DePaul Prep high school football

DePaul Prep rallied in the fourth quarter against St. Viator on Friday to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2015. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on Brother Rice, Fenwick, Nazareth and St. Rita.

Despite its best foot forward, the Lions ran into an opponent that had the loudest roar when it needed it as the visitors from Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood rammed their way past Viator 39-23 in a CCL/ESCC contest at the Forest View Educational Center.

St. Laurence is starting to show that last season's run to the Class 4A state championship game was no fluke with a 4-0 start to this year. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on DePaul Prep, Benet, Loyola and Brother Rice.