Lincoln Way West will face the Eisenhower Cardinals in a match up on Friday, August 30.
Eisenhower Cardinals
2024 Schedule
Aug 30 vs. Lincoln-Way West
Sept. 6 @ Chicago Noble/Johnson
Sept 13 vs. Richards
Sept. 21 @ Reavis
Sept. 27 @ Oak Lawn
Oct. 4 @ Evergreen Park
Oct. 11 vs. Argo
Oct. 18 @ Hillcrest
Oct. 25 vs. Shepard
Enrollment: 1,773
Communities Served: Blue Island, Calumet Park, Robbins, Alsip, Merrionette Park and Posen.
Head Coach: Vincent Holmes (1st year)
Conference: South Suburban Red
2023 Record: 7-4; Made 6A Playoffs
Players to watch:
QB Darion Lee, Sr., 6’1 213
RB Aquarius Rochon, Sr. 6’0 205
WR Khamarion Wade, Sr., 6’2 185
WR Larnell Moore, Jr. 5’10 160
LB Keon Veal, Jr. 6’0 187
DE Sincere Harris, Soph., 6’3 230
Game Notes:
This is Lincoln-Way West’s first-ever meeting with Eisenhower.
Since the school’s opening in 2009, Lincoln-Way West is 10-4 in football season openers, outscoring its Week 1 opponents by a combined 399-225.
The Warriors have opened on the road in seven of the program’s first 14 seasons, with an opening week road record of 5-2.
Eisenhower went 7-4 in 2023 and was 5-2 in the South Suburban-Red Conference.
The Cardinals made the IHSA 6A Playoffs, defeating Dunlap 42-41 in double overtime in the first round, then falling to Kankakee 49-35 in the second round. The Cardinals 2023 playoff win over Dunlap was its first playoff win since 2015.
Eisenhower is led by Illinois commitment Andre Lovett, a 6’0, 175 pound safety/ wide receiver. He had 78 tackles in 2023, including 25 TFL. On offense, Lovett had 243 receiving yards, 100 rushing yards and scored four touchdowns.
Lovett, ranked the 24th best player in Illinois by 24/7 Sports, picked the University of Illinois over Iowa, Kansas State, Louisville, Michigan State, Missouri, Purdue, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin.
Eisenhower sophomore DE Sincere Harris has scholarship offers from Ball State, Miami (OH) and Central Michigan.
Coach Vincent Holmes of Riverdale is in his first year, hired a week before practice began on Aug. 12.
Holmes has spent 18 years as a Cardinals assistant, including under Travis Moore, who spent 12 years coaching Eisenhower before leaving to join Northern Illinois as an assistant in 2019.
