Best games
This was the night of the upset, and we begin with the downfall of No. 1-ranked Wheaton-Warrenville South-knocked off by No. 10 Naperville North 23-19 when Levelle Brown scored on a 1-yard plunge with :47 left. Setting up the winning score was QB Scott Kavanagh’s daring fourth-down, 32-yard pass to Tom Jurjovec. . . . Other top-ranked teams taking a fall included No. 2 Loyola, No. 5 Homewood-Flossmoor, No. 12 Sandburg and No. 16 St. Charles. . . . Loyola lost to No. 7 Bishop McNamara 16-14 in a game that marks QB Ryan Spielman as one of the best around and McNamara as a genuine Class 4A title threat. . . . H-F fell victim to SICA East rival Thornton 28-27, ending the Vikings’ 44-game conference winning streak. . . . Sandburg was defeated by SICA North rival Shepard 7-6 while St. Charles lost its second in a row, 26-21 to Waubonsie Valley.. . .THE LATE SHOW: Joey Goodspeed-can you think of a better name for a running back?-scored from the 1 to give Oswego a 31-24 overtime victory over a valiant Plainfield ballclub.
Shining stars: PASSING FANCY: Buffalo Grove QB Brendan Doyle continues to put up big numbers, this time completing 18 of 23 passes for 400 yards and four TDs in the Bison’s 42-8 rout of Prospect. . . . WINNING COMBO: McHenry QB Ryan Bucaro hit 8 of 16 passes for 225 yards and two TDs, both to Jeremy Gudauskas, who had four catches for 143 yards-almost 41 yards per reception. . . . RISING JUNIOR: In only his third varsity start, Naperville North QB Scott Kavanagh completed 14 of 20 passes for 212 yards and two TDs against No. 1 Wheaton South. . . . HIP HOP HAVARD: After a slow start Wheaton North’s Steve Havard, the top-rated running back in Illinois showed his stuff, rushing for 238 yards on only 15 carries-16 yards a carry-in the Falcons’ 36-0 crushing of Glenbard East. . . . WILDCAT STRIKE: Thornton QB Antwaan Randle passed for 144 yards and four TDs in sparking the upset of H-F. . . . BREAKING AWAY: Englewood’s Rodney Stewart rushed for 241 yards and two TDs in a 34-8 victory over King while Evergreen Park’s Mike Tracy went for 229 yards and five TDs in a 44-14 victory over Momence. . . . RAMBLIN’ ON: Against one of the toughest defenses in the state, Bishop McNamara’s Lee Lafayette ran for 159 yards and scored two TDs-including a 65-yard TD reception in the Fightin’ Irish’s upset of Loyola. . . . HIGH POINT MAN: CVS QB Willie McDonald scored one TD, passed for two more and was involved in three two-point conversions to lead his team in 30-0 victory over Lane Tech. . . . SEVEN HEAVEN: Marian Central’s Jason Liska found the end zone five times while rushing for 217 yards on 20 carries in a 36-6 triumph over Marmion.