Richards is starting to act like one of the state`s best teams. It also could end up an unbeaten team.
The Bulldogs, ranked eighth going into the weekend, are a good bet to move up because No. 7 Downers Grove South lost Friday night.
They have won six straight this season, and with Saturday`s 54-0 pasting of Shepard (0-6, 0-3), they own a 4-0 record in the South Inter-Conference Association North Division. Stagg, which lost to Richards 42-7 last week, is second with a 3-1 mark. Next weekend Richards plays Oak Lawn (1-5); the next two weekends, the Bulldogs have perhaps their toughest tests of the fall-against Thornton (4-2) in a nonconference game and against conference rival Sandburg (4-2, 2-1).
Richards` defense has posted three shutouts this fall-and has never allowed more than a touchdown in those six victories.
And Saturday, for the second week, the Bulldog offense put up big numbers, including a 28-point first quarter. Tony Jansto had a pair of touchdowns in that period, on 4- and 20-yard runs, and Effrem Haymore threw 19 yards to Carl Haymore for another score. Credit for the fourth touchdown goes to the defense-Haymore ran 5 yards with an interception for a touchdown.
In the second quarter, the Bulldogs struck for two more touchdowns-on a 28-yard interception return by John Newton and on a 10-yard run by Jansto. In the third quarter, Arthur Russell ran 70 yards for a Richards touchdown and Kevin Jackson closed the scoring with a 5-yard TD run in the fourth period.
Jansto ended the game with 109 yards on 10 carries; Russell had 103 yards on 6 carries. Haymore was 8 for 12 passing for 128 yards. Defensively Chad Randick had a pair of interceptions.
Hillcrest 33, T.F. North 0-Ryan Beaco (10 of 18 passes, 129 yards) ran for two touchdowns and Jason Robertson also ran for two scores, including an 83-yard punt return, for Hillcrest (4-2, 2-0 in the SICA Central).
Bremen 34, Tinley Park 27-Bremen (2-4, 1-1 in the SICA Central) surprised Tinley Park (4-2, 1-1) as Alvin Jones caught 5 passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns. The decisive score was a 5-yard pass to Jones from Larry Seymour that gave Bremen a 34-19 fourth-quarter lead. Herman Gee ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns for Tinley.
Thornridge 15, Thornton 13 (OT)-Keith Dunigan ran 13 yards for the touchdown and Jason Simmons ran for the two-point conversion in OT for Thornridge (4-2, 2-1 in the SICA East). Xaba Maghawe scored on a 3-yard dash for Thornton (4-2, 2-2), but the Wildcats missed the conversion.
Bolingbrook 26, Oak Lawn 0-Lloyd Kerr ran for two touchdowns and threw a 67-yard TD pass to Dan Morrison as Bolingbrook (4-2) breezed in nonconference action.
Bloom 21, Eisenhower 0-Bloom (5-1, 3-1 in the SICA East) got a TD run from Mike Ladere and two TD passes-from Antonio Anderson to Marcus Walker and from Ray Letke to Troy Williams.
Oak Forest 7, T.F. South 0-Jeff Lasch scored on a 67-yard first-quarter punt return as Oak Forest (1-5, 1-1) beat T.F. South (3-3, 1-1) in the SICA Central.
Elmwood Park 18, Evergreen Park 0-John DiVito, Dave Carli and Dan Marrazzo all ran for touchdowns for Elmwood Park (4-2, 2-0 in the Northeast Conference).
WEST
Glenbard West 28, Downers Grove North 13-Glenbard (4-2, 2-1 in the West Suburban Silver) built a 21-0 lead and held on the surprise Downers (4-2, 3-1).
Marmion 43, St. Edward 12-St. Ed (0-6, 0-4 in the West Suburban Catholic) scored first when Jim Skrda ran 43 yards with a fumble, but Marmion (4-2, 4-0) rallied.
Carmel 18, Holy Cross 0-Matt Simmons rushed for 152 yards on 22 carries and scored twice, once on a 33-yard run, for Carmel (5-1, 3-1 in the East Suburban Catholic). Steve Brock got Carmel`s other TD on a 1-yard run set up by a fumble recovery by Randy Olczyk.
Riverside-Brookfield 29, Jacobs 6-R-B (4-2) kept its playoff hopes alive with a handy nonconference victory. Bulldog Terry Grove threw for three touchdowns and 249 yards and teammate Tim Manning ran for 146 yards and one score.
Luther North 7, Walther Lutheran 0-Rob Ramos scored the only TD of the game on a 2-yard second-quarter run. Luther is 3-3, 2-0 in the Private School League; Walther is 3-3, 1-1.
Notre Dame 9, St. Joseph 8-Notre Dame (4-2, 3-1 in the East Suburban Catholic) made a safety, a 10-yard TD run by Roberto Gonzalez and an extra-point kick by Bill Brown stand up.
NORTH
Zion-Benton 27, Warren 7-Donny Farmer had 26 carries, piled up 269 total yards and scored four touchdowns for No. 13 Zion (6-0, 6-0 in the North Suburban). Farmer had TD runs of 90, 1 and 46 yards and caught a six-yard TD pass from Gary Scott.
New Trier 34, Maine East 0-New Trier (4-2, 2-0) humbled Maine East (0-6, 0-2) for its third straight victory to retain its title hopes in the Central Suburban South.
Prospect 17, Conant 14 (OT)-Eric Sundquist booted a 23-yard field goal in OT as Prospect (1-5, 1-1 in the Mid-Suburban South) won its first game of the season.
Glenbrook South 20, Glenbrook North 7-Sean Campbell (20 carries, 279 yards) scored three times for South (4-2, 1-1) on rushes of 86, 51 and 52 yards in the Central Suburban South. Lars Sjodin tossed a 20-yard TD pass to Greg Hardesty for North (3-3, 0-2).
Deerfield 28, Waukegan West 20-Pete Caris scored on two short-yardage runs and Matt Saia rushed 25 times for 203 yards to pace Deerfield (5-1, 2-0) in the Central Suburban North. Todd Bland had 68- and 78-yard touchdown runs for Waukegan (3-3, 1-1).
Grayslake 7, Wauconda 0-Grayslake (2-4, 2-2 in the Northwest Suburban)
recovered three fumbles and intercepted four passes, including two each by Timm West and Charles Miller, to hand Wauconda (4-2, 3-1) its first conference loss. Mark Paszek caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from West for the Rams` only score.
Cary-Grove 28, Dundee-Crown 6-Jeff Hughes had two touchdown passes for Cary (5-1, 2-1 in the Fox Valley) and Conrad Humes and Rick Carone both scored on long TD runs.
CITY
St. Rita 49, Fenwick 8-The fourth-ranked Mustangs (6-0, 2-0 in the Catholic South) overwhelmed Fenwick (0-1, 0-6), piling up 326 yards on the ground and 160 more in the air. Shawn Sierra (11 carries, 113 yards) had an 18-yard TD run, Dante McQuarter (10 carries, 103 yards) scored on 9- and 65-yard runs, Paul Gordon (7 carries, 60 yards) scored on 4- and 10-yard runs and quarterback Dave Olinger (10 of 17 passes, 120 yards) and Jeff Sabowski collaborated on 34- and 53-yard touchdown passes.
CVS 10, Hyde Park 8-Chicago Vocational (4-2, 3-0 in the Southeast Section), rallying from an 8-0 third-quarter deficit, scored all of its points in the fourth quarter on Chris Smith`s two-yard TD run, Curtis Creighton`s conversion run and a safety with 56 seconds left. Hyde Park dropped to 4-2, 2-1.
