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State Final Teams: Chicago (Marist) | Wilmette (Loyola Academy)

Wilmette (Loyola Academy) (13-0)

School Information

Name: Loyola Academy
City: Wilmette
County: Cook
Classification Enrollment: 2069
Nickname: Ramblers
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Conference: Chicago Catholic
President: Rev. Patrick E. McGrath S.J.
Principal: Dr. Kathryn Baal
Athletic Director: Patrick Mahoney
Head Coach: John Holecek
Assistant Coaches: Beau Desherow, Peter Devine, Mike Dooley, Tim Feldheim, Edward Flynn, Ryan Gallagher, Mike Herbert, Mike Kotowski, Jeff Lindeman, Patrick Naughton, Mike Siptrott, Tyler Vradenburg, Christopher Zaker
Athletic Trainer: Daniela Tomaska
Captains: Sam Badovinac, Emmett Clifford, Bobby Desherow, Dara Laja
Managers: EJ Orr, Phil Later
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Lincolnshire (Stevenson), 24-21, in Class 8A Second Round.

Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.
1	Dara Laja	RB	5-9	180	Sr.
2	Emmett Clifford	QB	6-0	185	Sr.
2	John Gierut	DB	5-10	165	So.
3	Sam Taylor	DB	5-5	165	Sr.
4	Paul Escalante	WR	5-10	170	Sr.
5	Bobby Desherow	DB	6-2	190	Sr.
6	Justin Somuah	DL	5-10	240	Sr.
7	Declan Ritzenthaler	DB	5-10	160	So.
7	Joey Zitella	DB	6-0	190	Sr.
8	Robert Sullivan	WR	6-4	185	Sr.
9	Emmett O'Malley	DB	5-8	140	Sr.
10	Jonah Isaac	WR	5-9	175	Sr.
11	Patrick O'Malley	WR	5-10	140	Sr.
12	Andrew Forsyth	QB	5-11	150	So.
12	Tommy Herion	QB	5-11	185	Jr.
13	Alec Brownlee	WR	5-6	145	So.
13	Kyle Rock	RB	5-9	175	Jr.
14	Jake Marwede	TE-WR	6-5	220	Jr.
15	Ian Swenson	DB	6-1	175	Jr.
16	Joseph Talanges	QB	6-2	155	Jr.
17	Chris Novo	RB	5-8	160	Jr.
18	Ted Falkenhayn	DB	6-2	190	Jr.
19	Noah Jones	WR	6-1	170	Fr.
19	Patrick Kramer	K-DB	5-8	150	Jr.
20	Quinn Jansen	DB	5-9	140	Jr.
21	Matt Sheridan	DB	6-0	170	Sr.
22	Joseph McFadden	DB	5-8	160	Sr.
23	James Joyce	WR	5-10	155	So.
23	Emmet Largay	DB	5-10	165	Sr.
24	Quinn Boyle	QB	5-11	175	So.
25	Vernon Green	RB	5-6	170	So.
25	Jack Walker	DB	5-11	175	Jr.
26	Jack Blindt	DB	5-10	175	Jr.
26	Charlie Largay	DB	5-8	165	So.
27	William LeVert	DB	5-10	160	Sr.
28	Thomas Henning	RB	6-0	180	Jr.
29	Hamid Bullie	RB	5-9	170	So.
30	Liam Ryan	DB	5-11	165	Sr.
31	Ryan McHugh	RB	5-7	165	Jr.
