Outlook: Chicago Vocational lost 18 starters from last year’s team, which finished 10-0 and reached the second round of the state playoffs, but coach Chuck Chambers returns a talented core in lineman Joseph Anderson, fullback/linebacker Charlie Person and running back Cassius Kurns. South Shore and Hyde Park are gifted, dangerous teams that are hungry.
1994 state qualifiers: CVS (second round), Hyde Park (first round).
Quotable: South Shore coach Clifford Brisseus: “Most people will give CVS the ups, but I think I’m going to get them this year.”
Players to watch: Joseph Anderson (OT/DT, 6-2, 275), Charlie Person (FB/MLB, 6-2, 210), Cassius Kurns (RB, 5-9, 155), Demetrius Perry (RB, 6-1, 210), CVS; Christopher Kirby (OT/DT, 6-5, 220), Charles Dickson (OT/DT, 6-3, 210), Terrence Cox (RB, 5-6, 165), Hyde Park; Jason Hunter (FB/LB, 6-0, 205), Anthony Stephens (OT/DT, 5-11, 309), Willie McGee (C/MLB, 5-10, 245), Dorian Williams (OG/DE, 6-1, 200), South Shore; Reggie Belhome (RB, 6-0, 185), Mario Kidd (WR, 5-9, 165), Kenwood.
Key games: South Shore at Hyde Park, Sept. 14; CVS at Hyde Park, Sept. 22; South Shore at CVS, Oct. 13.
Predicted ’95 finish: CVS, South Shore, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Bowen, Washington.
