It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Taylorville can now relate to. They fell just short of the Waterloo Bulldogs by a score of 33-30 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 99th).
Taylorville lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Owen Mateer, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Backing up that air attack was Baron Odam, who rushed for 97 yards.
Taylorville now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Waterloo, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
As of now, neither Taylorville nor Waterloo have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
