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Chicago Sun-Times All-Chicago Conference Football Teams

Taft QB Michael Shewchuk (6-3, 180, sr)

CHICAGO BIG SHOULDERS
Clemente: Corey Brown, Yolante Edwards, Darius Howard, Rashaun James; Foreman: Kentrel Brown, Johnny Guerrero, Brandon Johnson, Jesus Martinez; Lake View: J.J. Callan, Mike Dangerfield, Jose Garcia; Prosser: DeMichael Brown, Treymoine Jordan; Schurz: Jamyrius Penn; Senn: Cody Gillard, Quinell Johnson, Yusuf Mohammed, Rashaun Roberts, Dravon Williams; Steinmetz: Lawrence Baldwin, Michael Hodges, Johnathan Soberanis, Marcus Smith, John Verdusco; Taft: Jorge Delgado, Andrew Matos, Omar Ramirez, Michael Shewchuk, Erik Zalewski

CHICAGO GREAT LAKES
Ag. Science: Shawn Ball; Bowen: Marshawn Dixon, Dequence Goodman, Dominique Stewart, Andre Wharton; Carver: Damontez Pendleton, Antonio Gardner; DuSable: Jermaine Atkins, Victor Bradford, Elliott Gould, Michael Thomas; Payton: Mammadu Dialo, Jack Kalanik, Alex Short, Justin Smith; Perspectives: Eric Johnson, Cordell Stokley, Elijah Stokley, Spencer Williams; Phillips: Anthony Davis, Jarvis Robinson, Kewuan Smith, Demetrius Thomas

CHICAGO SECOND CITY
Austin: Michael Howe, Devante Williams, Odarien Henderson; Chicago Academy: Lance Baggett, Jimmy Gill, Derrick Scott, Dustyn Velez; Collins: Darien Bankhead, Anthony Craft, Japone Johnson, Andre Stoutmire, Allen Sumrell; Douglass: Marlon Buie, Maurice Earskines, Lesean Givens, Pierre Laniyan, Alonzo Smith; Manley: Terrance Bass, Tavaris Hampton, Kyle Hill, Manuel Pratt, Kyle Wamble; Uplift: Jamal Carter, Jameel Carter, Marcus Sanders, Darnell Wilson

CHICAGO WINDY CITY
Corliss: Eugene Carter, Denzell Castine, Kashmier Sangster, Demarco Thurmond, Rasheed Woolfolk; Gage Park: Jermaine Thomas; Hyde Park: Rashaud Crayton, Deangelo Pierce, Jamal Stubbs, Joseph Williams; Julian: Isiah Cage, Ladell Fleming, Willie McCray, Demarlon Morris, Robyn Pondexter, Vernell Pondexter; Kelly: Jonathan Alexia, Oscar Canal, Angelo Hernandez; South Shore: Maxie Carney, James Murphy, Jamaii Bill-Smith; Urban Prep: Kyle Ficklin, Cedric Abdul-hakeem, Kent Lawson, Siende Lemon, Hiram White

The Sun-Times inadverdently made a major omission is leaving out Mason Fuller(sr) from Urban Prep. Fuller is a highly recruited lineman - with offers from University of Illinois, Kansas, and South Carolina.

...and how can they leave out Terrell Clinkscale (sr) from Douglass - a beast of lineman and also the defending CPS heavyweight wrestling champion.

Eric Zalewski (sr, 6-3, 225lb OL/DL) from Taft

Playmakers DeMichael Brown (right) Treymoine Jordan from Prosser

Chicago Conference Races

Terrell Clinksdale(sr, DE) of Douglass is one of the top lineman in the Chicago Conference.

The Chicago Conference races heat up as teams have only two more regular season games. The top two teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs so the battle of second is important. The top spot is the coveted spot, in that the winner gets promoted to an Illini conference next year.

Chicago Big Shoulders
Senn has clinched the conference
Taft clinches 2nd place with wins in it's last two games versus Clemente and Prosser
Foreman is still alive for the 2nd spot but is unlikely to make it with a loss already to Taft

Chicago Great Lakes
Carver clinches the title with a victory this week over co-leader Bowen coupled with a win next week with Calumet
Carver, Bowen, Agriculture Science, and DuSable are still alive for the top two spots.

Chicago Second City
Manley wins conference with a win this week vs Austin then a win vs Uplift to end the season.
Uplift wins conference with a win vs Chicago Academy thus week and then Manley next week.
Chicago has faint hopes for 2nd but needs help

Chicago Windy City
Julian clinches conference with a win Saturday over Gage Park.
Hyde Park, Gage Park, Urban Prep, and Kelly are still alive for 2nd.

CPS 2010 Wrestling State Qualifiers

Max Schneider (so) of Lane Tech wins the DeLaSalle sectional and qualifies for the state wrestling meet. (facebook photo).

Class A
Terrell Clinksdale (jr) - Douglass (alternate)

Class AA 
125lbs - Paul Stingley (sr) - Fenger (alternate)
135lbs - Kentrel Fields (so) -Austin (alternate)
140lbs - Royale Jones (sr) - Kenwood
152lbs - Jamal Carter (jr) - Uplift (alternate)
171lbs - Anthony Love (so)- Kenwood (alternate)
189lb - Michael Tate(jr) - Marshall
215lbs - Duquence Goodman (so) - Bowen

Class AAA
125lbs - Nikko Liotta (jr) - Mather
  - Matt Finnegan (jr) - Lane Tech
145lbs - Max Schneider (so) - Lane Tech
215lbs - Ameen Solebo (sr) - Mather

CPS 2009 state wrestling qualifiers

Rising football prospect, Terrell Clinkscale of Douglass

Terrell Clinkscale (jr) of Douglass.

I got a chance to speak with Terrell Clinkscale (jr) of Douglass after he won the Heavyweight Championship at the recent CPS city wrestling championship.

I was impressed by his combination of speed and strength he displayed on the way to pinning Johnny Johnson of Phoenix.

I found out that Clinkscale is also a star on the Douglass football team. It appears that his future will be in football.

"I want to attend the ESPN football combine in March"  said Clinkscale.

Clinkscale will be a busy man the next couple of months. He is undefeated in wrestling and is a favorite to advance to sectionals after he wrestles in the Class A Walther Lutheran Regional this weekend. Clinkscale, also has a shot of advancing to state in wrestling. I'll keep an eye out on that development. Clinkscale is also a shot putter on Douglass's track team.

"I'm tired, I got up at 5:00am today to wrestle," said Clinskcale. At that point, I let our conversation end. I gotta get the big guy some rest. He'll need it...with his schedule.

Videos Now: 285lbs (Heavyweight) Terrell Clinksdale of Douglass vs Johnny Johnson of Phoenix