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Loyola Academy Ramblers football
Brother Rice continued its climb up the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings in a week with substantial shuffling of the rankings.
Kameron McGee posted two sacks, Brother Rice held Loyola to 21 rushing yards and the Crusaders remained undefeated with a 28-6 victory against the Ramblers in CCL/ESCC Blue action Friday night
Montini and IC Catholic are 3-0 after wins over bigger schools, Loyola exacted its revenge on St. Francis and Brother Rice nabbed a ranked win over St. Rita in Chicago. Also included in this week's notebook are updates on the CCL/ESCC White and Red Divisions.
Minor shuffling was all that really happened in the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings as all but four of the previous week's ranked teams claimed victory.
Sophomore quarterback Matthew Lee directed the Loyola offense to three straight touchdowns to start the game, and Jordan McKinley ran for two TDs out of Wildcats and caught two TDs in the Ramblers' 43-21 win at St. Francis.
Nazareth, St. Francis and Fenwick are three notable Week 2 winners primed for big matchups in the CCL/ESCC this coming weekend.
The number of teams undefeated through two weeks is about the same, but some of the names of the teams on the list are a bit surprising. Steve Soucie takes a look at what we learned in Week 2.
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There were a number of big games on the Week 1 calendar. Very few of them didn't live up to the billing, Steve Soucie takes a look at what we learned in Week 1.