Article: Saint Xavier takes it on the run

JOLIET - The Saint Xavier University football team is blessed with a multitude of assets, not the last of which is speed.

University of St. Francis seemed to be running uphill all of Saturday night, attempting to keep up with the blur. It never happened.

With former Joliet area high school standouts Jason Banning, Mike Maher and multidimensional Bill McKeon among those applying the daggers, the Cougars rolled over the Saints 52-8 in a much-anticipated nonconference matchup at Memorial Stadium.

The crowd, one of the largest to see a USF game in years, was ready. Each team boasts 24 roster members who graduated from high schools in the Joliet area, so former teammates and high school ...

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