Football: Wheaton North Beats Wheaton Warrenville South

The Wheaton North Falcons beat the Wheaton Warrenville South Tigers 23-13 Friday, ending a ten-year streak of playoff appearances for the Tigers, and of Tiger victories in the annual cross-town matchup.

North (8-1, 6-1) scored their 23 points in the first half. North quarterback John Peltz threw a touchdown pass to Kaelen Bradford and two to Tom Colletti. He got a safety when JD Marconi tackled South's punter in his end zone after a snap, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The Tigers (4-5, 4-3) scored two touchdowns in the third quarter. North stopped South with a sack early in the fourth quarter, followed by a North drive that ended the game, according to the Tribune.

North's Colletti had five catches for 36 yards and Matt Biegalski had seven catches for 105 yards. South's Graham ran for 46 yards and threw for 81 yards, with 38 receiving yards on five cathes by Davis, the Daily Herald reported.

North linebacker and captain Luke Sahly, whose sack stopped South's comeback in the fourth quarter, said last week the Falcons wanted to rebound after their first loss to Glenbard North.

"We have a lot of weapons on offense, that even in practice as defense it's hard to stop. You can't just shut down one player—that's been huge for our offense," he said.

With big plays from Falcons like Thorson, Peltz, Colletti and Biegalski, "it's just a crazy attack to stop," he said.

Wheaton Warrenville South Coach Ron Muhitch said last week it would be tough to stop the talented North team. With big playmakers on offense and a strong defense, "They've got the whole package. I think they're absolutely going to give us a good game."

Wheaton North, the No. 5 seed in the Class 7A playoffs, will play No. 12 St. Charles East (6-3) in its first round game. The date and time of the first-round games will be posted Monday afternoon, according to the IHSA website.

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