Here's Part 2 of our two-part series looking how how Northwestern's 2019 commits are faring in the 2018 season.

In Part 1, we looked at the first eight players in alphabetical order. Now we turn our attention to the seven players in the latter part of the alphabet.

Superback Thomas Gordon and Houston (Texas) Strake Jesuit were off last weekend -- and that seems to be the only way to slow their offense.

The Fighting Crusaders are 3-0 behind a high-scoring attack that has produced 56, 55 and 34 points in their first three outings.

Strake ran over Eisenhower 34-3 on Sept. 14 for its last victory. Gordon had just one catch for 30 yards, but quarterback Michael Hansen finished 12 for 17 passing for 223 yards and three TDs as the Crusaders cruised to the victory.

For the season, Gordon has eight catches for 160 yards (20.0 ypc), with a long of 33. He has yet to score a touchdown. His best game was the season-opening 56-32 shootout over St. Thomas Catholic, when he collected four catches for 69 yards.

Strake is back in action on Friday night against Dawson.

It's an emotional year for Roderick Heard and Farmington Hills (Mich.) Harrison. The school will close at the end of the year, meaning that this is the final season for a powerhouse football program that has won a record 13 state titles.

What's more, it will also mark the last season for legendary coach John Herrington, the only coaching Harrison has ever had. Herrington has been at the school since 1970 and has won 439 games, the most in Michigan history.

The Hawks want to go out with a state title (they were runners up last year) and are 4-1 so far, with four lopsided wins and the lone loss coming on Sept. 7 to Oak Park by a score of 23-15.

Last Friday, Harrison whipped Rochester Stoney Creek 39-7 in the school's final Homecoming game behind Heard. Lining up primarily as a Wildcat quarterback, Heard ran all over Stoney Creek for 207 yards and four touchdowns.

Heard, who will play cornerback for Northwestern, said that he is getting used to playing behind the center.

“I think I’m pretty comfortable, I have a lot of work, I have a long way to go,” he told the Oakland Press. “But I feel like I’m pretty comfortable back there, the blocking is good, there’s not a lot of pressure all of the time. I know all of the plays, I know all of the different positions and where people need to be, so that helps us too.”

Linebacker Michael Jansey Jr. and Batavia (Ill.) are rolling. The Bulldogs are 5-0 and MaxPreps have then rated 11th in the state.

After a 22-15 season-opening win over Lemont in a dogfight, Batavia has been on cruise control, winning its last four contests by at least three scores.

Last Friday night, the Bulldogs downed Wheaton-Warrenville South (Dan Vitale's alma mater) 41-20. Jansey, who goes both ways for Batavia, rushed for 121 yards on just eight carries, averaging 15.1 yards per rush and ripping off a 70-yarder in the process.

Jansey also racked up four tackles and 1.5 TFL at linebacker on defense.

For the season, Jansey has 222 yards rushing on 30 carries (7.4 ypc) with two touchdowns, according to MaxPreps. Defensively, he has 26 tackles, with more than half of them -- 13.5 -- coming behind the line of scrimmage. Jansey leads the team with 5.5 sacks on the season.

Wide receiver Bryce Kirtz and Brownsburg (Ind.) have the best record among Northwestern's commits: a perfect 6-0. The Bulldogs are ranked second in the state by MaxPreps, right behind Indianapolis Warren Central.

But the Bulldogs needed a monster game from Kirtz to keep their undefeated record intact last Friday night, and the 5-foot-11 speedster obliged in a 30-28 win over Westfield. Kirtz had nine catches for 246 yards and two touchdowns to lead Brownsburg to the win.

Kirtz's scoring catches came on 83- and 54-yard passes from sophomore quarterback Ben Easters, who threw for 330 yards and the two TDs to Kirtz in the contest. Kirtz's second TD catch was "the masterpiece," according to IndyStar.com, when he went up over two defenders to come down with the Bulldogs' final TD in the fourth quarter.

Still, Brownsburg had to sweat it out. A late Westfield TD was called back because of a penalty and the Shamrocks missed a 26-yard field goal that would've clinched the game.

Kirtz is having a tremendous senior season. He has 32 catches for 593 yards (18.3 ypc) and seven touchdowns, all team highs. He also has 100 yards and one TD rushing, has thrown one pass for a 34-yard TD, and has 113 yards on kick returns and 41 on punt returns on the year.

Cameron Mitchell and Bolingbrook (Ill.) won their first three games before suffering a 29-0 loss on Sept. 7 to Top 5 Homewood-Flossmoor.

But the Raiders (4-1) rebounded from that lone defeat with a 35-13 win over Bradley-Bourbonnais last Friday night. While the score looks lopsided, Bolingbrook led just 14-7 at the half and didn't pull away until the third quarter.

Mitchell had a diving interception to snuff a Bradley-Bourbounnais drive in the third quarter and preserve the Raiders' lead.

Defensive tackle Duke Olges and Winnetka (Ill.) New Trier got off to a strong start this season. The Trevians (4-1) suffered a blowout loss to Loyola Academy in Week 2, but that's their only blemish heading into a showdown with rival Evanston on Friday night.

Last Friday, New Trier blasted overmatched Niles West 59-0. The Trevians dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage. The first-string offense wound up getting pulled midway through the second quarter after the Trevians had built a 42-0 lead.

Senior quarterback Carson Ochsenhirt ran for 98 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown run, and the Trevians combined for 240 yards rushing in the contest.

Guard Conrad Rowley and Blue Springs (Mo.) find themselves at 3-2 after five games but are currently riding a two-game winning streak.

Last time out, the Wildcats (their colors are purple and gold) drilled intercity rival Blue Springs South 38-14.

Behind Rowley and the offensive line, the Wildcats rolled up a dominating 391 yards on the ground on 60 carries, for an average of 6.5 yards per rush. Blue Springs had two rushers crack the century mark: Aveion Bailey ran for a game-high 135 yards and three touchdowns, while Nick Wood amassed 107 yards and hit paydirt once. In all, 10 Wildcats got at least one carry in the victory.