Friday night’s game at Joliet’s Memorial Stadium between Joliet Catholic and Mount Carmel was played for the second year in honor of Kevin Hansen, a former JCA student-athlete and Mt. Carmel teacher who died 10 years ago of leukemia.

With a 35-7 win, the Caravan retained the traveling trophy.

Mt. Carmel remained perfect on the season, moving to 7-0. The Hilltoppers fell to 2-5.

“Coming off a Catholic League Blue game (against Brother Rice) last week where we got pretty banged up and then playing a Joliet Catholic team with 15 state championships and a well-coached program, there are no easy opponents,” Mt. Carmel coach Jordan Lynch said.

“They fought hard and played tough. That is a good football team – their record doesn’t show it.”

The Caravan used a wide-open offense that saw L

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