Proviso East is one of the great programs and traditions in Illinois. We always challenge ourselves by playing the best competition available.

I'd like to keep that whole Illinois-Proviso tradition going. We've been able to sit back and watch Dee [Brown] for the last four years. I'd like to see other kids stay in state and go down there, too.

That consistency has lent itself to quality football teams and quality programs and traditions that lends itself to seeing what you're seeing this year.

If the team is a house, then Mitchell is the foundation. He's got a big heart, and he's one of the guys people feed off.

We've been playing well in the east. We've been playing this way the last little while.

This case presents as great a challenge of the possibility of a fair trial as any you're likely to see because the emotions are so intense,