How would you like to be...

...a sophomore in high school and have your first start ever as a varsity quarterback against a team with a 27-game winning streak, in the championship game, on television, in Champaign?

Here's the ball, kid.

That's what happened to Jordan Davis (above), of Wheaton Warrenville South, and he performed admirably Saturday in a losing effort to Rockford Boylan.

Oh, and on Boylan's first play from scrimmage, Titan quarterback Lamont Toney ran 72 yards for a touchdown, a 7A postseason record.

Here's the ball again, kid.

And then in the fourth quarter, Toney completed a 79-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jaxson Meister, another 7A record.

Here's the ball again, kid. Do you think you can pull this one out for us?

Boylan also kicked a couple of field goals (no record-breakers, as far as I know), Northwestern-bound (gotta put that in there) running back Matt Vitale scored a touchdown (of course), and linebacker Adam Dansdill stripped the ball from Toney on a freak play (why didn't the refs blow the whistle?) and scored another one for the Tigers. (Dansdill also blocked another field goal attempt in the fourth quarter, making him my Wheaton South Player of the Game.)

But time ran out for the Tigers as the rain came down at Memorial Stadium. Boylan won its 28th game in a row, 21-14, and the 7A championship -- a year after the Titans took the 6A crown. What's next, 8A? (These guys are starting to look like a 7A version of Maine South. I'll have to go see them next year.)

Which reminds me: Hey Montini, you just won the 5A title for the third year in a row, by the lopsided score of 70-45. How about stepping up to 6A next year?

Finally, a word about Wheaton South coach Ron Muhitch. If it sounded like I was taunting him in a previous post, I apologize. I actually sat next to Muhitch at a Loyola game a few years ago (I think he was scouting St. Rita) and struck up a conversation with him at the half. Muhitch was an absolute gentleman -- soft-spoken and modest. He impressed me as exactly the kind of guy we should want teaching and coaching in the high schools.

I look forward to seeing Muhitch's team next year also. (Will it be Davis, or Ryan Graham, at quarterback?)