Oak Park-River Forest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. The matchup between them and the Lane Tech Champions wasn't particularly close, with the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies falling 28-14. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Champions are ranked fifth).
Alaina Valmassei had an outrageously good game for Lane Tech as she threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns while completing 79.4% of her passes. Valmassei is becoming a predictor of Lane Tech's success: when she posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when she doesn't).
Oak Park-River Forest's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lane Tech, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Oak Park-River Forest didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 22-6 defeat vs. Willowbrook on the 18th. Lane Tech has also already played their next match, a 12-0 victory against Whitney Young on the 20th.
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