
Previewing the best second-round IHSA football playoff games
By Nick Martinez
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Analyzing the Bears with the help of 22 names, starting with …Sam Roush (1), the rookie tight end who played a whopping 53% of the Bears’ snaps Monday in place of Cole Kmet (2). The third-round rookie has just three catches this year for 33 yards this year.“He's done a good job with what we've asked him to do ...” offensive coordinator Press Taylor (3) said. “We have a lot of mouths to feed.”Roush spent ages 9-12 halfway across the world. His father’s business took their family to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for six months and then Jakarta, Indonesia, for about three years.Roush kept himself entertained by chasing bugs and lizards outside his home.“Like any 10-year old boy,” he said, “that was kinda my thing.”He can still detail his favorite finds: a lizard that expanded its arms to glide and a tailless whip scorpion that he later saw in a “Harry Potter” (4) movie. He had to be careful to avoid venomous snakes.“You don’t wanna go wandering into a grassy field,” he said.Roush has made his l