Sophomore QB Grant Neibch, after midseason call-up, has Wheaton North in quarterfinals: Suburban Life notebook

Grant Neibch hoped he’d get a chance to be pulled up as a sophomore for the playoffs when Wheaton North started its season 5-0.He never expected this.Leading an 80-yard drive in the final 90 seconds last Friday, Neibch’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Clayton with 7.8 seconds remaining capped the Falcons’ 36-35 upset of Class 6A No. 1-ranked Geneva in the second-round game.“It’s kind of crazy,” Neibch said.It’s indeed been a whirlwind of a season for Neibch. The younger brother of senior Burke Neibch, who started the season as varsity quarterback, grandson of longtime Wheaton North athletic director Bill Neibch, Grant Neibch began the season with a sophomore team that finished 9-0.Wheaton North coach Joe Wardynski planned to keep the younger Neibch with that sophomore group, what Wardynski considers the most talented class in the school with two linemen now starting on varsity.That changed when Burke Neibch could no longer go with a broken hand from basketball that never healed and a