Collin Gentile has been motivated throughout his Oak Forest career by family bragging rights.
His older brother, Tyler , starred for the Bengals and went on to play at Northern Illinois. Collin, a senior receiver/running back, heard plenty about how good Tyler was. He took that as a challenge.
“The goal I set for myself once I got here was to be better than him,” Gentile said. “I wanted to do everything he did but better. That’s kind of what I still want to achieve.”
Gentile showed off his big-play ability Friday night. He hauled in a pair of 49-yard touchdown catches from Daniel Chopp to help host Oak Forest roll to a 43-7 South Suburban Blue win over district rival Tinley Park.
Chopp completed 6 of 7 passes for 252 yards and four TDs — all of them over 40 yards — to lead the Ben