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Taft Payton College Prep

Eagles

Grizzlies

The Payton College Prep (Chicago, IL) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 3-0.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Taft	0	0	0	0	0
Payton College Prep	-	-	-	-	3

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Taft (25-26)

Taft has not entered stats for this game.

Payton College Prep (25-26)

Payton College Prep

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	3	11	12	.273	4.0		1	12	1.7
14	Jackson Peters (Jr)	3	11	12	.273	4.0		1	12	1.7

Payton College Prep

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	26	75	2.9	9
2	G. Schmueck (Jr)	3	1	0.3	3
3	John Seward (Sr)	1	9	9.0	9
5	Samuel Merrill (Sr)	18	51	2.8	8
14	Jackson Peters (Jr)	2	6	3.0	5
25	Joshua Williams (Jr)	2	8	4.0	8

Payton College Prep

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	3	12	4.0	12
2	G. Schmueck (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0
5	Samuel Merrill (Sr)	2	12	6.0	12

Payton College Prep

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	75	12	2	61	150
2	G. Schmueck (Jr)	1	0		40	41
3	John Seward (Sr)	9		2		11
5	Samuel Merrill (Sr)	51	12			63
12	Sean Souter (So)				21	21
14	Jackson Peters (Jr)	6				6
25	Joshua Williams (Jr)	8				8

Payton College Prep

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	75	12	12	87
2	G. Schmueck (Jr)	1		0	1
3	John Seward (Sr)	9			9
5	Samuel Merrill (Sr)	51		12	63
14	Jackson Peters (Jr)	6	12		18
25	Joshua Williams (Jr)	8			8

Payton College Prep

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	21	23	44	1.0
1	Thomas Fitchett (Sr)	2	3	5
2	G. Schmueck (Jr)	4	4	8	1.0
3	John Seward (Sr)	1		1
5	Samuel Merrill (Sr)	5	1	6
7	L. Schaffrath (Sr)		3	3
11	Keith Moller (Sr)	1		1
12	Sean Souter (So)	3		3
22	Issac Wilson (Sr)	1	4	5
23	Ayden Greer (Jr)		3	3
25	Joshua Williams (Jr)	1		1
52	Kobe Ferguson (Jr)	2	2	4
55	J. Glascott (Jr)		2	2
58	Julian Arroyo (Sr)	1	1	2

Payton College Prep

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Hurs
	Team Totals	3
1	Thomas Fitchett (Sr)	1
22	Issac Wilson (Sr)	1
52	Kobe Ferguson (Jr)	1

Payton College Prep

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	Caus
	Team Totals	4	61	15.3	1
2	G. Schmueck (Jr)	2	40	20.0
12	Sean Souter (So)	2	21	10.5
22	Issac Wilson (Sr)				1

Payton College Prep

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	6	262	43.7	60
3	John Seward (Sr)	6	262	43.7	60

Payton College Prep

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	FC	KR Yds
	Team Totals	1	2	2.0	2						2
3	John Seward (Sr)	1	2	2.0	2						2

Payton College Prep

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	S	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals					3	3
1	Thomas Fitchett (Sr)					3	3

Payton College Prep

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals				1	1	1.0	24	3
1	Thomas Fitchett (Sr)				1	1	1.0	24	3

Game Story

Illinois High School Football - Payton College Prep nips Taft

September 12, 2025: Chicago, IL 60610

The crowd at Friday's league contest between the Payton College Prep Grizzlies (Chicago, IL) and the visiting Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL), witnessed Payton College Prep's football squad edge Taft by a final score of 3-0.

With the win, Payton College Prep advances its record to 3-0 on the season. The Grizzlies host Brooks (Chicago, IL) to encounter the Eagles in a Chicago Public - Metro bout on Friday, September 19. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 0-3. Brooks lost 62-0 in their recent league bout against Simeon (Chicago, IL)

Coming up next, the Eagles confront the Simeon Wolverines (Chicago, IL) in a Chicago Public - Metro contest, on Friday, September 19. Taft will attempt to better on its 1-2 season record. The Wolverines enter the contest with a 1-2 record after their 62-0 league win over Brooks (Chicago, IL).

Check In
0 - 0 The scorer has checked in. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:15p
0 - 0

Start of Game
Payton College Prep1st Quarter
Payton College Prep kicking off to Taft.

Posted @ 4:18p
0 - 0

Interception
Payton College Prep1st Quarter ~8 minutes to go
Payton College Prep intercepts a Taft pass. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:24p
0 - 0

Punt
Taft1st Quarter ~6 minutes to go
Payton College Prep has punted to Taft. Taft has the ball. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:27p
0 - 0

Punt
Payton College Prep1st Quarter ~1 minute to go
Taft has punted to Payton College Prep. Payton College Prep has the ball. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:34p
0 - 0

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:36p
0 - 0

Punt
Taft2nd Quarter ~10 minutes to go
Payton College Prep has punted to Taft. Taft has the ball. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:41p
0 - 0

Punt
Payton College Prep2nd Quarter ~5 minutes to go
Taft has punted to Payton College Prep. Payton College Prep has the ball. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:49p
0 - 0

Punt
Taft2nd Quarter ~1 minute to go
Payton College Prep has punted to Taft. Taft has the ball. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 4:56p
0 - 0

Interception
Payton College Prep2nd Quarter Under a minute
Payton College Prep intercepts a Taft pass. Taft 0, PCP 0

Posted @ 5p
Scorer Dropped Out
2nd Quarter

Posted @ 5:04p

Rankings & Records

Taft (25-26)

National	IL	Class
6,712	228	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
1-3	0-2	0-2	1-1	.250	.000	34	86

Payton College Prep (25-26)

National	IL	Class
6,863	241	22

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	1.000	1.000	102	34