Outlook: Defending Class 6A champ Loyola has more speed than usual and threatens to pass with either senior Brian Dwyer or sophomore Peter Lee. The Ramblers are big again. Mt. Carmel has breakaway RB Jovan Harbin and a defense headed by William Reed and Mike Veronesi.
1993 state qualifiers: Loyola (6A champion), Mt. Carmel (second round).
Players to watch: Mike Kavanaugh (C, 6-2, 260), Peter Sylvester (FB, 5-11, 225), Peter Gorman (DB, 5-10, 180), Loyola; Harbin (RB, 5-8, 170), Dan O’Connor (OT, 6-5, 235), Mt. Carmel; Tom Pacini (OT, 6-5, 270), Sam Willis (DT, 6-5, 260), Gordon; Germaine Padilla (DB, 6-1, 185), Weber.
Quotable: Loyola coach John Hoerster: “We can’t be looking too far ahead to Mt. Carmel.”
Key games: Loyola at Mt. Carmel, Oct. 15.
Predicted ’94 finish: Mt. Carmel, Loyola, Fenwick, Gordon, Brother Rice, Weber.
