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School: Solorio
Head coach: Matt Erlenbaugh
Assistant Coaches: Bill Ziemba, John Erlenbaugh, Carl White, Rob Oden, Nick Allen, Juan Anillo
How they fared in 2016: 7-4 (4-1 Chicago Public League Illini Land of Lincoln Conference), made the Class 5A state playoffs and lost to Sycamore.
2017 Regular Season Schedule:
Aug. 25 – vs. Urban Prep Bronzeville
Sept. 1 – @ Niles West
Sept. 8 – vs. Brooks @ Gately
Sept. 15 – vs. Vocational @ Gately
Sept. 22 – vs. Raby
Sept. 29 – vs. Westinghouse
Oct. 6 – vs. South Shore International @ Gately
Oct. 13 – vs. Phillips
TBA CPL Playoffs
Biggest storyline: Can the Sun Warriors win the Illini Land of Lincoln conference and make a deeper run in the IHSA state playoffs?
Names to watch this season: Senior QB Quincy Patterson, junior WR Keeshawn Chambers, senior WR/DB Messiah Travis
Biggest holes to fill: The Sun Warriors have a ton of talent on board this season but will need to develop some depth this season.
EDGY's Early Take: Solorio features one of the top quarterbacks in the nation in Patterson (Virginia Tech commit) and the Sun Warriors have lots of weapons to feature this fall. Definitely keep an eye on this team as a nice IHSA state playoff sleeper pick in 2017.