The inaugural Border War Gateway Scholarship Football Classic should provide plenty of bragging rights to talk about after it’s over. The three-game event will be held at Clyde C. Jordan Stadium in East St. Louis on Saturday, September 3.
Cahokia against Public High League team Sumner at 1 p.m. Game No. 2 will be Belleville Althoff vs. Jefferson City Helias. The marque match-up will be CBC vs. East St. Louis in a battle of traditional powerhouse programs, which will begin at 7 p.m.
Playing in their first game since September 26, 2015 due to a teachers strike last seasons, the Flyers embarrassed Chicago power Providence Catholic 34-3 to open the season. Meanwhile, CBC put a whipping on Christian Brothers (Memphis) 52-17 to move to 2-0. CBC has outscored its first two opponents 100-17.
The Cadets, who are the six-time defending Metro Catholic Conference champions, sport a 29-1 record to date in their last 30 games.Sophomore quarterback Brett Gabbert, who is the younger brother of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Blaine Gabbert, is 22-33 for 372 yards and three touchdowns. The Cadets quarterback has an arsenal of receivers that East St. Louis might not see all season long.
Leading the way is the talented duo of juniors Kamryn Babb (6’2 190) and Cameron Brown (6’ 175). Babb has offers from Ohio St., Michigan St. Wisconsin, Nebraska among others. Brown has offers from Iowa, Iowa St. Mizzou, Illinois. In addition, Gabbert has some other receivers who will test the Flyers’ secondary in Damon Jones (6’3 185) and Josh Wallace (6’5 205).
What will make this a good game is that while the Flyers' offense shined during its opener, their defense made the loudest statement.
James “Bone Crusher” Knight, LaMontre’ “State Street” Harvey, Terrenz Lagrone, and the rest of the defensive unit limited the Celtics to three first downs in the first half, with two of them coming via penalty. They held highly touted Providence Catholic running back Richie Warfield to 17 yards on 12 carries.
Should be one hell of a game in a great atmosphere!
Cahokia against Public High League team Sumner at 1 p.m. Game No. 2 will be Belleville Althoff vs. Jefferson City Helias. The marque match-up will be CBC vs. East St. Louis in a battle of traditional powerhouse programs, which will begin at 7 p.m.
Playing in their first game since September 26, 2015 due to a teachers strike last seasons, the Flyers embarrassed Chicago power Providence Catholic 34-3 to open the season. Meanwhile, CBC put a whipping on Christian Brothers (Memphis) 52-17 to move to 2-0. CBC has outscored its first two opponents 100-17.
The Cadets, who are the six-time defending Metro Catholic Conference champions, sport a 29-1 record to date in their last 30 games.Sophomore quarterback Brett Gabbert, who is the younger brother of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Blaine Gabbert, is 22-33 for 372 yards and three touchdowns. The Cadets quarterback has an arsenal of receivers that East St. Louis might not see all season long.
Leading the way is the talented duo of juniors Kamryn Babb (6’2 190) and Cameron Brown (6’ 175). Babb has offers from Ohio St., Michigan St. Wisconsin, Nebraska among others. Brown has offers from Iowa, Iowa St. Mizzou, Illinois. In addition, Gabbert has some other receivers who will test the Flyers’ secondary in Damon Jones (6’3 185) and Josh Wallace (6’5 205).
What will make this a good game is that while the Flyers' offense shined during its opener, their defense made the loudest statement.
James “Bone Crusher” Knight, LaMontre’ “State Street” Harvey, Terrenz Lagrone, and the rest of the defensive unit limited the Celtics to three first downs in the first half, with two of them coming via penalty. They held highly touted Providence Catholic running back Richie Warfield to 17 yards on 12 carries.
Should be one hell of a game in a great atmosphere!
