The Wheaton junior slinger has offered his early verbal commitment to Pat Fitzgerald and the purple Wildcats after getting offers from 13 schools.
In a college-football recruiting season mostly filled with commitments for the Class of 2013, an early Class of 2014 announcement surfaced Monday as Wheaton North junior quarterback Clayton Thorson offered a verbal decision to attend Northwestern University, the Daily Herald reports. Thorson, a 6'4", 190-lb Rivals.com "four-star" QB, had offers from 13 schools including Illinois Iowa, Penn State and Ole Miss, according to Northwestern athletic blog Sippin' on Purple. According to the Herald, Thorson is a dual-threat quarterback and reciever, having thrown for 401 yards, seven touchdowns and just one pick in 2012, which also running for 272 yards and 4 touchdowns, and catching 36 passes for 578 yards. "I felt like Northwestern would prepare…
Wheaton North 21, Naperville North 7: The dynamic wide receiver and quarterback duo of John Peltz and Clayton Thorson powered the Falcons to a big victory Friday night in Naperville.
Breaking It Down: John Peltz to Clayton Thorson or Thorson to Peltz, either way, the duo found a way to make it work in Wheaton North's 21-7 football victory over Naperville North on Friday night. Peltz and Thorson flip-flopped between playing quarterback and wide receiver throughout the game, with each finding the other to be his favorite target. Both threw the other a touchdown, with Thorson finding Peltz first in the second quarter and Peltz returning the favor to open the third quarter. The duo's second touchdown made it 14-0 early in the second half. Naperville North didn't quit, though, and pulled to within two scores midway through the fourth quarter, before Huskies' quarterback Johnny Brown was stripped at the Falcons' 10, …
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