The Downers Grove North Trojans will face off against the Batavia Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Downers Grove North sitting on four straight wins and Batavia on five.
Downers Grove North is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Fenwick out 13-10. The 13-point effort marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Batavia was not the first on the board last Saturday, but they got there more often. They managed a 25-21 victory over Lincoln-Way West.
A big part of Batavia's win came down to the chemistry between Michael Vander Luitgaren and his top target Isaiah Brown. Vander Luitgaren threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per attempt while Brown picked up 178 receiving yards and a touchdown. Brown was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 56 yards. Batavia also got a significant boost from Nathan Whitwell, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 117 yards.
Batavia pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Downers Grove North, their win bumped their record up to an identical 10-1.
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