Every week, Prairie Ridge quarterback Luke Vanderwiel said, his English teacher, Bob Boldwyn, provided a board where students could write down their predicted score of the football team’s game that Friday night.

“Shoutout to Mr. Boldwyn,” Vanderwiel said.

If students were smart, they always had the Wolves winning.

Shoutout to Vanderwiel and his teammates.

Led by its 5-foot-9, 180-pound, speedy, elusive, physical, game-breaking, ultra-competitive, football-loving QB, Prairie Ridge won its first 10 games. The Wolves lost to Wheaton St. Francis 41-38 in a second-round game of the Class 5A state playoffs, despite Vanderwiel’s 182 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

All Vanderwiel did in leading the Wolves to an undefeated regular season and Fox Valley Conference championship was rush for

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