Outlook: With five starters back on both offense and defense, Glenbrook South will try to repeat as undefeated conference champs. Few are better than Michigan-bound LB/TE Kurt Anderson. New Trier, 6A quarterfinalist, returns eight starters on defense.
1995 state qualifiers: Glenbrook South (6A quarterfinals), New Trier (6A quarterfinals), Evanston (second round), Waukegan (first round).
Quotable: Evanston coach John Riehle: “If there’s a coach that’s not excited at this time of year, he’s in the wrong business.”
Players to watch: Kurt Anderson (LB/TE, 6-5, 235), Kevin Taylor (RB/DB, 5-10, 183), Jay Cantwell (OT/DL, 6-5, 240), Glenbrook South; Mark Floersch (DB/QB, 6-4, 180), Tom Fritts (DE/OT, 6-4, 220), Ryan Dahl (LB/OL, 6-1, 230), New Trier; Lanell Rice (NT/OL, 5-11, 240), Courtney Huff (TE, 6-6, 210), Trip Healy (LB, 6-0, 195), Evanston; Eric Heard (DB/WR, 6-0, 184), Damen Gadson (LB/FB, 6-2, 228), Lamont Sessions, (S/WR, 6-0, 182), Waukegan; Nick Cimmarusti (FS, 5-10, 175), Niles West.
Key games: Evanston at New Trier, Sept. 28; Evanston at Glenbrook South, Oct. 12; Glenbrook South at New Trier, Oct. 19.
Predicted ’96 finish: Glenbrook South, New Trier, Evanston, Waukegan, Niles West, Maine East.
