Despite routing Kennedy last weekend in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs, Fenwick wasn’t thrilled about the lack of energy and focus shown.

That changed in a big way Saturday at Triton College. The Friars used a big game from Jake Thies to roll past Rolling Meadows 45-7 and move on to the quarterfinals.

“The boys really did a great job. It was out best week of practice of this season and it really translated today,” Fenwick coach Matt Battaglia said.

The game could not have began more perfectly for Fenwick (8-3). Following a three-and-out defensively to start the game, the offense marched 52 yards on nine plays, with Thies capping the drive with a four-yard touchdown run at the 6:43 mark of the first quarter.

The Friars’ Mike Murphy recovered a fumble on Rolling Meadows’s n

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