32	Jack Loper	RB	5-10	210	Sr.
33	Jack Hill	DB	6-1	175	Sr.
34	Brandyn Goodman	RB	5-6	185	Sr.
34	Alex King	TE	5-9	145	So.
35	Joe Bertucci	DB	5-10	165	Sr.
36	Patrick Boos	DB	6-0	155	Jr.
37	Ryan Lin-Peistrup	DB	5-10	165	Jr.
38	Reis O'Donnell	DB	5-9	165	Jr.
40	Anthony Romano	LB	6-2	215	Jr.
40	George Stanton	LB	5-11	180	So.
42	John Shannon	LB	6-2	235	Sr.
44	Frank Doherty	LB	5-11	195	Sr.
44	Jack Mullen	LB	5-8	145	So.
45	Michael Bradley	LB	5-8	185	Jr.
46	Charlie Rafferty	LB	5-11	185	Sr.
47	Patrick Tata	K-P-LB	5-9	195	Sr.
49	Mickey Kane	LB	6-2	205	Jr.
50	Jack Hough	DL	6-2	220	Sr.
52	Eddie Dooley	LB	6-0	185	Sr.
52	Daniel Ladurini	LB	6-1	195	So.
53	Jack Bourke	LB	6-2	200	Sr.
54	Graham Repp	LB	6-0	195	Jr.
55	Matt Gordon	DL	6-1	235	Jr.
56	John Engelbert	LB	5-11	190	Sr.
56	Ryan Hagedorn	OL	5-11	200	So.
57	Sean Tully	LB	6-0	180	Jr.
58	Hayden Olds	LB	6-1	180	Jr.
59	Omar Mendez	DL	6-3	250	Jr.
62	Sam Badovinac	OL	6-2	250	Sr.
63	Vito Cannizzaro	DL	5-11	215	Jr.
64	Paddy Kotowski	OL	6-1	240	Jr.
65	John Bouchard	OL	6-3	250	Sr.
65	Daniel Hrvojeric	OL	5-11	215	So.
66	Brendan Blockovich	DL	5-9	180	Jr.
67	Daniel Kurkowski	OL	6-3	275	Sr.
68	Jack Tamisiea	OL	6-0	230	Sr.
70	Billy Hanhardt	OL	5-10	255	Sr.
71	Thomas Nute	OL	6-0	280	Sr.
72	Chris Krysa	OL	5-11	270	Jr.
73	Martin Geary	OL	6-3	250	So.
74	Charlie Gross	OL	6-5	260	So.
74	Johnny Perkaus	DL	6-1	220	Sr.
75	John Brekke	OL	6-3	260	Jr.
76	Callum Brien	OL	6-2	225	Jr.
77	Jack Badovinac	OL	6-1	250	Jr.
79	Kyle Ladorek	OL	5-7	190	Jr.
81	Dillon Grant	WR	6-0	180	So.
81	Mark Nicholson	WR-P	5-11	170	Jr.
82	Michael Frisch	WR	6-2	200	Sr.
83	Matthew Kessler	WR	5-11	180	So.
83	Jack Moran	WR	6-1	170	Jr.
85	Charlie Gilroy	TE	6-3	180	So.
85	Jack Martinus	WR	5-11	170	Jr.
86	Thomas Smart	WR	6-3	195	Sr.
87	Eric Eshoo	TE-WR	6-5	225	Sr.
88	David Terrell	WR	5-11	165	Jr.
89	Conor Craddock	WR	5-10	170	Jr.
90	Marcus Lampley	DL	5-11	255	Sr.
91	Ben LeRoy	DL	6-3	265	Sr.
92	Charlie Dreher	DL	5-11	180	Sr.
93	Cross Daffada	LB	5-9	200	Sr.
93	John McMahon	DL	6-2	210	So.
94	Jack DiSilvestro	DL	5-10	215	Sr.
95	Patrick Schafer	DL	6-2	210	Sr.
96	Jordan King	DL	5-8	190	So.
97	Mikal McKeever	DL	5-10	250	Jr.
97	Nick Murphy	DL	5-9	200	So.
98	Scott McCabe	LB	6-2	195	Jr.
98	Jason Vrbancic	DL	6-1	175	So.
99	Colin Bergin	DL	6-0	220	Sr.

