For Alec Eickert of St. Charles, being ruled ineligible to compete in interscholastic sports his senior year of high school turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Eickert spent his first three years of high school at St. Charles North. For his senior year, he enrolled at Aurora Christian, where he appeared in one football game for the Eagles before being declared ineligible for further competition based on IHSA transfer rules.

In his one game at Aurora Christian, he made an impact, booting a school-record 44-yard field goal.