On the night Prospect recognized former Chicago Cubs manager Mike Quade (Prospect High School, Class of 1975) as one of several Distinguished Alumni, Prospect junior Jackson Cacini flashed some serious leather — on a football field.

The Knights quarterback threw the pigskin 15 times, completing 13 of them — including five for TDs in the first half — for 213 yards in Prospect’s 56-8 homecoming defeat of Maine West .

“I don’t follow baseball, sorry,” admitted a smiling Cacini after the nonconference win in warm conditions at George Gattas Memorial Stadium.

Prospect senior wide receiver/punt returner/kick returner and Harvard-bound Nathan Cichy played outfield but only for a couple of years as a grade-schooler.

Cichy snared six passes for 106 yards Friday night, with half of them resu

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