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My favorite story of 2024 was undoubtedly Chicago Christian’s football team coming seemingly out of nowhere to win the Class 2A state championship.
The Knights had 10 senior starters, nine of whom started on both offense and defense, and most of them had been going to school together since they were little kids.
While the unbelievable story of the 2025 class ended — on the football field, at least — with a remarkable 47-0 win over Maroa-Forsyth in the 2A title game on Nov. 29, one heck of a postscript was added on March 26.
That’s when the school celebrated with a signing day ceremony honoring nine seniors who committed to play college football.
Brock Sperling is headed to Western Illinois, Caden Boersma is going to Bethel in Minnesota, Kerry Teague committed to Albion in Michigan and Kenny Jager signed with Wheaton.
Twins Niko and Demo Griggs are both good to go for Taylor in Indiana, while a trio of Knights — Christian Flutman, Eddie Van Dellen and Chase Sytsma — is bound for Calvin in Michigan.
For a team with 35 total players on its roster, including 13 seniors, having nine move on to play in college is almost as remarkable of a feat as winning the state championship.
“This is by far the most college commits from one team we have seen in our school’s history,” Chicago Christian athletic director Mark Zylstra said.
And one-third of the group will be sticking together in college.
Flutman is a quarterback/defensive back. Van Dellen is a receiver/defensive back. Sytsma is a two-way lineman. All committed to Calvin, an NCAA Division III program in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Chicago Christian’s Christian Flutman (6) runs toward the end zone against Maroa-Forsyth in the Class 2A state championship game at Hancock Stadium in Normal on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson / Daily Southtown)
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