Huntley senior Brandon Kavanaugh lives and breathes football.

For Kavanaugh, it has pretty much been that way since he started playing in the Huntley Youth Football program at age 6. Kavanaugh (6-foot-2, 260 pounds) is in the process of choosing a college at which he will play, but first he will represent Team USA against Team Canada in the International Bowl Under-18 game Feb. 6 in Austin, Texas.

“It’s really exciting,” Kavanaugh said. “It’s a really big honor to be invited to play in this and play for the USA.”