Football Game Preview: Highland Park Giants vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers + Official Tickets

The Highland Park Giants will square off against the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Highland Park will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

Highland Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 49-0 win over Maine East. Given the Giants' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 171st, while the Blue Demons are ranked 485th) , the win on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Gustav Crane

Passer Rating (Career)

10/24/25 @ Maine East	142.9
08/29/25 @ Leyden	137.5
09/26/25 @ Vernon Hills	129.7
10/10/25 vs Niles North	113
10/04/25 vs Maine West	96.9

Gustav Crane was his usual excellent self, throwing for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passer rating (142.9). Lucas Gordon also helped with two TDs in total.

Highland Park's run defense was locked in: Maine East could only muster 3.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Gabriel Leon for the heroic effort on defense: he. Highland Park's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 5.4.

Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Wheaton-Warrenville South's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They were beaten by Batavia 45-12. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Tigers couldn't push the score so high this time.

Highland Park's record is now 7-2. As for Wheaton-Warrenville South, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.