It was just two short years ago when Bishop McNamara suffered a 51-0 loss to Wheaton Academy at its 100th homecoming game, the worst homecoming loss in program history. But as the Fightin’ Irish celebrated a 75-0 win over Chicago Christian last Friday to improve to 4-0 with the program’s largest homecoming win, those two years seemed like a lifetime ago.

Facing the same Knights program that romped them 56-13 on their way to the IHSA Class 2A State championship last year – although they did replace 20 of their 22 starters – the Fightin’ Irish scored three times on their first five plays, with both Malachi Lee and Julius May tallying first-half touchdown hat tricks, while the defense held the Knights to negative-20 yards.

While not as ceremonious as their 100-year celebration a coupl

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