Naperville Central faced Lyons in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Redhawks fell just short of the Lions by a score of 9-7. The Redhawks were red-hot offensively heading into the match (they scored no less than 31 points in the five contests prior), but the Lions' defense proved too tough.
Having lost for the first time this season, Naperville Central fell to 6-1. As for Lyons, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-1.
Naperville Central has already played their next game, a 12-6 win against DeKalb on the 18th. As for Lyons, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 67-6 victory against Proviso West on the 18th.
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