defenders close in after a punt.

Hubbard band members

The game was played in a beautiful night under the lights in Evanston's 1 year old Lazier Memorial Stadium.

More Week 2 CPS football coverage coming soon...

Comments

[Andre goode]

What was the score of the GBN and Lane sophomore football game?

[Curie RB dies]

Curie Running Back Quaashi Chandler dies on the sidelines during the Curie Bolingbrook game.

http://yourseason.suntimes.com/football/1754738,090909-curie-bolingbrook.article

RIP Chandler.

[MP still good]

Morgan Park lost 31-20 but they are still a good team that just needs to fix a few things.

Morgan Park quarterback DaRon Brown had 17 carries, 161 yards, 6-for-21 passing, 157 yards. He is still the top QB in the CPS as both a running threat (161 yards!) and a passing threat.

Morgan Park faces Simeon next Friday!

[GBN Guru]

Glenbrook North (GBN) came out ready and excited to play. In contrast, Lane Tech was not enthusiastic in the pre-game activities and came out flat. This may have been caused by the absence of Louis Trinca-Pasat, which was noticed by GBN. But still, Lane was outplayed in the 1st half and fell behind 28-0. Give Lane some credit for holding GBN scoreless in the 2nd half. But, Lane’s offense did not score a touchdown in the 28-7 loss. For Lane to be successful for the remainder of the season, their entire passing game better improve. As a GBN fan, I was surprised Lane did not give GBN a better game.

[GBN fan]

Thanks for saying it how it is GBN guru.

I was not surprised at the 28-7 result. But I am disappointed that the team is not enthusiastic. One thing is getting beat on the field, but there is no excuse beating yourself by not being excited to play.

Not really sure why Trinca was not playing. In my opinion he has the best chance to be an NFL caliber type player. At 6-3 230lbs he has the size. More importantly he has the athlethic ability as well. I picture him starting at the Univeristy of Iowa. He is Lane's best defensive player since Eric Benz, who went to play linebacker at NIU after starring for Lane. Trinca may be even better that Benz.

Talent wise, Lane is down. This is the worse defensive back crew I've seen on a Lane team. No speed. No size - averaging 5-6 150 lbs. No size on the line either after Trinca and Tomlinson. Lane will be down in the next couple of years. Hopefully, their current batch of freshman will be good because I heard the current sophs and juniors have a big talent drain.