Football Preview: Schaumburg Saxons vs. Fremd Vikings
Schaumburg has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Fremd Vikings at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Schaumburg is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Barrington on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 42-6 loss at the hands of the Fillies/Broncos. While losing is never fun, the Saxons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Fillies/Broncos are ranked 24th).
Meanwhile, Fremd's undefeated season came to an end after six games on Thursday. They fell 28-21 to Palatine. The matchup marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Fremd's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Johnny O'Brien, who threw for 368 yards and three touchdowns, and Brennan Saxe 2025 Wr/Db, who picked up 186 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Saxe 2025 Wr/Db showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 59 yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (81 yards to be exact) also went to Marquan Brewster.
Schaumburg's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-2. As for Fremd, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.
Schaumburg took a serious blow against Fremd in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 42-6. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Schaumburg was down 21-0.
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