Thorgesen's QB days are done

Twenty-five times the name Boone Thorgesen appears in the IHSA's online football records. His 2006 senior season stats as the Kaneland quarterback read like a cross between a fairy tale and an April fool's joke. That season, Thorgesen accounted for an other-worldly 4,767 total yards (second in state history), with 3,719 coming through the air (seventh). He tossed 43 touchdowns (seventh) and ran for 10 more, leading Kaneland to the Class 5A state semifinals. The IHSA's all-time defensive stats, of course, don't mention his name. “I always played both ways growing up Š but then junior and season year it was pretty much just quarterback,” Thorgesen said. “I'd play corner once in a while, just in some key spots, sometimes on fourth down, but t