It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Plainfield East can now relate to. They took a blow against the East St. Louis Flyers on Friday, falling 63-7. While losing is never fun, the Bengals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Flyers are ranked 11th).
Brady Cloherty threw for 94 yards and one TD. Markeith Taylor was his top target, picking up 55 receiving yards. On the ground, David Croom rushed for 58 yards.
Bengals
| 10/31/25 @ East St. Louis | 7-63 |
| 10/24/25 vs Plainfield Central | 53-7 |
| 10/17/25 vs Romeoville | 30-13 |
| 10/10/25 @ Joliet West | 27-7 |
| 10/03/25 @ Plainfield North | 7-42 |
The loss snapped Plainfield East's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-4 record. As for East St. Louis, they pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Plainfield East does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East St. Louis, they will take on Glenwood at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Flyers will need to watch out since the Titans have now posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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