Football Preview: Lake Forest Scouts vs. Libertyville Wildcats
The Lake Forest Scouts are taking a road trip to take on the Libertyville Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lake Forest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Mather to the tune of 42-0. Winning may never get old, but the Scouts sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Meanwhile, everything went Libertyville's way against Deerfield on Friday as Libertyville made off with a 43-17 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Warriors are ranked 113th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Libertyville's victory came down to the chemistry between Quinn Schambow and his top target Blaise Lavista. Schambow threw for 337 yards and five touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes while Lavista picked up 191 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Schambow is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least four every time he's taken the field this season. Stevan Gavric was another key player, picking up 87 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Libertyville's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Caleb Baczek was especially locked on to Deerfield's QB and sacked him twice.
Lake Forest pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Libertyville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
Lake Forest beat Libertyville 42-35 in their previous meeting back in October. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Forest since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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