The Morgan Park Mustangs will venture away from home to square off against the Simeon Wolverines at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a seven-game winning streak alive.
Morgan Park's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 62-0 win over Brooks. The game marked the Mustangs' most dominant victory of the season.
Morgan Park can attribute much of their success to Marcus Thaxton, who threw for 110 yards and four touchdowns on only ten passes. Another player making a difference was Reggie Gray Jr, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Morgan Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ahmad Grayer, Jahmare Washington, and Darrell Mattison picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, everything went Simeon's way against Johnson on Saturday as Simeon made off with a 36-13 win. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Pumas are ranked 306th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Simeon's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kaleb Sims led the charge by throwing for 122 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 32 yards and a touchdown. Simeon also got a significant boost from James Bell, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 139 yards.
Morgan Park pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Simeon, their record is now an identical 7-1.
Morgan Park beat Simeon 16-8 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Morgan Park 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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