Senior linebacker Clark Jensen leads way for fierce Wheaton Warrenville South defense: Suburban Life notebook

Clark Jensen’s answer in preseason meetings to where he envisioned himself playing this year provided a good glimpse into the Wheaton Warrenville South senior’s personality.Offense or defense?“His answer was ‘I don’t really care. I just want to hit people,’” WW South coach Sean Norris said. “He’s physical. He loves contact. He just has a relentless spirit to him.”Jensen has indeed been a hit at linebacker. He made 15 tackles in a Week 9 game against Batavia, and was named the DuKane Conference’s Defensive Team Captain.He had eight tackles last Friday in WW South’s startlingly one-sided 38-7 win over Joliet Catholic in a Class 6A first-round game. Jensen has made 93 tackles, 53 of them solos and eight for loss, with 11 quarterback hurries.“He’s had a phenomenal year,” Norris said. “He’s been a force in the middle for us. He’s all over the field. It seems like he’s in on almost every tackle. He’s a really good downhill tackler and a good leader.”Growing up in his class, Jensen was primar