Ed Hazelett fondly recalls the last year he and his family spent in Kankakee before returning to his native Indiana following the 2021 football season. He would often come home to see a pile of bikes in the front yard and know that his oldest son, EJ, had his friends over.

After four years as an assistant coach back home, the Hazelett family returned to Kankakee when Ed was named the school’s new football coach earlier this year. Some things are different now, like the pile of bikes becoming a driveway full of cars.

But the friends using them have remained the same, many of whom will be coached by Hazelett on the gridiron and/or playing alongside EJ on the basketball court this year. Both father and son have their sights set on helping bring some serious postseason hardware back to K

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