Specialists

Kickoff Specialist: Patrick Tata
Kickoff Returners: Sam Taylor, Jonah Isaac
Punter: Patrick Tata
Punt Returners: Jack Martinus, Paul Escalante
Placekicker: Patrick Tata
Placekick Holder: Paul Escalante

Starters

Offense

Position	No.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
C	62	Sam Badovinac	6-2	250	Sr.
LG	77	Jack Badovinac	6-1	250	Jr.
LT	75	John Brekke	6-3	260	Jr.
QB	2	Emmett Clifford	6-0	185	Sr.
RB	32	Jack Loper	5-10	210	Sr.
RB	1	Dara Laja	5-9	180	Sr.
RG	71	Thomas Nute	6-0	280	Sr.
RT	67	Daniel Kurkowski	6-3	275	Sr.
TE	87	Eric Eshoo	6-5	225	Sr.
WR	10	Jonah Isaac	5-9	175	Sr.
WR	86	Thomas Smart	6-3	195	Sr.

Offense Averages
Backs: 5-10, 192
Line: 6-2, 263
Receivers: 6-2, 198
Defense

Position	No.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
C	3	Sam Taylor	5-5	165	Sr.
C	15	Ian Swenson	6-1	175	Jr.
DE	50	Jack Hough	6-2	220	Sr.
DE	91	Ben LeRoy	6-3	265	Sr.
FS	5	Bobby Desherow	6-2	190	Sr.
ILB	54	Graham Repp	6-0	195	Jr.
ILB	40	Anthony Romano	6-2	215	Jr.
N	6	Justin Somuah	5-10	240	Sr.
OLB	44	Frank Doherty	5-11	195	Sr.
OLB	93	Cross Daffada	5-9	200	Sr.
SS	7	Joey Zitella	6-0	190	Sr.

Defense Averages
Defensive Backs: 5-11, 180
Line: 6-1, 242
Linebackers: 6-0, 201

Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS
                                                         For          Against
Points                                              517                 123
First Downs                                    255                 148
First Downs Rushing                    127                   64
First Downs Passing                      115                   77
Rushes Attempted                        482                 386
Yards Rushing                            2594               1031
Yards Passing                              2604               1670
Total Yards                                 5198               2701
Passes Attempted                         279                 310
Passes Completed                        197                 158
Passes Had Intercepted                   7                      9
Fumbles                                            31                   31
Fumbles Lost                                     7                   18
Interceptions                                      9                      7

SCORING BY QUARTERS
                                                           1st         2nd         3rd          4th      Total
For
Against

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Scoring                                           TD         PAT1         PAT2              FG          Total
Dara Laja                                         21                  0                  0                  0             126
Patrick Tata                                       0               68                  0                  3               77
Thomas Smart                                11                  0                  1                  0               68
Jonah Isaac                                        7                  0                  0                  0               42

Rushing                                          Att.            Yds.              TD           Avg.          Long
Dara Laja                                      254           1702               20              6.7               74
Kyle Rock                                        64             233                  4            3.64               22
Emmett Clifford                             50             212                  3            4.24               19
Jake Marwede                                 23             137                  6              5.6               52

Passing                                           Att.        Comp.              Int.            Yds.              TD
Emmett Clifford                           247             174                  5           2353               32
Quinn Boyle                                     32               23                  2             251                  1

Receiving                                       No.            Yds.              TD           Avg.          Long
Thomas Smart                                55             729               11          13.25               71
Eric Eshoo                                        29             524                  6          18.07               58
Jonah Isaac                                     29             452                  5          15.59               66

Punting                                           No.           Avg.          Long
Patrick Tata                                     22            39.2               72

                                                       PAT           PAT              FG              FG
Placekicking                                 Att.         Made             Att.         Made          Long
Patrick Tata                                     71               68                  6                  3               35

Defense                                 Tot. Tac         Sacks    Tac/loss              Int.
Anthony Romano                        102                  3                  8                  1
Graham Repp                                  92                  3                  5                  0
Bobby Desherow                            83                  0                  3                  1

Scores

Date	Opponent	W/L	Own	Opp
8/29	Milwaukee (Marquette), WI	W	35	0
9/4	Park Ridge (Maine South)	W	49	8
9/12	Chicago (Brother Rice)	W	28	0
9/19	Oak Park (Fenwick)	W	54	16
9/26	Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)	W	35	7
10/2	New Lenox (Providence Catholic)	W	31	7
10/10	Chicago (DePaul College Prep)	W	42	0
10/16	Chicago (St. Rita)	W	56	14
10/24	Chicago (Mt. Carmel)	W	49	21
IHSA Playoffs
10/31	Aurora (West Aurora)	W	31	0
11/7	Lincolnshire (Stevenson)	W	49	0
11/14	Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)	W	34	28
11/21	Palatine (H.S.)	W	24	22

Head Coach John Holecek

Year	W-L
Wilmette (Loyola Academy)
2006	7-5
2007	9-4
2008	11-3
2009	11-2
2010	11-2
2011	13-2 (2nd)
2012	11-2
2013	12-2 (2nd)
2014	11-3
2015	13-0
10 yrs.	109-25

