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 had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 235 yards and three scores while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. He has become a key player for Wheaton-Warrenville South: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.

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 two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Billy Economos and Amare Williams.

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

Wheaton-Warrenville South is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Highland Park, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-3.

Coming up, Wheaton-Warrenville South will take on 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 games. Highland Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now.