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McCaravan said:
MC just had 220 kids take the test...not sure how many will attend in August, but they had a great test and a lot of great players from the South Side Catholic Schools. Yes MC and SR have seen a dip in overall enrollment, while BR and Marist have been climbing, but they are both still very strong schools/programs and I don't think they are in any danger....as far as Football participation, MC had over 70 kids playing on the Freshman and Varsity teams last season, that's more then BR and Marist had on their rosters. Like Dean said, Frank isn't going anywhere for awhile, but one extremely bar stool rumor I heard, so no real weight to this at all....depending on how long he plays in Canada/professionally...I heard Jordan Lynch may be a name tossed around...an alum, a big name to draw kids in, knows the offense...rumor of course, but an interesting one.
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Lynch will go the college coaching route when he is done playing. If the job goes outside the building when Frank retires, my guess is Tony Faltin will be the guy.
 
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septon34 said:
I was one of the first classes at 77th, but always feel like I missed out on the true SR at 63rd and claremont. However, can you imagine how intense the SR-StL rivalry would have been in the 70s and 80s (when every boy in the city neighborhoods went to catholic school and) if SR was at 77th during that time? They would have been fighting for all the kids on 79th street. As it was, I can't imagine a much better atmosphere than the 85 Rita-Laurence playoff game. The amount of D-1 talent on the field was amazing, and many of those kids (especially SR kids -- yes I'm very biased) were hard-nose inner city kids. That was a great game. Then it all came crashing down the next week when a bunch of suburbanites (I am one of them as I grew up in EP) won at 63rd and Claremont; god, that loss still makes me sick.
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I was at that Laurence game as well, and it was definitely one of the best games I've ever witnessed. 17 - 14 was the score and after the late FG went through, the fans went nuts and the stands started to give in there a little. We all thought the stands were going to break. Father Murphy proceeded to tell us that there would be no school that following Monday! And then, as you mention, the loss to BR occurred. Remember, BR spoiled SR's homecoming game earlier in the year, so I don't think BR were huge underdogs in the quarterfinal rematch. All those D1 linemen in that game!
 
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McCaravan said:
MC just had 220 kids take the test...not sure how many will attend in August, but they had a great test and a lot of great players from the South Side Catholic Schools. Yes MC and SR have seen a dip in overall enrollment, while BR and Marist have been climbing, but they are both still very strong schools/programs and I don't think they are in any danger....as far as Football participation, MC had over 70 kids playing on the Freshman and Varsity teams last season, that's more then BR and Marist had on their rosters. Like Dean said, Frank isn't going anywhere for awhile, but one extremely bar stool rumor I heard, so no real weight to this at all....depending on how long he plays in Canada/professionally...I heard Jordan Lynch may be a name tossed around...an alum, a big name to draw kids in, knows the offense...rumor of course, but an interesting one.
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McCaravan,

Obviously, you're focused on MC, but I was wondering if you've heard anything about SR's incoming potential football class?
 
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Wittymoniker1 said:
McCaravan,

Obviously, you're focused on MC, but I was wondering if you've heard anything about SR's incoming potential football class?
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My brother teaches at SR, and my knowledge is all second-hand, but I think its similar to last year's frosh class. They are close to Rice but probably significantly less talented than MC and Loyola. Sounds like a 6-3 year is the expectation.
 
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McCaravan

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Wittymoniker1 said:
McCaravan,

Obviously, you're focused on MC, but I was wondering if you've heard anything about SR's incoming potential football class?
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Wittymoniker1,
I don't know much outside of the players in the Southwest Catholic Conference. I know some people at MC, so I know they have a real good class on a whole coming in. I have no idea what SR has coming in from the Burbs or the Park District Leagues, but from the SCC, most of the talented players that I saw/heard about, are going to MC, Marist and BR. If anyone has any son's or family members going to SR out of the SCC last season, I apologize, I'm not trying to say they aren't good players, I may very well have not seen them or heard about them, this is just from my observation of the games/players I saw last season. MC has a new Head Freshman coach this year, we'll see how he does, don't know much about him.
 
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krock the house said:
Rice could sneak in there for Lynch brother
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Depends on what position he wants to play. He's perfectly suited for MC's option offense as a QB or RB...very athletic, very quick..., may not fit well with a spread pass happy offense like BR or Marist...Again, just my 2 cents, we'll see how he develops.
 
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Wittymoniker1

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McCaravan said:
Wittymoniker1,
I don't know much outside of the players in the Southwest Catholic Conference. I know some people at MC, so I know they have a real good class on a whole coming in. I have no idea what SR has coming in from the Burbs or the Park District Leagues, but from the SCC, most of the talented players that I saw/heard about, are going to MC, Marist and BR. If anyone has any son's or family members going to SR out of the SCC last season, I apologize, I'm not trying to say they aren't good players, I may very well have not seen them or heard about them, this is just from my observation of the games/players I saw last season. MC has a new Head Freshman coach this year, we'll see how he does, don't know much about him.
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Thanks for the response. I honestly think SR needs to get those solid SCC players to stay afloat here. Let's hope they are competitive this year at the Freshmen level.
 
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septon34

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Wittymoniker1 said:
Thanks for the response. I honestly think SR needs to get those solid SCC players to stay afloat here. Let's hope they are competitive this year at the Freshmen level.
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I agree. It really gets sad thinking about how much things have changed from the 70s/80s. SR could thrive without getting any kids from Beverly, Mt. Greenwood, or the suburbs since they dominated St. Rita Parish, St. Mary's, St. Adrian's, etc.

Hell, even when I went to SR in the early 90s (when they moved to 77th), we didn't have to rely on Beverly or the suburbs, as we were still getting almost all the kids from ST. Mary's, St. Bede's, St. Denis
 
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septon34 said:
I agree. It really gets sad thinking about how much things have changed from the 70s/80s. SR could thrive without getting any kids from Beverly, Mt. Greenwood, or the suburbs since they dominated St. Rita Parish, St. Mary's, St. Adrian's, etc.

Hell, even when I went to SR in the early 90s (when they moved to 77th), we didn't have to rely on Beverly or the suburbs, as we were still getting almost all the kids from ST. Mary's, St. Bede's, St. Denis
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The 2015 SR roster had 32 players from the SCC, schools like St.John Fisher, Christ The King, St Christina, St.Cajetan, St. Barnabas St.Bede, St.Mary Star of The Sea, St Catherina
 
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Wittymoniker1

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septon34 said:
I agree. It really gets sad thinking about how much things have changed from the 70s/80s. SR could thrive without getting any kids from Beverly, Mt. Greenwood, or the suburbs since they dominated St. Rita Parish, St. Mary's, St. Adrian's, etc.

Hell, even when I went to SR in the early 90s (when they moved to 77th), we didn't have to rely on Beverly or the suburbs, as we were still getting almost all the kids from ST. Mary's, St. Bede's, St. Denis
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And why in the Sam Hell did you leave out St. Nicks?!!! LOL. There were some very good athletes that came out of that parish, like Todd! And Smitty!
 
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