Tournament History

1975-5A    13   35  2-1 (10-2)     DNP  Tom Powers
       W   33    6  Park Ridge (Maine South)
       W   10    3  Arlington Heights (Hersey)
       L   13   35  Deerfield
1987-6A     7   14  2-1 (9-3)      DNP  John Hoerster
       W   28    8  Glenview (Glenbrook South)
       W   14    7  Evanston (Twp.)
       L    7   14  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
1990-6A     8   13  3-1 (10-3)     DNP  John Hoerster
       W   35    7  Chicago (Curie)
       W   10    7  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
       W   14    6  Evanston (Twp.)
       L    8   13  Harvey (Thornton)
1991-6A    13   20  3-1 (12-1)     DNP  John Hoerster
       W   26    0  Chicago (Schurz)
       W   27    6  Chicago (Lane)
       W   28    0  Buffalo Grove
       L   13   20  Carol Stream (Glenbard North)
1992-6A    11   21  4-1 (12-2)     2nd  John Hoerster
       W   14    0  Glenview (Glenbrook South)
       W   45    0  Skokie (Niles North)
       W   21   13  Park Ridge (Maine South)
       W   17    8  Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)
       L   11   21  Naperville (North)
1993-6A     7    0  5-0 (12-2)     1st  John Hoerster
       W   14    7  Evanston (Twp.)
       W   28    0  Glenview (Glenbrook South)
       W   14    0  Chicago (Marist)
       W   27   14  Libertyville
       W    7    0  Downers Grove (South)
1994-5A     0   21  0-1 (6-4)      DNP  John Hoerster
       L    0   21  McHenry
1997-6A    19   24  0-1 (7-4)      DNP  John Hoerster
       L   19   24  Chicago (Dunbar)
1998-6A    20   35  1-1 (8-3)      DNP  John Hoerster
       W   34   27  Winnetka (New Trier) (2 OT)
       L   20   35  St. Charles (H.S.)
2000-6A    21   23  0-1 (7-4)      DNP  John Hoerster
       L   21   23  Winnetka (New Trier)
2001-7A    10   17  1-1 (8-4)      DNP  John E. Hoerster
       W   41   24  Elk Grove Village (E.G.)
       L   10   17  Mt. Prospect (Prospect)
2003-7A    14   28  1-1 (10-4)     DNP  Carl Favaro
       W   26   19  Elk Grove Village (E.G.)
       L   14   28  Mt. Prospect (Prospect)
2004-7A     7   12  1-1 (6-5)      DNP  Carl Favaro
       W    6    0  Arlington Heights (Hersey)
       L    7   12  Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
2005-7A     3   41  1-1 (6-6)      DNP  Carl Favaro
       W   22   10  Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
       L    3   41  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
2006-8A     8   13  0-1 (7-5)      DNP  John Holecek
       L    8   13  Winnetka (New Trier)
2007-8A    14   17  1-1 (9-4)      DNP  John Holecek
       W   23    3  Gurnee (Warren)
       L   14   17  Palatine (Fremd)
2008-8A     7   26  1-1 (11-3)     DNP  John Holecek
       W   26   14  Carol Stream (Glenbard North)
       L    7   26  Park Ridge (Maine South)
2009-8A    14   21  3-1 (11-2)     DNP  John Holecek
       W   30    0  Chicago (St. Patrick)
       W   21    7  Gurnee (Warren)
       W   24    7  Chicago (Mt. Carmel)
       L   14   21  Park Ridge (Maine South)
2010-8A    22   29  3-1 (11-2)     DNP  John Holecek
       W   42    0  Chicago (Whitney Young)
       W   14    7  Palatine (Fremd)
       W   14    0  Palatine (H.S.)
       L   22   29  Park Ridge (Maine South)
2011-8A    17   21  4-1 (13-1)     2nd  John Holecek
       W   35    0  Evanston (Twp.)
       W   29    0  Chicago (Dunbar)
       W   33   10  LaGrange (Lyons)
       W   28   13  Carol Stream (Glenbard North)
       L   17   21  Bolingbrook
2012-8A    24   27  3-1 (11-2)     DNP  John Holecek
       W   41    0  Evanston (Twp.)
       W   31    7  Bartlett
       W   19    7  Palatine (H.S.)
       L   24   27  Carol Stream (Glenbard North)
2013-8A    10   13  4-1 (12-2)     2nd  John Holecek
       W   48    7  Chicago (Lane)
       W   24    0  Niles (Notre Dame)
       W   35    0  Park Ridge (Maine South)
       W   15   14  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
       L   10   13  Naperville (Central)
2014-8A    21   24  1-1 (11-3)     DNP  John Holecek
       W   37   20  Gurnee (Warren)
       L   21   24  Lincolnshire (Stevenson)