FOOTBALL One of the area's most popular sports is back this week with running lines, trenches drills and dummy sleds. The fresh smell of a hint of fall air Thursday and Friday made it feel like a fall football night, and it's welcome after several humid, hot weeks. That's right, area football is back for the eight Kenosha County high schools, along with Carthage College on Saturdays, and fans are eagerly anticipating what players, schools and coaches have in store.
With practice officially getting under way Tuesday, seven of the eight schools are opting for long, afternoon practices, with breaks of course, while Westosha Central is taking advantage of the cooler temperatures with morning sessions. Excitement is in the air, but it will be a big transitional year for area teams. Many star players are gone from a year ago, and it will be a challenge for first-year varsity players to step up right away and perform on Friday nights.
It's still early on, with only a few practices for all teams, but there's a few things we can deduce from last year. Here are three questions that will start to be answered Thursday, Aug. 22 when the season kicks off with the annual Lighthouse rivalry between St.
Joseph and Shore land Lutheran. 1. Where have all the QBs gone? Yes, this is a reference to Paula Cole's "Where have all the cowboys gone?", but for real, where have the quarterbacks gone? Star signal-callers like Eric Kenesie (St.
Joseph), Brock Koeppel (Westosha Central), Devin Wheaton (Brad.