Football Recap: Wheaton-Warrenville South Piles Up the Points Against Highland Park + How To Watch

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

08/29/25 @ Glenbard South	57
11/01/25 vs Highland Park	35
10/10/25 vs St. Charles North	26
09/12/25 @ St. Charles East	25
10/17/25 @ Lake Park	21

With a playoff win on the line, Wheaton-Warrenville South rose to the challenge on Saturday. They blew past the Highland Park Giants 42-7. Considering the Tigers have won five contests by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Owen Yorke continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 235 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. He is becoming a predictor of Wheaton-Warrenville South's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't).

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Wheaton-Warrenville South was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. They are a perfect 6-0 when they've run for more than 200 yards.

Wheaton-Warrenville South didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. Billy Economos led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Colin Cahill also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with seven.

Despite the loss, Highland Park still got an impressive performance from Lucas Gordon, who picked up 164 receiving yards and one TD.

Wheaton-Warrenville South has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Highland Park, they moved to 7-3 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Coming up, Wheaton-Warrenville South will face off against Nazareth Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Tigers will need to watch out since the Roadrunners have now posted at least 31 points in their last six matchups. Highland Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now.