Memorable shootout for Rolling Meadows

A shutout for nearly the first 11 minutes was hardly a precursor to one of the wildest shootouts ever involving a Mid-Suburban League football team.

Rolling Meadows hitting the half-century mark in points for only the third time in school history didn't seem likely after it was blanked for the first 21-plus minutes.
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And the Mustangs needed every single point — right down to the final ones on a 2-point conversion pass from Jack Milas to Artie Checchin — to complete an incredible 50-49 season-opening victory over York on Friday night.

“Wow,” Meadows' Matt Mishler said as the clock approached midnight after his head coaching debut. “I was just having fun. It was fun watching that game.”

Here's a look back and ahead from a fun night that produced 1,149 yards of total offense, 108 pass attempts, 12 touchdown passes and 25 penalties.

The Milas touch: Once Meadows junior quarterback Jack Milas found it after a slow start he was close to unstoppable. Milas hit only 9 of his first 20 passes for 70 yards but finished 33-for-59 for 493 yards and 6 touchdowns.

“I just wasn't making the reads right (early),” Milas said. “(Then) it was like 7-on-7.”  READ MORE >>

Jack Milas and the Rolling Meadows team participated in the 2011 All-American 7on7 Passing League high school division.  Artie Checchin also played for TEAM ILLINOIS 7on7 during the 2011 spring season.