Slippery Huntley quarterback Eric Mooney seems like he wears a Teflon uniform the way tacklers normally slide off him, but Loyola Academy defenders made their hits stick in Saturday’s 24-0 playoff road win.
The usually hard-to-bring-down junior absorbed 10 sacks by eight different Ramblers and Huntley turned the ball over three times in a quarterfinal loss to the top seed in Class 8A.
“They had guys who were making plays,” Huntley first-year coach Matt Zimolzak said. “We did what we could against a very tough defense. Give credit to where it’s due. Loyola is a great team and they’ve got a lot of great players.”