On Wednesday, St. Ignatius senior Phoenix Gill signed with Northwestern – which amounted to something of a recruiting coup for the Wildcats and, at the same time, had to have tested family loyalties.

A growing family as seen in 2013: Kendall Gill with wife, Wendy Gill, and their two boys, Phoenix, 6, left, and Kota, 4. In 2009, Lou and Mary Henson hung out at the 18th hole at the Orange Course ...

CHICAGO – Phoenix Gill won’t be following in his dad Kendall’s footsteps ... is taking his talents to Evanston to play for his mom Wendy’s alma mater – Northwestern.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kendall Gill used to drive his son, Phoenix Gill, around the University of Illinois campus to point out all of his old stops: his old dorm, class buildings, Memorial Stadium ...