They don’t need to “recruit” there is a pipeline. Loyola has 4 or 5 feeder catholic schools that produce the players. The elementary schools have football teams and use the Loyola systems (or similar) and prep the kids very well for high school football. The biggest pipelines are OLPH (Glenview), St. Mary of the Woods (Wildwood), Queens (Sauganash). Faith Hope kids (Winnetka) are a little soft, but will occasionally produce a good player or two. There are a few players each year that want to play for the best and come from as far north as Lake Forest and south into the city.
A big reason for Loyola’s success is the coaching and structure of the program. They run it like a college program and the kids are disciplined, tough, and work hard in the weight room, film room and on practice field. The video breakdown of practices, games, and by position, is crazy for a high school program. The whole operation is pretty barn impressive.