First Senior Class Look to Propel Westinghouse

This fall Westinghouse College Prep will have its first group of seniors playing football. Pictured above are 3 of them (left to right) Marcus Morris(sr, 5-8, 176. RB/CB), Romero Stancle(sr, 5-9, 172lbs), and Tobias Cook(6-3, 235lbs).(WCP photo)

It takes time to build a football program. In the case of Westinghouse College Prep, they had to do it the last couple of years with no seniors as the school opened it's doors in Fall 2009 with no seniors and only freshman. So this 2012-13 is the first year with seniors on their team.

Their first full year of football was the 2010-11 season where they played a varsity schedule with only freshman and sophomores on their roster. They played in an inter-city conference that year. Their first year was a rousing success as they finished the season 8-1 including an upset win over Kenwood Academy and a 2nd place finish in conference. They moved up to the Chicago conference because conference champion Pritzker declined the move up to conference.

In Westinghouse's 2nd year of football (last year), Westinghouse played well and finished 5-4 overall and in 3rd place in the much tougher Chicago Great Lakes Conference. But remember that was with a Westinghouse team that did not have a single senior on their team.

This year, Westinghouse will have a group of very experienced players including seniors for the first time. And they got quite a few seniors who can ball.

Westinghouse Seniors To Watch
Eugenio Dejesus(6-5, 175lbs, sr, QB/WR)
James Graham(5-10, 170lbs, sr, RB/KR)
Absalom Boyd(5-9, 135lbs. DB)
Tobias Cook(6-2, 235lbs, TE/DE)
Daquan Smith(6-4, 265lbs, OL/DE)

Eugenio Dejesus at 6-5, 175lbs stands out- and rightfully so. Dejesus was the MVP for Westinghouse's football and volleyball teams last season. He is also one of the top QB's in the Chicago conference for sure.

James Graham(5-10, 170lbs, sr, RB/KR) had some great off season workouts including running a 4.3 hand time in the 40 yard dash. He's been playing football since 3rd grade.

Tobias Cook(6-2, 235lbs, TE/DE) and Daquan Smith(6-4, 265lbs, OL/DE) are both linemen to watch out for. Smith at 6-4, 265lbs has some athleticism and could play at the next level.

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Comments

[Niles West counting game as a win already]

Niles West is so sure they can beat the 'House that they've already circled the game as a win for themselves and are preparing for the 2nd game vs. Niles North instead.

[urbanleftbehind]

Funny - Apart from the moneyed New Trier and Deerfield and the mob moneyed Maine South, the rest of the Central Suburban Conference aint much better than the Big Shoulders.

[your opinion]

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[comedy, right??]

HAHAHAHA..... Better bring a few ambulances if a Big Shoulders team were to play GBS/GBN, Highland Park, Evanston, Waukegan, even Niles N

[LeRoy]

fuck westnhouse

[Lookout for Harlan Westinghouse.]

There test will be a good Harlan team with a lot of seniors that have played in a tougher confernce than westinghouse since they were freshman. I personally believe Harlan will win but westinghose will find out how good they are the second week of the season.

[westside football]

HArlan has a great coaching staff, but because of lack of student commitment, they will be scrambling to bring students up to speed from missing summer workouts.. (Too many summer school particpants). Westinghouse has had majority of their kids out all summer. Plus, they have been together for 3 years. Look for heads to roll their first few games...

[It will be rude awakening for westinghouse if they believe Harlan is weak.]

I feel sorry for you if you think that please dont tell your team that. They gone get rolled over if they come out thinkin Harlan isnt good.The more i think about it the more i feel sorry.

[Niles West will fire their coach in 2012]

Niles West will go 2-7 again and beat Maine East and Westinghouse and the Great Coach Baum will get fired at the end of the season .......Baum has yet to show he can coach in adverse situations...Baum has all kinds of kids from NW walking on at colleges..I think there's three at EIU alone...talent IS there, coaching hasn't been..the only games they have a decent chance of winning besides the ones above are Waukegan and Niles North(NN is like NW, but, they have better coaches).....I can't see Niles West beating Evanston, Highland Park, Glenbrook South, Maine South, or New Trier...that's 0-5 right there...the best, THE BEST, NW can do is 4-5...Baum needs that to keep his football coaching job, but, he will come up short and Baum wil be unmasked as the fraud he is.

[wait and see]

the house will win their conference, but next year they'll be terrible