2001 Football
The members of the 2001 varsity football team include (front row) Brian Myers, Mitchell Carey, Paul Burke, Jacob Gonda, Cliff Perillo, Jonathan Reid, Michael Batir, Robert May; (second row) Adam Smith, Robert Kluck, Richard Robinette, Jonathan Carr, Benjamin Kummer, Gregory Bahr, Darren McEvilly, Casey Krakowski, Joshua Geiss, Craig powers, Jonathan Nilles, Kevin Lee, Jeremy Ludwig, Bryan Heckler, Christopher Tredennick, Jacob Casford; (third row) Brandon Fox, athletic trainer Bob Flynn, assistant coach Rob Wendlick, assistant coach Bob Tyrell, assistant coach Rory O'Connell, assistant coach Greg Banner, assistant coach Rob Torchia, assistant coach Herrel Watts, assistant coach Will Weather ford, assistant coach Bernie Ruettiger, assistant coach Paige Schoolman, assistant coach Ray Liberatore, head coach Mike Briscoe, assistant coach Stan Tischer, manager Cory Ralls; (fourth row) Joshua Fitzgerald, Mathew Schiereck, Brian Fanning, Ryan Ellerbrock, Clayton Shuler, Brett Steinke, Russell Weil, Edward Meyer, Mathew Wehrle, Mathew Bozicevich, Donald Peterson, Paul Bartnick, Edward Phillips; (fifth row) Mathew Giermala, Jacob Neumann, Thomas Hornof, Keith DeMaso, Dock Revisky, Brian Winters, Justin Soll, Brandon Davey, Joshua Pizer, Tyler Evans, Brandon Wietting, Nicholas Cerovac; (fifth row) Le’Ron Bartlett, Shane Kelly, Scott Moss Weston O’Hagen, Edward Crombie, Matt Pieper, Geoffrey Murray, Justin Hardin, Zachary Lewe, Timothy Robbins, and Kyle Cracraft
Overall Record 8-4
Overall Record 8-4
Conference Record 5-2
The 2001 season started off with a 13-6 loss against Bolingbrook. However, they quickly bounced back with three wins after that. The goal for this season was to make it into the postseason. “We fell short of a conference championship this year but made it well into the postseason, which was our top goal,” said coach Mike Briscoe. As the season went on they did pretty well with three wins against Geneva, Oswego, and Fenton. This got them into the playoffs. They ended up winning against Woodstock and Freeport but fell short by losing at Bloomington 22-16 in the state quarterfinals.
Page researched by Finley Knowles, 2021
Page researched by Finley Knowles, 2021
Sources: IHSA.org, 2001-02 MCHS yearbook, Peace Pipe Chatter