Maine South defeats Wheaton Warrenville South
By Kent McDill
Illinois Content Coordinator
The expected fireworks never took place Friday at Maine South.
The defending champions Hawks burst out to a 20-0 lead in the first quarter and held on for an impressive 27-9 win over No. 1 Wheaton-Warrenville South.
Two rushing touchdowns and a passing touchdown pushed the 2-0 Hawks to the early advantage, and the 1-1 Tigers never produced much in the way of an offensive attack to get back into the game.
The Tigers’ only touchdown came on a 20-yard scoring strike at the end of the first half, but they could not take advantage of a poor offensive execution by the Hawks at the end of the half. Given the ball at the Maine South 40-yard line with just under one minute remaining, the Tigers had to settle for a 52-yard field goal attempt that was five yards short of the mark.
The third quarter produced a safety for Wheaton when a Maine South punt snap went through the hands of the punter and out of the end zone. But Maine South controlled the ball in the fourth quarter and Matt Perez came up with a great quarterback sack on a third-and-four play with eight minutes to go to snuff out the last of the Tigers’ chances.
Maine South got their final touchdown with 1:35 left in the game to widen the final margin.
In other action Friday:
Michael Santacaterina scored on three short runs and Geneva topped Morgan Park 31-20;
Cody Cleveland had two fourth-quarter interceptions to held Providence hold on to a 21-7 win over Joliet Catholic;
A two-point conversion in overtime lifted Stevenson to a 50-49 win over Glenbrook South on the first scoring drive of the overtime period.
Hinsdale Central quarterback John Whitelaw accounted for four touchdowns, two running and two passing, to lead Hinsdale Central to a bounce-back 37-26 win over Proviso East.
Naperville North goes to 2-0 with 28-7 win over St. Charles East playing on their new turf field
Belleville West 42-23 over Belleville Althoff in the big city rivalry game. Sedrick Spillers took the opening kickoff 93 yards for West to start the scoring.
David McDaniel blocked a punt that turned into a touchdown, then returned a fumble for his own touchdown to lead O’Fallon past Mount Vernon 38-7.
T. J. Stinde rushed 27 times for 214 yards and scored four touchdowns as Lexington upset Gibson City 40-12. Lexington has scored 96 points in its first two games.
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