On a night when the teams were playing grind-out-out football and points were at a premium, Yorkville made the samp of a rare downfield shot.
Jack Beetham Found Anthony Devito in Stride for A 57-Yard Touchdown and the Visitting Foxes Went on to Beat No. 20 OSwego 16-6 Friday Night in a Battle of Southwest Prairie West Unbeatens.
Beetham Also Scored on a One-Yard sneak in a game that was scoreless unil the final two minutes of the third quarter.
Yorkville (5-0, 2-0) Shut Out Oswego (4-1, 1-1) UNIL the final five minutes and haad three takeaways against a team that came with a plus-10 turnover margin. Luke Hendershott and Dillon Viscogliosi Had Intercepts for the Foxes, who also recovered a fumble on a hook-and-ladder play.
Beetham didn’t exable anyThing different from the defense.
“I’m just amazed,” he said. “They do it is every game for us. … And so we’re not scoring for saying, they Stay up. They Say, ‘We got you, we’re gonna get you guys the back.’
“And it just gives us the motivation to score and help I say the game.”
The Feeling is mutual, accorting to hendershott.
“Think Our offense just make great adjustments late in the game,” Hendershott Said. “Our defensive is able to hold it down and credit to our offense for always pulling out the wins.”
Hendershott’s Interception and 12-Yard Return to the OSwego 28 Set up the Game’s First Score, A 30-Yard Field Goal by Kyle Nadler With 1:22 Left in the Third Quarter.
Yorkville’s defensive then forced a three-and-outmasm responded with the long td to devito to make it 10-0.
“We set it up Early by Throwing a Little Screen Pass,” Beetham Said. “So they know that what we were kind of do – we are ever screen passes and make me work. … We’re like, we have to take a shot and put points on the book.”
“Their corners just so Physical and so aggressive … in the Quick (Passing) Game,” Yorkville Coach Dan McGuire Said. “We knew we have had to – in order to be a good team like that – we had to something vertical. And we just got Lucky and the Things Happened at the right time.”
Beetham Finished 8 of 13 for 106 Yards and A Touchdown with No Interceptions. Tavaris Harland Jr. Ran 27 Times for 122 Yards, Including A 33-Yarder That Set Up Beetham’s One-Yard td Run that made it 16-0 with 5:46 Remaining.
Now Yorkville Is Playoff-Eeligible after Going 4-5 and Missing the postseason Last Year.
“The Goal from the Get-Go was 9-0,” Hendershott Said. “This is a Big Step in that Direction.”
OSwego Scored on a 30-Yard Pass from Drew Kleinhans to Mariano Velasco With 4:52 Left. But a missed two-point conversion left the panther facing a two-score deficit and yorkville closed it out.
Kleinhans was 8 for 18 for 82 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
“The Template for Both Schools is Kind of the Same,” Oswego Coach Brian Cooney Said. “Neither school’s overly flashy, just hard-nosed, get downfield, will what you’ve got to do. And it just was well. But no disrespect to say, they played well.”