The Yorkville Foxes will challenge the Plainfield South Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorkville is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Yorkville and Oswego meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Foxes came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 16-6. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Foxes were the (much) better team in the second half.
T.J. Harland
| 09/26/25 @ Oswego | 119 |
| 09/19/25 @ Plainfield East | 108 |
| 09/05/25 vs Joliet West | 94 |
| 08/29/25 vs St. Patrick | 76 |
| 09/12/25 vs Minooka | 56 |
Yorkville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jack Beetham led the charge by rushing for 27 yards and one TD, while also throwing for 85 yards and one touchdown. The Foxes also got a significant boost from T.J. Harland, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 119 yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plainfield South). They managed a 33-28 win over Plainfield East on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cougars considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Plainfield South's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for Yorkville, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Yorkville couldn't quite finish off Plainfield South in their previous meeting back in August of 2024 and fell 3-0. Can the Foxes avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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