On Friday, Batavia faced St. Charles North in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Batavia Bulldogs breezed by the St. Charles North North Stars at home to the tune of 45-14. The win was just business as usual for the Bulldogs, who after four games remain undefeated this season.
Nathan Whitwell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 264 yards and five touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was Batavia's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Malachi Smith was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Batavia got some further help from Chase Osborne: he made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Batavia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Joell Holloman and Keaton Reinke certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Holloman rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown, while Reinke picked up 145 receiving yards and a touchdown. Reinke showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 67 yards.
Batavia's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for St. Charles North, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Batavia will square off against Wheaton North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Batavia's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season. As for St. Charles North, they will take on Wheaton-Warrenville South at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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