The Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Downers Grove North Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Wheaton-Warrenville South's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past St. Charles East 31-0. Considering the Tigers have won four contests by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Owen Yorke was his usual excellent self, rushing for 208 yards and three touchdowns. Wheaton-Warrenville South is 3-1 when Yorke posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Wheaton-Warrenville South was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wheaton-Warrenville South's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kirby Christensen.
Meanwhile, Downers Grove North hadn't done well against Hinsdale Central recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Downers Grove North took down Hinsdale Central 42-28. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Red Devils are ranked 82nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wheaton-Warrenville South is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Downers Grove North, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything went Wheaton-Warrenville South's way against Downers Grove North when the teams last played back in November of 2019, as Wheaton-Warrenville South made off with a 28-7 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Downers Grove North's Joshua Lumpkin, who rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Wheaton-Warrenville South to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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