Two dominant backs in Owen Yorke and Nathan Whitwell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Batavia Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Wheaton-Warrenville South was able to grind out a solid win over Lake Park, taking the game 27-14. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Lancers are ranked 128th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last match, Batavia made sure to put some points up on the board against St. Charles East on Friday. Batavia really took it to St. Charles East for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-7 victory on the road. With the Bulldogs ahead 28-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Bodi Anderson had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 140 yards and two touchdowns. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 80 yards. Whitwell was in the mix too, providing Batavia with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Batavia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Charles East only rushed for 69.
Wheaton-Warrenville South is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Batavia, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Wheaton-Warrenville South lost to Batavia on the road by a decisive 28-14 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Wheaton-Warrenville South avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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