Wheaton Warrenville South Wins Over Lincoln-Way in Playoff Game

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It wasn’t looking great for Wheaton Warrenville South with minutes remaining in Friday’s playoff game against Lincoln-Way.

But that all changed when Wheaton South’s Eric Lipinsky recovered a fumble with 1:32 left on the clock and the Tigers ”marched for 63 yards,” according to the Southtown Star. Wheaton-Warrenville South’s Ben Flores made a 28-yard field goal to tie the game and send it into overtime, the newspaper reports.

• Read more on the Southtown Star

Wheaton Warrenville South, a No. 13 seed, went on to win against Lincoln-Way, a No. 4 seed, 17-10 in overtime.

Wheaton Warrenville South will now continue on to the second round of playoffs where they will play either Plainfield North High School (6-3), a No. 12 seed, or Normal Community High School (7-2), a No. 5 seed. Plainfield North and Normal Community will play on Saturday at 5 p.m. in Normal.

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• Grayslake North Takes on St. Francis in First Round of Playoffs

You can watch the full game below on the High School Cube broadcast.