After Malachi Lee got home from Thursday night’s opening of Bishop McNamara’s new Rich Zinanni Athletic Complex, the transfer couldn’t stop thinking about scoring the first touchdown at the Fightin’ Irish’s new facility.

It doesn’t count towards the regular season, but after the Fightin’ Irish hosted Streator in a Week 0 scrimmage Friday night, Lee can give his mind a rest.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais transfer made the best possible first impression in front of his new fans Friday, taking the first play of the night 80 yards to the end zone for the first of three McNamara touchdowns – all accounted for by Lee and his twin brother Micah – while the defense pitched a shutout.

“I was thinking about it all night,” Malachi Lee said. “I really wanted to get the first touchdown in this big,

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